Wizard Warz

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Wizard Warz
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Developer Canvas Software [1]
Publisher GO! Media Holdings [2]
Platforms Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Release1987 [1]
Genre Role-playing
Mode Single-player

Wizard Warz is a 1987 role-playing video game developed by Canvas Software and published by GO! (a label of U.S. Gold).

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Gameplay

Wizard Warz is a role-playing game with real-time combat. The player is an apprentice wizard whose objective at level 1 is to collect six items by defeating six monsters and return the items to their respective cities. At level 2, the objective is to collect further three magical items. At level 3, the aim is to defeat seven wizards. The spells belong to one of three categories: physical, spiritual and mental. The player has points in each of the categories that are drained by casting the spells. [3] [4]

Reception

Zzap!64 called Wizard Warz "A very poor interpretation of an excellent concept." [9] Commodore User noted it as a good game and recommended it to beginner RPG players. [4] Another reviewer from the magazine said the role-playing aspects are extremely bad and categorized the game as an arcade adventure. [11] ACE called it a standard RPG. [5] ST Action said the most annoying thing about the game is when the player dies, the game has to be rebooted from the desktop. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Canvas Software (1987). Wizard Warz (MS-DOS). GO! Media Holdings. Level/area: Title screen. Game Design by Gary Bolton, Programming by Steve Ward, Graphics by Martin Holland, © 1987 Canvas
  2. ↑ "Wizard Warz [advertisement]". Computer and Video Games . No. 73. November 1987. p. 121. GO! Media Holdings Ltd.
  3. ↑ "Wizard Warz". Manual. GO! Media Holdings. 1987.
  4. 1 2 3 McMahon, Ken (June 1988). "Screen Scene - Wizard Warz". Commodore User . EMAP. p. 39.
  5. 1 2 Connor, Pete (July 1988). "Screen Test - Wizard Warz". ACE (10). Future plc: 68.
  6. ↑ Vill, Klaus (June 1988). "Fantasy-Zauber". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). Vol. 3, no. 7. Tronic-Verlag. pp. 14–15. Preis/Leistung: 8
  7. ↑ "Reviews - Wizard Warz". Crash . No. 54. Newsfield Publications. July 1988. pp. 82–83.
  8. 1 2 "Reviews - Wizard Warz". ST Action . Vol. 1, no. 8. Gollner Publishing. December 1988. p. 94.
  9. 1 2 Gordon, Houghton; Paul, Glancey (July 1988). "Test - Wizard Warz". Zzap!64 . No. 39. Newsfield Publications. p. 25.
  10. ↑ "Banc D'essai Logiciels - Wizard Warz". Amstar & CPC  [ fr ] (in French). No. 27. Faurez-Mellet. November 1988. p. 116.
  11. 1 2 Patterson, Mark (November 1988). "Screen Scene - Wizard Warz". Commodore User . EMAP. p. 24.
  12. ↑ Pruzeliuz, Fredrik (1988). "Spel - Wizard Warz". Datormagazin  [ sv ] (in Swedish). No. 7. Bröderna Lindströms Förlags AB  [ sv ]. p. 8.
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