The book uses simple language and is repetitive and engaging. The reader feels as if they are on a journey with Eliza to escape from the castle. There is also the use of rhyme. This book would be great for a young reader (Foundation stages: for the story and KS1 advance readers for independent reading.)

Mark Marlow reviewed Mission: Asteroid, Mystery House, and The Wizard and the Princess for Computer Gaming World, and stated that " The Wizard and the Princess has the best graphics and has a beautiful fairy tale setting as its theme. Of the three it was the most challenging and should be attempted only after you are familiar with the gaming system". [6]Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. Make a shopping list for a birthday party. How much would each item cost? How many of each will you need if there are 10, 20 or 100 guests?

According to Sierra's Interaction magazine, this game can be considered a prelude to the King's Quest series. King's Quest V marked a return to the Kingdom of Serenia. [11] The events are mentioned and expanded upon in The King's Quest Companion, 2nd Edition. It mentioned that the wanderer, a barbarian, had turned down the offer of marriage after saving the princess. He journeyed into the desert and died. All that remained of him is his skeleton and a single leather shoe (a reference to KQ5). Princess Priscilla later married an individual named Kenneth the Huge and became the queen of Serenia, after her father's (King George IV) death. [12] It was further referenced as part of the King's Quest series through a trivia question in the King's Questions game that came with certain versions of the King's Quest Collection. Inside the Industry" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. September–October 1982. p.2 . Retrieved March 28, 2016. Donaldson clearly means to twist the older fairytales: Like in Sleeping Beauty, the story begins with a birthday party for the princess, where an evil character casts an evil spell, and then the good fairy comes in and changes the spell just ever so slightly to give the fair maiden a fighting chance. Like in Rapunzel, the girl is captured and imprisoned in a high tower. Like in Cinderella, she is made to do all the cleaning. urn:lcp:princesswizard0000dona_a5q0:epub:8134d79e-9134-4338-a95d-a4b11d4ddb18 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier princesswizard0000dona_a5q0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1mj0d62s Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781509817030Development [ edit ] Advertisement from the June 1981 issue of The On-Line Letter for some of On-Line Systems' Hi-Res Adventure games, including Wizard and the Princess