<s>
Enchanter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1983	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
computer	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Marc	O
Blank	O
and	O
Dave	O
Lebling	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
fantasy	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
after	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
trilogy	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
Zork	B-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
parser	B-Language
that	O
understands	O
over	O
700	O
words	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
experienced	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Circle	O
of	O
Enchanters	B-Application
dare	O
to	O
attempt	O
to	O
stop	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
desperation	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
a	O
novice	O
Enchanter	B-Application
with	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
weak	O
spells	O
in	O
his	O
spell	O
book	O
,	O
is	O
sent	O
in	O
hopes	O
that	O
Krill	O
will	O
either	O
fail	O
to	O
detect	O
him	O
or	O
dismiss	O
him	O
as	O
harmless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
Earthsea	O
series	O
,	O
each	O
spell	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
some	O
nonsense	O
"	O
magic	O
word	O
"	O
which	O
is	O
treated	O
as	O
a	O
verb	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
text	O
parser	B-Language
,	O
so	O
that	O
one	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
FROTZ	O
spell	O
(	O
which	O
causes	O
objects	O
to	O
glow	O
and	O
give	O
off	O
light	O
)	O
by	O
typing	O
FROTZ	O
BOOK	O
,	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
one	O
might	O
type	O
PICK	O
UP	O
BOOK	O
or	O
READ	O
BOOK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
Zork	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
a	O
device	O
slowly	O
cycles	O
through	O
"	O
scenes	O
"	O
from	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
games	O
as	O
a	O
number	O
is	O
displayed	O
above	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
depiction	O
of	O
the	O
sacrificial	O
altar	O
from	O
the	O
then-unreleased	O
Enchanter	B-Application
appeared	O
under	O
the	O
number	O
"	O
IV	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
trilogy	O
,	O
usually	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Enchanter	B-Application
Trilogy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
others	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
are	O
1984	O
's	O
Sorcerer	B-Application
and	O
1985	O
's	O
Spellbreaker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infocom	O
rated	O
Enchanter	B-Application
as	O
"	O
Standard	O
"	O
in	O
difficulty.Enchanter	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
universe	I-Application
where	O
lurking	O
grues	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
still	O
exist	O
,	O
are	O
not	O
mentioned	O
by	O
name	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
n't	O
even	O
know	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
grue	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robin	O
Wayne	O
Bailey	O
's	O
1989	O
novel	O
Enchanter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
companion	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
novelisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
about	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Enchanter	B-Application
,	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
graphics	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Japanese	O
software	O
development	O
company	O
SystemSoft	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
,	O
entitled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frotz	O
,	O
a	O
modern	O
open-source	O
interpreter	O
for	O
Infocom	O
games	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
independently	O
written	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
)	O
draws	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
a	O
spell	O
(	O
"	O
cause	O
object	O
to	O
glow	O
with	O
illumination	O
"	O
)	O
in	O
Enchanter	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
spell	O
,	O
Blorb	B-Application
(	O
"	O
hide	O
an	O
object	O
in	O
a	O
strongbox	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
provides	O
the	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
standard	O
wrapper	O
for	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
multimedia	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
1983	O
,	O
Infocom	O
sold	O
about	O
50,000	O
copies	O
of	O
Enchanter	B-Application
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
75,000	O
over	O
its	O
lifetime	O
or	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Enchanter	B-Application
Trilogy.Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Scorpia	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
typically	O
excellent	O
"	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
standards	O
expected	O
of	O
Infocom	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Enchanter	B-Application
is	O
filled	O
with	O
the	O
usual	O
Infocom	O
doses	O
of	O
wit	O
,	O
red	O
herrings	O
...	O
twists	O
,	O
turns	O
,	O
and	O
surprises	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
J	O
.	O
Anderson	O
wrote	O
in	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
,	O
"	O
With	O
Enchanter	B-Application
,	O
they	O
have	O
scored	O
again	O
...	O
Enchanter	B-Application
is	O
full	O
of	O
the	O
delightful	O
little	O
touches	O
we	O
have	O
come	O
to	O
expect	O
from	O
Infocom.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
stated	O
that	O
Enchanter	B-Application
had	O
"	O
nothing	O
strikingly	O
original	O
about	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
you	O
'll	O
appreciate	O
its	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
challenge	O
and	O
meticulously	O
maintained	O
continuity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ron	O
Boerger	O
reviewed	O
Enchanter	B-Application
in	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boerger	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Enchanter''	O
is	O
 [ ... ] 	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
you	O
're	O
into	O
the	O
all-text	O
,	O
no-picture	O
sort	O
of	O
roleplaying	O
,	O
I	O
heartily	O
recommend	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
