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Wizardry came out for the Game Boy Color in 2000, published by Natsume. It was part of that late era for the handheld, when developers were still finding ways to fit complex games onto its small screen. This was a time when you could find deep, challenging RPGs in your pocket, and Wizardry was one of them.

You control a party of adventurers, creating them from different classes and races before descending into a multi-level dungeon. Your main goal is to survive the labyrinth, mapping its twisting corridors room by room on the graph paper-like grid that fills the screen. Combat is turn-based, letting you choose each character's action, from swinging a sword to casting a spell, against the monsters that lurk in the dark. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty is steep; a wrong turn or a tough encounter can wipe out your party, sending you back to the last save point. It feels like a careful, methodical test of your planning and endurance every time you play.