People News RIP Wizardry co-creator Andrew Greenberg

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[Nano]

Also if anyone is interested, the guy who reported on Andrew's death is David Mullich who worked on Heroes of Might and Magic III. He even made it into the game.

This was his ingame description:

Generally stoic, Sir Mullich is prone to spasmodic fits of uncoordinated excitement believed to intimidate his troops into working faster.

Apparently he's also the guy who made sure VTM Bloodlines could be released in a passable state.

 

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This Digital Antiquarian's blog post about Greenberg's contribution to Wizardry: https://www.filfre.net/2012/03/making-wizardry/

Good article and really is a nice history lesson about way back. The only fault is the digs at Gygax and TSR. The article states quite a few times that:

After a couple of days, he [Greenberg] says that, “I was getting tired of these same games. I was bored and complained about my boredom.” A friend suggested offhand that he go put Dungeons and Dragons on a computer.

So if Gygax sued him for hitting a little too close to home, its understandable. Also just underscores how important D&D was in the early days of computing, with Garriott, Greenberg, Fargo, Woodhead, Spector, even Gygax himself having played D&D.

Kind of interesting to think how things would have panned out if TSR had sued more.

There was no possible way to escape from the influence of Dungeons and Dragons. Considering that there was literally a game on the PLATO system called Dnd which helped inspired Moira also on the PLATO system which helped inspire Wizardry.

 

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even Gygax himself having played D&D.

You don't say!

 

[Maxie]

this guy dies and Crispy is still alive. shame