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"Emulators for Wiz 1"
Posted by Chuck the Wineguy (Guest) on Jun-12-01 at 07:52 PM
I'm a huge Wiz fan and just found on the web an emulator to play Wizardry. (Thank you Dustin's Wizardry page)

My big question is this...Can I download an emulator or do I have to buy one? Also, how do I get the game to work once I have an emulator?

Please feel free to email me directly.

Thanks for any and all help!

Chuck
chuckthewineguy@home.com

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"Why emulate?"
Posted by Llevram on Jun-12-01 at 08:25 PM
That is, if you can find the Ultimate Wizardry Archives anywhere. Do the emulators preserve the good old bugs/tricks, like the identify item #9, S & J?

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"RE: Why emulate?"
Posted by chuckthewineguy (Guest) on Jun-13-01 at 03:32 PM
Since I posted that message, I discovered how to get the emulator to work...and YES, the old secrets/bugs do work...Now I'm trying to figure out to get into Wiz 3 to play it.
"RE: Why emulate?"
Posted by Bruno (Guest) on Nov-01-02 at 07:20 PM
As far as I know, there are three ways to play Wizardry 1 now.

1. Get an Apple emulator and play the original.

2. Get a copy of the DOS port, it is included in the Ultimate Wizardry archives.

3. Get an NES emulator and play the Nintendo port. That version has the best graphics/sound, and some other nice touches, but is also broken in some ways (No Shield 2/ 3 etc.)

-Bruno

"RE: Why emulate?"
Posted by Dragon2k on Nov-01-02 at 07:29 PM
4th, if you accept legalities, same as NES, SNES port, Wizardry I-II-III translation. Best graphics, especially with a lomilwa spell.
that is, if you understand the legal issues surrounding roms, even those of carts that never made it here.

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