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Simon the Sorcerer5 #967703
07/14/14 05:49 AM
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Hi not sure if this in the right section. Does anyone know where I can buy/download Simon the Sorcerer5 on pc? Thanks

Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: scampy] #967721
07/14/14 08:18 AM
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Hi scampy,

I've had a look around for you, but right now Simon 5 doesn't seem to be available. Perhaps I've missed it -- hopefully if someone knows where it can be found, they'll post here!

Edit: Wikipedia says that the company who made the game have since gone into insolvency. That's unfortunate.

Last edited by Rushes; 07/14/14 08:22 AM.

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Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: Rushes] #967752
07/14/14 11:27 AM
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I found some retail copies being sold overseas, but they are the German versions of the game.

Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: scampy] #967831
07/14/14 07:15 PM
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I've got the French version, which actually has English voices:
"Simon the Sorcerer: Rencontre Avec Les Extraterrestres"

On the back of the DVD case it says:

"Voix en anglais, sous titres en francais"
(voice in English, subtitles in French)

So it would certainly be playable by an English-speaking person, as long as they didn't also need English subtitles.

I never played it because it uses StarForce v5
StarForce v5 may not be as bad as StarForce v3, and it may work on Windows 7 as well as XP. There is also a NoCD for the French version that Google will find for you. But I never finished Simon the Sorcerer 4, so never got around to playing this Simon the Sorcerer 5. I opened the DVD case to check the DVD (which looked fine), but never installed it.

The German and English versions apparently don't use StarForce, but the English version doesn't seem to be available and the German version doesn't say "Voice in English" on the back the way my French one does. It took a while to find a picture of the back of the German DVD case, but I found one pictured here
http://www.ebay.de/itm/181441171821
Hover your mouse over the picture and it will zoom in. If you just click the picture, it won't zoom as much. No sign of "Stimme in Englisch Untertitel in Deutsch" which is something like what "voice in English subtitles in German" would look like in German. Since the developer was in Berlin, it's likely the words are in German.

There is a French version for sale at http://www.ebay.ca/itm/180790218827
as a Buy it Now, ships worldwide. However it's a reissue and may not be the same. You'd have to ask the seller if says "voix en anglais" on the back of the case. I kind of doubt they'd have released a new version with French voices since the developer went bankrupt. The new version may or may not use StarForce v5, like my version. Sometimes reissue versions skip that junk.

Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: scampy] #968546
07/19/14 02:25 AM
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Thanks everyone. I was hoping to just download it so I could play it after Simon4.

Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: scampy] #968583
07/19/14 09:48 AM
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The download version used online activation.
Even if you found some place to buy and download it, the server that handled the activation is gone.
The Wikipedia mentions the problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_the_Sorcerer_5

Even though Gamersgate used to sell it, they did not handle the activation.
Since the activation server is no longer available, Gamersgate no longer sells it.

Since the disc versions don't use online activation, you might get them to work.


There is a new Simon the Sorcerer game being planned
http://www.storybeasts.com/

Unlike Simon the Sorcerer 4 and 5, the original designer of Simon 1, 2, and 3D (Simon Woodroffe) will be involved, according to a ***post from StoryBeasts*** over at Adventuregamers (post #7 in that thread).

So anyone who was disappointed that Simon had "turned into an American" and that his humor had "lost its bite" in Simon 4 and 5 may want to keep an eye on the new project.

Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: scampy] #968677
07/19/14 06:37 PM
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If they keep the British accent I think I can get on board with this game.


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Re: Simon the Sorcerer5 [Re: lexxy] #968721
07/20/14 02:10 AM
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That sounds like it could be good news, Jenny100 !! dance dance dance


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