Wizardry took the gaming world by storm when it was released for the Apple II back in, gulp, 1981, and now it’s coming back to enthrall new generations of RPG fans. Developer Digital Eclipse is remaking the turn-based title, which is now called Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.
The remake is a modernized version of the 1981 RPG and its built right on top of the original Apple II code, so you can easily swap from the old-school interface to the brand-new graphics, similar to how the ‘Halo 2: Anniversary’ edition handled things, or the just-announced Tomb Raider remasters for the Nintendo Switch.
Modern visuals are nice, but Wizardry is over 40 years old, so the gameplay’s likely a bit dated. To that end, the developers promise a number of quality-of-life improvements, including a revamped party management system, new spellcasting options and navigation tools, among other minor upgrades.
Wizardry is generally considered to be the first party-based RPG ever released for…
2023-09-15 10:37:37
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