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* [[DavidWeber David Weber's]] ''HellsGate'' series is about two human. civilizations coming into contact with each other through inter-universal portals. One civilization, The Union of Aracana, is a very {{Magitek}} civilization with wizards, dragons (that are genetically engineered, of course) and the the main fighting weapons are swords and crossbows. The other one, The Empire of Sharona, has PsychicPowers and other little things like rifles, machine guns, cannons, steam engines, armored personnel carriers, trains, battleships, etc... Neither side reacts well to the existence of the other.
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* [[DavidWeber David Weber's]] ''HellsGate'' series is about two human. civilizations coming into contact with each other through inter-universal portals. One civilization, The Union of Aracana, is a very {{Magitek}} civilization with wizards, dragons (that are genetically engineered, of course) and the the main fighting weapons are swords and crossbows. The other one, The Empire of Sharona, has PsychicPowers and other little things like rifles, machine guns, cannons, steam engines, armored personnel carriers, trains, battleships, etc... Neither side reacts well to the existence of the other. other.
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** The ''DragonridersOfPern'' books feature intelligent, telepathic, teleporting, and occasionally time-traveling dragons. These are just genetically engineered upgrades of preexisting diminutive "dragons", which have similar powers, though this LostTechnology aspect isn't explored until the prequels. Later books also feature a supercomputer.\\
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[=McCaffrey=] has always maintained that the books are Science Fiction rather than fantasy, as everything is based on hard science, and she has spoken to many authorities in various sciences to work out the specifics of the world and the things that happen on it.
** In ''TheShipWho Won'', a RolePlayingGame-obsessed space ship crew discovers a planet where magic actually works. ([[spoiler:Until they discover the inhabitants are just abusing a [[MagicFromTechnology Sufficiently Advanced]] weather-control system]]). Definitely sold as Sci-Fi.
** ''{{Acorna}}'' and sequels are about a foundling creature who looks like a "unicorn girl," complete with a horn on her forehead, unearthly beauty, and the power to purify water and air. Except she's not exactly magical: she's an alien, and the setting is basic science fiction with spaceships and interplanetary travel. Double subverted when it is revealed that her species is genetically-engineered by aliens who combined their own DNA with that of unicorns they rescued from Earth.
* AnneMcCaffrey
** The ''DragonridersOfPern'' books feature intelligent, telepathic, teleporting, and occasionally time-traveling dragons. These are just genetically engineered upgrades of preexisting diminutive "dragons", which have similar powers, though this LostTechnology aspect isn't explored until the prequels. Later books also feature a supercomputer.\\
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[=McCaffrey=] has always maintained that the books are Science Fiction rather than fantasy, as everything is based on hard science, and she has spoken to many authorities in various sciences to work out the specifics of the world and the things that happen on it.
** In ''TheShipWho Won'', a RolePlayingGame-obsessed space ship crew discovers a planet where magic actually works. ([[spoiler:Until they discover the inhabitants are just abusing a [[MagicFromTechnology Sufficiently Advanced]] weather-control system]]). Definitely sold as Sci-Fi.
** ''{{Acorna}}'' and sequels are about a foundling creature who looks like a "unicorn girl," complete with a horn on her forehead, unearthly beauty, and the power to purify water and air. Except she's not exactly magical: she's an alien, and the setting is basic science fiction with spaceships and interplanetary travel. Double subverted when it is revealed that her species is genetically-engineered by aliens who combined their own DNA with that of unicorns they rescued from Earth.
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* Comic books, especially those set within the mainstream superhero universes published by DC and Marvel, don't so much straddle the line as obliterate it, in that ray-guns and magical spells coexist quite comfortably. While there are too many examples to list here, here are a few notable ones:
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* Comic books, especially those set within the mainstream superhero universes published by DC [[TheDCU DC]] and Marvel, [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]], don't so much straddle the line as obliterate it, in that ray-guns and magical spells coexist quite comfortably. While there are too many examples to list here, here are a few notable ones:
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* Comic books, especially those set within the mainstream superhero universes published by DC and Marvel, don't so much straddle the line as obliterate it, in that ray-guns and magical spells coexist quite comfortably. While there are too many examples to list here, here are a few notable ones:
** The original Defenders featured both the SilverSurfer, an alien adventurer who had been empowered by the embodiment of universal enthalpy and whose own series was a classic space opera, and Dr. Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, who fights demons.
** CaptainAtom also seemed to fall on both sides of sci-fi and fantasy, since his powers, which came from the alien tissue grafted to his skin by a nuclear explosion, also tied him to the life-energy of the universe, which allowed him to journey to the afterlife, fight death itself, and then return.
** SwampThing, as AlanMoore re-envisioned him, was the latest in an ancient line of plant elementals with godlike powers, and was able to travel to the afterlife and other immaterial realms. At the same time, his origin received a pseudo-scientific explanation (transmission of memories from predator to prey), and he later discovered that his mind was an electromagnetic wave pattern capable of subtle manipulation that allowed him to travel to any planet with vegetation.
** {{Superman}} is classically vulnerable to three things: the particular frequency of EM radiation emitted by the fragments of his homeworld, red sunlight, and magic. He's also vulnerable to psychic attack. Telepathy itself fits quite comfortably in either genre.
*** His alternate universe counterpart Superboy-Prime is invulnerable to magic though... [[{{Asspull}} for some reason]].
*** And speaking of Superman, on ''{{Smallville}}'', not only does magic exist alongside high technology, but it often seems, at least to some viewers, that Jor-El was more wizard than scientist, and that the voice which inhabits the Fortress of Solitude is more ghost than artificial intelligence. Certainly, his actions often seem to follow a more supernatural than scientific logic, as when he tells Clark that the price of his resurrection will be the death of one of his loved ones in exchange, or when he arms Clark with a dagger with glowing runes on the blade capable of killing a Kryptonian.
** Along with everything that has a comic book background: ''CityOfHeroes'', ''WhateleyUniverse'', ...
* The ''{{Fables}}'' universe contains {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of various literary concepts. Amongst the genres, Science Fiction and Fantasy are twins (and have a little brother, Superhero); at one point Fantasy remarks to her brother "We're so sympatico that sometimes it's hard to tell where I leave off and you begin."
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* Comic books, especially those set within the mainstream superhero universes published by DC and Marvel, don't so much straddle the line as obliterate it, in that ray-guns and magical spells coexist quite comfortably. While there are too many examples to list here, here are a few notable ones:
** The original Defenders featured both the SilverSurfer, an alien adventurer who had been empowered by the embodiment of universal enthalpy and whose own series was a classic space opera, and Dr. Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, who fights demons.
** CaptainAtom also seemed to fall on both sides of sci-fi and fantasy, since his powers, which came from the alien tissue grafted to his skin by a nuclear explosion, also tied him to the life-energy of the universe, which allowed him to journey to the afterlife, fight death itself, and then return.
** SwampThing, as AlanMoore re-envisioned him, was the latest in an ancient line of plant elementals with godlike powers, and was able to travel to the afterlife and other immaterial realms. At the same time, his origin received a pseudo-scientific explanation (transmission of memories from predator to prey), and he later discovered that his mind was an electromagnetic wave pattern capable of subtle manipulation that allowed him to travel to any planet with vegetation.
** {{Superman}} is classically vulnerable to three things: the particular frequency of EM radiation emitted by the fragments of his homeworld, red sunlight, and magic. He's also vulnerable to psychic attack. Telepathy itself fits quite comfortably in either genre.
*** His alternate universe counterpart Superboy-Prime is invulnerable to magic though... [[{{Asspull}} for some reason]].
*** And speaking of Superman, on ''{{Smallville}}'', not only does magic exist alongside high technology, but it often seems, at least to some viewers, that Jor-El was more wizard than scientist, and that the voice which inhabits the Fortress of Solitude is more ghost than artificial intelligence. Certainly, his actions often seem to follow a more supernatural than scientific logic, as when he tells Clark that the price of his resurrection will be the death of one of his loved ones in exchange, or when he arms Clark with a dagger with glowing runes on the blade capable of killing a Kryptonian.
** Along with everything that has a comic book background: ''CityOfHeroes'', ''WhateleyUniverse'', ...
* The ''{{Fables}}'' universe contains {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of various literary concepts. Amongst the genres, Science Fiction and Fantasy are twins (and have a little brother, Superhero); at one point Fantasy remarks to her brother "We're so sympatico that sometimes it's hard to tell where I leave off and you begin."
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*** The spinoff game ''DirgeOfCerberus and the ''[[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' film display that the ''FinalFantasyVII'' world also has television and cell phones.
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* [[DavidWeber David Weber's]] ''HellsGate'' series is about two human. civilizations coming into contact with each other through inter-universal portals. One civilization, The Union of Aracana, is a very {{Magitek}} civilization with wizards, dragons (that are genetically engineered, of course) and the the main fighting weapons are swords and crossbows. The other one, The Empire of Sharona, has PsychicPowers and other little things like rifles, machine guns, cannons, steam engines, armored personnel carriers, trains, battleships, etc... Neither side reacts well to the existence of the other.
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* The {{Godzilla}} and {{Gamera}} franchises have monsters of both magical and scientific origin fighting or teaming up with each other, sometimes within the same movie.
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* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', pretty much everyone is a [[AmbiguousRobot mostly machine cyborg]], they all live inside a [[spoiler:giant robot]] made of AppliedPhlebotinum , and they sport some pretty sweet tech, but the most common way for the [[{{Hobbits}} powerless Matoran]] to defend themselves are with [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome frisbees that can freeze, shrink, or teleport whatever they touch]], and the main heroes, Toa, [[ElementalPowers control the elements]] with no explanation other than "elemental energy" and wear [[CoolMask magic masks]] that have an ever growing list of options.
** Don't forget Energized Protodermis, the universe's most powerful substance that can either transform or destroy whatever it touches. What you get is based on [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny.]] Oh, and it's sentient.
** The [[BigBad Makuta]], a race designed to be genetic engineers, but do so by ''mixing potions in a cauldron.''
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* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', pretty much everyone is a [[AmbiguousRobot mostly machine cyborg]], they all live inside a [[spoiler:giant robot]] made of AppliedPhlebotinum , and they sport some pretty sweet tech, but the most common way for the [[{{Hobbits}} powerless Matoran]] to defend themselves are with [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome frisbees that can freeze, shrink, or teleport whatever they touch]], and the main heroes, Toa, [[ElementalPowers control the elements]] with no explanation other than "elemental energy" and wear [[CoolMask magic masks]] that have an ever growing list of options.
** Don't forget Energized Protodermis, the universe's most powerful substance that can either transform or destroy whatever it touches. What you get is based on [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny.]] Oh, and it's sentient.
** The [[BigBad Makuta]], a race designed to be genetic engineers, but do so by ''mixing potions in a cauldron.''
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* ''XenobladeChronicles'' invokes this as well, featuring a massive medieval world mixed with magitech beings, weapons, and locals which is showcased in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w&feature=related many of the game's trailers.]]
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* ''XenobladeChronicles'' invokes this as well, featuring a massive medieval world mixed ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' tends to mix the two so thoroughly that it can make one dizzy. It prologue starts with magitech beings, weapons, and locals two warring [[OurTitansAreDifferent titans]] whose dead bodies make up the entire world, then transitions to advanced humans fighting a war against relentless killer robots. The robots can only be stopped by a [[CoolSword legendary ancient sword called the Monado]], which is showcased in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w&feature=related many somewhat resembles a [[LaserBlade light-saber]]. Then the Monado starts granting the protagonist visions of the game's trailers.]]future, but that turns out to have a reasonable scientific explanation. Then it turns out that [[spoiler:the Monado is the manifestation of an evil god]]. [[hottip:*:And by the end of the game, you're fighting [[spoiler:[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot giant robot ghosts]] [[MindScrew in outer space]]]].
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* The ''KingdomHearts'' series has magic, souls ("hearts"), fantastic creatures, and a prophecy involving a hero of destiny... alongside spaceships armed with lasers, {{Mad Scientist}}s, advanced robots, and (maybe even literally) {{Magical Computer}}s including an InsideAComputerSystem level.
** Something to note: The spaceships with lasers are firmly on the magic side of it. They are made from size-changing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gummi blocks]] that broke off of the sky.
** Too illustrate just how weird this gets, on your second visit to the InsideAComputerSystem world you have to bring a computer program modified by [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin's magic]] to {{Tron}} so that he can do battle with the MCP.
* The ''MightAndMagic'' series (which includes the first four ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' games) takes place in fantasy worlds but with SF-elements (mostly involving LostTechnology.) Not many people who haven't played ''[=M&M6=]'' knows that the Kreegan/Inferno town of ''Heroes 3'' is in fact populated not by demons but by hive-minded aliens. For those that only know the ''[=HoM&M=]'' series: one of the third game's expansion packs was supposed to add a cybernetic army but they changed their mind.
* Similarly, the primarily high fantasy ''{{Ultima}}'' and ''{{Heretic}}''[=/=]''{{Hexen}}'' series briefly skirted with SF on a number of occasions, resulting in the occasional raygun, spaceship, time machine, or [[spoiler:demonic]] supercomputer.
* The ''GuiltyGear'' series of games, set in a future where a new, unlimited source of power has been discovered... called "Magic." Humanoid robots and artificially created killing machines coexist with people who can summon the power of the elements and fight with melee weapons (admittedly, melee weapons which can spit fire and lightning).
* The Amiga classic ShadowOfTheBeast is set in a Roger Dean-inspired fantasy world called Karamoon, which features sword-wielding orcs, medieval architecture, goblins, morningstars, mechanical claws, jetpacks, and (in the third game) robots.
* For a game-series with a fundamentally magic premise (books that act as portals, scribed in an ancient arcane language), the ''{{Myst}}'' games incorporate an awful lot of sci-fi trappings: transport pods, electronic viewers, spaceships, submarines, giant mechanical engines, alien ecologies, orbital observatories, etc.
* Alongside it's many [[StandardFantasySetting standard fantasy elements]] ''TheElderScrolls'' also feature spaceships used by gods; time traveling, terminatorish robots with laser weapons; and astronauts (the mananauts and Sunbirds of Alinor), and in extension: more spaceships. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
** Also, the realms of Aeterius and Oblivion were originally presented as simply this world's equivalent of Heaven and Hell. Then ''The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard'' featured an observatory where the realms of Oblivion appeared as planets orbiting Nirn (the mortal world) and the gods as even more distant planets at the edge of a solar system. So basically, the Oblivion Gates? Those may or may not be [[StarGate stargates]] in disguise.
* ''The Unholy War'' was a strategy game that took this to an extreme, with an army of fantasy creatures fighting an army of science fiction characters.
* In the ''TheLongestJourney'' series, magic and technology once coexisted. Past misues of the two brought the PowersThatBe to separate the two into Stark (technology, "our" world) and Arcadia (magic/medieval world). Attempts to alter this balance are what drives the plot.
* The ''StarOcean'' series typically takes characters from a science fiction setting, and then plunges them deep into fantasy, while ever hinting at science fiction overtones throughout the stories.
* Starting around the sixth game in the series, the ''{{Wizardry}}'' games dove head-first into combining fantasy and sci-fi, where spells, magical creatures, and arcane artifacts are found hand-in-hand with spacefaring aliens, starships, and advanced energy weapons.
** ''Wizardry VII'' was the first of the series to embrace this trope-while the party is firmly grounded in fantasy, and the world seems to be with the full range of usual fantasy creatures and items, there's also the fact that the party arrived on the world by a starship, the {{Big Bad}} has a robotic army, two more alien races are engaged in a power struggle over the planet from their landing zones, and one of the native races travels around in rocket-powered aircraft.
** ''Wizardry 8'' takes this to an even more extreme bent, where powerful magic and advanced technology happily coexist-you'll see sophisticated artificial intelligences talking happily with wizards, flamethrowers and rocket launchers wielded by elves, and an entire alien airbase guarded by potent technological and magical defenses.
* ''{{Pokemon}}'' takes place in a ConstructedWorld full of magical creatures, [[PatchworkMap impossible geography]], and polytheistic gods…and computers and electric power plants and psychic powers and spaceships.
* ''{{Warcraft}}'' 'verse's technology is roughly at pre-industrial level, where guns are getting common, but swords and bows are still viable. However, the range of technology available is quite large. [[RockBeatsLaser Rock axes]] can down [[{{Magitek}} demonic]] HumongousMecha, and {{Death Ray}}s can be used against ancient evil gods.
** Not to mention the dimension-hopping giants that ride around in spaceships.
* ''SepterraCore'' wandered back and forth between the two, blending such elements as SteamPunk technology, magic fueled by the planet itself, genetic engineering and a pantheon of gods.
* The ''ArTonelico'' series features girls who [[MagicMusic control magical powers with their songs]] and goddesses who control the giant towers that humanity has been forced to live in after a disaster destroyed the world's land. The [[AllThereInTheManual backstory of the series]] reveals that this disaster was caused by the technology of a highly advanced civilization. The towers themselves were built by these civilizations. The villain in the first game invades the tower's systems with viruses that can take physical form and possess many of the tower's robot guardians. The magic wielding girls themselves are actually an [[ArtificialHuman artificial race]] designed to use magical powers based on the intricate principles of "wave science."
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features an invasion by demons from hell ... thwarted by a ''space marine'' on ''Mars'' with a ''plasma rifle.''
** Demons with cybernetic implants. One of them is called Cyberdemon.
* The ''MortalKombat'' universe also combines elements of both science-fiction (cyborgs, advanced weaponry, parallel dimensions, spaceships) and fantasy (magic, dragons, gods, demons).
* ''ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' is a mixture of more specific genres: HighFantasy and SteamPunk. The overarching story is fantasy epic, set in a more dystopian land that includes race and class conflict and the growing pains of an industrializing society as themes. Magic vs. technology is less a war than an ideological clash that can at least find common ground in its goals if not its practical methods.
* ''{{Metro 2033}}'' takes place in a fairly standard GrimDark version of AfterTheEnd, with hostile mutants, scattered human survivors, and a climax that involves using pre-cataclysmic weapons. There are also enough murderous ghosts for one of the characters to have a theory on them (Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory were ''also'' atomized), including a bona fide AfterlifeExpress.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' takes place on a FloatingContinent, which is inhabited by fantastic creatures such as [[FunnyAnimal bunny-shaped Mimigas]], ([[NonHumanUndead undead]]) [[SandIsWater sand-dwelling crocodiles]] or humanoid cockroaches, ruled over by an old witch who's responsible for an abomination that keeps the island afloat from inside a chamber protected with terminals and water control. There's also an incubator corridor that keeps dragon eggs and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.
** Something to note: The spaceships with lasers are firmly on the magic side of it. They are made from size-changing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gummi blocks]] that broke off of the sky.
** Too illustrate just how weird this gets, on your second visit to the InsideAComputerSystem world you have to bring a computer program modified by [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin's magic]] to {{Tron}} so that he can do battle with the MCP.
* The ''MightAndMagic'' series (which includes the first four ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' games) takes place in fantasy worlds but with SF-elements (mostly involving LostTechnology.) Not many people who haven't played ''[=M&M6=]'' knows that the Kreegan/Inferno town of ''Heroes 3'' is in fact populated not by demons but by hive-minded aliens. For those that only know the ''[=HoM&M=]'' series: one of the third game's expansion packs was supposed to add a cybernetic army but they changed their mind.
* Similarly, the primarily high fantasy ''{{Ultima}}'' and ''{{Heretic}}''[=/=]''{{Hexen}}'' series briefly skirted with SF on a number of occasions, resulting in the occasional raygun, spaceship, time machine, or [[spoiler:demonic]] supercomputer.
* The ''GuiltyGear'' series of games, set in a future where a new, unlimited source of power has been discovered... called "Magic." Humanoid robots and artificially created killing machines coexist with people who can summon the power of the elements and fight with melee weapons (admittedly, melee weapons which can spit fire and lightning).
* The Amiga classic ShadowOfTheBeast is set in a Roger Dean-inspired fantasy world called Karamoon, which features sword-wielding orcs, medieval architecture, goblins, morningstars, mechanical claws, jetpacks, and (in the third game) robots.
* For a game-series with a fundamentally magic premise (books that act as portals, scribed in an ancient arcane language), the ''{{Myst}}'' games incorporate an awful lot of sci-fi trappings: transport pods, electronic viewers, spaceships, submarines, giant mechanical engines, alien ecologies, orbital observatories, etc.
* Alongside it's many [[StandardFantasySetting standard fantasy elements]] ''TheElderScrolls'' also feature spaceships used by gods; time traveling, terminatorish robots with laser weapons; and astronauts (the mananauts and Sunbirds of Alinor), and in extension: more spaceships. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
** Also, the realms of Aeterius and Oblivion were originally presented as simply this world's equivalent of Heaven and Hell. Then ''The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard'' featured an observatory where the realms of Oblivion appeared as planets orbiting Nirn (the mortal world) and the gods as even more distant planets at the edge of a solar system. So basically, the Oblivion Gates? Those may or may not be [[StarGate stargates]] in disguise.
* ''The Unholy War'' was a strategy game that took this to an extreme, with an army of fantasy creatures fighting an army of science fiction characters.
* In the ''TheLongestJourney'' series, magic and technology once coexisted. Past misues of the two brought the PowersThatBe to separate the two into Stark (technology, "our" world) and Arcadia (magic/medieval world). Attempts to alter this balance are what drives the plot.
* The ''StarOcean'' series typically takes characters from a science fiction setting, and then plunges them deep into fantasy, while ever hinting at science fiction overtones throughout the stories.
* Starting around the sixth game in the series, the ''{{Wizardry}}'' games dove head-first into combining fantasy and sci-fi, where spells, magical creatures, and arcane artifacts are found hand-in-hand with spacefaring aliens, starships, and advanced energy weapons.
** ''Wizardry VII'' was the first of the series to embrace this trope-while the party is firmly grounded in fantasy, and the world seems to be with the full range of usual fantasy creatures and items, there's also the fact that the party arrived on the world by a starship, the {{Big Bad}} has a robotic army, two more alien races are engaged in a power struggle over the planet from their landing zones, and one of the native races travels around in rocket-powered aircraft.
** ''Wizardry 8'' takes this to an even more extreme bent, where powerful magic and advanced technology happily coexist-you'll see sophisticated artificial intelligences talking happily with wizards, flamethrowers and rocket launchers wielded by elves, and an entire alien airbase guarded by potent technological and magical defenses.
* ''{{Pokemon}}'' takes place in a ConstructedWorld full of magical creatures, [[PatchworkMap impossible geography]], and polytheistic gods…and computers and electric power plants and psychic powers and spaceships.
* ''{{Warcraft}}'' 'verse's technology is roughly at pre-industrial level, where guns are getting common, but swords and bows are still viable. However, the range of technology available is quite large. [[RockBeatsLaser Rock axes]] can down [[{{Magitek}} demonic]] HumongousMecha, and {{Death Ray}}s can be used against ancient evil gods.
** Not to mention the dimension-hopping giants that ride around in spaceships.
* ''SepterraCore'' wandered back and forth between the two, blending such elements as SteamPunk technology, magic fueled by the planet itself, genetic engineering and a pantheon of gods.
* The ''ArTonelico'' series features girls who [[MagicMusic control magical powers with their songs]] and goddesses who control the giant towers that humanity has been forced to live in after a disaster destroyed the world's land. The [[AllThereInTheManual backstory of the series]] reveals that this disaster was caused by the technology of a highly advanced civilization. The towers themselves were built by these civilizations. The villain in the first game invades the tower's systems with viruses that can take physical form and possess many of the tower's robot guardians. The magic wielding girls themselves are actually an [[ArtificialHuman artificial race]] designed to use magical powers based on the intricate principles of "wave science."
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features an invasion by demons from hell ... thwarted by a ''space marine'' on ''Mars'' with a ''plasma rifle.''
** Demons with cybernetic implants. One of them is called Cyberdemon.
* The ''MortalKombat'' universe also combines elements of both science-fiction (cyborgs, advanced weaponry, parallel dimensions, spaceships) and fantasy (magic, dragons, gods, demons).
* ''ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' is a mixture of more specific genres: HighFantasy and SteamPunk. The overarching story is fantasy epic, set in a more dystopian land that includes race and class conflict and the growing pains of an industrializing society as themes. Magic vs. technology is less a war than an ideological clash that can at least find common ground in its goals if not its practical methods.
* ''{{Metro 2033}}'' takes place in a fairly standard GrimDark version of AfterTheEnd, with hostile mutants, scattered human survivors, and a climax that involves using pre-cataclysmic weapons. There are also enough murderous ghosts for one of the characters to have a theory on them (Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory were ''also'' atomized), including a bona fide AfterlifeExpress.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' takes place on a FloatingContinent, which is inhabited by fantastic creatures such as [[FunnyAnimal bunny-shaped Mimigas]], ([[NonHumanUndead undead]]) [[SandIsWater sand-dwelling crocodiles]] or humanoid cockroaches, ruled over by an old witch who's responsible for an abomination that keeps the island afloat from inside a chamber protected with terminals and water control. There's also an incubator corridor that keeps dragon eggs and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has laser weapons, robots, biotechnology along with pseudo-gods, fairies and ghosts (Oberon's children) as well as various other mythological creatures.
* {{The Venture Bros}} had a MagicVersusScience contest between Dr. Venture and Dr. Orpheus (a parody of Dr. Strange), reaching its climax as Orpheus produces fire from his hands. Dr. Venture's scientific one-up? A lighter.
* {{The Venture Bros}} had a MagicVersusScience contest between Dr. Venture and Dr. Orpheus (a parody of Dr. Strange), reaching its climax as Orpheus produces fire from his hands. Dr. Venture's scientific one-up? A lighter.
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* ''DragonballZ'' starts out as a new rendition of a fantastic Chinese folk tale, and the titular {{MacGuffin}}s are blatantly magical -- but then we get alien invaders, space travel, and androids and it all gets weirder from there.
** The very first chapter of ''DragonBall'' has a motorbike-in-a-bottle.
* ''{{Manga/ARIA}}'' is a subversion. Set in a replica of Venice on the planet Aqua (née {{Mars}}), there are elaborate technological control systems [[{{Terraform}} maintaining the environment]] -- floating islands for climate control, underground facilities for enhancing the planet's gravity -- the works. Then the cast is caught up in supernatural time travel and ghosts of the past appear. This sounds like the setting for a gripping tale of planetary exploration and the technological and social struggles of the colonists as they deal with a mysterious past. But really, it's just an excuse for SceneryPorn, as the female gondoliers float through a beautiful, peaceful city in their [[SliceOfLife happy-go-lucky lives]].
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', anyone?! Starts out as a RealRobot show with some religious symbolism, but quickly goes down the rabbit hole of Christian/Jewish/Kabbalistic prophecy, angels, and a legendary weapon on the Moon. Here's the obligatory link to MindScrew which must come with every reference to ''NGE'' under state law.
* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' features magical girls and witches that really ''are'' magical. However, this entire arrangement was set up by a [[spoiler:hyper-advanced alien race harvesting the energy of magical girls'/witches' emotions in an attempt to hold off the heat death of the universe]].
* ''LightNovel/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''
** The very first chapter of ''DragonBall'' has a motorbike-in-a-bottle.
* ''{{Manga/ARIA}}'' is a subversion. Set in a replica of Venice on the planet Aqua (née {{Mars}}), there are elaborate technological control systems [[{{Terraform}} maintaining the environment]] -- floating islands for climate control, underground facilities for enhancing the planet's gravity -- the works. Then the cast is caught up in supernatural time travel and ghosts of the past appear. This sounds like the setting for a gripping tale of planetary exploration and the technological and social struggles of the colonists as they deal with a mysterious past. But really, it's just an excuse for SceneryPorn, as the female gondoliers float through a beautiful, peaceful city in their [[SliceOfLife happy-go-lucky lives]].
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', anyone?! Starts out as a RealRobot show with some religious symbolism, but quickly goes down the rabbit hole of Christian/Jewish/Kabbalistic prophecy, angels, and a legendary weapon on the Moon. Here's the obligatory link to MindScrew which must come with every reference to ''NGE'' under state law.
* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' features magical girls and witches that really ''are'' magical. However, this entire arrangement was set up by a [[spoiler:hyper-advanced alien race harvesting the energy of magical girls'/witches' emotions in an attempt to hold off the heat death of the universe]].
* ''LightNovel/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Oh, where to begin. The original series was supposed to be firmly grounded in observable reality -- the Doctor himself identified as a scientist on a number of different occasions, because the series was originally intended to be an {{Edutainment Show}} -- but then the more zany science fiction elements took over. By now, it uses elements from all over SpeculativeFiction, from {{eldritch horror}}s to Venitian [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] to [[{{Cyborg}} Cybermen]]. And it's all brought together by a {{Time Travel}}ing TARDIS that apparently goes where and when it is needed.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has ghosts, immortal people, and sentient Islands that can move...and also well thought out time travel, exotic matter, and electromagnetism as a key plot elements. Though, really, ''[[MindScrew no one knows what genre it is]]''.
* ''PowerRangers''
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Oh, where to begin. The original series was supposed to be firmly grounded in observable reality -- the Doctor himself identified as a scientist on a number of different occasions, because the series was originally intended to be an {{Edutainment Show}} -- but then the more zany science fiction elements took over. By now, it uses elements from all over SpeculativeFiction, from {{eldritch horror}}s to Venitian [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] to [[{{Cyborg}} Cybermen]]. And it's all brought together by a {{Time Travel}}ing TARDIS that apparently goes where and when it is needed.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has ghosts, immortal people, and sentient Islands that can move...and also well thought out time travel, exotic matter, and electromagnetism as a key plot elements. Though, really, ''[[MindScrew no one knows what genre it is]]''.
* ''PowerRangers''
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* ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has both magic and futuristic technology, and combinations of the two.
* The ''Crushed'' subseries of ''{{Supermegatopia}}'' is technically [[spoiler: the result of a space explorer using SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology to make]] a medieval fantasy world. This later gets ruined by [[spoiler: the Ragnaracoon]], and mixed into an unapologetic mishmash of high technology and high fantasy called Meshworld.
* ''Webcomic/BrokenSpace'' ([[http://brokenspacecomic.com site]]) features aliens, demons, clockwork, [[SteamPunk steam-power]], magicians, guns, swords, strange Magitek weapons, and divinely powered starships.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has genetically altered super-mutant assassins, aliens, mad scientists and many magic users, several of whom are main characters. Oh yeah, and one of the magic users can create a fairy version of herself, and Tedd's been hacking a {{Magitek}} [[GenderBender transformation ray gun]] since 2002.
* ''LastRes0rt'' is set several thousand years into the future, contains nanotechnology, flying robots, and a galactic society... and also contains lots of creatures that run off of soul-based magic, including vampires, djinn, and zombies. [[FurryComic Also, furries.]] It's labeled {{Cyberpunk}} -- but it's about as Cyberpunk as, say, {{Shadowrun}}.
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* WebComic/MegaTokyo has both light fantasy elements (mostly {{MagicalGirl}}s) and soft sci-fi (stuff related to the TPCD mostly). A DarkMagicalGirl is best friends with a RobotGirl and said DMG used to control people's emotions through an MMORPG.
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* Animated UrbanFantasy web series ''BrokenSaints'' uses a lot of the technology from (probably) TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, and just labeled "state-of-the-art" in-story. However, it also includes [[TheEmpath Shandala]]'s powers of healing and... [[BewareTheNiceOnes not-so-healing...]], and Kamimura's ability to SoulJar his pupil, holding a [[SoulFragment fragment]] of said pupil's consciousness within his own mind. While the first ability [[spoiler: is revealed to be part of her genetic design]] (very sci-fi), they are both firmly in the fantasy realm.
* While most of ''ChaosFighters'' novels are fantasy with minor science fiction elements inserted in the magic system, ''Chaos Fighters II'' and ''Chaos Fighters: Chemical Warriors'' are science fiction with significant fantasy style battles.
* While most of ''ChaosFighters'' novels are fantasy with minor science fiction elements inserted in the magic system, ''Chaos Fighters II'' and ''Chaos Fighters: Chemical Warriors'' are science fiction with significant fantasy style battles.
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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' seemed to be straight UrbanFantasy at first, what with the mages and golems and vampires. Then [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]] came in. And the {{Mad Scientist}}s. And the Magic Internet. And the magical PlayfulHacker vs TheCracker face-off in cyberspace. And the martian {{Time Travel}}ler from the future with HumongousMecha and {{Mecha-Mooks}}. And most recently, it seems that [[spoiler: the magic world is actually on Mars.]] It pretty much ends up as sci-fi and fantasy in a blender.
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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' seemed to be straight UrbanFantasy at first, what with the mages [[VancianMagic mages]] and golems {{golem}}s and vampires.[[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. Then [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]] came in. And the {{Mad Scientist}}s. And the [[{{Magitek}} Magic Internet.Internet]]. And the magical PlayfulHacker vs TheCracker face-off in cyberspace. And the martian {{Mar|s}}tian {{Time Travel}}ler from the future with HumongousMecha and {{Mecha-Mooks}}. And most recently, it seems that [[spoiler: the magic world is actually on Mars.]] It pretty much ends up as sci-fi and fantasy in a blender.
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** It's the story of a farmboy who meets an old wizard, learns magic and swordfighting from him, and then fights an evil wizard and a dark knight. [[HerosJourney He travels]] throughout strange lands were he meets monsters, rescues princesses, and....flies a spaceship. Because all this takes place in another galaxy where space aliens fight with laser guns and manual labor is done by robots. The prequels participate in some DoingInTheWizard, but even they don't try to explain the ghosts and the prophecies. The massive ExpandedUniverse gives us dragons, magical artifacts...and also features [[DoingInTheWizard mass dewizardification]], depending on the writer.
* The ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' film series is, at its core, an epic fantasy story told in modern times with [[HumongousMecha giant transforming robots]]. It has the usual elements such as a mythical origin story, ancient artifacts of great, ambiguous power, discussions of fate, destiny, and the call to adventure, themes of absolute good versus absolute evil, and even messiah and anti-Christ figures.
* ''{{Tron}}'' starts out with what looks like a fairly standard [[AIIsACrapshoot evil AI]] plot, but then the main character is shot by a laser and "digitized" into a computer. He finds himself in a magical world where computer programs are people that worship godlike "users," and takes part in an epic quest to defeat an EvilOverlord (the Master Control Program) using a powerful artifact (an identity disc containing data that can destroy the MCP). The movie would probably be best described as a pure fantasy story, were it not for the fact that it was [[{{Setting}} set]] inside computers.
* ''TheMatrix'': Neo is "TheChosenOne", prophecied by an ''oracle'', and he has special powers that allow him to fly, bend spoons, and dodge bullets. Oh, but it's only cause he's in a computer simulation run by intelligent machines.
* The ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' film series is, at its core, an epic fantasy story told in modern times with [[HumongousMecha giant transforming robots]]. It has the usual elements such as a mythical origin story, ancient artifacts of great, ambiguous power, discussions of fate, destiny, and the call to adventure, themes of absolute good versus absolute evil, and even messiah and anti-Christ figures.
* ''{{Tron}}'' starts out with what looks like a fairly standard [[AIIsACrapshoot evil AI]] plot, but then the main character is shot by a laser and "digitized" into a computer. He finds himself in a magical world where computer programs are people that worship godlike "users," and takes part in an epic quest to defeat an EvilOverlord (the Master Control Program) using a powerful artifact (an identity disc containing data that can destroy the MCP). The movie would probably be best described as a pure fantasy story, were it not for the fact that it was [[{{Setting}} set]] inside computers.
* ''TheMatrix'': Neo is "TheChosenOne", prophecied by an ''oracle'', and he has special powers that allow him to fly, bend spoons, and dodge bullets. Oh, but it's only cause he's in a computer simulation run by intelligent machines.
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* ''TheDarkTower'' series by Stephen King, set in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world where oil refineries, nuclear-powered water pumps, and the music of ZZ Top Music/ZZTop co-exist with wizards, succubi, and gunslingers who fight for truth and justice in the [[KingArthur Arthurian]] tradition.
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* WebOriginal/LimyaaelsFantasyRants has tips for writing [[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/577404.html science fiction/fantasy hybrids]].
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* ''TheDragonDoctors'' make heavy use of magic, but always use it rationally and scientifically (their leader even calls herself a "Magical Scientist"). LegoGenetics are referenced at one point as being only possible with the use of magic to treat traits as conceptual objects.
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Subtrope of SpeculativeFiction, under which all {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction falls. Compare UrbanFantasy, GaslampFantasy, SpaceOpera, and PlanetaryRomance. Contrast HowUnscientific, where the mix of genres seems out of place. FantasyKitchenSink is the version of this trope without science fiction.
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* ''UruseiYatsura'' technically may be a sci-fi, but essentially all of the aliens are some form of {{Youkai}} from JapaneseMythology: Lum is from the Planet Oni, Yuki the yuki-onna is from Neptune, etc. In practice, anything from Science Fiction or Fantasy can happen from TimeTravel to {{Onmyodo}} exorcisms, [[RuleOfFunny so long as it's funny]].
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* ''{{Touhou}}'': Stupid fairy vs. HumongousMecha. ShrineMaiden vs. tanks. [[spoiler:ShrineMaiden wins.]] Magical aliens vs. Apollo 13. Nuclear reactor powered by a magical crow that ate a dead deity. Laser-blasting witch whose ally is a kappa with stealth suit. The list goes on...
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* The universe of the tabletop roleplaying game ''[[DarthWiki/TheChroniclesOfFate Chaos]]'' is a ''perfect example'' of this trope. You know you're in for a case of {{science fantasy}} when your [[{{the verse}} verse]] is a {{crossover cosmology}} {{multiverse}} containing [[AllTheMyriadWays every possible type of universe]], but that's just the beginning. Described as “cosmic fantasy”, ''[[DarthWiki/TheChroniclesOfFate Chaos]]'' is intended to have all the feeling of a fantasy setting, the only thing that makes it ''not'' explicitly fantasy is that it just so happens to have sci-fi “props” and window dressing. To quote directly from the book, “''Chaos'' is an over-the-top, epic cosmic fantasy. It's got dragons and spaceships, cyborgs and wizards, knights, aliens, superheroes, gods, demons, time travel, energy weapons, parallel universes, romance, quests, wars, duels, ancient conspiracies, buried treasures and lost artifacts, distant planets, weird creatures, corrupt politicians…and a guy named [[ArchangelMichael Mike]].”
* Similarly, the tabletop RPG ''{{Rifts}}'' is set a few centuries after the high tech world of tomorrow is utterly trashed by the return of magic. Human supremacist armies of cyborgs and HumongousMecha traipse across the landscape. Atlantis has risen. Sorcerers summon demons and raise the dead. Rifts in spacetime spew out critters from other dimensions more or less at random. Elves and dragons and goblins (oh my) roam the wilderness. Killer cyborgs from another dimension want to kill all humanoid life on Earth. Gods battle Alien invaders. Vampires openly run entire cities. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
* Similarly, the tabletop RPG ''{{Rifts}}'' is set a few centuries after the high tech world of tomorrow is utterly trashed by the return of magic. Human supremacist armies of cyborgs and HumongousMecha traipse across the landscape. Atlantis has risen. Sorcerers summon demons and raise the dead. Rifts in spacetime spew out critters from other dimensions more or less at random. Elves and dragons and goblins (oh my) roam the wilderness. Killer cyborgs from another dimension want to kill all humanoid life on Earth. Gods battle Alien invaders. Vampires openly run entire cities. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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** ''FinalFantasyVI'' had steampunk-esque technology and Edward's tools, which included a chainsaw and drill. The [[SandIsWater sand-diving]] Castle Figaro was treated as using science rather than magic, although it's really not physically possible.
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** ''FinalFantasyVI'' had steampunk-esque technology and Edward's Edgar's tools, which included a chainsaw and drill. The [[SandIsWater sand-diving]] Castle Figaro was treated as using science rather than magic, although it's really not physically possible.
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** ''FinalFantasyIV'' had a spacecraft capable of going to the moon and a HumongousMecha, although it\\\\\\\'s otherwise fantasy in all respects.
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* ''TheDarkTower'' series by Stephen King, set in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world where oil refineries, nuclear-powered water pumps, and the music of ZZ Top co-exist with wizards, succubi, and gunslingers who fight for truth and justice in the [[KingArthur Arthurian]] tradition.
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* ''ScrappedPrincess'' blends fantasy and sci-fi elements, with a world seemingly in MedievalStasis where magic and TronLines abound. Then adds RuinsOfTheModernAge [[spoiler: and the Skid into the mix. Not to mention the existences of Xeferis, and Natalie, who\'re [[EmpathicWeapon dragoons]] that link with their masters. And the Peacemakers, who are a powerful race of alien overlords who can enslave the minds of all who gaze upon them. To say nothing of their true power!]]
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ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}} stories can be difficult to tell apart under normal circumstances, as all but the very [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness hardest]] sci-fi introduces some hypothetical technology that one has to take on faith, like FTLTravel or HumanoidAliens. And at the other end of the scale, even HighFantasy works have consistency requirements like MagicAIsMagicA, which can blur the line into SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic.
ScienceFantasy works, on the other hand, take traditional Fantasy and Science Fiction tropes and throw them in a blender, purposely creating a setting that has the [[MixAndMatch feel of both]]. Expect to see a lot of classic Fantasy tropes (e.g. [[SwordFight warriors with swords]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], [[HermeticMagic wizards]], [[BrightCastle castles]], and [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]]) ''and'' a lot of standard Science Fiction tropes (e.g. [[CoolStarship spaceships]], [[AlienTropes aliens]], [[EnergyWeapon lasers]], [[TropesOnScienceAndUnscience scientists]], {{robot}}s, and {{time travel}}).
In any event, its bound to include SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic, {{Magitech}}, FunctionalMagic, and MagicFromTechnology.
It should be noted that some works may slant towards one or the other, yet still contain elements of both. ScienceFantasy lies near the middle of a continuum between ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}}, so there will naturally be a wide range of works that lie somewhere between "Fantasy with a dash of SciFi" and "SciFi with a smidgen of Fantasy". For an explanation of why the genres are so linked, see the [[Analysis/SpeculativeFiction analysis page on Speculative Fiction]].
Subtrope of SpeculativeFiction, under which all {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction falls. Compare UrbanFantasy, GaslampFantasy, SpaceOpera, and PlanetaryRomance. FantasyKitchenSink is the version of this trope without science fiction.
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* ''ScrappedPrincess'' blends fantasy and sci-fi elements, with a world seemingly in MedievalStasis where magic and TronLines abound. Then adds RuinsOfTheModernAge [[spoiler: and the Skid into the mix. Not to mention the existences of Xeferis, and Natalie, who\'re [[EmpathicWeapon dragoons]] that link with their masters. And the Peacemakers, who are a powerful race of alien overlords who can enslave the minds of all who gaze upon them. To say nothing of their true power!]]
* ''ElHazard'' is another series that blends science fiction with fantasy, featuring a story centered around [[StableTimeLoop a time paradox]] set in a land rife with magic and supernatural wonder. Yet, there are remnants of ancient technology as well, such as the Stairway to the Sky, the Eye of God, and the demon dolls.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' seemed to be straight UrbanFantasy at first, what with the mages and golems and vampires. Then [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]] came in. And the {{Mad Scientist}}s. And the Magic Internet. And the magical PlayfulHacker vs TheCracker face-off in cyberspace. And the martian {{Time Travel}}ler from the future with HumongousMecha and {{Mecha-Mooks}}. And most recently, it seems that [[spoiler: the magic world is actually on Mars.]] It pretty much ends up as sci-fi and fantasy in a blender.
* In ''[[LyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the Space-Time Administration Bureau that the main characters work for is like ''StarTrek'''s Federation, except where ''Star Trek'' would have a piece of TechnoBabble to power its futuristic devices, ''Nanoha'' just uses magic. Magical {{Energy Weapon}}s, magical FasterThanLightTravel, magical [[HollywoodCyborg cyborgs]], magical artificial intelligence with Windows-esque error codes...
* ''OutlawStar'' has spaceships and aliens, but the SpacePirates use Chi Magic and the most popular [[PleasurePlanet resort world]] in the galaxy was originally a {{Mana}} mine. The main character's signature weapon is a fireball-flinging MagiTek pistol.
* ''[[WolfsRain Wolf's Rain]]''. Technology meets mythology.
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* ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures'', a MegaCrossover, fuses many {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction sources into a single narrative. For example, a [[NorseMythology Norse God]] used ''[[DungeonsAndDragons dimension door]]'' to get his party onto the [[StarTrek Klingon]] {{Space Pirates}}' ship, whereupon their sorceress summoned a protective [[PetalPower wall of roses]] as they hacked the computer to gain control of the ship -- all while a BeyondTheImpossible SpaceBattle was going between the two ships outside.
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* The ''YoungWizards'' series by DianeDuane, especially from the third book onwards. What do you do with your MagicAIsMagicA FunctionalMagic that looks suspiciously like programming? Go to Mars. And then explore the rest of the galaxy and meet up with aliens.
* In the ''ArtemisFowl'' series, the faeries have both real magic and higher tech than humans.
* Heinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad'' is a reconstruction of pulp adventure novels with an ordinary modern day man swashbuckling his way across several savage planets inhabited by "dragons" and other such beasties in search of a device that recorded the memories of all the Empresses of the Fifty Universes.
* PiersAnthony's ''ApprenticeAdept'' series fits perfectly. The setting is one world split across two realities. One of them is called Proton, which is high tech, while the other is known as Phaze, where magic prevails.
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* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' is the quintessential CyberPunk UrbanFantasy.
* ''{{GURPS}} Technomancer''. The first above-ground atomic explosion in the U.S. releases magic into the world. As a result, people can cast spells and weird hybrid creatures are born, but only in the area covered by magical fallout.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons''. Several supplements and campaign settings over the years have been based on this premise:
** Module S3 ''Expedition to the Barrier Peaks'', set in a spaceship that crashed in the {{Greyhawk}} setting.
** The ''Odyssey - Tale of the Comet'' boxed set, which also involved a crashed spaceship.
** Modules [=DA2=] ''Temple of the Frog'' and [=DA3=] ''City of the Gods'', both of which occurred in the {{Blackmoor}} setting.
* {{Spelljammer}} is essentially D&D as a SpaceOpera with magic-powered [[SpaceIsAnOcean wooden ships]] sailing the phlogiston currents between stars.
* {{Eberron}} is one of the codifiers of the DungeonPunk sub-sub-genre. Elemental binding magic allows for airships, mag-lev trains, and sapient constructs, among other things.
* ''D20Modern''. The standard setting is UrbanFantasy, but there's plenty of options for adding sf into the mix. The bodak, for example, is a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]] [[TheGreys Grey]].
** Technically, the game is "whatever the GM wants". The only explicitly Science Fantasy campaign setting is "From the Dark Heart Of Space" from d20 Future. Though Dark Matter comes close.
* ''Dragonstar'' is a D20 RolePlayingGame that combines ''DungeonsAndDragons'' fantasy roleplay roles with a ScienceFiction setting with intersteller travel, robots and other features of futuristic technology.
* ''FengShui'' takes place in a universe where robot monkeys coexist with demonic creatures.
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* Nearly every recent ''FinalFantasy'' has had this. Besides the series standard magic and SummonMagic:
** ''FinalFantasyIV'' had a spacecraft capable of going to the moon and a HumongousMecha, although it\\\\\\\'s otherwise fantasy in all respects.
** ''FinalFantasyVI'' had steampunk-esque technology and Edward's tools, which included a chainsaw and drill. The [[SandIsWater sand-diving]] Castle Figaro was treated as using science rather than magic, although it's really not physically possible.
** ''FinalFantasyVII'' had near-modern cities, guns, genetic engineering (sort of), electricity, and power plants. However, those power plants ran on the literal lifeblood of the planet, which also produced magic crystals that could teach you magic.
** ''FinalFantasyVIII'' has SummonMagic, magical TimeTravel, schools that convert into ancient moving fortresses, and a ship that got lost in space while launching an evil sorceress into a space prison. It also has Esthar, a CrystalSpiresAndTogas-like futuristic country.
** ''FinalFantasyIX'' is mostly fantasy, but includes quite a lot of {{Steampunk}} technology and [[spoiler: a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Sufficiently Advanced]] {{Magitek}} alien race to which both the protagonist and the BigBad belong]].
** ''FinalFantasyX'' has machina, a slightly steampunk-esque technology that can make guns, grenades, mecha, and blitzball stadiums. On the other hand, there's an EldritchAbomination running around killing everyone and the [[OurSoulsAreDifferent pyreflies]] that make up a person can reform into monsters after their death.
** ''FinalFantasyXII'' has guns and more science fiction like airships than previous titles, but the airships are powered by magical [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum]]. Not to mention all the other magical elements.
** ''FinalFantasyXIII'' appears to be ScienceFiction at first, with guns, more "realistic" airships, mecha, and genetic engineering. But most, if not all, of the tech is powered by fal'cie, magical beings. Who can also grant magical powers to chosen humans, [[BlessedWithSuck although it sucks to be chosen this way for the human]].
* ''[[StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]'' does this as well, by having Fayt and Cliff, who're members of the Pangalactic Federation, crash land on Elicoor II, a planet who's inhabitants are a [[MedievalStasis type-3 civilization.]] Fayt and Cliff go to great lengths to conceal the true nature of their identities to avoid unnecessary trouble, leading to predictable results. [[spoiler: Except for the part where they learn that their universe, and everything in it, is one big virtual game!]]
* ''XenobladeChronicles'' invokes this as well, featuring a massive medieval world mixed with magitech beings, weapons, and locals which is showcased in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUNNyNK-4w&feature=related many of the game's trailers.]]
* ''{{Albion}}'', a game where a spaceship in the future lands on a world with magic instead of technology. A lot of the time is spent in primarily fantastic or scifistic settings, but they eventually mix, and both elements are present at least a little most of the time.
* ''ChronoTrigger'': An apocalyptic future with destroyed [[DomedHometown domed cities]] caused by a CosmicHorror, combined with a medieval [[SwordAndSorceror sword-and-spell]] setting in the past. And it's all connected by TimeTravel.
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* ''GirlGenius'' is {{steampunk}} combined with fantasy. Most of the weird stuff can be explained by technology, but not everything. The magic includes stuff like the river Dyne (which is an apparently natural spring the waters of which make the drinker a mad genius, though in most cases it's instantly lethal), Geisterdamen (ghost-like beings), Frankenstein-esque reanimated corpses, Jaegermonsters (non-human beings with superhuman strength and [[LongLived lifespans]] who are former humans who drank the [[SuperSerum "Jaegerdraught"]]), multiple cases of BrainUploading, the [[GeniusLoci castle Heterodyne]]'s seemingly telekinetic ability to move chunks of itself...
* ''GunnerkriggCourt''. There are robots and other advanced tech in the Court, while the Gillitie Wood is full of magic-users (including PhysicalGod Coyote). Transformation to/from forest creatures is an accepted part of the universe, and the Court has students and teachers skilled in "etheric sciences".
* ''QuentynQuinnSpaceRanger'' is a sequel to ''TalesOfTheQuestor'' that takes place 700 years later in the interstellar age. At that point most Racconnans rely on [[{{Magitek}} technology]] for most of their Lux use.
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* ''{{Thundercats}}'' has space travel, futuristic vehicles and the like, but also features a magic sword used by the hero and an undead SorcerousOverlord as the main villain.
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