Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord role-playing video game released by Sir-Tech Software, Inc., for the Apple II personal computer. Includes the original classic box, 6″ x 9″ x 1″, with blood-red text and a stylized green dragon, with the front featuring a golden sticker that reads: “Disk for Apple, DOS 3.3, 1 Drive, 48K.” Box contents include the game’s floppy disk, the 48-page game booklet, a “Scenario #1” sheet offering “Instructions and Briefing Materials,” a template letter from Sir-Tech thanking the “Wizardry Purchaser” for “acquiring the most widely acclaimed game program for the micro-computer,” a computer health tip sheet, and a “Caution” sheet advising players to create a backup disk. In fine condition, with trivial wear.
Listed among the best video games of all time, Wizardry was one of the first Dungeons & Dragons-style role-playing games to be written for computer play, and the first such game to offer color graphics. The game was a major commercial success when it was shipped in September 1981, becoming the most popular Apple II game of the year. A seminal early computer game that represents the first true party-based role-playing video game of its kind.
