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Simon the Sorcerer

1993 80 / 100 Adventure Point-and-click Puzzle

Simon the Sorcerer is an adventure game that was released by Adventure Soft on 2 January 1993 for Amiga and DOS formats. The game's name comes from the account of Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8. The game includes parodies of various popular books and fairy tales, including Rapunzel, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Jack and the Beanstalk and the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

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What it is about.

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Story & context

The story begins with the protagonist, Simon, as an ordinary teenager. His dog, "Chippy", discovers a chest in the loft of his house containing a spellbook titled "Ye Olde Spellbooke". Simon throws the book onto the floor in contempt, but a portal opens above it. Chippy goes through the portal and Simon follows. After entering the portal, Simon finds himself in another world. After escaping from some goblins who intended to eat him, he discovers that he has been brought on a quest to rescue the wizard Calypso from the evil sorcerer Sordid.

GameplayPuzzles GenreAdventure GenrePoint-and-click GenrePuzzle ThemeComedy ThemeFantasy Traitanthropomorphism Traitbartender Traitbird Traitblacksmith Traitbreaking the fourth wall Traitbribery Traitbritish accent Traitcat Traitconveniently obscured nudity Traitcrime Traitdancing Traitdialogue trees Traitdice Traitdigital distribution Traitdog Traitfalling sequence Traitfast traveling Traitfrog Traitgiants Traitgoat Traitgoblins Traitgraphic adventure Traitinvisibility Traitiron maiden Traititem combination Traitliving inventory Traitmagic Traitmale protagonist Traitmouse Traitmummy Traitnon-player character Traitnudity Traitowl Traitpig Traitpixel art Traitpop culture reference Traitportals Traitpotion Traitreluctant hero Traitsnake Traitsnow Traitsnowman Traitteleportation Traittorture Traitvoice acting Traitwizards Traitwolf Traityoung protagonist

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Game profile / Plain language

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Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Adventure Soft, MojoTouch, iPhSoft
Publisher
Adventure Soft, MojoTouch, Infocom, iPhSoft
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Comedy, Fantasy
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • iOS Aug 06, 2009
  • Acorn Archimedes 1994
  • Mac 2012
  • DOS Jan 02, 1993
  • Amiga Jan 02, 1993
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) 2002
  • Amiga CD32 1994
  • Android Aug 26, 2013

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