Wizard Video Games
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Wizard Video Games was a division of Wizard Video Entertainment, a video distribution company started by movie director/producer Charles Band. Wizard was primarily responsible for distributing horror films on video until they entered the video game market in 1983 with game adaptations of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween.
Wizard's games were controversial at the time due to their violent content and subject matter. Many game retailers refused to carry their games and the ones who did often kept them behind the counter on a request-only basis. Largely because of this, their games sold relatively poorly.
The Wizard titles are very popular with collectors today, but they are very rare due to poor distribution and low sales at the time of their release. They are very hard to find complete in box.
Credited on 2 Games
| Halloween (1983 on Atari 2600) |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983 on Atari 2600) |
Trivia +
Wizard Video used Telesys cartridge shells and Apollo PCBs for their games.
Wizard Video only released two games, Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, both for the Atari 2600. A third game, Flesh Gordon (based on the X-rated 1974 film), was planned and even advertised but was never released. According to the game's programmer the game was completed, but a working prototype of the game has never been found.
Related Web Sites +
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Wizard Video page at AtariHQ
Brief history of Wizard -
Wizard Video page at AtariAge
Info on Wizard releases
Frequent Collaborators
Companies People- 2 games with Ed Salvo
- 1 game with Timothy G. Martin
- 1 game with Robert Barber
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