Ultimate Wizard

About

Ultimate Wizard tasks you with navigating levels as Wilfrid, a purple-robed magician collecting keys to advance. Each stage requires discovering a specific spell to unlock the key, with limited casts per spell. From freezing enemies to teleporting through shadows, your spells directly shape how you overcome obstacles. The formula is straightforward but relies on precise timing and smart resource management, as spells deplete with each use and some areas demand creative spell combos. The game’s standout is its modular design, with levels built using a flexible construction set. Players could craft custom stages featuring "treasure matrices" for dynamic effects, though the expansion pack’s 50 community-submitted levels lacked these advanced tools. EA’s version added tweaked difficulty and new monster sprites, while retaining the core challenge of balancing limited abilities against shifting threats. Community-driven content and developer collaboration made it a curious early example of crowd-sourced level design in the 80s.

Storyline

The player character, Wilfrid, is a wizard in purple robes, and his enemies include witches, knights, giant insects and other various monsters. Each level contains keys, and the object involves getting Wilfrid to get the key to move on to the next location. Each level also requires a different spell to find the key, and every key found gives him a finite amount of times he could cast the spell. Some spells cast projectiles, which could either kill or freeze enemies, while some would teleport Wilfrid around, either by turning him to a non-corporeal "shadow" or by instantly moving him to his starting point.