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Wizard of Wor

1981 video game
VideoGame video_game Q488692
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Summary

Wizard of Wor is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,243 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wizard of Wor's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Wizard of Wor was published by Midway Games[4].
  • Wizard of Wor's genre is action game[5].
  • Wizard of Wor's genre is maze video game[6].
  • Wizard of Wor's developer is recorded as Dave Nutting[7].
  • Wizard of Wor's platform is recorded as Atari 2600[8].
  • Wizard of Wor's platform is recorded as Atari 5200[9].
  • Wizard of Wor's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[10].
  • Wizard of Wor's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[11].
  • Wizard of Wor's game mode is recorded as co-op mode[12].
  • Wizard of Wor's input device is recorded as joystick[13].
  • Wizard of Wor's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Wizard of Wor was published on June 5, 1981[15].
  • Wizard of Wor's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].
  • Wizard of Wor's P14470 is recorded as Games/Wizard_of_Wor[17].

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Authorship and Creation

Wizard of Wor was published by Midway Games[4].

Publication

Wizard of Wor was released on June 5, 1981[15]. Genres include action game[5] and maze video game[6].

Why It Matters

Wizard of Wor ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,243 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Dave Nutting joystick Midway Games United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mobygames game id → 10745, 230286
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Mobygames game id: 230286, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275231|batch #275231]]"
  2. 10w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright registration → PA0000116405
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Publication date → +1981-06-05T00:00:00Z
    Ready64 id → 119, 3257
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ready64 id: 3257, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54400841|Wizard of Wor (1982) (#54400841)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1479|Ready64]] #mix'n"
  3. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Publisher → Midway Games
    Publisher → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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