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  • Re: original Wizardry is coming back!!!!!!!!

    From kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg on Wed Jan 24 09:18:15 2024
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    On 10/11/2023 6:05 PM, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 08.10.23 um 15:10 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
    But if Greenberg OR* SirTech/Woodward are involved with the project in
    any way, DE is being very tight-lipped about it. I haven't seen any
    mention of Greenberg, Woodward, or SirTech being involved except as
    historical footnotes or as legal necessities (e.g., licensing). Were
    any of the old crew involved, it seems likely that Digital Enterprises
    would be playing it up.
    Can they even do another one? The legal rights to the series seem to
    have landed in japan or not, this is way more complicated than the
    rights to Ultima which are split depending on the assets between EA and Gariott, Wizardry is way worse in this regard!


    Japan has a long lasting love affair with Wizardry, most JRPGs are
    inspired in one way or another by Wizardry. Basically Wizardry came over
    to Japan and created the whole Japanese CRPG scene.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg on Wed Jan 24 11:03:47 2024
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    Japan has a long lasting love affair with Wizardry, most JRPGs are
    inspired in one way or another by Wizardry. Basically Wizardry came over
    to Japan and created the whole Japanese CRPG scene.

    Wizardry... and Ultima. Wizardry influenced the combat mechanics of
    JRPGs, but the visuals - especially the overland travel - came from
    the Ultimas. For a while, Ultima was all the rage there. There are a
    number of Ultima games and products that were only released in Japan
    (including a full-speech version of Ultima Underworld for the
    Playstation).


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  • From kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg on Wed Jan 24 17:43:44 2024
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    On 1/24/2024 5:03 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Japan has a long lasting love affair with Wizardry, most JRPGs are
    inspired in one way or another by Wizardry. Basically Wizardry came over
    to Japan and created the whole Japanese CRPG scene.

    Wizardry... and Ultima. Wizardry influenced the combat mechanics of
    JRPGs, but the visuals - especially the overland travel - came from
    the Ultimas. For a while, Ultima was all the rage there. There are a
    number of Ultima games and products that were only released in Japan (including a full-speech version of Ultima Underworld for the
    Playstation).



    yes, and there are a few Wizardry games that only ever saw release in
    Japan (mostly console versions I think)
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