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Wizardry Gaiden

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Also known as
Wizardry Gaiden I: Joō no Junan ウィザードリィ外伝I ~女王の受難~

Lead a party to defeat an evil mage and find the Queen's missing sister in this dungeon crawler.

Wizardry Gaiden I: Joō no Junan was released for the Game Boy in 1991 by ASCII Corporation; it is the original version of this game, so both release_year and original_release_year are 1991.


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Released
1991
Perspective
1st-person
Size
174.33 KB
Rating
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About Wizardry Gaiden

Wizardry Gaiden is a standalone Game Boy entry in the series, developed by ASCII and released exclusively in Japan. The narrative centers on a quest to defeat the mage Thailand Rossum and locate Queen Iris's missing sister, Sorx, as the protective Staff of Gnilda weakens.

Players assemble a party of up to six characters from familiar series classes and races, such as fighters and wizards. The entire adventure takes place within a six-floor dungeon explored from a first-person perspective, involving random encounters and experience-based progression.

Its gameplay systems are derived from the console versions of Wizardry, most closely resembling Wizardry V. It incorporates several mechanical additions, including enhanced spells, long-range weapons, and an integrated auto-mapping feature. This auto-map removes the necessity for external graph paper, a requirement in earlier series titles.

Wizardry Gaiden Screenshots

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Title screen
The city of Llylgamyn now has icons instead of text for locations
Naming a new character
Selecting a class for a character
Buying items at the trading post
Entering the maze...
Casting a spell outside of battle
Inside the maze--most of the game is spent navigating it
Selecting actions during combat
The text describes attacks during the battle round
Deciding whether or open a chest or look for traps first