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	Game Over Online Magazine - Simon the Sorcerer Pinball
		The gaming season, in general, seems to be slowing down again as the mad rush of games in the festive season draws to a close.
		The basic idea behind a pinball game (for those poor unfortunate souls out there who have missed out on the better years of their childhood down at the local arcade) is to bounce a silver ball around a box of whirling lights and loud sounds, trying to get as many points as possible.
		This particular game, however, is not a part of the ongoing series of Simon the Sorcerer games, though it relates to the two originals by using the characters.
	www.game-over.net /reviews.php?id=89&page=reviews (2963 words)

	Sorcerer (computer game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sorcerer is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1984.
		It is the second game in the magic-themed "Enchanter trilogy", preceded by Enchanter and followed by Spellbreaker.
		Unlike the games in the Zork Trilogy, each game in the Enchanter Trilogy was written by different implementors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sorcerer_(computer_game) (451 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Why Hollywood and the computer games industry are getting together
		The development cost of a top game title is unlikely to exceed £3-4m, but with each unit selling at up to £40 and the games market in the US alone totalling 225m units, the attractions of a film/game marriage is clear.
		Games can't yet compete with film when it comes to character development, dialogue or the more complex aspects of the story line, so a game like Spider-Man focuses on the action.
		It's not the first time that a computer game has been made into a movie; Lara Croft was converted from computer graphic to screen goddess in Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil crept its way into cinemas this summer.
	www.guardian.co.uk /computergames/story/0,11500,862280,00.html (1821 words)

	Sorcerer - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Previews, ...
		Sorcerer is the second game in the Enchanter trilogy.
		Sorcerer is basically a dungeon crawl, with little plot beyond the setup and the conclusion.
		Sorcerer is not a great game, but it is a fairly quick, enjoyable romp.
	www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/reviews/85 (1051 words)

	Learn to write - short story and fiction writing courses from the London School of Journalism. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Let us then build up a workable definition from these clauses: The computer game, then, is an activity taking place on the basis of formally defined rules, containing an evaluation of the efforts of the player and the story of which differs from player to player.
		Safety in a computer game implies both the players literal safety from the violence in the game and the apparent distance from the rest of the world while playing.
		And though unlike computer games in that they tell just one story at a time, they are similar because they contain numerous other potential narratives.
	www.english-literature.org /essays/alice_video.html (4035 words)

	sorcerer - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about sorcerer
		In computing, an interactive tool developed by Microsoft that ‘talks’ program users through a complex operation, such as creating a template or a presentation.
		The wizard presents the user with a series of dialog boxes asking simple questions in ordinary language, which the user answers by choosing radio buttons, checking boxes, and entering information by keyboard.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /sorcerer (141 words)

	Game Reviews Central
		It is simply a type of hockey game in which you maneuver the puck toward the opposing goal by shooting metal marbles at it.
		Computer game authors are challenged to balance between realism and boredom when designing a submarine simulation.
		In the computer gaming world, the late 1980s will probably be remembered as the age of simulators.
	t.webring.com /hub?ring=gamereviewscentr (1102 words)

	KidScore Game Reviews Zelda the Windwalker \| MediaWise.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The games are successful for two main reasons: great storylines and attention to detail.
		The game consumes vast amounts of time and attention; nonetheless, it is worth the investment, since the game is so well designed and fun to play.
		The game is very creative and uses a variety of elements to support the mega-theme of wind throughout the game.
	www.mediafamily.org /kidscore/games_zelda.shtml (572 words)

	MacGamer - Get In The Game
		Third person games are often a bit tricky because the camera needs to be particularly smart about how to keep the action on screen while maintaining a relatively fixed position in relation to the player.
		Overall the game mimics other third person games, mixing small combat skirmishes with puzzle solving and platform-jumping, but doesn't particularly resonate as anything special in the world of computer games.
		Cut scenes are rendered in the game engine as well and, unlike some other games which use the game engine to tell their story, animation, facial expression, lip syncing and character mannerisms are captured quite well.
	www.macgamer.com /features/?id=828 (1407 words)

	Simon the Sorcerer 3D review
		The history of this game is a bit of a sad tale in gaming history and one that makes one wonder why anyone in their right mind would ever develop adventure games for a living.
		In this game - Simon will be faced with new challenges, meet old allies (most of whom he'd rather forget) and try to defeat Sordid or if not that at least save the universe and perhaps find his way back home at last.
		The characters in the Simon games, as with the Monkey Island series, are a large part of their attractiveness to me as a gamer.
	www.gameboomers.com /reviews/Ss/simon3dbygatorlaw.htm (1347 words)

	Adventure Gamers : Simon the Sorcerer 2
		Although you lose some of the characteristics that the woodland brought to the game (like the animated creatures and the rocks with faces), it makes the game a lot easier to navigate.
		The longevity of Simon 2 is definitely a credit to the game; a seasoned adventure gamer that had never seen it before would have trouble finishing this in under 20 hours of play.
		I suppose with a more grown-up game you have to expect Simon to grow up as well; after all, it’s almost two years since the teenage wannabe sorcerer hit our computer screens and puberty can be an ugly thing.
	www.adventuregamers.com /article/id,77 (1378 words)

	Search Adventure & RPG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Allys Adventure Through the Glass is an adventure game based on a classic work of literature.
		Logic skills are also improved by the puzzles you must solve to win the game.
		This adventure game is set in a mysterious castle, where a dragon and a demon cat guard the secret passageways.
	www.computer-software.org /games/adventure_rpg (418 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for Game Boy Advance at Epinions.com
		The sound was very enjoyable in the game, the characters voices are clear (for the most part, I'll explain later), and all the sounds around the castle are sharp and distinct, they are also very helpful to you.
		So, I would quit and restart the game again, which would usually solve the problem, but there were times that I had to start the game over at least three or four times...not cool.
		I gave the game three stars, which was hard for me to do, cuz I likely would've given it a four if it weren't for all the little annoyances.
	www.epinions.com /content_54519434884 (1415 words)

	The 11th Hour Web Magazine - Features - Extreme Doing Nothing
		Computer game designers really hit their peak when they created the wonder that is this ever-enchanting puzzle, and it's all been pointless from there on.
		There are also these newfangled Simulation Games, Strategy Games, Action and Adventure Games, which, while their credibility may not be called into question by a resemblance to Space Invaders at all, do make the impossible claim to somehow take you to the edge of reality, and even beyond.
		But these games, with their often idiotic premises, violent under-, over- and in-between-tones, and patent lack of anything even approaching redeeming value, often seem little more than ways in which to spend huge chunks of time not doing very much at all.
	www.the11thhour.com /archives/102000/features/games1.html (792 words)

	Amiga Reviews: Simon the Sorcerer 1
		What helps make this joke funny is the fact the game designer has being doing his darndest up to that point to make you forget that you are playing a computer game.
		One of the aims of a good game is to create the illusion that you are involved in a real situation and if the computer gets in the way of the action the illusion is spoiled.
		Instead of the computer obviously stopping their conversation dead and switching into reply mode, they attempt to answer you, then pick up where they left off instead of simply standing motionless waiting for your next input.
	amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com /simonthe.htm (3544 words)

	Amazon.com: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The game doesn't really capture a year at hogwarts even though the school is well laid out and very fun to explore, using spells to find secret rooms behind pictures or find every flavour beans behind statues.
		I'm sure this game is great for younger players, but if they've had a lot of experience with this type of game it might not be much of a challenge.
		The one of the clever things about this game was that at the very beginning, the tutorial of how to play the game is in the form of exploring the castle with Fred and George Weasely, two characters in Harry Potter.
	www.amazon.com /Electronic-Arts-14344-Potter-Sorcerers/dp/B00005N7YQ (2998 words)

	Six to watch - May 18, 2001
		It's worth noting that these games are mainly a precursor for EA's Potter license, as titles for the next-generation console systems are being worked on for next year (but are not being shown at this year's E3).
		The game has a quirky touch and plenty of the humor that has defined the Mario series — and children are bound to want it once it appears on store shelves in November.
		While the game is based online as part of EA's relationship with AOL (the parent company of CNNfn.com), it uses everyday devices, including e-mail, instant messenger, your fax machine and even your phone to communicate with you.
	money.cnn.com /2001/05/18/companies/games_sixtowatch (853 words)

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		In the game your job is to aid Simon in his weighty quest.
		It is a game where you will see glimpses of many old fairy tales and some quite recent ones as well.
		It is a surprisingly long game and the game world is quite large even by today's standards.
	www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=61 (713 words)

	Sorcerer information information - Search.com
		A sorcerer or sorceress (from Old French sorcier) is a person said to practice sorcery.
		Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons
		The Sorcerer, an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
	search.com.com /reference/sorceror (385 words)

	FittsWorld's Diary of a Gamer
		This game is more like reading a great novel than playing a computer game, but there is still enough action to satisfy the gamer in you.
		In fact, I have won games by military conquest, territorial expansion, cultural influence, being the first to launch a space ship to explore new worlds, and even by convincing my nine computer opponents to elect me as their world ruler (without having fired a shot!).
		I believe that the new game has benefited greatly from the involvement of dedicated fans during the development stage, and I hope that it is a model for other game companies to follow in the future.
	home.houston.rr.com /fittsworld/gamer.htm (5672 words)

	The Ultimate AGI & SCI Web Site
		When the original AGI games were released, I was ten years old and fascinated by the system.
		You have to rescue the Prince because you were chosen by the evil sorcerer's arch-nemesis who is nameless as of yet.
		Linux AGI Studio - AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) is the adventure game engine used by Sierra On-Line(tm) to create some of their early games.
	agisci.classicgaming.gamespy.com /links.shtml (1096 words)

	Simon the Sorcerer 3D Review - Mr. Bill's Adventureland
		The previous Simon the Sorcerer game was published way back in 1995, and this one went gold (was finished and sent to the publisher for testing) in 2000.
		Both the controls of the game and the appearance of the characters are reminiscent of Grim Fandango.
		It is a very long game with 6 chapters in addition to the introduction, each with a different major quest, and several of the chapters are longer than most other games.
	www.mrbillsadventureland.com /reviews/s-t/simonsorR/simon3dR.htm (1068 words)

	Sorcerer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sorcerer (album), a 1967 album by Miles Davis.
		Sorcerer (computer game), an interactive fiction game from Infocom, part of the Enchanter trilogy
		Sorcerer (Dungeons and Dragons), a character class in the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sorcerer (183 words)

	GameSpy.com - Reviews: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PC)
		As you play through the Sorcerer's Stone, you'll discover power-ups such as Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans, jelly beans of different flavors that are found throughout the Potter series; Challenge Stars, a goal left by the teachers for Harry to collect; and Chocolate Frogs, an animated chocolate treat that replenishes Harry's health.
		As the game progresses, Harry will sometimes be joined by his two close friends, allowing for slight assistance while sneaking through the castle.
		As for the game's levels, they are wide-ranging; in one you'll find yourself chased by a troll; in another, you'll don an invisibility cloak and sneak past a persistent watch keeper.
	archive.gamespy.com /reviews/february02/harrypotter (620 words)

	Collecting and Preserving Infocom Interactive Fiction
		Also known as text adventure games, these works present story text to players, who then type in commands to the computer, which then prints text in response, back and forth, in the process unfolding and determining a story.
		Also, the Infocom games were particularly notable not just for the content of their programs, but for the materials that accompanied them.
		Many games also came with assorted objects, which without a concerted effort may not be preserved and made available to the public in an organized way.
	www.adammathes.com /academic/rbsc/infocom.html (1844 words)

	List of computer games and MUDs with a Tolkien theme (long) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The author himself considers the games before The Hunt for the Ring to be "technically and thematically inferior to [the later games]".
		The game was completely finished, but written solely for the purpose of the competition and never meant to be released.
		The game was probably never released, but may have ended up on the reverse side of the tape of another of the author's games.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/tolkien/games (4827 words)

	GameSurge - Computer Game Review - Diablo 2
		It took Blizzard years to make this game, this probably having been their longest game in development yet.
		Diablo II follows the story of the strange being known as the Wanderer, who is in actual fact, the hero you played in the original Diablo game.
		In Diablo II you are a new character, who begins the game at the Rogue Encampment, which is one of the four towns (one per act) throughout the game.
	www.gamesurge.com /pc/reviews/d2.shtml (1137 words)

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		After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty.
		To turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.
		Pixel-shader effects and high definition televisions are fully supported to create unprecedented visuals, including lifelike towns, dungeons, and the most realistic forests ever created in a game.
	www.game.co.uk /ViewProduct.aspx?cat=11294&mid=326903 (276 words)

	Neverwinter Nights: Profile: Skullport Game Guides
		Making the time to play a game that is going to be covered while staying interested in that game while I'm putting a walkthrough together.
		Due to this, I can miss out on the game and the story that is provided since I'm more focused on the walkthrough, and this does take away some of the enjoyment that the game has to offer.
		My first introduction to D&D, and computer games for that matter, was the first Gold Box game, Pool of Radiance, and I was at least 13 or 14 at the time of playing it.
	nwn.bioware.com /players/profile_skullport.html (1089 words)

	Bethesda: The Elders Scrolls III (3) - Morrowind Full Retail (Part#: 93155116306)
		Snatched from prison by the Emperor's decree, you arrive at the port of Seyda Neen in the waning years of the Third Era with nothing but the name of a contact in Balmora...completely ignorant of the Prophecies of the Incarnate, your mission, and the role you are to play in Morrowind's history.
		Be the noble hero embarking on an epic quest, or an insidious thief rising to leadership of his guild.
		Be a malevolent sorcerer developing the ultimate spell of destruction, or a reverent healer searching for the cure to a plague.
	www.geminicomputersinc.com /betelscrolii.html (768 words)

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