![]() ![]() If successful, Simon will still have to prove himself if he is worthy of the gift. It takes 7 days and nights for the joining to happen. His soul (in a bottle carried by Calypso) is joined to his body. Calypso, the Head priest and another priest are also present. The next scene shows a scantily clad woman dragging Simon's body to the top of a temple pyramid. Runt and Sordid hunt for the Ancient One. The present adventure starts with Runt showing his latest accomplishment (a new body for Sordid) to Sordid who is in Simon's body. Reinstalling DirectX 8.1 from the official Microsoft site might help with glitches in the game.Ī short outline of the previous 2 Simon adventures is explained. Rainbirds do not fly at nights and only in open space. Some of the booths are broken shown by red dots and when seen in the game have a red x taped on it. ![]() There are telephone booths also scattered about for rapid transport to another place shown by a zone map. The map is shown when Simon rides a Rainbird and it will land on a glowing area that Simon looks at. There are lifepads scattered around whenever a dangerous action might cause Simon to die and restores him to life. Pressing any keyboard control presently used toggles it back to the default - walk/run or if the spacebar is toggled back to the game. Pressing Esc returns to the main screen of the options selected. To combine objects, place one item in the hand icon and then double click the mouse on the combining item in inventory. The Spell book is on the left of the screen and has the Disk options (load, save or quit), Inventory and Game options (Graphic - color, resolution, dithering and gamma control Sound - adjusts various sound options and other options (subtitles). A selection will appear and choose to load game from this selection or a possible glitch might happen. To get the main menu for the game during the opening sequence press ESC and not the space bar. When the spacebar is pressed the display shows 3 boxes on the right (G - groat Simon is carrying, Eye icon - what Simon is looking at and Hand icon - what Simon is carrying at the moment). The default keyboard controls are: Movement - direction arrows, Action - Ctrl or enter, Use item - Alt, Examine - X, Crouch - Z, Lookaround - Tab, Walk/run - Shift, Sprint - Caps Lock, Cycle inventory - C and Open spell book/inventory - Spacebar. The setup menu shows the video, sound and keyboard options. The Start Menu has the Start game, Install/Reinstall, Uninstall, Setup and Exit. Read the manual for more complete explanations. The graphics are quite good for it's time and the style of humor is quite sarcastic and crude.Game Play: The game is by keyboard manipulation and the mouse can be used only in the Spell book. Simon The Sorcerer is an excellent game full of humor and adventure. Simon must then solve puzzles and become a wizard to get back to his own world. Simon starts to read the book and is thrown into the Magical world. The dog goes into the attic one day and pulls out some old magic tome. Simon the Sorcerer spawned a lot of sequels and for a good reason, the original was really, really good. Overall, lovers of adventure who have missed this game will find it to be really interesting, while for a younger audience it can be the gateway game to the entire 90s adventure scene. In terms of references the original game throws winks in the direction of Rapunzel, jack and the Beanstalk, another old favorite, Three Billy Goats Gruff and more. You will have to uncover a lot of mysteries while solving puzzles, finding items and all sorts of other adventure like things will be sent your way. And this is where the proper game starts. Having nothing better to do, Simon steps into the book portal and finds himself in another world. You will play as Simon, which is just a normal teenager until his dog uncovers a book of magic, book which also happens to be the door to another dimension. The astute adventure that made fun of olden literatureĪ point and click adventure at heart, the first game in the Simon the Sorcerer series is a great adventure game, featuring graphics that seem more pleasing for children but a story ripe with commentary about the late 80's and 90s pop culture, much to the delight of an older generation of players. ![]()
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