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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

TitleWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
First release1981
DevelopersGame Studio, Sir-Tech
PublisherNEXOFT Corporation
PlatformApple II
Genrerole-playing video game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
Releases
Apple II: 1981-09-01
Wikidata IDQ1886140

Exploring a dungeon beneath Trebor's castle, the player character forms a party and descends into multiple levels, interacting with the environment in a first-person perspective and utilizing a variety of spells and abilities to overcome challenges.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 (Q1886140) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (apple2/wizardry-proving-grounds-of-the-mad-overlord) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (35787) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © NEXOFT Corporation · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Image: Orion Blastar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Wizardy1.jpg”)
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