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many locations in the maze that have a permanent "Darkness" spell upon the square (making the player walk blindly) or a "Teleport" spell sending the player to a new location. A magic spell can be used to determine the current location of the party, and at higher levels there is a teleport spell that can be used to quickly transition between the maze levels. Care is necessary when teleporting as the player must enter both the level and coordinates to teleport to (the number of steps north, south, east, or west from his current location) and it is easily possible to land in a trap or solid stone, ending the game. The original releases of
Wizardry also do not announce that the player has teleported and play resumes as if one step forward was taken.
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The graphics of the original game are extremely simple by today's standards; most of the screen is occupied by text, with about 10% devoted to a first-person view of the dungeon maze using line graphics. By the standards of the day, however, the graphics improved on the text-only games that had been
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Starting in the town, which is represented only as a text-based menu, the player creates a party of up to six characters from an assortment of five possible races (Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Hobbits), three alignments (Good, Neutral, Evil), and four basic classes (Fighter, Priest, Mage, Thief),
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Wizardry games made it easier
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feature, which had not been invented at the time of its release, practically forces the player to draw the map for each level on graph paper (included in the box) as they walk through the 20x20 dungeon maze, step by step – failing to do this often results in becoming permanently lost, as there are
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with four elite classes (Bishop: priest and mage spells; Samurai: fighter with mage spells; Lord: fighter with priest spells, and Ninja: fighter with thief abilities) unlocked once the characters have progressed sufficiently. Good and evil characters normally cannot be assigned to the same party.
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was a major commercial success. It shipped in
September 1981 and almost immediately became a hit, the most popular Apple II game of the year. By 30 June 1982 it had sold 24,000 copies, making it one of the best-selling computer RPGs in North America up until that time. In comparison,
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890:#65 by Bruce Humphrey. Humphrey stated that "There is so much good about this game, it's difficult to decide where to begin", and concluded by describing it as "not easily beaten or solved, I recommend it to anyone tired of mediocre programs and ho-hum dungeon encounters."
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was among the first members of the magazine's Hall of Fame, honoring those games rated highly over time by readers, as the magazine's 1982 review predicted. In 1990 the game received the ninth-highest number of votes in a survey of
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that year praised it as "one of the all-time classic computer games", complex yet playable. With no major faults, the only minor one described in the review is the ease with which parties can initially be killed. In early 1985,
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mouse-driven graphical user interface enhanced the game's charm and streamlined its gameplay; the game mediates actions through "such familiar
Macintosh devices as windows, alert boxes, icons, scrolling lists, and so on."
916:'s first "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers called MacWizardry "a delightful reintroduction of a marvelous classic." In a subsequent column, the reviewers gave the Mac version of the game 4 out of 5 stars.
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September 15, 2023 for Windows computers., followed by a full release for Windows and game consoles on May 23, 2024. Besides an audio-visual overhaul, the game also features quality-of-life improvements.
520:-style role-playing games to be written for computer play, and the first such game to offer color graphics. It was also the first true party-based role-playing video game. It is now listed among the
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magazine. He wrote "I don't know what the fascination of
Wizardry I is; if I describe it in objective terms, it seems boring—which it certainly is not, as witness the time it has eaten this month".
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far more common. When monsters are encountered, the dungeon maze disappears, replaced by a picture of one of the monsters. Combat is against from 1 to 4 groups of monsters. The game's lack of an
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reported success in using the game as therapy. The game eventually led to a series of eight games spanning twenty years, and helped set genre standards with its intuitive layout and interface.
648:. Frederick Sirotek, Norman's businessman father and the company's financier, insisted that the packaging and documentation be professional, also distinguishing the game from others sold in
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Werdna on the bottom level and retrieve a powerful amulet. The goal of most levels is to find the elevator or stairs going down to the next level without being killed in the process.
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No. 50 commented that "By this time, your old disk should be wearing out. I definitely recommend sending the $ 5 in to transfer backup characters, as you'll get
Revision 2 to boot."
670:"Werdna" and "Trebor" are Greenberg and Woodhead's first names spelled backwards. Their names also appear as initials (i.e., ACG and RJW) on the map of the eighth and ninth floors.
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Wizardry saves the player's party and game progress onto a scenario disk. After booting, a new one may be created with a blank floppy disk or an existing one used. Completion of
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represents a leap in computer game design. It is certainly the best D&D-style computer game on the market". The game was reviewed in 1982 in
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in 1983 as "without a doubt, the most popular fantasy adventure game for the Apple II at the present time."
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the 16th best game ever. The editors wrote, "The seminal dungeon romp, this RPG sent AD&D fans
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The style of play employed in this game has come to be termed a
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Johnson, Forrest (December 1981). "Featured Review: Wizardry".
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Screenshot of Wizardry 1 for the IBM PC on level 1 of the maze
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during that time. Based on sales and market-share data,
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before release, distinguishing it from others such as
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First-person party-based dungeon crawler video games
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1353:"Hardcore Gaming 101 interview with Robert Woodhead"
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1962:Edwards, Benj (March 10, 2012).
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1244:Maher, Jimmy (March 23, 2012).
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2002:. March–April 1984. p. 49
1800:. No. 65. pp. 73–74.
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2154:"150 Best Games of All Time"
1794:"Campaigns for the Keyboard"
1682:Ditlea, Steve; Onosco, Tim;
1481:Lane, Gavin (May 23, 2024).
1273:McComb, Gordon (July 1984).
618:. It was initially coded in
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1996:"The Best and the Rest"
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1918:PC World Communications
1878:"All Sorts of Software"
1832:"The Role of Computers"
1813:"The Role of Computers"
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1412:The Digital Antiquarian
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2048:"The CGW Hall of Fame"
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1159:"Availability Update"
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