Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the first game in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. In 1980, Norman Sirotek
Apple II cover
Screenshot of Wizardry for the IBM PC on level 1 of the maze
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, first released in 1985 for the Apple II, is the fourth in the series of Ultima role-playing video games. It is the first in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy, shifting
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
…the game the most popular Apple program of all time. The game was the top-rated adventure for five years in Computer Gaming World's reader poll, until Ultima IV replaced it in 1986, and with a score of 7.69 out of 10, in 1988 Wizardry was among the first members of the magazine's Hall of Fame, honoring those…
Cover art by Denis Loubet
Ultima IV on a PC, with the xu4 patch applied. The patch modernizes graphics, sound and gameplay.