After a long and hazardous quest, we found him is the throne room of his Crystal lair – the Wizard of ODYSSEY2. With fog swirling about his rabes, he was deeply absorbed in a game of Pick Axe Pete.
EDITOR: Excuse me, um, your Wizardness, but …
WIZARD: One moment! Up the lodder, yes! Swing the are and, there — the key. — Eureka. Pardon me: even a wizard can get carried Away. What can I do for you?
EDITOR: Well, I have some questions and…
WIZARD: Marvelous! Answering questions is a wizard’s specialty.
EDITOR: Well… okay. To start with, what’s it like to be a wizard — especially the Wizard of ODYSSEY2?
WIZARD: Wizards are supposed to be very conservative, but i must admit that being the Wizard of ODYSSEY2 has always been fun for me. Lock arourd you – ODYSSEY2, excitement is everywhere! it’s ir the laboratory, where engineers and designers are inventing astounding new ODYSSEY2 adventures it’s in each of the exciting games that ODYSSEY2 has introduced over the years, and it’s in homes all over the country, where people of all ages are competing and becoming Adventurers in their own right.
EDITOR: Yes. it certairly boggies the mind
WIZARD: Nothing boggles a wizard’s mind. But there are many aspects of ODYSSEY2 that can send shivers down even a wizardly spine.
EDITOR: Such as?
WIZARD: Such as the introduction of The Voice of ODYSSEY2 Just imagine — voice synthesis as part of the complete entertainiment package from ODYSSEY2. Now, in addition to having better on-screen graphics and cartridges that are more complex and interesting, ODYSSEY2 can respond in a remarkably humanlike voice to things that happen as an Adventurer plays.
This means that educational games like Type & Tell are adventurously interesting and very realistic. A machine that talks back! Why, if I weren’t a wizard. I’d swear it was magic!
EDITOR: The ODYSSEY2 ADVENTURE Club is relatively new, but growing quickly. As the Wizard of ODYSSEY2, can you think of anything Adventurers can do to increase the fun of being a member of fhe club?
WIZARD: They can share the challenge of ODYSSEY2 Adventurers from all over are banding together with club members from their neighborhoods or towns to have tournaments. competitions, marathons. Or just to meet and share strategies and tips on playing.
EDITOR Are there other ways for Adventurers to develop their skills and playing techniques? Other ways to have fun?
WIZARD: Certainly. One wizardly way is to invent new gomes from existing cartridges, such as combining a number of ODYSSEY2 sports games into your own ODYSSEY2 Olympics.
And by studying the various rules ard exploring the games during play. Adventurers can try to outwit the engineers and designers who create the games. In Speed way, for instance, many Adventurers have learned exactly when they should change traffic lanes and hug the walls for maximum scoring.
Or, using the Cryptologic cartridge, some people have found that scrambling the numbers from one through six is a perfect substitute for dice when playing a simple board game.
These are for more than games of chance. It takes skill, dexterity, and lots of wizardly planning to become a master Adventurer.
EDITOR: Do Wyzard know o lot?
WIZARD: Wizards know everything
EDITOR: How do you become a Wizard of OOYSSEY2?
WIZARD: You don’t become a wizard, my friend. You’re born that way
EDITOR: Oh…
WIZARD: But some people get very close.
EDITOR: Who are They?
WIZARD: The engineers in the ODYSSEY2 laboratories When I was last ther. they were hard at wort puttirg the finishing touches an several of the new Voice of ODYSSEY2 cortridges Why. even i was impressed!
EDITOR: I notice that you keep glacing at your ODYSSEY2 keyboard
WIZARD. Of course I dol That keyboard is my key to ODYSSEY2 Adventures — it gives me a dimension beyond the joystick and the action button. I can pay word games, build my own Monkeyshines mazes .. Why. I can express my joys and frustrations in electronic print — and even a wizard finds it hard to resist that.
As a matter of facl. I think it’s time for anotner journey into Quest tor the rings. Drogons. Beware! You have a wizard fo reckon with row ..
And, as the all-knowing Wizard of ODYSSEY2 descerded into the video durgeons. we made our way back along tha arduous path from the crystal lair. To save fellow Adventurers from that hazardous journey, we invite them to send their tips. strategies, or questions for the Wizard to ODYSSEY2 ADVENTURE, in core of the Editor.
