 Cauldron II : The Pumpkin Strikes Back is a computer game developed and published by British developer Palace Software ( Palace ) as a sequel to their 1985 title Cauldron . The two @-@ dimensional ( 2D ) platform game was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers . Players control a bouncing pumpkin that is attempting to freeze Cauldron from the clutches of the evil wizard Zog. Zog is attempting to freeze Cauldron from the clutches of the evil wizard Zog is attempting to freeze Cauldron from the clutches of the evil wizard Zog is attempting