Games PC SIMON THE SORCERER 3D User Manual
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As it turned out, the dog belonged to a kindly old wizard called
Calypso who, as kindly old wizards do, was being held captive
along with many of the lands other great heroes by an evil
sorcerer known as Sordid. It was, of course, inevitable that he
would save the day, vanquish Sordid, using the time honoured ‘Pit
of Fire’ technique and be returned home safely and without a care
in the world. And that’s really where it should have ended...
But the Gods (in this case Profitos and Cashinor) will often play
games with the lives of men and our by now rather unwilling
hero, soon found himself the subject of a barely believable
attempt by Sordid to claim his revenge from beyond the grave!
It so transpired that a young farmer’s son, whose ignorant and
simple minded father*** did not recognise the magical potential
within the boy, and burnt one of Sordid’s old spellbooks,
accidentally reviving the evil wizards spirit.
This boy was called Runt. He and Sordid left the farm and hatched
a cunning plot to bring Simon back to their world by way of a
magical wardrobe.
Although Simon was brought back as
intended, he materialised in the
wrong place and was sent off on a
new quest by Calypso to find some
magical fuel, required to enable the
wardrobe (in which he travelled) to
complete the journey back home.
Once again, he fell foul of Sordid and
ended up losing his body to the evil
sorcerer who then departed to our
dimension, leaving Simon bodiless and nicely set up for the sequel
you’ve now got in your hands.
* Such as: What’s this and why does it do that when I fiddle with it?
** Which would be fun at first, but a lot less so, when the cheese had
turned.
*** Some things stay the same, no matter what dimension you live in.
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THE STORY SO FAR...
Last time... on Simon the Sorcerer!
Since it’s been a while since we last delved into the realm of
sarcasm and sorcery, it seems appropriate to do a quick recap on
what’s been happening to our hopeless hero in case you didn’t
buy the first games.
Simon’s life was pretty ordinary once • he did ordinary 12-year old
boy things, thought ordinary 12-year old boy thoughts* and lived a
basically unremarkable life until, on his birthday, a dog appeared
on the doorstep carrying a package in its mouth. He eagerly
peeled off the wrapping paper and discovered that it was a
strange and mysterious book. Thinking nothing of this, and being
unable to read the weird symbols contained on its pages, the
book was removed to the attic and the dog was subjected to the
strange blend of affection and harmless torturing usually afforded
by boys to their faithful companions. It was some time later, when
the dog
went missing and was eventually discovered by Simon in the attic,
with the strange book open on the floor in front of it, that things
really started to go a bit Pete Tong.
For some reason, Simon could now
understand the meaning- less handwritten language on the pages and, his
curiosity getting the better of him, he
spoke the words of an
incantation that would change his life
forever!
There was a flash of light and a rather cheap looking magical
portal opened up before him (graphics were all 2D in those days).
The dog jumped inside and Simon followed, hoping against hope
that it would lead to a land without maths homework, where a
boy could have adventures and meet bizarre and interesting
characters and where it rained pizza on a daily basis. He was
almost completely right, except about
the pizza.**
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
The ReadMe File
The Simon the Sorcerer 3D CD-ROM game has a ReadMe file where
you can view updated information about the game. To view this file,
double-click on that file in the Simon the Sorcerer 3D directory
found on your hard drive. You may also view the ReadMe file by
first clicking on the START button on your Win95/98 taskbar, then
on Programs, then on MicroProse, then Simon the Sorcerer 3D, and
finally on the ReadMe file option.
Setup and Installation
1. Start Windows® 95/98.
2. Insert the Simon the Sorcerer 3D disk 1 into your CD-ROM drive.
3. If auto-play is enabled, a title screen should appear. If auto-play
is not enabled, double-click on the "My Computer" icon on your
Win95/98 desktop. Next, double-click on your CD-ROM icon to
install the game. If the install screen still does not appear at this
point, locate the "Simon Setup.exe" file on the Simon the Sorcerer
3D CD-ROM and double click on it.
4. Follow the remainder of the on-screen instructions to finish
installing Simon the Sorcerer 3D.
5. Once installation is complete, click on the Start button at the
bottom of the screen, and choose Programs >MicroProse> Simon
the Sorcerer 3D> Simon the Sorcerer 3D to start the game.
Note: You must have the Simon the Sorcerer 3D CD-ROM in the CDROM drive to play.
Installation of DirectX
The Simon the Sorcerer 3D CD-ROM requires DirectX 7 or higher in
order to run.
If you do not have DirectX 7 or higher installed on your computer,
select the option to install a new version of DirectX when asked if
you’d like to install one.
The Start Menu
You can access the Start menu
in two ways, either by selecting
Simon the Sorcerer 3D from the
START menu (note: the game
must be installed first) or by
inserting the game CD with
auto-run enabled. This panel
contains various options:
Start Game
Unsurprisingly, this option starts the game. Which is why it’s
called Start Game.
Clever huh? This is greyed out until the player has installed the
game and setup the game options.
Install/Reinstall
Installs the files needed and sets up shortcuts for playing Simon
3D. In the case of a re-install, Saved Games are not removed and
the initialisation file created by the Front End remains untouched.
Uninstall
Removes all game files except for saved games and the setup
initialisation file. This does free up space on your hard disk but
also hurts our feelings, so consider the consequences before
proceeding.
Setup
This menu lets you setup important game options, some of which
cannot be changed from within the game itself. This means that if
you want to change these options, you will need to exit the game
and re-run the setup program from the Start Menu.
Exit
Quits out of the Start Menu and returns the user to the Windows
desktop.
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Keyboard Options
You can re-define your controls from here. The default keys are:
Forwards -
Backwards -
Turn Left -
Turn Right -
Action -
Use Item -
Examine -
Crouch -
Lookaround -
Walk/Run -
Sprint or Jog Toggle -
Cycle Through Inventory Items
Cycle Backwards Through Inventory Items
Open SpellBook/Inventory
Skip ‘most’ messages -
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The Setup Menu
Video Options
Select your Display Driver from
the drop-down list - you can
also change various settings that
your video card may support. Look
at the ReadMe for more
information on this. Essentially,
the more stuff you have switched
on, the worse the frame rate of
the game will be. Disable options
in this panel to increase game
speed at the expense of pretty
graphical effects.
You should also select which resolution and colour depth best fits
your computer before proceeding to the game.
Sound Options
You can set the volume for the
voice, effects and music in this
menu. Hit the Test Sound button
to hear music, sound effects and
voices playing together to make
sure your settings are correct.
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