The Wizard of Oz

DOS - 1985

Also available on: Apple II - Commodore 64

Alt name	El Mago De Oz
Year	1985
Platform	DOS
Released in	United States
Genre	Adventure
Theme	Interactive Fiction, Licensed Title
Publisher	Windham Classics
Developer	Windham Classics
Perspectives	Text-based / Spreadsheet, Fixed / Flip-screen
Dosbox support	Supported on 0.63

4.71 / 5 - 7 votes

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Description of The Wizard of Oz

Telarium's 1985 release, Wizard of Oz, seems to be entirely inspired by the famous Judy Garland movie and, as far as I can tell, has very little to do with the L. Frank Baum books (which I've never read).

At first, the game suffers severely by following much too closely to the movie (although it's interesting to try to click your heels as soon as you get the ruby slippers), but as it progresses and the plot diverges, it becomes more and more enjoyable.

Before you know it, you find yourself in a rather cute adventure. For the most part, in the Telarium tradition, the puzzles are quite easy but there are a couple head-scratchers. Always keep in mind what characters are with you as the game doesn't always remind you, and like in the Infocom text games, NAME, COMMAND is the proper way to talk to NPCs.

Overall, I'd say this is a fun, easy game that will be especially enjoyable to young children and Wizard of Oz fans.

Review By HOTUD

Captures and Snapshots

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Comments and reviews

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Gawd 2019-01-29 0 point Apple II version

Apple II version is missing Disk D, which is needed right after meeting Jinjur. The current version available on Asmiov has a memory corruption and the game just hangs at some point. Even tried 4am's crack (missing 4th disk as well.)

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Discopizza 2013-06-29 0 point DOS version

Crashes for me after speaking to the wizard.

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collector rob 2008-08-03 0 point DOS version

works good on dosbox but how do i get those better colors like above in some of the screen shots. some one write me and let me know at royaltyguy@yahoo.com

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kidatheart 2008-06-18 0 point DOS version

this game is good for kids, u just read the story.

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