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Wizadore

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Initial release date
  
February 1985

Publisher
  
Imagine Software

Mode
  
Single-player video game

Developer
  
Chris Roberts

Genre
  
Action game

Platform
  
BBC Micro

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Similar
  
Imagine Software games, Platform games

Wizadore is a computer game developed by Imagine Software and released on cassette tape for the BBC Micro home computer in 1985. It was developed by Chris Roberts (then aged 16 and his first commercially successful game) and released by Imagine Software in February 1985 for the BBC Micro home computer and became a best seller.

Contents

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Gameplay

Wizadore is a simple side scrolling platform game with a three item inventory. The player's character is a mage whose grandfather created a sword to kill Smaun, an evil dragon, but which has been broken into three parts. The aim is to collect these three parts of a sword to kill a dragon. Players need jump across gaps and climb ladders to collect various weapons and scrolls to defeat guards armed with axes and swords and soldiers riding flying creatures that drop weapons. To advance through the game, players need to juggle their inventory carefully as certain weapons only kill certain types of enemy. Archers remain invulnerable and the player needs to jump over their arrows. The timing of jumps was critical and needed to be almost pixel perfect to avoid dying. The combination of the climb and jump key added a level of difficulty.

Prizes

As a marketing ploy, Wizadore offered a monthly prize of £100 to people who completed it (up to the end of August 1985).

References

Wizadore Wikipedia