The road of yellow brick is an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, with additional such roads appearing in The Marvelous Land of Oz and The Patchwork Girl of Oz. It is the path that Dorothy is instructed to follow in the film of The Wiz, Dorothy has to find the road, as the house was not deposited directly in front of it; however, unlike in The Wiz, this is covered in the space of one sentence and is said to "not take her long to find."
The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel, gave it the name by which it is better known, the yellow-brick road (it is never referenced by that title in the original novel).
Story:
Dorothy is an orphan raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm. She has a little black dog Toto, who is her sole source of happiness. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, is caught up in a tornado and deposited in a field in Munchkin Country in the Land of Oz. The falling house kills the ruler of the Munchkins, the Wicked Witch of the East.
The Good Witch of the North comes with the Munchkins to greet Dorothy and gives Dorothy the Silver Shoes that the Wicked Witch of the East had been wearing when she was killed. In order to return to Kansas, the Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy that she will have to go to the "Emerald City" or "City of Emeralds" and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her.
On her way down the yellow brick road, Dorothy frees the Scarecrow from the pole he is hanging on, restores the movements of the rusted Tin Woodman with an oil can, and encourages them and the Cowardly Lion to journey with her and Toto to the Emerald City. The Scarecrow wants to get a brain, the Tin Woodman a heart, and the Cowardly Lion, courage. All are convinced by Dorothy that the Wizard can help them too. Together, they overcome obstacles on the way including narrow pieces of the yellow brick road, Kalidahs, a river, and the Deadly Poppies.
Yellow Brick Road is an adventure game (with some action sequences) based on the Wizard of Oz released for the Playstation & Sega Saturn consoles, in the game the player have to use items and sometimes use one of the characters to advance in some sequences of the game. The action sequences are some sort of turn based RPG since the player character got to defeat the enemies throwing them out of the screen using different attacks.
Manufacturer's description:
Wizard of Oz storybook motif] a 3D adventure. Logger and a lion and the tin, exploring the characters and the familiar land of Oz, Scarecrow rescue the man trapped in the Emerald Palace. Planted traps around, enjoy the story and a tense battle with the guards pulled out of the air attack.
Features:
- First & Third person perspectives.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy theme.
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