Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Apple II) (1981) (Sir-Tech)

[SeventhSun]

I am proud to have the NES version.

Haven't played it yet. So many games, so little time...

[DickLodge68]

haha...thanks for the post! I remember spending hours getting a great party together....only to be slaughtered by creeping coins! lol

[Dueville7777]

@DickLodge68 How in the hell did u get killed by creeping coins?? They breathe on the party but it never affected anyone. They also traveled with the small objects and they were worth tons of xp but they were a pain in the ass if they surpised u and u spend hours watching them breathe.

[SirPercivalGallant]

This game is just brutal: it can throw a group of enemies at your party right at the beginning of the game that can kill most of your party when they're at full HP, and then you'll not even have enough money to resurrect them at the Temple of Cant.

[shinreiyhvh]

Sara (G-Pri)... is that a reference I detect? ;)

[Demiath]

I THINK she was named after the fortune teller in Ys (the game from which Adol's name (G-Fig) is also taken), but it's been a while since I recorded the video so I might be wrong...

[shinreiyhvh]

Really? Actually, it initially jumped out as a reference to Wizardry: Tales of the Forsaken Land (which I've been playing recently), wherein one of the earlier party members (not necessarily one of the best) is a good-aligned priestess named Sara.

[Demiath]

Nah, haven't really played any of the Japanese Wizardry games like Tale of the Forsaken Land (except for the SNES remake of Wizardry 1, if that counts). I agree that it would have been a very appropriate reference, though...

[Belroch]

Tiltowait...The ultimate spell in this game xD

[Dueville7777]

@Belroch yep great spell. Personally i loved makanito the best.

[xmasfirerescue]

my favorite game along side zork II I would spend hours playing this game. Thanks

[joolslee08]

Fantastic ... happy memories of playing this night after night when I could survive quite easily on 2 hours sleep ... God I loved this game!!

[rrusiejr]

Identify 9

[sonick808]

EXCELLENT game. I just got done playing this earlier on the 52" plasma.... native composite output FTW! Nothing like playing wizardry on 52" in the dark..... nostalgia overload

[Demiath]

Wow, Wizardry on a 52 plasma? Sounds really awesome...

[sonick808]

yeah it was pretty cool :) Made even cooler i'm sure by my childhood memories of the game.

The only part that needed enhancing was the sound.... there's not much sound in wizardry but it would've been nice to hear it via teh surround instead of the internal speaker. Probably time to hack an 1/8" jack onto the side of the iie pulling from the sound port.

[mikeusat]

Hands down....the best game ever!

[Borin81]

dammit i thought my first post vanished in the browser crash, sorry about that.

[Borin81]

i bought it from a guy in Örebro 4 years ago, along with a diskdrive, boxed Apple Joystick and assorted wordprograms/Apple DOS disks and some games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Sherlocks Holmes, Sargon III and Mystery house even. cost me 400 SEK total :)

[Borin81]

i bought it from a guy in....Örebro i think it was about 2 years ago. along with a diskdrive and a boxed joystick and assorted games/programs. I was kinda lucky to find it since Apple was never a seller here in Sweden.

[Demiath]

I used the AppleWin emulator. I have never owned an Apple II and can't remember the last time I even saw that particular system in real life, so I'm impressed by the fact that you still have one.

[POLE7645]

I wonder how the PC version (the one included in the Ultimate Wizardry Archives) is compared to this one (there are no videos of it on Youtube and only a few screenshots).

[Demiath]

Check out user Swabbleflange's channel (his video is called "Wizardry PC DOS gameplay").

[Borin81]

you running on Oasis Apple emulator?

i was offered a complete Wizardry 1 for apple from a collector i was working on a deal with for some games once, but i declined and bought Rings of Zilfin instead..

and i even have a Apple IIe so i could have played it in the original setting aswell if i wanted.