Video Game / Enchanted Scepters

The kingdom of Callion is imperiled! The vile Hurks are massing to the south, and our swords are no match for their machine guns. Only with the scepters of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water can the wizard Elron repel the invasion. You, Saber, have been tasked with recovering these mighty artifacts from the four corners of the world.

Released in 1984 on the fledgling Apple Macintosh platform, Enchanted Scepters was the first Adventure Game to incorporate Point-and-Click elements. It was also the first product of the World Builder engine, which was afterward sold separately as a Game Maker.

This game contains examples of:

• Anachronism Stew — Wizards and robots, catapults and tommy guns, cavemen and dinosaurs...

• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking — From the back of the box:
  With actual recorded sounds for scenes, characters, and objects. Monsters roar, swords swoosh, crickets chirp.

• Copy Protection — In a pirated copy, Saber will randomly be struck on the back of the head by a pirate and thrown in an arena to face a Tyrannosaurus rex.
  The pirate laughs: Har, Har, Har!
• Damn You, Muscle Memory! — Unlike most Interactive Fiction, you need to type Command-N, -S, -E, or -W to move. Unlike most Mac games, Command-S will therefore not save your position.

• Fanfare — A fanfare heralds the King and the scepters.
• Fan Sequel — Lost Crystal

• Fantasy World Map — The world map is located in Elron's sanctum.

• Fireballs

• God Save Us from the Queen! — The Queen of Atlantis.
  You don't really think I'm going to give you my precious Scepter, do you? Robots, kill the surface dweller!

• G-Rated Drug — "Berries" and "powder". Take a little and they'll enhance your health; take a little more and they'll all but kill you.

• Patchwork Map — A desert, a jungle, an ocean, a forest, a volcano, an Egyptian sphinx, a Mayan temple, and Easter Island heads... all within walking distance.

• Press X to Die: You can commit suicide by typing "Jump" on the cliff path.

• Riddle Me This — Solve the Earth Demon's riddle and you don't have to fight him.
• Sadly Mythtaken — A cameo by "the goddess Osiris."
• Saying Sound Effects Out Loud — An unusual variation. The narration "A huge tidal wave roars from the south" is accompanied by the sound of an animal roaring, followed by a splash.

• Schmuck Bait — "Set me free and I'll tell you the secret to defeating your enemies!"

• Shout-Out:
  • Silicon Beach Software worked a literal silicon beach into the game.
    • Well, discounting the fact that sand is made of silicon dioxide, so every beach is technically a literal silicon beach.
  • The Black Knight answers your blows with cries of "Only a Flesh Wound!"

• Starter Equipment — A sword and a freeze spell are the player's starting gear.
• Temple of Doom — The Mayan pyramid temple is a Death Course, complete with Spikes of Doom, Boulder of Doom, and Advancing Wall of Doom.

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