Wizardry - Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord [Model HSP-09]

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39 Years old Nintendo Famicom cart. ASCII Corp. [Japan]

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Wizardry - Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord © 1987 ASCII.

5,800 Yen
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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: HSP-09
BARCODE: 4988606100194

CONTROLS:
[PAD] Move cursor (inside the menu) / Change direction (inside the maze).
[A] Select option (inside the menu) / Open a door (inside the maze).
[B] Cancel option (inside the menu) / Camp (inside the maze).
[START] Toggle Party Window (inside the maze).
[SELECT] Summon menu (inside the maze).

TRIVIA

Released on December 22, 1987 (Tuesday) in Japan at a retail price of 5,800 Yen.

TIPS AND TRICKS
MAPS:
Use some grid paper and map everything out. All the dungeon levels are 20x20 grids.

PRIEST SPELLS:
LEVEL 1
BADIOS: Hurt (causes 1d8).
DIOS: Heal (restores 1d8).
KALKI: Blessing (party).
MILWA: Light (increases vision, reveals secret doors).
PORFIC: Shield (caster only).

LEVEL 2
CALFO: X-ray Vision (inspects chest's traps, 95% accuracy).
MANIFO: Paralyze (monsters).
MATU: More Blessing (party).
MONTINO: Silence (monsters).

LEVEL 3
BAMATU: Shield (party).
DIALKO: Cure Paralysis and sleep.
LATUMAPIC: Identify (monsters).
LOMILWA: More Light.

LEVEL 4
BADIAL: More Hurt (causes 2d8).
DIAL: More Heal (restores 2d8).
LATUMOFIS: Cure Poison.
MAPORFIC: More Shield (party).

LEVEL 5
BADI: Attempts to kill (monster).
BADIALMA: More Hurt (causes 3d8).
DI: Attempts to resurrect (can fails).
DIALMA: More Heal (restores 3d8).
KANDI: Locate Soul.
LITOKAN: Flame Tower (causes 3d8, fire damage).

LEVEL 6
LOKTOFEIT: Recall (teleport to castle).
LORTO: Blades (causes 6d6, all monsters).
MABADI: Harming.
MADI: Restores and Cres.

LEVEL 7
KADORTO: Attempts to resurrect (can fails)
MALIKTO: Word of Death (causes 12d6, all monsters).

MUSIC TEST:
Start the game, go to the "Edge of Town" (5th option), then select "Quit Game" (5th option). You will be thanked and prompted to switch off the game. At this screen, press Up, Down, Right, Left. If done right, a music test will appear.
SERIES
STAFF
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Director: Hiroshi Mita
Executive Producer: Masanobu Endo
General Manager: Satoru Sato
Game Programmer: Haruhisa Yajima (Yaj Mahal)
Software Supervisor: Kazuo Kurosu
Monster Designer: Jun Suemi
Music Composer: Kentaro Haneda
Music Programmer: Nobuyuki Onogi
Graphic Programmer: Naoto Ohshima, Kunio Yukinaga, Akio Ono
Special Adviser: Mitsuhiro Mazda, Makoto Takeuchi
Sales Manager: Toshiyuki Horii
Publicity Manager: Sumihiko Hashimoto
Manual Designer: Shoko Kusonoki
Original Authors: Robert J. Woodhead, Andrew C. Greenberg

Licensed by Sir-Tech Software Inc.
Licensing Manager: Norman Sirotek

Special Thanks to Foretune Co. LTD. and many Test Players.
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).