[4] The story picks up some time after Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe.

Upon arriving in Poliganis he is greeted by Melissa Leg, the heroine who apparently rescued his body from Sordid.

[6] The game was originally supposed to be published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse banner, but they left the project at the last minute and shortly afterwards sold themselves to Infogrames.

[8] Citing outdated graphics and poor controls,[9] reviewers did however praise the game's story, humour and gameplay as being faithful to the series.

[citation needed] Mike Woodroffe later wrote that he felt that the move to 3D for the third Simon game was a mistake.