Wizardry Musiki, Andrew Greenberg, Anofa pazera re67

Andrew C. Greenberg, mugadziri weseminal Wizardry RPG series, afa pa 67. Rufu rwake rwakaziviswa pa Facebook nemushandi wake weWizardry, Robert Woodhead, uye akagoverawo pa Twitter nemugadziri wemutambo uye purofesa wekugadzira David Mullich.

Greenberg naWoodhead mipiro kuRPGs uye PC mutambo wemitambo haugone kuyerwa. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord yaive imwe yekutanga kuzivikanwa RPGs inowanikwa pamakomputa epamba. Yakaunza ruzivo rwetabletop RPGs nemitambo yakagadzirirwa ane simba PLATO mainframes anowanikwa pamakoreji makosi kuApple II, komputa yepamba.

Wizardry yakanga ichivhuvhuta munzira dzakawanda, kusanganisira kuve imwe yepakutanga RPGs kubvumira vatambi kudzora bato rakazara revatambi, mumwe nemumwe aine hunyanzvi uye hunhu. Vatambi vakaongorora yakakura, yekutanga-munhu, wireframe labyrinth, kuvhura magonhi akavanzika, kunzvenga misungo, uye kutarisana nevavengi vanotyisa. Pakupera kwegomba vakamirira "Mad Overlord" Werdna — kugutsurira nemusoro kuzita raGreenberg, Andrew, rakanyorwa kumashure. Greenberg akaramba achishandisa moniker iyi nguva refu mushure mebasa rake rekutamba, achiitora sechibatiso cheemail uye zita rekushandisa reYouTube chiteshi kwaakanyora basa rake pachirongwa cheBowling scorecard.

Kubata kweWizardry, padivi peiyo Ultima nhevedzano, kwakadzama mukati memakore ekuma1980, nemitambo yese miviri nemafambisirwo awo achiendeswa kumakomputa makuru emunhu seCommodore 64 uye MS-DOS PC. Pesvedzero yeWizardry yakanyanya kusimba muJapan, kwayakabatsira zvakanyanya mukuzvarwa kweJRPG genre.

Mushure mekugadzira mitambo yeStar Saga muna 1988 na'89, Greenberg akachinja kubva kuindasitiri yemitambo kuenda kubasa repamutemo, akatanga kuita zvehungwaru mutemo wezvivakwa muFlorida asati ave gurukota guru rekambani ine simba rinodzokororwa yeXslent. Zvisinei nekuchinja kwebasa rake, chido chaGreenberg chekuronga chakaramba chiripo, sezvinoratidzwa neshanduro yakachengetwa yewebhusaiti yake uye chiteshi chake cheYouTube. Tsamba ya1999 yakagovaniswa panzvimbo yeWizardry fan inoratidza kuti Greenberg akaroora Sheila McDonald, Wizardry playtester, uye vaviri ava vaive nevana vaviri.

Kunyangwe Greenberg akasiya indasitiri yemitambo kare, nhaka yake inoenderera mberi mumaRPG emazuva ano, kubva kuBaldur's Gate kuenda kuPersona. Basa rake paWizardry richiri kuwanikwa nanhasi, kunyanya kuburikidza neDigital Eclipse's ichangoburwa yemutambo wepakutanga, uyo unosanganisira mufananidzo-mu-mufananidzo weiyo yekare 1-bit graphics uye yakagadziridzwa neyakaiswa kubva kune vanogadzira Wizardry.