Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd.

COMPANY» Founded 1992-06-24

Sutton Coldfield,West Midlands,United Kingdom

Adventure Soft the British Developer was created by the brothers Michael and Simon Woodroffe. they are best known for the classic point and click adventure game "Simon The Sorcerer"

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General Info  

Adventure Soft was founded in Brimingham, United Kingdoms. The company focused on running "Adventure International" games on "Microcomputers". later on they hired Brian Howarth (Mysterious Adventure author) to help them out. 

The Early Years  

From there they started to create their own games such as Gremlins - The Adventure in 1984 which was based on the Gremlins movie. A year after the success of Gremlins they created the game Robin of Sherwood that is based on the 85' TV series.    In 1986, Adventure Soft moved to work on the "Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks" created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone and worked on a new game system to develop their games:

• Seas of Blood 
• Rebel Planet 
• Temple of Terror 
• Blizzard Pass 

Adventure Soft continued to produce games for other developers like Supergran and Terraquake by Tynesoft the British Dev/Publisher company.      

Simon The Sorcerer

1993 Adventure developed their most successful point and click franchise "Simon the Sorcerer" on the Amiga and Dos. this series got a few remastered versions and was translated to several languages such as: Russian,German,French, Hebrew etc... today you can even find the same versions on the Iphone/Ipod touch and can play it with the Scummvm.

Developed Games

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Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe (Game)

2 January 1995

A point-and-click adventure game. Simon is transported by a wardrobe back to the fantasy world.

AMI​ PC​ MAC​ +2

Simon the Sorcerer (Game)

2 January 1993

This point-and-click adventure game follows Simon, an unwilling teenage hero on his quest to save the wizard Calypso.

AMI​ PC​ MAC​ +5

Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack (Game)

1 November 1998

PC​

Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball (Game)

1 January 1998

Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball is a pinball game for the PC, based on the point & click adventure games Simon the Sorcerer.

PC​

Published Games

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Elvira's Horror Pack (Game)

31 December 1998

PC​

Simon the Sorcerer 3D (Game)

26 April 2002

Simon is back for a third adventure to stop the evil Sordid. For a first in the franchise, the game is in 3D.

PC​

Simon the Sorcerer (Game)

2 January 1993

This point-and-click adventure game follows Simon, an unwilling teenage hero on his quest to save the wizard Calypso.

AMI​ PC​ MAC​ +5

Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack (Game)

1 November 1998

PC​

Company details

Name

Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd.

Abbreviation

Founded

24 June 1992

Location

Sutton Coldfield,West Midlands,United Kingdom

Website

http://www.adventuresoft.com/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball (Game)
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Published Games

• Elvira's Horror Pack (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer 3D (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer (Game)
• Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Simon the Sorcerer (Franchise)
• Elvira's Movie Macabre (Franchise)

People

• Alan Cox (Person)

Characters

• Simon the Sorcerer (Character)
• Calypso (Character)
• Runt (Character)
• Sordid (Character)
• Swampy (Character)
• Elvira (Character)
• Alice Greenwood (Character)
• Jimmy Blandford (Character)
• Judy (Character)
• Michael Williams (Character)
• Mr. Jones (Character)
• Mr. Roberts (Character)
• Mrs. Jones (Character)
• Peter Mason (Character)
• Sgt. Jefferson (Character)
• Susan Blandford (Character)
• Tony Donaldson (Character)

Concepts

• AGOS (Concept)
• GOG.com (Concept)
• Dialogue Tree (Concept)
• Birds (Concept)
• Breaking the Fourth Wall (Concept)
• Cutscene (Concept)
• Electricity (Concept)
• Glitch (Concept)
• Inventory (Concept)
• Item Combination (Concept)
• Male Protagonists (Concept)
• Non-Player Character (Concept)
• Point and Click (Concept)
• Pop Culture Reference (Concept)
• Red Herring (Concept)
• Teleportation (Concept)
• The Locked Door (Concept)
• Voice Acting (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Alien (Concept)

Locations

• Bar (Location)
• Bedroom (Location)
• Cave (Location)
• Forest (Location)
• Kitchen (Location)
• Prison (Location)
• Shop (Location)
• Space (Location)
• Swamp (Location)
• Waterfall (Location)
• Abandoned Buildings (Location)
• Attic (Location)
• Beach (Location)
• Castle (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• Church (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Firing Range (Location)
• Laboratory (Location)
• Medieval Fantasy Village (Location)

Objects

• Axe (Object)
• Book (Object)
• Door (Object)
• Ladder (Object)
• Paper (Object)
• Robe (Object)
• Barrel (Object)
• Bell (Object)
• Bone (Object)
• Bottle (Object)
• Bowl (Object)
• Bridge (Object)
• Cage (Object)
• Candle (Object)
• Cardboard Box (Object)
• Chains (Object)
• Coin (Object)
• Crate (Object)
• Dice (Object)
• Hammer (Object)