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Mr. Wiz

Mr. Wiz is a Mr. Do! variant which plays largely the same but with a few differences. The player is in control of a wizard who has to be guided around a garden while eating cherries and avoiding evil gremlins…

31 December 1984

Mr. Wiz is an arcade, released 31 December 1984 on BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Mr. Wiz is

Mr. Wiz was released in 1984. It was published by Superior Software Ltd.. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mr. Wiz is a Mr. Do! variant which plays largely the same but with a few differences. The player is in control of a wizard who has to be guided around a garden while eating cherries and avoiding evil gremlins. The gremlins can be killed by either throwing a crystal ball or by making apples fall onto them. If the gremlins get frustrated or trapped they might eat the apples or dig their own passages to reach the wizard. Bonus points can be earned by eating a magic mushroom but it will at the same time enrage the gremlins and make them permanently furious. The main differences from the arcade game is that there are no alpha monsters or other enemies than the gremlins and that it is not…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mr. Wiz launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Mr. Wiz come out?
Mr. Wiz was released on 31 December 1984 for BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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