<s>
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lion	I-Application
,	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wizard	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wardrobe	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Adventure	O
Soft	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
1993	O
's	O
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
positive	O
feedback	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
spawned	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
via	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
onto	O
iOS	B-Application
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
until	O
being	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2015	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
technical	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
25th	O
anniversary	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MojoTouch	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
GOG.com,	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
Amazon	O
Appstore	B-Application
,	O
featuring	O
several	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
elements	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
parodies	O
of	O
those	O
from	O
popular	O
fantasy	O
novels	O
and	O
fairy	O
tales	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Discworld	B-Application
,	O
The	O
Chronicles	O
of	O
Narnia	O
and	O
Goldilocks	O
and	O
the	O
Three	O
Bears	O
,	O
and	O
of	O
real	O
world	O
culture	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
fast	O
food	O
chain	O
McDonald	O
's	O
and	O
the	O
role-playing	O
board	O
game	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ends	O
on	O
a	O
cliffhanger	O
by	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
setting	O
up	O
the	O
events	O
for	O
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
3D	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
alongside	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
possibly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
decline	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
release	O
were	O
eventually	O
secured	O
by	O
Epic	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
(	O
now	O
RuneSoft	O
)	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
CD	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
in	O
a	O
DVD-style	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
discontinued	O
mid-2015	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
8	O
and	O
up	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
25th	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MojoTouch	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
Amazon	O
Appstore	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
(	O
then	O
called	O
"	O
20th	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
(	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Simon	B-Application
the	I-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
II	I-Application
the	O
88th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
