Cover artwork of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

// Archive entry № 36528

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a 1984 entry from the 8-bit home-computer and console era, preserved here as a discovery record for Apple II, C64, DOS, FM-7, Mac, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, WonderSwan Color.

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About the game

Dating from 1984, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for Apple II, C64, DOS, FM-7, Mac, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, WonderSwan Color is preserved in the VG90 archive as a catalogue entry — a factual marker of a release that belonged to the 8-bit home-computer and console era.

By 1984 the landscape around releases like this was set — bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. Reading Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord against that backdrop is part of what makes browsing an archive by year worthwhile.

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Why it matters

Beyond any single title, the 8-bit home-computer and console era matters as a chapter in gaming history — bedroom coders and small studios shipped astonishing work on tiny memory budgets. Cataloguing releases from the period, notable and obscure alike, keeps that fuller picture intact.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Apple II, C64, DOS, FM-7, Mac, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, WonderSwan Color. Release year: 1984. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.