Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Wizball

Title	Wizball
First release	1987
Developer	Sensible Software
Publisher	Ocean Software
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Genre	shoot 'em up
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Amstrad CPC: 1987-01-01 ZX Spectrum: 1987-01-01 Commodore 64: 1987-08-01 Amiga: 1988-01-01 Atari ST: 1988-01-01 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q1775788

Collect droplets of red, blue, and green paint across eight levels to transform monochromatic landscapes into full color. As a wizard in the form of a green ball, you shoot at sprites and use portals to jump between three accessible levels at a time to complete the stages.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1775788) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/wizball) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/wizball) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/wizball-2) · last updated 2026-10-24 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (6411) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28412) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (17424) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (20691) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (87622) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ocean Software · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (10): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Artwork (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots, Logos (7): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Ocean Software · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

Commodore 64 Longplay [282] Wizball (EU)

World-of-Longplays · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 1:21:37auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Wizball - RZX Playback

Spectrum Computing · ZX Spectrum version · longplay · 1:22:03auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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