The game takes place on a series of levels, each divided into eight worlds. Each world has a distinct graphical style and music, but the basic gameplay remains the same. Wiz and/or Liz must run through the landscape collecting wabbits against a strict time limit. To win, the player must collect floating letters that appear when a wabbit is collected to spell out a magic word shown at the top of the screen. Once an entire word is collected, the player then must rescue all remaining wabbits on the level, who now release collectable fruit, stars, and clocks to increase the time limit. The limit starts at three minutes and is only restarted when the player character dies. This time limit can however be extended by collecting a glowing orange orb which appears in the last ten seconds of a countdown and gives thirty seconds of bonus time.
At the end of each stage, collected fruit can be mixed in a cauldron and depending on the fruit, the effect can be bonus points, a minigame, a weird graphical effect, a bit of silliness (such as declaring a "Game Over" and killing the player's character, only to put them back with a sheepish "Only joking..."), turning the wabbits different colours, or "Absolutely Nothing".
Wiz 'n' Liz features a number of cameo appearances from other Psygnosis characters, including Puggsy[2] and Lemmings.[3]
The bonus game was featured in the original mid-90s run of the competitive gaming television show Games World (broadcast on Sky One in the UK) as one of the challenges. Players took turns to play the bonus game of collecting the blue wabbits and the highest scorer won that particular challenge.
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Wiz 'n' Liz takes place on the magical planet of Pum, where a group of "wabbits" (rabbits) have been taken by a spell gone awry and it's the job of two wizards – Wiz and Liz – to rescue them.
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A review from the SEGA MegaZone magazine described the game as 'cute, original and very, very fast'.[4]Amiga Action described the game as 'an all out, fast action platform extravaganza, with nice graphics and sound and an endearing storyline'.[5]
this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2013, learn, when. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wiz n Liz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wiz n Liz The Frantic Wabbit Wescue is a platform game developed by Raising Hell Software for the Amiga and Sega Mega Drive and published by Psygnosis in 1993 It is a humorous cutesy platform game With the exception of some end of level bosses the game contains no enemies Wiz n Liz The Frantic Wabbit WescueDeveloper s Raising Hell SoftwarePublisher s PsygnosisDesigner s Martyn R Chudley Mike WaterworthComposer s Matt FurnissPlatform s Amiga Mega DriveReleaseEU 1993NA January 6 1994 1 Genre s PlatformMode s Single player two player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Screenshot from the Amiga versionThe game takes place on a series of levels each divided into eight worlds Each world has a distinct graphical style and music but the basic gameplay remains the same Wiz and or Liz must run through the landscape collecting wabbits against a strict time limit To win the player must collect floating letters that appear when a wabbit is collected to spell out a magic word shown at the top of the screen Once an entire word is collected the player then must rescue all remaining wabbits on the level who now release collectable fruit stars and clocks to increase the time limit The limit starts at three minutes and is only restarted when the player character dies This time limit can however be extended by collecting a glowing orange orb which appears in the last ten seconds of a countdown and gives thirty seconds of bonus time At the end of each stage collected fruit can be mixed in a cauldron and depending on the fruit the effect can be bonus points a minigame a weird graphical effect a bit of silliness such as declaring a Game Over and killing the player s character only to put them back with a sheepish Only joking turning the wabbits different colours or Absolutely Nothing Wiz n Liz features a number of cameo appearances from other Psygnosis characters including Puggsy 2 and Lemmings 3 The bonus game was featured in the original mid 90s run of the competitive gaming television show Games World broadcast on Sky One in the UK as one of the challenges Players took turns to play the bonus game of collecting the blue wabbits and the highest scorer won that particular challenge Plot editWiz n Liz takes place on the magical planet of Pum where a group of wabbits rabbits have been taken by a spell gone awry and it s the job of two wizards Wiz and Liz to rescue them Reception editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2015 A review from the SEGA MegaZone magazine described the game as cute original and very very fast 4 Amiga Action described the game as an all out fast action platform extravaganza with nice graphics and sound and an endearing storyline 5 ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings82 5 Gen 8 Review scoresPublicationScoreMean Machines Sega85 Mega Drive 6 Sega 169 10 Gen 7 References edit Press release 1994 01 06 PSYGNOSIS RELEASES WIZ N LIZ FOR SEGA GENESIS Sega Retro 2016 06 10 Retrieved 2023 05 06 Digital Spy Retro Corner Puggsy Retrieved 2013 12 07 Sega 16 Wiz N Liz Retrieved 2013 12 07 MegaZone Magazine November 1993 SEGA MegaZone Magazine Issue 33 Europress Interactive November 1993 Amiga Action Issue 50 Wiz n Liz Mean Machines Sega No 12 October 1993 pp 64 66 Sega 16 Wiz N Liz Retrieved 2013 12 07 Game Rankings Wiz n Liz The Frantic Wabbit Wescue Retrieved 2013 12 07 External links editWiz n Liz at MobyGames nbsp This platform game related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wiz 27n 27 Liz amp oldid 1183431879, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
