(10/10/2015 - 10/16/2015) Game of the Week: Wizardry III & IV

[SamIAm]

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October 10 - October 16: Wizardry III & IV
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(chosen by BigusSchmuck)

Wizardry 3 and 4 was one of those games I didn't expect to be in mostly English for the PCE. Mostly, as in the monsters names, menus, spell names, warnings are in English. Only thing left out is the story line (not really an issue with 3), spell descriptions and attacks. As far a gameplay is concerned for 3, just your standard Wizardry flair with the nice addition of the ability to transfer your characters from 1,2 and 5 (and visa versa) and upgraded graphics and music. Wizardry 4 on the other hand, wow lots and lots of upgrades. The monsters in this version gain levels, you can resurrect them and most of all you can store the damn things in the summoning circle! This makes a big difference on the later levels especially when you are running to get into the next summoning circle. Next big upgrade, the music. Holy cow, it either really rocks or really sucks. The boss music can be bumping hard, but the damn summoning circle ugh sounds like ass. If I had a definitive version of Wizardry 4 to play, it would be the PCE version, just be prepared for an extremely hard game even with the enhancements. I have yet to finish this game on all the different endings, but I would recommend a guide especially lvl 8.

(Thanks for the blurb, BigusShmuck!)

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1. 8/22/2015 - 8/28/2015: Override (lukester)
2. 8/29/2015 - 9/4/2015: Rondo of Blood (o.pwuaioc)
3. 9/5/2015 - 9/11/2015: Street Fighter 2 (Nec.Game.head)
4. 9/12/2015 - 9/18/2015: Bloody Wolf (Gentlegamer)
5. 9/19/2015 - 9/25/2015: Kabuki Itoryodan (Sadler)
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7. 10/3/2015 - 10/9/2015: Fray CD: Xak Gaiden (Nulltard)
8. 10/10/2015 - 10/16/2015: Wizardry 3&4 (BigusSchmuck)
9. 10/17/2015 - 10/23/2015: Lords of Thunder (SamIAm)
10. 10/24/2015 - 10/30/2015: TV Sports Hockey (gredler)
11. 10/31/2015 - 11/6/2015: Blazing Lazers (escarioth)
12. 11/7/2015 - 11/13/2015: Genpei Toumaden (VenomMacbeth)
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14. 11/21/2015 - 11/27/2015: Drop Off (turboswimbz)
15. 11/28/2015 - 12/4/2015: World Court Tennis (grolt)
16. 12/5/2015 - 12/11/2015: Atlantean (jtucci331)
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[esteban]

I. Just. Don't. Have. Time.

But, no excuses, I'll have to at least play this for a little bit. I never made it too far in an any of the PCE Wizardry games...



QUESTION TIME: I'm trying to flesh out this little article on AKIHIRO YAMADA, who did *something* (character design?) for a bunch of PCE games:

https://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_11.htm#art_by_akihiro_yamada


01.24.1992 Might & Magic (CD)
10.29.1993 Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra (SCD)
07.23.1993 Wizardry I & II (SCD)
03.04.1994 Wizardry III & IV (SCD)


The problem is...I don't know if he did conceptual character design, or finished cover/manual art, or ____________. He is linked to Wizardry I-IV. And more. Somehow.

[BigusSchmuck]

I. Just. Don't. Have. Time.

But, no excuses, I'll have to at least play this for a little bit. I never made it too far in an any of the PCE Wizardry games...



QUESTION TIME: I'm trying to flesh out this little article on AKIHIRO YAMADA, who did *something* (character design?) for a bunch of PCE games:

https://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_11.htm#art_by_akihiro_yamada


01.24.1992 Might & Magic (CD)
10.29.1993 Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra (SCD)
07.23.1993 Wizardry I & II (SCD)
03.04.1994 Wizardry III & IV (SCD)


The problem is...I don't know if he did conceptual character design, or finished cover/manual art, or ____________. He is linked to Wizardry I-IV. And more. Somehow.

Well let me get you a guide:
http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/
It's not a matter if you need this, YOU WILL need it for Wizardry 4 unless you are really good at making your own maps.

[esteban]

^ Awesome.

[jtucci31]

Well let me get you a guide:
http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/
It's not a matter if you need this, YOU WILL need it for Wizardry 4 unless you are really good at making your own maps.

Damn that's a great site! I suddenly have an itch to try these games out. There's so much packed onto that site, it looks great.

[BigusSchmuck]

Well let me get you a guide:
http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/
It's not a matter if you need this, YOU WILL need it for Wizardry 4 unless you are really good at making your own maps.

Damn that's a great site! I suddenly have an itch to try these games out. There's so much packed onto that site, it looks great.

Like I said before, Wizardry 4 is where its at. I did notice something odd last night though, the game seemed to load faster with the arcade card in my Duo-R. I know it isn't an arcade card game, but makes you wonder if some games detect it and use the extra ram to reduce loading times. Oh yeah, the message something cute is coming you know you have a boss fight ahead of you in Wiz 4.

[seieienbu]

Well let me get you a guide:
http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/
It's not a matter if you need this, YOU WILL need it for Wizardry 4 unless you are really good at making your own maps.

Damn that's a great site! I suddenly have an itch to try these games out. There's so much packed onto that site, it looks great.

Like I said before, Wizardry 4 is where its at. I did notice something odd last night though, the game seemed to load faster with the arcade card in my Duo-R. I know it isn't an arcade card game, but makes you wonder if some games detect it and use the extra ram to reduce loading times. Oh yeah, the message something cute is coming you know you have a boss fight ahead of you in Wiz 4.

Some games do even if they don't have the Arcade Card logo in the corner.  Off the top of my head, Flash Hiders does and the inside of the manual includes a blurg about the Arcade Card even though the cover doesn't show any indication.  I'd check the Wizardry manual to see if it's the same but I don't own the game so that's on someone else, I guess.

[Dicer]

Well let me get you a guide:
http://www.tk421.net/wizardry/
It's not a matter if you need this, YOU WILL need it for Wizardry 4 unless you are really good at making your own maps.

Damn that's a great site! I suddenly have an itch to try these games out. There's so much packed onto that site, it looks great.

Like I said before, Wizardry 4 is where its at. I did notice something odd last night though, the game seemed to load faster with the arcade card in my Duo-R. I know it isn't an arcade card game, but makes you wonder if some games detect it and use the extra ram to reduce loading times. Oh yeah, the message something cute is coming you know you have a boss fight ahead of you in Wiz 4.

Some games do even if they don't have the Arcade Card logo in the corner.  Off the top of my head, Flash Hiders does and the inside of the manual includes a blurg about the Arcade Card even though the cover doesn't show any indication.  I'd check the Wizardry manual to see if it's the same but I don't own the game so that's on someone else, I guess.

I have Wizardry V, and no ACD logo anywhere in or on the manual...

[seieienbu]

I have Wizardry V, and no ACD logo anywhere in or on the manual...

Thanks for checking.  Just clarifying, it didn't have the ACD logo anywhere, it just had a blurb about the 16M Card on the next to last page, down at the bottom...

[SamIAm]

That says it reduces load times in the VS mode.

[BigusSchmuck]

That says it reduces load times in the VS mode. 

So is that in reference to the arcade card? 16 megabits = 2 megabytes..

[CrackTiger]

That says it reduces load times in the VS mode. 

So is that in reference to the arcade card? 16 megabits = 2 megabytes..

The Arcade Card has 16 more megs than the System 3.0 Card.