Super Cauldron

Super Cauldron is a scrolling platform video game released by Titus Software in 1993.

Gameplay

Zmira, a brave little witch, must cross three worlds, free people that have been enslaved by the evil sorcerer, look for lost magical powers and spells and destroy the evil sorcerer in his haunted castle. ^[1]

Credits

The Amiga version of the game credits list four people who contributed to its development.

• Coder: Vincent Berthelot
• Graphics: Didier Carrère, Françis Fournier
• Musician: Grégory Makles

The Amstrad CPC version was coded by Elmar Krieger, with music by Christian Lier and Thorsten Mitschele (Kangaroo MusiQue).

Reception

Reviews were greatly mixed between magazine reviews of the game upon its release.

• In the July 1993 issue of CU Amiga reviewer John Mather gave it a 27%, saying "Where the original game was addictive and playable, this 'new improved' version seems dated infinitely dull and tedious." ^[2]
• Amiga Format gave it a 70% rating. ^[3]
• Amiga Joker gave it a 78% rating.^[4].
• Amiga Action gave it 63% rating. ^[5]
• Amiga Computing gave it a 80% rating. ^[6]
• Amiga Power gave it a 26% rating. ^[7]
• The One Amiga gave it a 59% rating ^[8] the first time it reviewed it, and then a 71% rating in an issue the next year. ^[9]
• Amstrad Action gave it a 96% rating ^[10]

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