Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (Commodore 64)

Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is part of the Asterix Series, where Asterix needs to recover 7 pieces of Getafix's Magic Cauldron.

Of the three platforms the game was released on, the Commodore 64 version has the world in a chaotic spaghetti layout, in the same way Zork uses "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." Those interested in this game are better suited to play the ZX Spectrum or Amstrad CPC version.

Unused Text#

The text table contains entries for Asterix, Obelix, and Gaul. The game doesn't open the encounter window when you touch these entities, thus the text will never be displayed.

Unused Ending#

Because of a bug that hides the magic cauldron piece behind a building, the game is unwinnable. As such, normal players will never see the ending text:

By Touatis you have done it

Only those who use POKE 18014,14:POKE18015,152 before launching the game will get to see the ending. They even misspelled "Toutatis"!

Regional Differences#

In the US, the game was retitled as "Ardok the Barbarian".

Asterix's title screen is in a typical cartoony style, while Ardok's is darker, sporting a title-screen-only sword. Both screens are based on their respective cover art.

The following text gets changed among the two versions. In addition, "Not so open forest" receives a left alignment, as opposed to being centered.