Wizard of Wor

Released in 1981

Member Rating

(3 total votes)

Manufacturer: Bally / Midway

Developer: Bally / Midway

Distributor: Bally / Midway

Mame ROM Info

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Display Raster	Orientation Horizontal
Resolution 320 x 204	Colors 256, Color
Genre Maze	Attributes Shooting
Controls 1 Joystick / Button(s)
Size/Weight of Mini Myte 59.0000 " x 20.0000" x 24.0000" Size/Weight of Upright 68.0000 " x 25.0000" x 28.0000"

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Game Summary

Adventure - clear dungeons of monsters

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 1.789773 Mhz
Astrocade audio @ 1.789773 Mhz
Astrocade audio @ 1.789773 Mhz
* Samples audio
Custom audio

* Information was extracted from Mame, so "Samples audio" may indicate the game has analog sound hardware.

Hardware Platform: Midway Astrocade hardware

Game Details

2 players - defeat Burwors, Garwors and Thorwors - work as a team or opponents - reach later levels to fave the Worluk and Wizard of Wor - speech "Find Me, the Wizard of Wor"

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by dallas. Comment: "Me and Charles Cipione mastered this game in the summer of 1980 at Smitty's in Austin. Hard to find. Easy to master. Blast to play." (2002-12-02 21:24:50Z)

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Knowledge Base

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/wizard_of_wor.txt
Wizard of Wor Midway, 1981 -------------------------- There are nine boards in the Wizard of Wor boardset: Qty Position on Motherboard 1 *Game Bd A084-90708-A961 J6 1 *Memory Bd (ROM/RAM) A082-91397-A000 J5 1 Pattern Bd A082-91348-0000 J4 1 CPU Bd (C.P.U.) A082-91354-F000 J3 2 RAM Card A082-913
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/wizard_of_wor.txt - 8 K - Updated 2003.01.06

Wizard of Wor Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts
Wizard of Wor Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/wizard of wor tech.html - 8 K - Updated 2002.04.25

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/wizardofwor.txt
Wizard of Wor pinouts Midway, 1981 There are nine boards in the Wizard of Wor boardset: Qty Position on Motherboard 1 *Game Bd A084-90708-A961 J6 1 *Memory Bd (ROM/RAM) A082-91397-A000 J5 1 Pattern Bd A082-91348-0000 J4 1 CPU Bd (C.P.U.) A082-91354-F000 J3 2 RAM Card A082-91356-C000 J2 & J1 1
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/wizardofwor.txt - 5 K - Updated 1995.05.29

Space Zap pinouts
Submitted by Dave Holcomb (holcomb@halcyon.com) There are seven boards in the Space Zap boardset: Qty Position on Motherboard 1 *Game Bd A084-90708-A902 J5 1 Pattern Bd A082-91348-0000 J4 1 CPU Bd (C.P.U.) A082-91354-E000 J3 2 RAM Card A082-91356-C000 J2 & J1 1 Comm. Mother Bd A082-90006-B/C0
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/spacezappinouts.html - 9 K - Updated 2000.01.23

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/wizardofwor.txt
Wizard of Wor Bally/Midway, June 1981 Wizard of Wor Option Switch Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option switches are located on the game PCB in the commercial card rack. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Option ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Left Hand Coin Slot ------------
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/wizardofwor.txt - 3 K - Updated 1994.12.03

Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 49 K - Updated 2002.06.10

Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-arcade cheats.html - 112 K - Updated 1999.10.30

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/spacezap.txt
Space Zap pinouts Midway, 1981 There are seven boards in the Space Zap boardset: Qty Position on Motherboard 1 *Game Bd A084-90708-A902 J5 1 Pattern Bd A082-91348-0000 J4 1 CPU Bd (C.P.U.) A082-91354-E000 J3 2 RAM Card A082-91356-C000 J2 & J1 1 Comm. Mother Bd A082-90006-B/C000 1 *Audio Amp Board
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/spacezap.txt - 8 K - Updated 1995.05.29

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