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Simon The Sorcerer
''Simon the Sorcerer'' is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Adventure Soft, for Amiga and MS-DOS. The game's story focuses on a boy named Simon who is transported into a parallel universe of magic and monsters, where he embarks on a mission to become a wizard and rescue another from an evil sorcerer. The game's setting was inspired by the novels of the ''Discworld'' series, and incorporates parodies on fantasy novels and fairy tales, such as ''The Lord of the Rings'' and Jack and the Beanstalk. The lead character's design was inspired by that of the fictional British television character Blackadder, with the character voiced by Chris Barrie in the CD re-release. The game was well received by critics, who praised the humour, graphics and gameplay, with some minor criticism towards the plot. ''Simon the Sorcerer'' went on to become a video game series, with a sequel in 1995, '' Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe''. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon The Sorcerer (series)
''Simon the Sorcerer'' is a series of point-and-click adventure games created by British developer Adventure Soft. The series follows the adventures of an unwilling hero of the same name and has a strong fantasy setting similar to Sierra Entertainment, Sierra's ''King's Quest'' and Westwood Studios, Westwood's ''The Legend of Kyrandia'' series. The game varies in style, however, as it is more poised to be a parody of the fantasy genre than a member of the genre itself, with many renowned folklore characters appearing differently from what they are generally presumed to be. The first two games are often compared with the Monkey Island (series), ''Monkey Island'' series in terms of style and humour, and the Terry Pratchett ''Discworld'' novels and derivative Discworld#Merchandise, games. Unlike many older adventure games, several of the titles in the series are still available for purchase. The first and second games in the series are also playable using ScummVM. Titles ''Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Soft
Adventure Soft is a British video game developer and publisher established by Mike Woodroffe, initially as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games as Adventure International (UK), and later using the names Horror Soft, Adventuresoft UK and Headfirst Productions. The firm operates out of Sutton Coldfield, and is best known for the ''Simon the Sorcerer'' series of games. Adventure International UK Woodroffe, who owned a music shop in Birmingham, entered the software industry by opening a computer department within the store, Calisto Computers, importing American software which was otherwise unavailable in the UK. The success of many of the titles from Adventure International led to Woodroffe licensing the name from Scott Adams to form Adventure International (UK). The company employed Brian Howarth, the author of the ''Mysterious Adventures'' series of text adventures, to convert Adams' titles to run on microcomputers found in the United Kingdom market whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imagine Publishing
Imagine Publishing was a UK-based magazine publisher, which published a number of video games, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines. The company was acquired by Future plc on 21 October 2016. History It was founded on 14 May 2005 with private funds by Damian Butt, Steven Boyd and Mark Kendrick, all were former directors of Paragon Publishing, and launched with a core set of six gaming and creative computing titles in the first 6 months of trading. In October 2005, it had acquired the only retro games magazine Retro Gamer, after its original publisher, Live Publishing went bankrupt. Early in 2006, it further acquired the rights to publish a considerable number of titles including gamesTM, Play, PowerStation, X360, Digital Photographer and iCreate, from the old Paragon Publishing stable of magazines when owner Highbury House Communications went into liquidation, following Future Publishing's withdrawal of its offer to buy the company, due to threats of a monopoly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GamesTM
''GamesTM'' (styled as ''gamesTM'') was a British multi-format video games magazine. The first issue was released in December 2002 and the magazine was still being published monthly in English and German up until the last edition was published on 1 November 2018. Format Besides covering all current and recent happenings in the video game world, the magazine included a retro section at the rear, with reviews of past games and "battles" between older consoles. As a standard, it was around 112 pages long. News articles, developer interviews and the like were located at the front, with the preview section following. After the previews there was usually a large feature focused on a particular game or games company. This feature normally lasted 4 to 5 pages. The section for readers' letters followed, at the end of the magazine. Since it was a multi-format magazine, a large number of games on all formats were reviewed. However, the majority of released games were not reviewed becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, apocalyptic comedy novel ''Good Omens'' (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. Pratchett's first novel, ''The Carpet People'', was published in 1971. The first ''Discworld'' novel, ''The Colour of Magic'', was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final ''Discworld'' novel, ''The Shepherd's Crown'', was published in August 2015, five months after his death. With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was Knight Bachelor, knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeChuck's Revenge
''Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1991. Players control the pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who searches for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop and faces the zombie pirate LeChuck. Like ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' (1990), development was led by Ron Gilbert with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman (game developer), Dave Grossman. ''Monkey Island 2'' was the sixth LucasArts game to use the SCUMM engine and the first to use the iMUSE sound system. ''Monkey Island 2'' was a critical success, but a commercial disappointment. It was followed by ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' in 1997. A video game remake, remake was released in 2010, following a similar remake of the first game. In 2022, Gilbert released ''Return to Monkey Island'', set after the cliffhanger of ''Monkey Island 2''. Gameplay ''LeChuck's Revenge'' plays like most SCUMM-based point-and-click adventure games. Actions and dialogues are depicted on an Animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
