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Gameplay screenshot from the C64
Gameplay screenshot from the C64

Wizard of Wor is an arcade game from 1980, developed by Midway, and later ported to the Commodore 64 as well as the Atari 800, the Atari 2600 and the Bally Astrocade. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment Midway Games ( (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American Video game publisher. The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit Home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992 The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The Astrocade is an early video game console and simple computer system designed by a team at Midway, the Videogame division of Bally. The title of the game is often incorrectly spelled as "Wizard of War". The game was released as part of the compilation game Midway Arcade Treasures 2 in 2004. Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is the second collection of classic arcade games published by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Gameplay

Wizard of Wor is an action-oriented game for one or two players. The game takes the form of several maze-like dungeons infested with monsters. A maze is a complex Tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. The players' characters, called Worriors, have to kill all the monsters.

Each dungeon consists of a single-screen rectangular grid with walls and corridors in various formations. The Worriors and the monsters can travel freely through the corridors. Player one has yellow Worriors, on the right, and player two has blue Worriors, on the left.

The enemy roster
The enemy roster

The various monsters include the following:

Normally, each dungeon starts filled with Burwors. In the first dungeon, shooting the last Burwor makes a Garwor appear, and shooting the Garwor makes a Thorwor appear. In the second dungeon, shooting either of the last two Burwors makes Garwors appear, and so on. Each dungeon has doors at the left and right edges, which connect with each other, making the dungeon wrap around. Whenever these are used by a monster, they will deactivate, making them work as a normal wall. After a certain amount of time, they will reactivate. They can be used by both Worriors and monsters. A player who exits the door can pop back through the door immediately when the Worluk or Wizard is in the dungeon.

The Worluk appears in every Dungeon from the 2nd dungeon onward. Killing the Worluk will create a "Double Score Dungeon" as the next dungeon. The Worluk will often escape out the door ending the dungeon. He does not come in the other side. The Wizard of Wor will appear in or after the 3rd dungeon once the Worluk has been killed or has escaped (depending on how many men you have lost). The Wizard may go out the door and reappear on the other side. After a few seconds the Wizard will disappear and teleport across the dungeon. Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously either by Paranormal means or through technological artifice He will gradually get closer and closer to the Worrior. The Wizard stays and fights until he shoots the worrior or the worrior shoots him. Killing the Wizard of Wor will also create a double score dungeon for the next dungeon. There are 2 special dungeons. The 4th dungeon is called "THE ARENA" and the 13th dungeon is called THE PIT. The Pit is extraordinarily hard because there are no walls to hide behind. These special dungeons give the player an additional worrior. The game also calls the player "Worrior" through dungeon 7, after that, the Player is referred to as a "Worlord". The "Worlord Dungeons" are more difficult because they have fewer walls. Eventually with Dungeon 13, The Pit, there are no walls.

The Wizard of Wor himself is a Cyborg (he has a human face, but robotic eyes and hands) who possesses powers of teleportation and attacks the player with Magic. A cyborg is a Cybernetic Organism ( ie, an organism that has both artificial and natural systems Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously either by Paranormal means or through technological artifice He lacks visible legs. He uses a speech synthesizer to taunt the player.

In a two-player game, the players are also able to shoot each other's Worriors, earning bonus points but causing the other player to lose a life. Team-oriented players can successfully advance through the game by standing back-to-back (such as in a corner) and firing at anything that comes at them.

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