Simon the Sorceror

Description: Simon the Sorceror is an adventure game developed by adventure Soft.

Newest Review: ... more clever-looking but ultimately confusing pictograms. The majority of the screen is filled with the play area. The player ... more

... can move anywhere the path takes him or her, and once they reach the edge, or some kind of entrance to elsewhere, play moves to another pre-rendered backdrop with interactive areas. Accompanying the table of actions is the inventory, which fills with items as Simon collects them during play. Simon the Sorcerer is a British game, and fiercely proud of it. While the humour may not be to everyone’s taste, it does have a distinctly English sarcasm and sense of parody almost throughout, aided of course by a few uses of...more

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Simon the Sorceror: Harry Who? (1524 words)
by - written on 16/10/05 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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Ron Gilbert’s SCUMM programming system revolutionised graphic adventure gaming in the early nineties, and resulted in his classic game ‘The Secret of Monkey Island’ becoming a best-seller and one of the most popular and beloved video games of all time. Adventure Soft’s ‘Simon the Sorcerer,’ coming along to Amiga and PC in 1994, added nothing new to the genre, but did present another opportunity for fans of graphic adventure games to spend their time getting lost in a fantastical, humorous, complicated and beautiful world. PREMISE Simon is fifteen and wants to be a wizard, like you do. Strangely he finds himself whisked to a ... Read the complete review