Game Title: The Black Cauldron Release Date: xx-xx-1986 Release Number: 1 Game Series: Disney Games Designer: Roberta Williams & Al Lowe Based on the Disney movie of the same name, The Black Cauldron focuses on the story of Taran, who is an assistant Pig-keeper in the land of Caer Dalben. The Black Cauldron is a game based on the 1985 animated Disney film of the same name developed by Disney Interactive and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Bandai Revolution, Bandai CD, and Bandai Chaos. The Bandai Chaos version is more similar to Legend Of Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, while the Bandai Revolution, and Bandai CD versions is a beat 'em up and platforming. How 'The Black Cauldron' Nearly Killed Disney Animation. It was supposed to be the movie that put Walt Disney Feature Animation (as it was then known) back on the map, its release. The Black Cauldron is a side-view adventure game. Black Cauldron works fine under DOSBox 0.72, but you can get enhanced sound from the original version by changing your dosbox.conf file to emulate a Tandy computer.
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Adventure game fans may remember this classic graphic adventure game, created by Al Lowe (of 'Leisure Suit Larry' fame) and loosely based on the Disney movie of the same name. The gameplay is simplified a bit from most other famous Sierra releases. The game is controlled not controlled by typing commands, everything is done through the function keys (F1,F2,etc). Press F1 during the game for a list of these keys (or check the walkthrough guide below). Overall a simplistic but fun early graphical adventure game.
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The Black Cauldron
DOS - 1986
Also available on: Amiga - Atari ST - Apple II - Apple IIgs
Description of The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron is a fun adventure for kids based on a quite obscure Disney's movie of the same name, which was in turn based on the popular 'Chronicles of Prydain' series of children's books by Lloyd Alexander.
As in the movie, you are Taran, assistant Pig keeper, making your meager living in the fantasy land of Prydain. Your troubles begin when your pig HenWen, which has magical powers, was kidnapped by the Evil Horned King. The King wants to use HenWen's magical powers to locate the powerful black cauldron and rule the world. Naturally, your job is to rescue HenWen and save the world from evil.
The feature that sets The Black Cauldron apart from other Sierra adventure games at the time is the lack of parser. Instead of typing commands a la Police Quest, King's Quest etc., the entire game is played only by pressing a few function keys which represent 'USE [INVENTORY] OBJECT,' 'DO,' and 'USE' commands. This fulfills the game's goal of being a 'kid's game,' since it allows preschoolers to enjoy the game without worrying about grammar. The only problem with this approach is that if you are near several Do-able objects, the game just arbitrarily picks one. Not a big deal, though.
The game overall is well-designed, with appropriate pacing and logical puzzles that won't frustrate kids. Although there is a maze and a few action sequences, they are easy to pass. Unlike most early Sierra games, there are many endings in The Black Cauldron. Some follow the storyline, others are just there for fun, making the game quite replayable.
With colorful characters, accessible interface for kids, and the usual charm of early EGA Sierra games, The Black Cauldron is a great adventure that kids of all ages will enjoy. Thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
External links
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Comments and reviews
Sara2018-02-10-1 point
I can't get the game to load at all. It says 'Illegal Command'. I haven't played this game since I was a kid and was really looking forward to it. :(
legust2015-12-251 point
Very funny game. has a good Story and system
fdisk2015-11-100 point
manual:amiga & hint book:
EDIT: THX fdisk!
A Wise Old Man2013-02-211 point DOS version
The Mouse House actually made more money off this game than they did the movie, which was a major flop in the theaters. A lot of K-6 schools bought copies to help kids get a start on the basics of just using a computer - booting up, using a floppy drive, accessing files, loading programs, etc, etc.
guest2012-10-030 point DOS version
Review of the Black Cauldron for DOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTcU7Al7CU
Pollito2012-08-281 point DOS version
If anyone is having trouble running this under DOSBox, they might want to try ScummVM. It's great at interpreting most Sierra and SCUMM adventure games on many different platforms.
Anne2012-08-180 point DOS version
It's been years since I played this game, but I believe you actually need to type words to interact with things.
Eric2009-10-180 point DOS version
Press Esc to bring up the command buttons. This game uses the F keys for everything. IJKM or arrows to move around.
Justyn2009-10-030 point DOS version
I was hoping I could make this game play. But I could not get the emulation speed to work correctly in DOSBox. Also no key I pressed seemed to work as the interact button. I wasn't able to enter doors, interact with any items or places. Maybe just incompatible with DOSBox or Perhaps I was doing something wrong.
It looks like a fun game, let me know if anyone knows how to make it work right.
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DOS Version
Amiga ROM
- Year:1987
- Publisher:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- Developer:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
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Atari ST ROM
Black Cauldron Game Gurgi
- Year:1986
- Publisher:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- Developer:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Apple II Version
- Year:1986
- Publisher:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- Developer:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Apple IIgs Version
- Year:1987
- Publisher:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
- Developer:Sierra On-Line, Inc.
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