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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (NES)

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Developer Credits#

The following string is present at 0x187D5 in the Japanese version and at 0x18769 in the US version and is used as a SRAM signature to test the save memory integrity.

H.YAJIMAK.CROSS

Regional Differences#

Support for Turbo File Devices#

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The Japanese version of the game has support for ASCII Turbo File devices, which allows players to save their current game state and return to it later, much like savestates. This feature was removed in the US version.

Language Switches#

Japan

US

The Japanese version of the game has language switches for various aspects of the game, which were removed in the US.

Different Class Names#

Japan

US

The Priest and Bishop classes were respectively changed to Cleric and Wizard in the US version, possibly due to the religious reference.