SIMON THE SORCERER MANUAL PC
Two years later, just before the sequel was due to be released, the first game was re-released on PC CD-ROM. It contained a 30-page black and white manual, which included the compass pictures required to pass the copy protection built into this release. The first game, Simon the Sorcerer, was released in 1993 for IBM PC compatibles running MS-DOS on three 3.5" floppy disks in a large box styled with purple margins, with no speech and only sub-titles used throughout the game. Surviving an attempt on his life, Simon quickly outwits him, defeats him, and is sent back to his world.Īlthough he assumes he had a dream, a portal opens in his bedroom, and a large gloved hand appears, taking him back through it. Although Simon transforms him into stone, Sordid is revived the moment his wand is destroyed. Searching the tower, Simon helps to send some demons back, and uses a teleporter to take him to the Fiery Pits of Rondor, so as to destroy Sordid's wand. Gaining entry with a potion that shrinks him, he quickly winds up in the tower's garden and finds a mushroom that restores his size. Helping them to acquire a staff, and paying a subscription fee, he then performs tasks for various people, recovering the spell book he lost, as well as locating Sordid's tower. Instructed to become a wizard, Simon is told to seek out wizards in the local tavern, and complete tasks with them. Through it, Simon learns he was brought to this world to save Calypso from the evil sorcerer, Sordid. After escaping from some goblins who intended to eat Simon, he quickly discovers a house in a village belonging to a wizard called Calypso, along with a letter from him.
Chippy quickly goes through the portal and Simon follows, ending up in another world. Simon throws the book onto the floor in contempt, not believing in magic, only for a portal to open above it as a result. Seeking to investigate, Simon finds that the dog had discovered a spellbook titled "Ye Olde Spellbooke" in an old chest both the dog and the book had turned up sometime before the story from an unknown location. The story begins with an ordinary teenager, called Simon, who hears his dog, "Chippy", up in the loft of his house.
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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