History VideoGame / Enchanter

* BagOfSpilling: In ''Spellbreaker'', the magic problem affects the protagonist's spellbook, causing you to lose the spells you gathered over the previous two games.
** Not exactly. The only three spells to make it through all three games in the series are GNUSTO, FROTZ, and REZROV. IZYUK is the only spell to make it through ''Enchanter'' and ''Sorcerer'', while YOMIN and MALYON are the only two spells to make it through ''Sorcerer'' and ''Spellbreaker''.
* BewitchedAmphibians: The CLEESH spell turns a person into a frog or a newt.

* {{Animorphism}}: Of the voluntary kind throughout the series. In ''Enchanter'', the CLEESH spell turns someone into a [[BewitchedAmphibians newt]]; in ''Sorcerer'', the FWEEP spell turns them into a {{bat|OutOfHell}}; and in ''Spellbreaker'', the SNAVIG spell turns them into any kind of animal they wish to be.

* AllJustADream: At the very beginning of ''Sorcerer'', you find yourself attacked by a Hellhound. You have no choice but to let the beast kill you. Thankfully you wake up in the Guild Hall lodgings, realizing that it's all just a dream. However, when you find the AIMFIZ spell and use it to locate Belboz, you get warped into the same forest path with the same Hellhound, turning this into "OrWasItADream"
** Well, actually you CAN escape the hellhound, prolonging the dream by retreating from the Twisted Forest, but you'll eventually get struck by lightning and wake up. Letting the hellhound kill you is still the most efficient way out of the nightmare.

* {{Foreign|Remake}} VideoGameRemake: In 1993, ten years after the original ''Enchanter'', Japanese software development company [=SystemSoft=] developed and published its [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc98/enchanter-wakaki-madshi-no-shiren remake for]] [[UsefulNotes/PC98 the PC-9801]] entitled ''Enchanter: Wakaki Madōshi no Shirén'' (エンチャンター ～若き魔導士の試練～; ''[[TheForeignSubtitle Enchanter: The Trial of the Young Sorcerer]]''). Unlike the original, this game has some of the most common verb commands ("look", "take", etc.) that can be accessed by pressing a corresponding button (the player still has to type the name of an object, though), and enchanced graphics for the unique background pictures on which the text is super-imposed.

* ShoutOut: Some of the spell names; for instance, NITFOL, which lets you talk to the animals, is named after Creator/HughLofting, while YOMIN, which lets you mind-probe, is named after the late great Creator/LeonardNimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise.

* GuideDangIt: ''Spellbreaker'' was so hard the developers actually ''apologized'' and admitted most people would have to use a hint book to finish it.

* BlackCloak[=/=]EvilWearsBlack: The large, black-robed figure in the Temple, [[spoiler:which is later revealed to be the BigBad Krill himself.]]

* LoadBearingBoss[=/=]TakingYouWithMe: Toward the end of ''Enchanter'', [[spoiler:after you use [[OneHitKill GUNCHO]] on Krill, he recoils in horror before he utters a spell that makes the tower collapse as a final hurrah, leaving you to fall to your death before Belboz saves you at the last moment.]]

* {{Foreign|Remake}} VideoGameRemake: In 1993, ten years after the original ''Enchanter'', Japanese software development company [=SystemSoft=] developed and published its [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc98/enchanter-wakaki-madshi-no-shiren remake for]] [[UsefulNotes/PC98 the PC-9801]] entitled ''Enchanter: Wakaki Madōshi no Shirén'' (インチャーンター ～若き魔導士の試練～; ''[[TheForeignSubtitle Enchanter: The Trial of the Young Sorcerer]]''). Unlike the original, this game has some of the most common verb commands ("look", "take", etc.) that can be accessed by pressing a corresponding button (the player still has to type the name of an object, though), and enchanced graphics for the unique background pictures on which the text is super-imposed.

** Some of the names would fit more into ItIsPronouncedTroPay, as in ''Sorcerer'' Jeearr is pronounced "JAY-ur" rather than "Jee-ARE" (which is ironic, since [[IronicName Jeearr's name is derived from the Hebrew word meaning "enlightenment"]]); and Helistar is pronounced "HEE-lie-star" rather than "HELL-lih-star".

** ''Spellbreaker'' has the same thing as in ''Enchanter'', but this time, a shadowy figure will give you another chance at the Boneyard if you die. But you have to be careful though: die too many times, and it's Game Over for you. Averted, however, in the Enchanter's Retreat (the place
for the Connectivity Cube): if you attempt to cast magic on Belboz, he'll imprison you below the earth and kill you, resulting in an instant Game Over (no ifs, ands, or buts).

** ''Spellbreaker'' has the same thing as in ''Enchanter'', but this time, a shadowy figure will give you another chance at the Boneyard if you die. But you have to be careful though: die too many times, and it's Game Over for you.

** If you try following the rabbit in the Meadow in '''Spellbreaker''' you get this message:

* NoPronunciationGuide: Some of the spell names are a bit difficult to pronounce. Is it "MAHL-yon" or "MAYL-yon" (MALYON)? "Leh-sock" or "Leh-sotch" (LESOCH)?

* ShoutOut: Some of the spell names; for instance, NITFOL, which lets you talk to the animals, is named after Creator/HughLofting.

** Not exactly. The only three spells to make it through all three games in the series are GNUSTO, FROTZ, and REZROV. IZYUK is the only spell to make it through ''Enchanter'' and ''Sorcerer'', while YOMIN and MALYON are the only two spells to make through ''Sorcerer'' and ''Spellbreaker''.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt[=/=]TheNightThatNeverEnds[=/=]TheBadGuyWins: In ''Enchanter'', this is the fate of what will happen to the entire ''Zork'' universe if Krill is not stopped after over 1,400 moves. Also counts as a NonstandardGameOver.

* NonstandardGameOver: If you mess up in the endgames, you can get a negative score and the title "Menace to Society" for unleashing a horror upon the world.