Wizball
Sign in to saveWizball is a horizontally scrolling shooter written by Jon Hare and Chris Yates (co-founders of Sensible Software) and released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and later in the year for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Versions for the Amiga and Atari ST were released in the following year. Wizball was also ported to IBM PC compatibles (for the Color Graphics Adapter) and the Thomson MO5.
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- Video game.title
- Wizball
- Video game.image
- wizball cover art.jpg
- Video game.developer
- Sensible Software
- Video game.publisher
- Ocean Software
- Video game.producer
- D. C. Ward
- Video game.programmer
- Chris Yates
- Video game.artist
- Jon Hare
- Video game.composer
- Martin Galway
- Video game.released
- May 1987
- Video game.genre
- Scrolling shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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Wizball is a horizontally scrolling shooter written by Jon Hare and Chris Yates (co-founders of Sensible Software) and released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and later in the year for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Versions for the Amiga and Atari ST were released in the following year. Wizball was also ported to IBM PC compatibles (for the Color Graphics Adapter) and the Thomson MO5.
Wizball's more humorous sequel, Wizkid, was released in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles.
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1987 video gamesAmiga gamesAmstrad CPC gamesAtari ST gamesCommodore 64 gamesCrash Smash! award winnersDOS gamesHorizontally scrolling shootersMultiplayer and single-player video gamesOcean Software gamesSensible Software gamesVideo games developed in the United KingdomVideo games scored by Martin Galway