<s>
Necromancer	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Bill	O
Williams	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
rereleased	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
on	O
cartridge	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
XEGS	I-General_Concept
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
wizard	O
Illuminar	O
who	O
attempts	O
to	O
grow	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
trees	O
to	O
attack	O
Tetragorn	O
the	O
Necromancer	B-Application
and	O
his	O
evil	O
minions	O
who	O
are	O
attempting	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
a	O
graveyard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Necromancer	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
three	O
sections	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
a	O
three-act	O
play	O
:	O
The	O
Forest	O
,	O
The	O
Vaults	O
,	O
The	O
Graveyard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
action	B-Application
increases	O
continually	O
through	O
the	O
level	O
until	O
it	O
becomes	O
hectic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Necromancer	B-Application
was	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
oddball	O
concepts	O
and	O
frenetic	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
review	O
claimed	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
strangest	O
,	O
yet	O
most	O
imaginative	O
,	O
games	O
I	O
have	O
ever	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
computer	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Necromancer	B-Application
is	O
well-conceived	O
and	O
beautifully	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
