''Asterix and the Magic Cauldron'' is a

computer game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

for the Amstrad CPC,

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

and ZX Spectrum home computers based on the popular

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

'' Asterix'' comic books. The game was released in 1986. In North America, the Commodore 64 version was released as ''Ardok the Barbarian'', without the Asterix license. ''Asterix and the Magic Cauldron'' is a

graphical adventure An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based m ...

game, where the player takes the role of Asterix, who has to find all the pieces of the missing cauldron, so that Getafix the

druid A druid was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts. Whi ...

can brew magic potion and the Gaulish village can stand against the Romans. The game takes place in several interconnected "rooms", each of which take up one screen. The game starts at the Gaulish village, and Asterix can also travel out to the forest, and to Roman camps. When Asterix meets a wild boar or a Roman

legionary The Roman legionary (in Latin ''legionarius'', plural ''legionarii'') was a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman army after the Marian reforms. These soldiers would conquer and defend the territories of ancient Rome during the late Republi ...

, a separate fight scene ensues. Defeated wild boar can be eaten to provide extra sustenance.

Reviews

*''

Jeux & Stratégie ''Jeux'' (''Games'') is a ballet written by Claude Debussy. Described as a "poème dansé" (literally a "danced poem"), it was written for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Debussy initially objected to the ...

'' #43 (as "Asterix et le Chaudron Magique")https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-43/page/68/mode/2up

References

External links

* * 1986 video games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games ZX Spectrum games Video games based on Asterix Video games developed in Australia Single-player video games {{adventure-videogame-stub