darthkur Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) The mystical Kingdom of Wor has been overshadowed by the sinister Wizard and his wicked Worlings. You are in command of an elite squad of Woriors assigned with the daunting task of usurping the Wizard's throne. With powerful laser blasters in hand you must do battle with the fierce Worlings, some of which have the ability to temporarily render themselves invisible. But with your radar scanners you can still track their progress. Beware when you overcome a legion of Worlings for their merciless commander, the Worluk might come after you seeking revenge. He's quick so your shots must be true. If you can defeat the masterful Worluk you might just get a chance to take on the mighty Wizard himself. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: Single player (yellow worrior on the left) and three lives to start. (default) Contest ends on: 4-27-09 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: doctorclu - 177,700 +11 2nd: LaserHawk - 102,400 +10 3rd: Cafeman - 81,600 +9 4th: roadrunner - 61,900 +8 5th: darthkur - 43,700 +7 6th: ckirkman - 37,800 +6 7th: atari_envy - 36,300 +5 8th: NoahsMyBro - 35,700 +4 9th: bohoki - 33,700 +3 10th: DensB68 - 33,100 +2 11th: MIKE5200 - 19,500 +1 12th: RangerG - 19,300 +1 Current Standings: 1st: Cafeman (39) 1st: darthkur (39) (2) 2nd: ckirkman (24) 3rd: bohoki (23) (1) 4th: roadrunner (21) 5th: DensB68 (19) 5th: doctorclu (19) (1) 6th: Scihorror (14) 7th: RangerG (13) 8th: LarcenTyler (12) 9th: Shannon (9) 10th: thursday83 (7) 11th: midnight magicman (6) 11th: MIKE5200 (6) 11th: NoahsMyBro (6) 12th: Mingy Jongo (5) 13th: BydoEmpire (2) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual: Wizard of Wor Manual Edited April 27, 2009 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) I'll start it off: 2400. A little better = 10,900 Edited April 13, 2009 by RangerG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Oh man, I love this game, but I think I sold my copy of Wizard of Wor. Even if I had it, I'd probably be too lazy to drag out my 5200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 59,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserHawk Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 LaserHawk returns after battling stupid ISPs and the EVIL BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH and now slays this number many cavern critters.................................. 41,800 LaserHawk goes back now for more critters in the caves to make more larger numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 i suck this much you see i haven't played with my controller in a while thanks to the between button dust this game is annoying because i have to unplug my joystick and plug it in port 2 because i solder horrible i worry about pulling a wire loose from the naked plug man i'm a slob ready to play wheres waldo find the items swiss army knife disk notcher altoid 5200 controller miner2049er 300 ohm to 75 ohm convertor letter telling me i may be a winner oh and what is wrong with this picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 i suck this much you see i haven't played with my controller in a while thanks to the between button dust this game is annoying because i have to unplug my joystick and plug it in port 2 because i solder horrible i worry about pulling a wire loose from the naked plug man i'm a slob ready to play wheres waldo find the items swiss army knife disk notcher altoid 5200 controller miner2049er 300 ohm to 75 ohm convertor letter telling me i may be a winner oh and what is wrong with this picture Ok, here's my solution: Did I get them all? What do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 you see i haven't played with my controller in a while thanks to the between button dust oh and what is wrong with this picture Ok, here's my solution: Did I get them all? What do I win? yep all but one the disk nochter is the blue one on the right of arcade machine the black thing is a case for a gps yep a dog got ahold of the wizof war cart and chewed it (i guess the shape and color looked like a bone of his for years i just had the loose board till my star trek broke and i used some standoffs to mount it in its case another pic of my score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckirkman Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 This is hard! I never played this much. My current score is 20800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserHawk Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 LaserHawk returns with this many number maze monsters!! 102,400 LaserHawk is now out of ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 25,100 after playing about 4 games for practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 LaserHawk returns with this many number maze monsters!! 102,400 Very good score. My score starting off is 93,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scihorror Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I seem to have a problem getting this to play on both MESS and Kat5200. Anyone have any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I seem to have a problem getting this to play on both MESS and Kat5200. Anyone have any suggestions? Try Atari800. I used to play Atari800DC on the Dreamcast... awesome!! Well my new score, 100,900 Learned that pause did not work well for Wizard of Wor. I'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 New personal best: 36,100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Considering my scores, I'm beginning to think I haven't played this since I used to visit a friend decades ago to play it on his Bally Astrocade! Given my best score so far, I'm far too lazy to take a photo, but you can chalk me up for an astounding 10,700 (!!!) points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I suddenly improved as soon as I finished the previous post. My current best is 23,800. And now I need to hit the sack before the sun rises... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 66,300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) 177,700 1) the first four levels you can wander about and hunt monsters, after that, good to bunker in as soon as you can. 2) I died the most to those monster appearing practically right next to me when they came in. When you bunker in, watch the radar but just keep firing. (Never know when one will appear and if you are shooting one direction in the bunker, that takes care of 50% of the ways they can get you. 3) Once a monster fires at you, you have two choices, move out of the way of the fire, or kill the monster, which stops a shot in motion. Odd to me, but hey.. anyway, most often monsters will fire, and then vere off, be careful of that. 4) The Worlock is not that big a problem, just approach with guns blazing from a cautious distance. 5) The Wizard of Wor is one that I believe is programmed to appear BEHIND you. When he disappears, throw a shot behind you real quick. Amazing how many times that works. 6) The Pit at level 13 is the screen you save up your lives for. I generally try to work from the bottom corner. Open to suggestions. Edited April 19, 2009 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 31,500. Doctor Clu - Granted, your score is nearly 6x mine, so I'm glad to defer to your advice, but I've been having success when I remember to try and fire shots down 'major thoroughfares', so to speak, while the wizard is on the prowl. Many times he'll appear in or travel through the path of the bullet when I do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckirkman Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 33,900. I need to try Dr. Clu's advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Does anybody know what triggers the Wizard to appear? Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Does anybody know what triggers the Wizard to appear? Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. all i know is you probably have to have at least 5k and zap the worlock then the wiz comes to get the wor lock i kind of goaltend the pacman like tunnel i hate this game the lions always spawn close to me also why the heck cant you shoot through a disintegrating enemy i kind of have my own names for them i call the blue ones dogs the yellow ones lions and the red ones just "the red ones" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I have shot the Worluck and the Wizard still didn't appear - sometimes. Do you have to shoot it within a time frame? Or is it random 50-50 chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 I have shot the Worluck and the Wizard still didn't appear - sometimes. Do you have to shoot it within a time frame? Or is it random 50-50 chance? There's might be a time factor involved. The faster you clear the board the more likely the Wiz will consider you a threat and come to annihilate you. That's a guess though. If I get the Worluk the first time it comes out then get it on the next board it seems like the Wizard always comes out right then. For then on it seems like a crap shoot. 43,700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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