First post, by Great Hierophant
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Wizardry was made for CGA. I have seen a couple of different color palette combinations for the game :
First, I see this one, the default CGA palette :
Second, there is this one, using the alternate CGA palette :
Third, there is this black and white palette :
Fourth, the default CGA palette on a Color Composite monitor :
Which one is the correct palette? The answer is suprising...
They are all correct. The second image is the default one, the first and fourth are intended for color composite monitors and is selected by holding down the CTRL key as the game boots. The third is for black and white monitors, and is selected by holding the ALT key as the game boots. This is explicitly stated in the Reference Card included with the IBM PC version. Naturally this only applies to Wizardry I-V PC Booter games and not to the early release of Wizardry. I did not test the games as they came on the Ultimate Wizardry Archives.
In DOSBox, to get this to work, set a very low cycle count to start, like 250. Type boot wizmast.img wizscen.img, and then immediately afterward hold down the CTRL or ALT key until you see the Wizardry logo.
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