Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe

Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe is an adventure game developed by Adventure Soft and released in 1995 for MS-DOS. It is the second installment in the Simon the Sorcerer series of games, and the sequel to 1993's Simon the Sorcerer. The game's story focuses on a young teen named Simon, who is transported into a parallel universe of magic and monsters that he visited before, via a magical wardrobe created by an evil sorcerer he defeated in the last game. Players engage in a quest to help him find more fuel for the wardrobe by searching a vast world, consisting of parodies on popular fantasy novels and fairy tales.

The game received positive feedback from critics, and later spawned a sequel, Simon the Sorcerer 3D, in 2002. The game was later re-released for Microsoft Windows, via GOG.com in 2008, and was ported onto iOS the following year, until being discontinued in 2015 due to lack of technical support. A 25th anniversary edition of the game was developed by MojoTouch in 2018, and made available for iOS, as well as on GOG.com, Google Play and Amazon Appstore, featuring several improvements to the original game.

Gameplay

As a point-and-click adventure game, the player controls the protagonist of the story, Simon, by using the mouse; with the exception of handheld versions, in which the player controls the character through touchscreen controls. Gameplay involves players moving Simon around locations in the game, interacting with objects and other characters at each site. The player can make Simon perform actions via a verbal command system, represented by picture icons – for example, the verbal command "Look at" is represented by a magnifying glass. Objects that are picked up are placed into an inventory – using such items requires the right action and target for it.