Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess
DOS - 1982
Also available on: Apple II - Atari 8-bit - Commodore 64 - FM-7 - PC-88
Description of Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess
Matthew Murray said it all in his review of this terrible PC version of Sierra's (then On-Line Systems) Wizard And The Princess. I'm quoting it verbatim here as a proof that I'm not alone in the minority opinion that Roberta Williams was, and is, NOT the best adventure game designer ;)
"[This] was the second game released by Roberta Williams in the same year as Mystery House, (1980). Unlike Mystery House, Wizard And The Princess introduced color to the game. Very basic color, but color, none the less, which made the game all the more interesting. It was released again in 1982, for IBM (as Adventures in Serenia - Underdogs).
The plot? An evil wizard, Harlin the Malevolent captured the fair Princess Priscilla and put up magical barriers to prevent the Wanderer from being able to save her. However, the Wanderer, being very resourceful, managed to overcome the evil Wizard and save the Princess, but the Wizard was vengeful, and plotted to change history so the Wanderer didn't save the Princess. He challenges you to try and save her, with the new barriers intact. Using your wit, skill and with a little luck, you beat the wizard again and saved the beautiful Princess.
One of Sierra's earliest graphics games, Wizard and the Princess was a ridiculous little game with a threadbare plot that suggested what their games would eventually become (the game even took place in the land of Serenia, which was the name of the major country in King's Quest V). It had some cute graphics for the time, but mainly relied on very simple situations and cliches for their puzzles. If you can find it, play it for the novelty value, but it should not be considered playable for any other reason in this day and age."
There you go. Now play it to see for yourself how much better Infocom's games were in 1985 :)
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
old Sierra player 2020-07-21 0 point
This freezes in the inventory or just random places. Sad because I really want to give it a proper play through :(
Spike 2019-03-05 -2 points DOS version
Here are the controls. I got them off of the sierrahelp website.
F1 toggles graphics on and off.
F2 toggles colors of graphics.
F3 saves game.
F4 restores game.
F5 calls inventory.
F6 types look room.
"N", "E", "S" and "W" navigates one screen up, right, down and left, respectively (works for Apple][ version, too).
Anonomous 2017-09-12 -1 point
https://www.destructoid.com/play-the-computer-game-seen-in-the-movie-big-152328.phtml
This game wasn't in big... the game in big was just random graphics made for the movie, and not an actual game.
Rhys The Beast 2015-09-30 0 point
I saw this game on the film 'Big' with Tom Hanks and I really wanted to play it. The reason for this is because you can type whatever you want and it happens!!!
Anonymous 2015-01-18 -2 points DOS version
It seems when I use commands like 'inventory' or do something that makes the text fill four lines, I get stuck and I can't enter commands anymore. I've only been able to start moving again a few times and that was just by mashing keys. Does anyone know how I can get around this? I'd really like to be able to play through this game.
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Apple II Version
- Year: 1980
- Publisher: Green Valley Publishing, On-Line Systems, ShareData, Inc.
- Developer: On-Line Systems, Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Atari 8-bit ROM
- Year: 1980
- Publisher: On-Line Systems
- Developer: On-Line Systems
Commodore 64 Version
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: All American Adventures, Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- Developer: Sierra On-Line, Inc.
FM-7 Version
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: StarCraft, Inc.
- Developer: On-Line Systems
110 KBPC-88 Version
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: StarCraft, Inc.
- Developer: Sierra On-Line, Inc.
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