Enchanter
| Implementers |
Marc Blank Dave Lebling |
| Release Year | 1983 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Difficulty | Standard |
In ENCHANTER, the first of a spellbinding series in the tradition of ZORK, you are a novice magician whom Fate has chosen to do singlehanded combat with a dark and fierce power. But wordly weapons will avail you naught, for your foe is the Evil Warlock who holds sway over the land.
To defeat him, you will have to match your skills as a necromancer against his, casting spells you have learned from your masters in the Circle of Enchanters and other incantations you will acquire as you proceed on your quest.
If you succeed, you will be elevated to a seat in the illustrious Circle; if you fail, your land will be doomed to an eternity of darkness.
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From the Library (14 articles)
Enchanter Review
Where is Zork? Alive and well in magic school. The result? Enchanter, the beginning of a trilogy sequel to the Zorks. . . .
~2 minute read
Enchanter Review
ENCHANTER (NA / âââââ) is a magical text adventure set in a desolate land dominated by the evil warlock Krill. You have been chosen to confront Krill because you are the least experience enchanter the circle could find and, therefore, the least likely to attract his attention. You must journey to Krill's castle along and discover his secrets. . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Review
You stand at a fork in the road, holding nothing but your spell book. Your mind is dazed from the immensity of recent events: from nowhere, you, a lowly novice enchanter, were summoned into the presence of the august Circle of Enchanters, and charged with an almost impossible task: to enter the domain of the powerful warlock Krill, and destroy him. As the dawn sun rises over the land, you draw a deep breath, choose your path, and trudge off along a dusty road. . . .
~2 minute read
Infocom Plans New Fantasy Series News
ENCHANTER, the first in a new series of fantasy games from Infocom, takes players into a magical world of perilous predicaments. . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Review
This text adventure was written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling, authors of the classic Zork Trilogy (reviewed in December 1983 Games). While many players will think of Enchanter as Zork IV, it is actually the beginning of a new trilogy. Unlike Zork, where the player is a mere adventurer, this game grants you fledgling magic powers to help you find and destroy an evil warlock. . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Review
At Creative Computing we don't look down our noses at "twitch-style" arcade games. We love them, and we play them regularly. A good hand-eye arcade game can provide hours of excitement and have an addictive power that keeps you coming back time after time. . . .
~10 minute read
Enchanter Review
Enchanter, an adventure game set in a world of wizards and warlocks, is one of Infocom's latest masterpieces. With only four spells to your name, you (a lowly novice enchanter) must seek out and defeat the warlock Krill, an omnipotent outcast from the Circle of Enchanters. . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Review
Enchanter begins the second sword-and-sorcery trilogy from Infocom, the company whose name is synonymous with high-quality text adventures. Unofficially dubbed "Zork IV," Enchanter owes a lot to its legendary predecessor, both in authorship (Zork creators Marc Blank and Dave Lebling collaborated on this effort) and in genre (the full-text fantasy uses the Interlogic prose, making the computer capable of understanding complex commands). . . .
~2 minute read
Enchanter: As Told by Scorpia Walkthrough Spoilers
Back from the depths of space at last, I see! Well, your favorite chair (and brew!) is waiting; you'll need a breather before embarking on your next journey: an adventure into the realm of magic and wizardry, a trip to the world of... the Enchanter! . . .
~5 minute read
Embark on the Road to Adventure Review
The first thing you notice about an Infocom game is its packaging. Quite simply, Infocom produces the most imaginative packages on the market. Remember the Suspended package, with the skull-mask eyes that stare at you from counter tops? Or Deadline's detective case file? . . .
~10 minute read
Enchanter Review
Your hands tremble with the excitement of the moment as you break the seal on the parchment document. Lo! Here are the words of some powerful and ancient magic users, commanding you, a fledgling enchanter, to undertake a most dangerous and exciting quest. Using only the spells you know and those you discover on your travels, you must seek out and vanquish the ultimate caster of evil. Here, in Infocom's Enchanter, good can only triumph over evil if you have the patience and will to prevail. . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Walkthrough Spoilers
You're a novice spellcaster on a mission to destroy the evil Krill, a mysterious and powerful warlock. Why did your leaders, the great Circle of Enchanters, pick you for the job? Well, because Krill would have detected and destroyed any great Enchanter who attempted to get too close. So, it's you, your wits, and a couple of spells against the most ruthless evil the world has ever known. Doesn't quite sound like a piece of cake, does it? If things get a little too rough, take a look at a few of the following hints: . . .
~1 minute read
Enchanter Review
The adventure game wizards at Infocom have just unleashed a new challenge â Enchanter, which the package blurb claims "is in the Zork tradition." That's quite a tradition to live up to, because as practically all adventure-game addicts know, Infocom's best-selling Zork trilogy set new standards for adventure game sophistication. Yet Enchanter upholds those high standards. And it even includes some of the characters from Zork. . . .
~6 minute read
Enchanter and Sorcerer Review
For those adventurers who have made their way through Zork, Enchanter is like an old friend. While it is not really a sequel to the Zork trilogy, there are some scenes and characters that are familiar. If you haven't played Zork, you won't lose much; you just won't see a few jokes that only Zork players would recognize. . . .
~7 minute read
In the Box (19 images)
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Historical Sales Data
Weekly Sales Ranking
Top weekly ranking: #11
Weeks in top 20: 20
Source: Billboard's "Top Computer Software" charts, ostensibly prepared from retailer-provided sales data. Billboard began publishing software charts on 8 October 1983 and published the charts weekly until 31 August 1985, then biweekly or monthly beginning 14 September 1985. Billboards editors considered computer games a vulgar art and never took them seriously, making many typographical and factual errors in the retail charts, eventually discontinuing them on 27 September 1986.
Units Shipped By Year
| 1983 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | |
| 19862 | |
| 87-893 |
Total units shipped: 72,134
Overall ranking: 13 of 33
Accounts for 3% of units sold
2 Data for 1986 includes units shipped through June 1986 only
3 Data for April 1987 - March 1989
Source: (1981-1989) Internal Infocom documents, archived by Steve Meretezky
Editions (5 formats)
Folio (1983-1984)
Outer game box (grey)
Inner game folder (multi-colored)
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve
Game manual ("Guild Directory")
Parchment scroll, folded and sealed with a faux wax seal
System-specific reference card
Warranty registration card
Product catalog
(Possibly) ZUG/Invisiclues/Maps flyer
Parchment scroll is almost always stained by bleeding of the wax seal adhesive
Grey Box (1984-1986)
Game box, plastic cover over contents
Game manual and "A Brief History of Magic" (bound into box)
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve (no sleeve for 3-1/2" disk)
Parchment scroll, folded and sealed with a faux wax seal
System-specific reference card
Warranty registration card
Product catalog
Invisiclues order form
Unlike the Folio edition, the adhesive used for the "wax seal" on the scroll does not bleed and stain the scroll in the Grey Box edition.
Trilogy (1986+)
Game box, plastic cover over contents
Game manual and "A Brief History of Magic" (bound into box)
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve (no sleeve for 3-1/2" disk)
Parchment scroll, folded and sealed with a faux wax seal
(Originally included the Sorcerer game disk in the Enchanter box as well)
No marketing inserts
Bundled with Sorcerer and Spellbreaker Grey Box editions in a slipcase. Identical to the Grey Box edition, but does not include marketing inserts (in the Spellbreaker box only)
Mastertronic (1990-1991)
Game box
Game manual
Game disk(s) (PC copies included both 5-1/4" and 3-1/2" disks)
Released in the UK for Amiga, Atari ST and PC. #8 in Mastertronic's Infocom series.
PC-98 (Japan) (1993)
Game box and sleeve
Game diskette (5-1/4" diskette in grey SystemSoft sleeve or 3-1/2" diskette)
Game manual
Scroll (Japanese, on standard paper)
Warranty registration card
SystemSoft software catalog
Translated to Japanese and updated with graphics. Sold in Japan for the NEC PC-98 series of home computers.
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