Game

Simon the Sorcerer 1993

Developed by Adventure Soft, MojoTouch, iPhSoft

  • Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy

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. 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.

Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventureFantasyComedywizardsmagicfrogmummygoatgraphic adventurebirdportalsdialogue treescrimedancingpixel artAcorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

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