Introduction

A short summary of Simon's two first adventures,
the introduction to his third adventure in 3D and
instructions to options and game controls in the third game.

Simon The Sorcerer - The first game about Simon

Short summary

Simon an ordinary boy had was on his birthday visited by a strange little dog carrying a book in his mouth. It was a strange book and Simon didn't understand a word so he threw the book into the attic and didn't bother about it until one day the dog was missing. Simon found him at the attic looking as if he was reading in the strange book. Now Simon could read the book too.

Silly enough he spoke some of the words. Suddenly a portal to another dimension was opened, the dog jumped in and Simon followed him. He learned that a nice old sorcerer named Calypso owned the dog but that Sordid an evil sorcerer had taken Calypso and some other people as prisoners.
Of course Simon went out to free them. He studied to become a sorcerer and after a lot of adventures he was able to find and Rescue Calypso and his friends and to conquer Sordid.
Simon returned home to his own world happy and content and that was the end of his first adventure.

Simon The Sorcerer 2 - The second game about Simon

Short summary

But Simon had left the spell-book in the other dimension and a boy name Runt found it and was interested. Runt's father got angry and burnt the book but he shouldn't have done that. Sordid who had been destroyed by fire came back and Runt became his apprentice. Together the two of them planned to conquer the world but Sordid needed a body and they made a devilish plan

to steal Simon's body. They constructed a wardrobe and sent it to Simon. The wardrobe was meant to take Simon to Sordid's land but something went wrong and Simon came to The Calypso Emporium instead. To get back home Simon had to find some magical fluid. Searching for the fluid he had a lot of adventures but was at last trapped by Runt. Runt took his body and gave it to Sordid and together the evil sorcerer and his apprentice went to conquer the world. Simon's body-less soul they left behind and there it is now, waiting for the third game to begin.


The third adventure - Simon the Sorcerer 3D

Introduction

Sordid using Simon's body enters the chamber of his apprentice Runt after having been out using some of his foul tricks.
While Sordid has been away Runt has been working on a new body for his master, who is getting tired of using Simon's, and now the new body is ready to be used.


Sordid is delighted and immediately gets rid of Simon's body which falls to the floor.
Sordid occupies his new body made to him by Runt and then he asks Runt if he has found the "Ancient One".
"Not yet," says Runt, "but I have a plan."
Whispering he tells Sordid about the plan. Sordid is content. The plan is as devilish and devious as he likes them. Now they only have to make it work.

Melissa Leg one of Simon's friends finds Simon's body at Sordid's and takes it to Calypso who decides to try to revive Simon.
Melissa drags the body to the Temple where Calypso, the High Priest and a second Priest are waiting.
The body is lifted by magical forces and lowered into the Chamber of Rebirth.


Calypso has earlier found Simon's soul and kept it in a bottle. At the order of the High Priest he now opens the lid and pours the soul into the opening.
The High Priest reads some spells, some magical forces are aroused and the soul is united with the body in the Chamber of Rebirth.


Now they only have to wait and hope.
For seven days and seven nights they have to wait.
They all look down at Simon lying there waiting to be reborn.


Instructions to options and game controls in the third game

To Exit the game or to start a new game you must first press the Esc-key to get to the Head-Menu.
Select the alternative you want with the arrow-keys and press Enter.

Saving and loading

Press the Space Bar to get to the Spell Book. There are three tab pages at the top of the book, labeled Disk, Inv and Opt.
In the spell book you can use the arrows or the mouse to select the different alternatives.




Choose Disk to save and load games.
To save, select the row you want to use and press Enter.
Write a name for the game and press Enter again.
You can save 42 games. You can also save over old games.



Choose Opt to change the default for graphic and sounds.
You can also get subtitles which is nice if English is not your native language.
Select the Opt-tab and press Enter. Select Game and press Enter again.
Select On and press Enter. Do this as soon as you get the Head Menu the first time, then you'll get subtitles to the introduction too.





Choose the Inv-tab to see all the objects you have picked up.
You can select the objects with the arrow-keys or with the mouse.
When an object is selected you also get a description of it.


Three important boxes

At the top right of the screen you find three boxes.

The left has a G above, and shows how many groats Simon owns.
(Groat is the name of the one currency used. At the beginning 000 is shown.)

The middle box, with an eye, shows what Simon is looking at.
(Simon usually turns his head to make you see where, on the screen, he is looking. Press the x-key and Simon will comment what he is looking at.

The rightmost box, with a hand, shows what Simon is holding in his hand. Press the c-key to cycle through the items.
(If you want to see all the items at the same time you must go to the inventory as described earlier.)


Game-Controls

The game is key-board driven

Key

Name in game

Procedure
Up-arrow Jog Simon jogs forwards. - The default movement
Down-arrow Jog Simon jogs backwards.
Left-arrow Turn Left Simon turns left.
Right-arrow Turn Right Simon turns right.
Shift Walk Hold down the Shift-key while using the arrow-keys and Simon will walk slowly forwards or backwards.
Let go of the Shift-key and Simon starts jogging again.
Caps-lock Sprint Press the Caps-lock once and use the arrow-keys to make Simon run very fast. Press the key again and Simon returns to jogging.
z Crawl Press the z-key once and use the arrow-keys to make Simon crawl on hands and feet. Press the key again to make Simon stand up..
Ctrl /Enter Action Simon interacts with what he is looking at. Picks up something, opens a door, pulls a lever or talks to someone.
Alt Use Simon uses the item he holds in his hand with what he is looking at.
To select what he is holding, press the c-key to circle through the items in inventory.
You can also open the inventory and select the item you want him to hold.
To combine two items first check that Simon is holding one of them.
Then open the inventory and double-click at the other item to combine them.
You can also select the secont item in inventory with the arrow-keys and press Alt to combine the items.
Alt Target When you hold the Chakara or the Butterfly-net and look at some item the Alt-key has a different function.
If the Chakara or the Butterfly-net is shown in the Hand-box and you press Alt once, the camera view i changed and you can aim at the item in the Eye-box with the arrow-keys. Press Ctrl to throw the device. At the screen you can see where you hit. If you miss, correct the aim with the arrow-keys and try again. Press Alt once again, to return to normal view.
Tab Look around By holding down the Tab-key while using the arrow-keys you make Simon looking around in different directions, up, down, left, right, The camera is changed to first person view ( you see with Simon's eyes).
Letting go of the Tab-key changes the camera back to the default third person view (you see Simon with your eyes.)
c cycle Press the c-key to cycle through the items in inventory without opening it. The selected item is showed in the Hand-box. (Press Shift+c to cycle backwards.)
x Examine Press the x-key to make Simon comment what he is looking at.
Space-bar Spell-Book Press Space-bar to open the Spell-Book.
Here you can save or load games and change options.
Esq Esq Press Esq to open the Head-Menu.
Among other things you can here Exit the game or start a new game.
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The story is written by MegaZina and based on the game Simon the Sorcerer 3D,
from Adventure Soft Publishing. The pictures are taken from the game.
This homesite is private and has no connection with the named company.