Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

Computer Gaming World's Charles Ardai stated that "Spellcasting 301 is vintage Meretzky, up there with his earlier classics ... Everyone else who writes interactive fiction should take a good, hard look at what Meretzky is doing, because he is doing it right". In addition to praising the game's "devious and inimitable wordplay", Ardai approved of the graphics depicting "specimens of female pulchritude ... [some] would do credit to any edition of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue".

He concluded that "when you are playing this game, you are constantly aware that you are in the hands of a master". In Computer Games Strategy Plus, Gregg Ellsworth highlighted the game's "ingenious puzzles" and "humorous writing", noting that Meretzky "shows the player no mercy in the humor department." He believed that it was a major advancement from Legend's earlier games and praised its audiovisual presentation and interface, ultimately summarizing Spellcasting 301 as "a winner."