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	Title: (Computer Capers) Sorcerer
	Author: Randi Hacker
	Source: Games, v8(12)
	Date: December 1984
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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You meet a lot of intriguing characters in this all-text sequel to Enchanter
([Feb. 84](/library/games-enchanter-review)), including a mysterious Adventurer whose identity will surprise you.
Once again you're the young wizard you were in Enchanter, but this time you're
more respected and have more spells. Your mentor, Belboz, has been carried off
by a demon named Jeearr, who has also taken over Belboz's mind and is now
living there rent free. Your job is to evict him. But first you've got to get
out of the Enchanters' Guild without using the door. If you don't get out by
bedtime, your dreams will take you to the House of Eternal Pain, where your
agony will be so profound you won't be able to move or think -— or escape.
Try to avoid this.

Your explorations will take you through the Underground Empire first visited
in the Zork trilogy ([Dec. 83](/library/games-computer-at-play-zorks)) and later encountered indirectly in Enchanter.
If you find the admission fee, you can spend a little R&R time in the best
amusement park ever. Don't miss the arcade area, where the prizes for beaning
bunnies with metal balls are even better than kewpie dolls. You'll meet gnomes,
learn that crime does in fact pay, and discover that bat guano is not just
something to avoid stepping in. Magic scrolls are littered all over the place,
and the spells they contain will make' your mouth water. Making a map of the
game's landscape is necessary, as is finding a friend to play with who
understands mirror mazes and reverse mirror mazes —- and don't underestimate
the usefulness of the Infotater, the information wheel that comes with the game.

The story line is brilliantly conceived. As in other Infocom games, the program
understands full English sentences and is a witty smart aleck. For example,
should you find a flag and type in the command wear flag, the computer's response
might be "Who do you think you are, Abby Hoffman?"

*Infocom, AP, AT, C64, IBM, MAC (D); $45.*