Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981)
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  • Main Story

    25 Hours

  • Main + Sides

    33½ Hours

  • Completionist

    44 Hours

  • All Styles

    30 Hours
The first chapter of what would become one of the defining series for PC-based RPGs, this instant classic pit a group of adventurers against the evil wizard, Werdna, in a quest for an amulet that they must retrieve for Trebor, the Mad Overlord.
Platforms:
Apple II, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy Color, Mac, MSX, NEC PC-88, NES, PC, PlayStation, Sharp X1, Super Nintendo, TurboGrafx-CD, WonderSwan
Genres:
First-Person, Turn-Based, Role-Playing
Developer:
Sir-tech Software
Publisher:
Sir-tech Software
NA:
September 1981
EU:
1983
JP:
November 1985
Updated:
1 Day Ago
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Single-PlayerPolledAverageMedianRushedLeisure
Main Story1125h 54m24h 37m19h 12m33h 37m
Main + Extras933h 18m33h 23m24h 54m40h 42m
All PlayStyles2029h 14m30h 31m21h 30m38h 58m
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PlatformPolledMainMain +100%FastestSlowest
Apple II1--48h 5m--48h 5m48h 5m
Commodore 641--33h 23m--33h 23m33h 23m
Emulated226h 19m----21h 36m31h 2m
NES624h 19m28h 49m--16h 27m45h
PC533h 9m40h--24h 37m42h
PlayStation1--24h 30m--24h 30m24h 30m
Super Nintendo413h 22m33h 38m--13h 8m34h
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