Simon the Sorcerer

Description

Simon is just an ordinary boy in an extra-ordinary world. A world in which he must rescue Calypso the Wizard by embarking on a long challenging quest.

The game is a point-and-click adventure, using a typical interface with words such as ‘Use’, ‘Open’, ‘Walk To’ (unlike Lucasarts’ SCUMM games a simple click on that area of the screen won’t do) and ‘Pick Up’ (again, a double-click on the item doesn’t suffice – these two features extend game time significantly)

The game’s plot has a number of references and spoofs to fantasy and fairy tales, with the Three Billy Goats Gruff involved in a particularly significant scene. The humor is very British in places, with lots of dry sarcasm, and lots of Simpsons-esque self-references to the fact that this is a computer game. The levels are non-linear in layout, with puzzles spread across the lands.

Alternate Titles

• "魔法师西蒙" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "שוליית המכשף" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Shuliyat Hamechashef" -- Israeli title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: AGOS
• Simon the Sorcerer series

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User Reviews

"What’s the point in talking to an empty hole?"	DOS	Rabbi Guru (1238)
Simon - Cocky Spotty Nose Hero!!	Windows	phil buckley (22)
A very good adventure in classical style, but still below the standards of Lucas Arts	DOS	Unicorn B. Lynx (63703)
Funny and fun!	DOS	NatsFan (118)
A nice adventure game from the British version of LucasArts	DOS	Black Wolf (37232)
Sierra?....Nah, Adventuresoft here we come!	DOS	Hilary Richardson (16)
An excellent point-and-click adventure game!!!	DOS	James1 (248)
Silly hat, great game	DOS	Depth Lord (950)
Forget Guybrush - Take Simon!	DOS	Rantanplan (1753)

The Press Says

Adventure Corner	DOS	Dec 26, 2008		100
Adventure Classic Gaming	Windows	Sep 12, 1999	5 out of 5	100
Datormagazin	Amiga CD32	Sep 14, 1994	5 out of 5	100
CU Amiga	Amiga	Feb, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Jan, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Defunct Games	Amiga CD32	Jun 07, 2008	80 out of 100	80
La Aventura es la Aventura	DOS	Aug 24, 2006	80 out of 100	80
Slide to Play	iPhone	Aug 17, 2009	3 out of 4	75
The Good Old Days	DOS	Oct 20, 2008	4 out of 6	67
Aventura y Cía	DOS	Sep 27, 2005		40

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Trivia

This game first had a disk version and then a CDROM version. The CDROM version featured full speech.