Wizardry is a series of computer role-playing games, developed by Sir-Tech, that were popular in the 1980s. Originally made for the Apple II, they were later ported to other platforms. The latest game in the series, Wizardry 8, is available only for Windows.
Wizardry began as a simple dungeon crawl by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. It was written when they were students at Cornell University and then published by Sir-Tech. The first five games in the series were written in Apple Pascal, an implementation of UCSD Pascal, and was ported to many different platforms by writing UCSD Pascal implementations for the target machines (Mac II cross-development).
When Wizardry was first introduced in Japan, the lack of available information as well as a low quality of translation led to the game being far more seriously interpreted by Japanese players due to overlooking in-game jokes and parodies. For example, in early games Blade Cusinart was introduced as "a legendary sword made by the famous blacksmith, Cusinart" as Cuisinart and its food processors were virtually unknown in Japan and thus its meaning was misinterpreted. However, this misconception appealed to early computer gamers who were looking for something different and made Wizardry series popular. Conversely, the fourth game, The Return of Werdna, was poorly received as lacking the knowledge of subcultures necessary to solving the game; Japanese players had no chance of figuring out some puzzles.
Wizardry Dimguil is a new game in the Wizardry saga featuring an original plot (first released in Playstation) and a great soundtrack.
Manufacturer's description:
Accident at "Gainesu" floating in the lake city fort, occur in quick succession. And, in order to unlock the mystery, adventure of a number of those who go to the labyrinth and challenged to get the fame and fortune .... "Wizardry" a work of original text RPG. ASCII version that is original scenario, finally appeared in the PlayStation! Basic system set the party in the name of the player character 6 has created, called to explore the labyrinth is intact, increased vocational type of character races, monsters of items. Moreover, it comes with online help, auto-mapping, monster picture book item, user-friendly features. CG and movies, such as the labyrinth screen with 3D polygons, has also been enhanced with visual images.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Medieval Fantasy theme.
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