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Description

You are a dim ignorant Apprentice Enchanter, but your task is enormous. You must save the world from a Warlock who is ruling the land with his evil powers. You are not the first in this quest but hopefully you will be the first to succeed. You know the basics of magic and will have the chance to learn many spells. Keep your wits and use everything you can to your benefit.

Difficulty Level: Standard

Original C=64 Grey Box Shipped with the following Contents: Booklet - A Brief History of Magic By Gustar Woormax, Ancient Scroll from the Circle of Enchanters, Official Wax Seal.

Alternate Titles

  • "Zork IV" -- Working Title

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The single best Infocom game. Jeff Sinasac (318) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Absolutely superb Mark Papadakis Bronze Star Contributing Member (31) unrated
Milestone for Player Characters Tony Van (2709) 3.67 Stars3.67 Stars3.67 Stars3.67 Stars3.67 Stars

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming Jul 24, 1998 4 out of 5 80
SPAG Oct 11, 1998 7.3 out of 10 73

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Trivia

There are references scattered throughout Enchanter's documentation and gameplay comparing the use of spells by mages to the use of command line interfaces by programmers, and comparing mages to hackers in general. Many of the spell names, such as FROTZ and GNUSTO, are taken from MIT hacker slang of the time; others are various pop cultural references or anagrams. For instance, the NITFOL spell allows one to speak with animals, and NITFOL is a truncated reversal of "LOFTING", after the author of the Dr. Doolittle stories.


This entry was contributed by Brian Hirt (10012), Droog (471), Kabushi (39722), Terok Nor (9442), Mo  (937) and Belboz Bronze Star Contributing Member (6619)
 

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