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Simon The Sorcerer

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2023-04-06

Stats

20,301

Conversions

Acorn Archimedes
Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch (iOS)
Apple Macintosh (OS X)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Lead graphics
Animations
Additional graphics
Additional graphics
Additional graphics
Game design, Story

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- ~8MB HD space is needed for installation and 1.5MB ram is required to play the HD version.

- Execute 'hdinstall' on disk 1 from CLI/shell and specify the HD partition the game is to be installed to (e.g. hdinstall DH1:).

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1993
Simon The Sorcerer
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
English, French, German, Italian
9
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Min. Requirements: 1MB ram (floppy version) or 1.5MB ram (HD version)

[2] Game features support for savegames.

[3] Distributed in Germany by Bomico and in Italy by Leader.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1993 Adventure Soft PC (DOS) release.

AGA

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- ~8MB HD space is needed for installation and 1.5MB ram is required to play the HD version.

- Execute 'hdinstall' on disk 1 from CLI/shell and specify the HD partition the game is to be installed to (e.g. hdinstall DH1:).

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1993
Simon The Sorcerer
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
English, French, German, Italian
9
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Min. Requirements: 1MB ram (floppy version) or 1.5MB ram (HD version)

[2] Game features support for savegames.

[3] Distributed in Germany by Bomico and in Italy by Leader.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1993 Adventure Soft PC (DOS) release.

CD32

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1994
Simon The Sorcerer
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] CD32 version includes recorded speech and features the voice of Chris Barrie (who played Rimmer from the cult sci-fi TV series "Red Dwarf") as the main character Simon in the game.

[2] Game features joypad/mouse (plugged into joypad port 2) and savegame support (due to memory restrictions only one savegame position at a time is possible to the CD32's internal NVRAM memory).

Conversion Notes

Based on 1993 Adventure Soft PC (DOS) release.

Screen info

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CD32
Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Box scan ECS no. 2

Box: AGA
Box scan AGA no. 1

UK Release (front)

Box scan AGA no. 2

UK Release (back)

Box scan AGA no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan AGA no. 4

German Release (back)

Box scan AGA no. 5

German Release (front) [alt]

Box scan AGA no. 6

German Release (back) [alt]

Box: CD32
Box scan CD32 no. 1

Box scan CD32 no. 2

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

UK Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Disk scan ECS no. 3

Disk scan ECS no. 4

German Release

Disk scan ECS no. 5

Disk: AGA
Disk scan AGA no. 1

UK Release

Disk scan AGA no. 2

UK Release (alt)

Disk scan AGA no. 3

German Release

Disk: CD32
Disk scan CD32 no. 1

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual Cover (front)

ECS no. 2

Manual Cover (rear)

ECS no. 3

HD Installation Card

ECS no. 4

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 53, 12/1993, Page 53)

ECS no. 5

Italian Advert

ECS no. 6

German Advert (PowerPlay 11/1993, Page 9)

ECS no. 7

German Advert (ASM 9/1994)

ECS no. 8

French Advert (TILT, 11/1992)

Misc: AGA
AGA no. 1

Manual Cover

AGA no. 2

Italian Advert

AGA no. 3

German Advert (PowerPlay 11/1993, Page 9)

AGA no. 4

German Advert (ASM 9/1994)

Misc: CD32
CD32 no. 1

CD32 Instruction Card

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English/German/French)

ECS no. 2

Installation Card (English/French/German)

AGA

No manuals found.

CD32
CD32 no. 1

Manual (English/German/French/Italian)

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

AGA

No cheats found.

CD32

No cheats found.

Acorn Archimedes
Conversion Acorn Archimedes

Conversion Acorn Archimedes

Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch (iOS)
No conversion screens found.
Apple Macintosh (OS X)
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

AGA

No maps found.

CD32

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
56 (Apr 1994)
0
Amiga Computing
72 (Apr 1994)
89%
Simon Clays
2
Amiga Dream
4 (Feb 1994)
91%
Gregory Halliday
0
Amiga Force
16 (Mar 1994)
81%
Rob Millichamp
Nick Roberts
0
Amiga Format
56 (Feb 1994)
84%
Rob Mead
2
Amiga Joker
Jan 1994
85%
Joachim Nettelbeck
1
Amiga Power
34 (Feb 1994)
69%
Jonathan Davies
2
Computer + Video Games
156 The Essential Guide
86%
0
CU Amiga
Feb 1994
90%
Tony Gill
3
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1994)
5/5
Göran Fröjdh
0
The One
65 (Feb 1994)
89%
Matt Broughton
4
Amiga Dream
5 (Mar 1994)
91%
Gregory Halliday
0
Amiga Format
56 (Feb 1994)
84%
Rob Mead
2
Amiga Joker
Feb 1994
86%
Monika Lechl (Stoschek)
1
Amiga Power
35 (Mar 1994)
73%
Chris Lloyd
1
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1994)
5/5
Göran Fröjdh
0
Amiga Action
63 (Nov 1994)
90%
Paul McNally
0
Amiga CD32 Gamer
4 (Sep 1994)
90%
3
Amiga Computing
80 (Dec 1994)
80%
1
Amiga Concept
8 (Oct 1994)
89%
Fabien Bonnargent
0
Amiga Dream
11 (Oct 1994)
86%
Grégory Halliday
0
Amiga Format
64 (Oct 1994)
70%
1
Amiga Format
110 (May 1998)
80%
Andy Smith
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1994
86%
Monika Lechl (Stoschek)
1
Amiga Power
42 (Oct 1994)
57%
Jonathan Nash
1
CU Amiga
Jul 1994
90%
Dean Evans
1
Datormagazin
No 16 (Sep 1994)
5/5
Ove Kaufeldt
0
The One
74 (Nov 1994)
89%
Andy Nuttall
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Format
54 (Xmas 1993)
Preview
1
Amiga Power
26 (Jun 1993)
Linda Barker
Preview (in-depth)
1
CU Amiga
Apr 1993
Tony Dillon
Preview (in-depth)
3
The One
58 (Jul 1993)
Gary Penn
Preview (in-depth)
2

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 85%

Your Score:

AGA

Lore Score: 85%

Your Score:

CD32

Lore Score: 82%

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