Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
Cover art for Apple, C64, and IBM PC
Developer(s)Sir-Tech
Publisher(s)Sir-Tech
Designer(s)Andrew C. Greenberg
David W. Bradley
SeriesWizardry
Platform(s)Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Super NES, Satellaview, NEC PC-88, PC-98, FM Towns, PC Engine CD
Release
Q4 1988
  • Apple II, C64, IBM PC
    • NA: Q4 1988
  • PC-88, PC-98
    • JP: June 8, 1990
  • FM Towns
    • JP: December 1990
  • PC Engine CD
    • JP: September 25, 1992
  • Super NES
    • JP: November 20, 1992
    • NA: April 1994
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom is the fifth scenario in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was published in 1988 by Sir-Tech for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk) . A port for the Super Famicom and FM Towns was later developed and published by ASCII Entertainment in Japan. Wizardry V was released in the US for the Super NES by Capcom in 1993, and subsequently re-released for the Satellaview subsystem under the name BS Wizardry 5.