The Sorcerer's Apprentice called"), a garbled version of one of Goethe's lines ('), which is often used to describe a situation where somebody summons help or uses allies that he cannot control, especially in politics. The animated 1940 Disney film "Fantasia" popularized the story from Goethe's poem, and the Paul Dukas symphonic poem based on it, in one of eight animated shorts based on classical music. In the piece, which retains the title "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", Mickey Mouse plays the apprentice, and the story follows Goethe's original closely, except that the sorcerer ("Yen Sid", or "Disney" backwards) is stern and angry with his
Simon the Sorcerer released on the iOS App Store, Steam and GOG.com on 3 April 2018. A sequel, "", was released in 1995. "Simon the Sorcerer" received critical acclaim: across all platforms, the humour and visuals in particular were commended, although criticisms included the controls and the game's linear nature. The game's global sales surpassed 600,000 units by September 1999. The Amiga version received generally high ratings. "CU Amiga" praised the high quality graphics and how much fun the game was to play. "Amiga Computing"s Simon Clays also praised the graphics and the locations, saying the locations' stylisation made the game resemble a