Wizard of Id's WizType
The Wizard of Id's WizType is an edutainment title based on the comic strip created by artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart. The title is designed to give keyboard novices lessons on how to improve their…
Wizard of Id's WizType is a quiz/trivia developed by Sydney Development Corp., released 31 December 1984 on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
What Wizard of Id's WizType is
Wizard of Id's WizType is a quiz/trivia game developed by Sydney Development Corp. and released in 1984. It was published by Sierra. It is available on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Wizard of Id's WizType is an edutainment title based on the comic strip created by artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart. The title is designed to give keyboard novices lessons on how to improve their typing accuracy and speed. The game is broken into two sections: The first section pits players as the Wiz, matching wits against the Evil Spirit, an apparition that lives in the Wizard's vat. The Wizard must quickly type out the words that the Evil Spirit gives him in order to diminish the Spirit and win the round. Failure to spell words properly, or taking too long to spell results in the Evil Spirit morphing into a dragon, and singing the Wizard to a crisp. The second part of the…
How it plays
Its themes are educational.
What it launched against
Wizard of Id's WizType launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Karateka.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Karateka.
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