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Necromancer

The player controls the wizard Illuminar who attempts to grow an army of trees to attack Tetragorn the Necromancer and his evil minions who are attempting to take over a graveyard. The game is an arcade action…

31 December 1982

Necromancer is an arcade developed by Synapse Software Corporation, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Necromancer is

Necromancer is an arcade game developed by Synapse Software Corporation and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the first segment, Illuminar stands fixed in the middle of the screen. Moving the joystick controls his "wisp", a magical boomerang-like device. Pressing the fire button plants a seed that will slowly grow into a tree in several stages to adulthood. Ogres appear from both sides of the screen, walking across it horizontally. If they walk over an immature tree, the tree shrinks back one stage of growth, eventually disappearing. Spiders periodically appear and move randomly about the screen. If they move over a fully grown tree it becomes poisoned, and will eventually die. Both enemies can be vanquished by touching them with the wisp, which will also cure poisoned trees. Eye-Pods containing…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Necromancer launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Xevious and Grand Prix.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious, Grand Prix.

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When did Necromancer come out?
Necromancer was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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