0.33b6 [Mike Balfour]
WIP:
- 0.36b14: Added sound1 rom ($100 - timing).
- 0.35b1: M.C. Silvius added high score saving to Lizard Wizard.
- 0.34b1: Added sound prom.
- 0.33b7: Added color proms ($0, 10).
- 0.33b6: Mike Balfour added 'Lizard Wizard' (Sunn 1985).
- 2nd November 1997: Kevin Klopp dumped Lizard Wizard. Okay I used a cutoff saw to trim down the Epoxy block & used a blow torch to melt away most of the goo. From that I wired up an adapter that the 40 pin ribbion cable plugged into, grabbing all the Address & Data lines and reading the whole thing as a 27512 format EPROM. There are 2 2732 EPROMs in the epoxy block. I refer to them as WizA and WizB. When I read the whole thing, it appears that WizA is at $4000 and WizB is at $5000, somewhat different from Ms Pac but that may have something to do with the other circuitry that toggles them. The other circuitry consisted of 2 chips, one a 74ls32 with only one gate used. The inputs were A15 and MREQ but for the life of me I could not find where the output went. The other chip I cannot ID, they are using it as the select (Chip Enable) for the 2 ROMS. The mystery chip has inputs of A12 and MREQ but I did not find any other inputs (seems like the ouput of the 74ls32 would be here?).
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Help free the people caught within the planet Zyfus.
- First you must shoot the erupting rocks or they will burst into flames and be eaten by Lizards for fire.
- As the people arise each must be rescue to planet Zyfus or the Lizards will enslave them against you.
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* CottAGE
* FB Alpha
* JEmu
* Mimic
* VAntAGE
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Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:
Lizard Wizard (c) 1985 Techstar.
The player must use an eight-way joystick to take control of the Lizard Wizard, whose mission is to help free the people who are caught within the planet Zyfus. The Lizard Wizard does this by shooting the rocks that fly out of that erupting volcano at the bottom of the screen which will burst into flames if he misses them and get eaten by the dragon-like lizards for their fire. As the prisoners emerge from the volcano, the Lizard Wizard must also rescue them from the planet by taking them to the platforms on the surface. The player must also face Spydors on certain levels, which must be killed before they reach the surface.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 3-channel WSG (@ 96 Khz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in November 1985.
Licensed to Sunn.
- CONTRIBUTE -
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