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Simon the Sorcerer

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…

2 January 1993

Simon the Sorcerer is an adventure developed by Adventure Soft, released 2 January 1993 on Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga and Android.

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What Simon the Sorcerer is

Simon the Sorcerer is an adventure game developed by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. It is available on Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Android, DOS, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on AGOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Official trailer

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When did Simon the Sorcerer come out?
Simon the Sorcerer was released on 2 January 1993 for Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Android, DOS, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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