Exidy Sorcerer

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Platforms

A late-1970s/early-1980s microcomputer platform used by the game's original release.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

3Hacker News·7/22/2026research
Reverse engineering the opening line of The Wizard's Castle
The article investigates the strange first line of the 1980 BASIC game The Wizard's Castle and explains that it is likely machine code embedded in a REM statement, not random text. By tracing how Sorcerer BASIC used USR(), POKE, and memory addresses, the author shows how the game could jump into custom machine code and derive a seed value from system memory.