''The Wizard of Oz'' is an illustrated
interactive fiction game developed by and published by
Windham Classics
Windham Classics Corporation was a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software. The corporation was founded in 1984 and went defunct circa 1985/86 or later. The headquarters were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Adventure games
Windham Classics publishe ...
for the
Apple II,
Commodore 64,
MS-DOS
MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few ope ...
and
MSX in 1985. It is an adaptation of the books ''
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz afte ...
'' and ''
The Marvelous Land of Oz
''The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman'', commonly shortened to ''The Land of Oz'', published in July 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and th ...
''.
Gameplay
Plot
Reception
''The Wizard of Oz'' was positively received by press, including ''II Computing'', ''
Ahoy!
''Ahoy!'' was a computer magazine published between January 1984 and January 1989 in the US, focusing on all Commodore color computers, but especially the Commodore 64 and Amiga.
History
The first issue of ''Ahoy!'' was published in January 198 ...
'', and ''
Commodore Power Play''.
References
External links
''The Wizard of Oz''at
MobyGames
1980s interactive fiction
Interactive fiction based on works
1985 video games
Apple II games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
MSX games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games based on Oz (franchise)
Video games about witchcraft
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