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	Title: (Games) The word is mightier
	Author: Phil Wiswell
	Source: The Miami Herald, 2 June 1984
	Date: 2 June 1984
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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<p class="larger">Sorcerer</p>

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 ★★★★**
