Adventure in Serenia

King George's daughter Priscilla has been kidnapped by an evil wizard named Harlin, who holds her in his castle. The King offers half of his kingdom to anyone who would venture into the faraway mountain land, enter the castle, defeat Harlin, and bring back the princess. Only one adventurer is brave enough to accept this challenge.

The Wizard and the Princess is a text adventure with graphics. The game's environments are composed of still shots viewed from first-person perspective. The player types combinations of verbs and objects to interact with the game world, move between locations, solve puzzles, and advance the story.

The IBM PC version, entitled Adventure in Serenia, is the exact same game, with the exception of the plot introduction, which is described as a sequel to The Wizard and the Princess: Harlin uses the sands of time to undo his demise by the brave wanderer, and the player has to defeat him once again.

Added September 28, 2020
Published By ShareData, Inc.
Green Valley Publishing
IBM
All American Adventures
Front Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Inside Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United States) from mobygames.com
Manual (United States) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Japan) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Japan) from mobygames.com
The starting location (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Watch out for snakes! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
This snake is trapped under a rock. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
There is a deep chasm here. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
There is a little gnome here. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Crawling through a tunnel... (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Maybe this parrot could be helpful? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Approaching the ocean; a lion is here! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
A boat on the beach (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Out at sea; I'm thirsty, wish I had some water! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Arrived on an island. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Attempting to climb to a tree house. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Inside a tree house; found a shovel! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Found some treasure in a cave? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
There is a woman here in the mountains! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Neat, a rainbow! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Be careful on this rickety old bridge. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
This cave sure is messy! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Beware of the giant... (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Choose what you would like to buy carefully... (Apple II) from mobygames.com
A castle; how can I cross this moat? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Inside the castle; which way to go? (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Hmm, not much in the throne room... (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Careful, it's a wild boar! (Apple II) from mobygames.com
The wizard zaps me into an empty room. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
This little bird is not an ordinary bird... (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Beginning the game (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
There are lots of snakes in the desert! (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A house near a chasm... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
There is a little gnome here (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Exploring an underground tunnel (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
You can see the ocean in the distance... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Arrived at a distant location... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Following a path through the jungle... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
There is an apple here. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Brook. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Tree. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A crevice in a hill. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Underground tunnel. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Little door. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
It's a parrot. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A boat. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Of course all boats in adventure games have holes in them, don't they? :-) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Beach. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Tree house... But no Swiss Family to be found. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A cave. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A ring. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A peasant woman. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Rainbow. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Somewhere, over the rainbow... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Too bad you quit that diet last month... (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Giant (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
In a cave (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Peddler... Is his name Stan? (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
A castle in the distance. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
There's a gator in the moat of course. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Which door to your choose? (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
At the top of the stairs. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
It's a closet... That leads to a magical vortex, Charlie! (Oops, sorry about that!) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Red shoes (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Assembly room... They haven't yet gotten a round table yet, have they? (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Throne room. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Angry boar. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Kitchen. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
"Girl in the tower..." - Oops! Wrong Sierra game! (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
It's the blonde princess in all her 8-bit glory! (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
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Year of Release:
1980

Genre(s):
Interactive Fiction Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Text Parser

Setting/Theme:
Fantasy

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