The Ultimate WIZARD OF WOR Retro Arcade Guide!
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🕹 Game Name: WIZARD OF WOR
📛 Alternate Names: Wizard of Wor Arcade
📅 Release Date: 1980
🔫 Genre: Maze / Shooter
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Midway
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Midway
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
WIZARD OF WOR is a maze shooter where players navigate underground labyrinths, defeat monsters, and survive waves of enemies in fast-paced arcade action.
🕹 Game Description:
Players shoot enemies, avoid traps, and race against the clock while earning points for survival and monster kills. Cooperative play adds extra excitement.
🎴 Gameplay:
👉 🏻 Navigate maze corridors to avoid monsters.
👉 🏻 Shoot enemies and collect keys to advance.
👉 🏻 Work with a second player to clear levels faster.
👉 🏻 Boss monsters appear periodically for extra points.
📕 Background & History:
Released by Midway in 1980, WIZARD OF WOR was innovative for its co-op gameplay and maze-shooter mechanics, influencing later multiplayer arcade games.
👓 Lonster's Review:
Fast, tense, and endlessly replayable, WIZARD OF WOR’s cooperative chaos and maze design make it a timeless retro favorite.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Wizard monster taunts players between levels.
👉 🏻 Maze layouts change after every few levels.
👉 🏻 High score bonuses reward cooperative play.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Players can trap monsters in corners for easy kills.
👉 🏻 Certain secret rooms offer bonus points.
👉 🏻 Timing shots perfectly can chain multiple enemy kills.
🌟 Legacy:
WIZARD OF WOR defined cooperative arcade action and maze shooters, becoming a cult classic and inspiring multiplayer arcade titles for decades.