The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron
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First release	1986
Also known as	Black Cauldron
Developed by	Sierra
Published by	Sierra
Distributed by	(unknown)
Platforms	MS-DOS, Amiga Apple II, Atari ST
Resolution	(unknown)
Engine	AGI
Support	Not officially supported. A WIP engine is available in our SVN repository
Available for Purchase	No

The Black Cauldron was an adventure game based on the Disney movie of the same name, which was based on the Chronicles of Prydain books by Lloyd Alexander. The evil Horned King stole the pig HenWen, who has mystical abilities that allow observers to see what they seek through the pig's thought projections. The Horned King sought the mystic Black Cauldron that would release the dead and allow him to rule the land.

The game follows an assistant pig farmer named Taran, who must get Henwen back and defeat the evil Horned King.

Requirements

Disk Space:404 KB
Memory Requirements: 512k of RAM

Game Variants

The MS-DOS, Apple II, and Atari ST versions are similar in terms of graphics. The Amiga version used an extended palette.

Data Files

All of the files required for The Black Cauldron to run

AGI v2 Interpreter Files

• LOGDIR
• OBJECT
• PICDIR
• SNDDIR
• VIEWDIR
• VOL.*
• WORDS.TOK

AGI v3 Interpreter Files

• BCDIR
• BCVOL.*
• OBJECT
• WORDS.TOK

Platform Compatibility

List of platforms where The Black Cauldron is known to work / not to work

Legend:

Completable

Not Completable

Doesn't Work

The Black Cauldron Compatibility by Platform

Platform	Game Version	Status
Windows	MS-DOS	Completable

External links

• Wikipedia article on The Black Cauldron