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

Wizard of Wor

Title	Wizard of Wor
First release	1981
Developer	Dave Nutting
Publisher	Midway Games
Platforms	Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, Arcade ADB
Genres	action game, maze video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Atari 2600: 1982-01-01 Commodore 64: 1982-07-01 Atari 5200: 1983-08-17
Wikidata ID	Q488692

Navigate maze-like dungeons as Worriors to eliminate monsters in this top-down shooter. Players use a radar at the bottom of the screen to track invisible creatures. In two-player modes, players can either cooperate by standing back-to-back in corners or compete by shooting each other's Worriors to earn bonus points and drain opponent lives.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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

Sources

Wikidata (Q488692) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

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

TheGamesDB (1360) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (7758) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (5227) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (wow) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`wow`
Title at ADB	Wizard of Wor
Manufacturer	Dave Nutting Associates / Midway
Year	1980
Genre	Maze / Shooter Small
Players	2
MAME driver status	IMPERFECT

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Dave Nutting Associates / Midway); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:31 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos, Artwork (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Midway Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Midway Games · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

Gameplay Commodore 64 Wizard of wor

Adani · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 24:14auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Wizard Of Wor (C64) - Longplay

MontyMole1976 · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 8:56auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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