Miami Herald, The, 2 June 1984

~1 minute read

2 Jun 1984

Games

The word is mightier

Phil Wiswell

Sorcerer

Infocom/Apple and most home computers, $50

Sorcerer is the further adventures of a young wizard form Enchanter, a game of equal quality from Infocom. The premise to this very well written interactive story is that Belboz, the big cheese of your Enchanter's Guild, has been kidnapped. You alone must find and bring him back by trying to figure out what words (not graphics) the computer will understand. (The system has a vocabulary of 1,000 words.) You can look at, around, behind, or under objects that are described. You can pick them up and carry them around or drop them elsewhere. But the interesting action surrounds your spell book and the spell scrolls you find and, with enough cleverness, how you can learn to use them to perform incredible feats of magic. And when you come up with bizzare commands, the game often responds with humorous comments. Rating ★★★★

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