The RPG Fanatic Review Show - Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord NES
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- rpgfanatics.com Review for (NES) Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1987)
Wizardry is a series of role-playing video games, developed by Sir-Tech, which were highly influential in the development of modern console and computer role playing games. The original Wizardry was a significant influence on early console RPGs such as Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Originally made for the Apple II, they were later ported to other platforms. The last official game in the series by Sir-Tech, the original developer, Wizardry 8, is available only for Microsoft Windows. There have since been various spin-off titles released only in Japan.
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 game was a success, selling 24,000 copies by June 1982, just behind Temple of Apshai's 30,000 sales and ahead of Ultima's 20,000 sales at the time. In the June 1983 issue of Electronic Games, Wizardry was described as, "without a doubt, the most popular fantasy adventure game for the Apple II at the present time." The game was influenced by earlier games from the PLATO system, most notably by the game Oubliette.
The first five games in the series were written in Apple Pascal, an implementation of UCSD Pascal, and were ported to many different platforms by writing UCSD Pascal implementations for the target machines (Mac II cross-development). David W. Bradley took over the series after the fourth installment, adding a new level of plot and complexity. The earliest installments of Wizardry were very successful, as they were the first graphically-rich incarnations of Dungeons & Dragons-type gameplay for home computers. The release of the first version coincided with the height of D&D's popularity in North America.
The first three games are a trilogy, with similar settings, plots, and gameplay mechanics. Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Wizardry 8 formed a second trilogy, with settings and gameplay mechanics that differed greatly from the first trilogy.
The fourth game, The Return of Werdna, (Werdna being Andrew, one of the game's developers, spelled backwards) was a significant departure from the rest of the series. In it, the player controlled Werdna, the evil wizard slain in the first game, and summoned groups of monsters to aid him as he fought his way up from the bottom of his prison. Rather than monsters, the player faced typical adventuring parties, some of which were pulled from actual user disks sent to Sir-Tech for recovery. Further, the player had only a limited number of keystrokes to use to complete the game. It is generally considered one of the most challenging role-playing video games of all time.
When Wizardry was first introduced in Japan, it suffered from the culture barrier compounded by low-quality translation. This meant that the game was taken seriously by players who overlooked the in-game jokes and parodies. For example, Blade Cusinart was introduced in early games as "a legendary sword made by the famous blacksmith, Cusinart" but its meaning was misinterpreted because Cuisinart food processors were virtually unknown in Japan.
Wizardry Online is a free-to-play MMORPG developed and produced in Japan by Gamepot, Inc based on the classic Wizardry computer games originally created by Sir-Tech. On June 2012, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it would publish Wizardry Online outside of Japan. Closed beta testing began 29 October 2012.
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I found the game in a bargin bin where for-rent games would be retired. Didn't have any manuals or anything, so the game taught me about writing down spell effects, making maps, etc. My whole part died a lot. I learned to also level rescue parties when health was getting low. Long story short I eventually beat the game, I think it took me like 2 years? Lol, but felt very proud. Unfortunately, there was never anyone to tell about it.
I noticed that my main characters were starting to get old, I was thinking: I bet the game is gona f*** me with age too. Luckily I already beat the game
This is truly a gem of classic TH-cam.
Yeah, I had this game without the manual when I was a kid. I had no idea what to do. So I spent a ton of time grinding Murphy's Ghost and still had a blast, though I never got past probably level 5. Mainly because I was too dumb to map.
I watch this video a lot man you did a great job, it helps me get in the mood to play Wizardry again.
Not sure I want to play Wizardry. I prefer RPGs that I know I can complete without fear of teleporting into rocks.
:)
Kenneth Ayoob a lax food meter is good, but age never works in any rpg. You either have a time limit forced on your party, or you get the Fable 1 issue where you age 60 years but everyone else remains the same age.
You need to be careful with malor, but if you are, it saves a lot of walking.
I'm pretty sure that I committed genocide on the entire Murphy's Ghost population when I was a kid grinding for EXP.
Great video of a great game. I forgot I had the strategy guide and just found it in my collection. It’s fun to just read the guide
"you can cast the spells that make the peoples fall down"
Now that's funny writing right there😂
Sorry about that. TH-cam got rid of the old Show rating system that had a checkbox for profanity. Now if it's anything more than E for Everyone nobody can embed the dang video and watch it.
Lv. 154!? By the gods, man!!
If you like graphics start with wizardry 6. Wizardry 8 is the masterpiece though, that game is very nice.
i downloaded the pc version of wizardry proving ground of the mad overlord, and damm is it hard.i'm not as used to pc rpgs as the veterans are.I die near the entrance, so hopefully, i'l learn how to play from this video. I did beat ultima 1, but it took time getting used to the controls
Rpgs should never have age or food
RPGs should always have age and food.
@MrBacchus18 I haven't yet, no. But I know about it. And I'm glad you liked the references.
Have you played Dark Spire on the DS? It looks just like this game. BTW everyone in your party has an awesome name, especially Cyan.
@Supersayan21 Thanks for the encouragement!
How fast do they age? only when sleeping at the inn?
That ending, nicely done... or not nicely done, however you want to look at it. :P Hehe.
Glad you liked it!
Wizardry is cool, but this version has a terrible bug that makes AC worthless.
Good summary of the first game, I wouldn't have bothered writing about the original in my Wizardry 8 review if I had known there already was a retrospective of it on youtube! Are you ever going to review Wizardry 7 (or some of the modern Japanese Wiz clones like Dark Spire or Elminage Gothic)?
90sgamer92Eng Glad you like the video! I hope to produce more videos in the future but unsure when that will be. I took a new job which has kept me very busy and not afforded me much time to produce new videos. :(
Do you know of any other modern wiz clones?
i can see your a final fantasy 4 fan because of some of your character names, lol at tidus
I found it in a used book store. I don't know where you can order it online, sorry
@jackal27 I have Nightmare of Druaga. I was actually going to review it, but the game is extremely boring for me. I'll probably review it after I review Torneko The Last Hope and Azure Dreams.
At 2:31 minutes, its a manual or a guidebook? for what system?
The NES version
@@TheRpgFanatic thnks!
excellent soundtrack
I think floor was is the castle, you need to teleport 1 floor earlier. buts its been a while since I played it.
This is definitely before it's time
Its been decades since I played the first Wizardry game or any before 5 but I'm guessing that the stairs are made of stone?
Well, Good or Evil cannot build a Party in Town, *BUTT* they can team together in a Dungeon. How Pathetic.
Well, was there a Talking Sword in your Video? Maybe I should stop drinking. On the other hand, no I never will do that. Is that sword from a book of Robert Lynn Asprin?
Do you know if the PC-88 and -98 versions had music?
Trying to figure out where this version of the ost is from (not NES though it sounds pretty similar): th-cam.com/video/u_Srs17GpWg/w-d-xo.html
LOL. Play the game and get your clothes back.
And I bet that's why you Malor'd DOWNWARDS instead of UP, right?
*facepalm*
1:57 ..........woodhead XD
The "G" in RPG stands for "Game".
Every time you say "RPG Game", you are saying "Role-Playing Game-Game". It sounds like you don't even know what you are talking about.
Hey, u know, being a gamers doesnt have to mean to be aweird being. If u know what i mean.. Just cozy normal review is what i need all about.
I wanted to win!
:( ohhhhh, hmmm pdf scan?, well i and my brother play Wiz 1 too when we were young (really young), here Nes catridge was so expensive that you must rent it, so we rent a lot of time Wizardry 1 and nobody get a idea to how play the game it become a challenge, year past by and finally buy it an play it older and ended finally.
yeah, not the best video to watch with my daughter on my lap lol
Ive always wanted to try this game, but the lack of map and the difficulty is a bit of a turn off. Not that I mind difficult games, it just gets to a point when its unfair, and the game starts trolling you. Teleporting into a rock after all that work is an example.
keep it up ^^
wtf
you try too hard to sound like AVGN... be original
Is the OP an incel or something? At first I thought it was acting but by the end I realized I was genuinely worried about this guy.
its ten years old, i think that was the period when everyone thought just acting like the avgn was all they had to do.
I think it worked considering his sub count.
You gotta bring your incel shit here?
I was playing a character in these videos, an exaggerated version of myself. Yes AVGN was an inspiration. I was just one of many similar kinds of channels back then.