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The game was distributed with a second disk labelled "Competition Disk." When the game was completed, a file was to be saved to this disk and sent to Wizard Development who awarded an undisclosed prize for the first entry received.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-007/page/n33/mode/2up?view=theater|title=ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 007|date=November 1985}}</ref>
The game was distributed with a second disk labelled "Competition Disk." When the game was completed, a file was to be saved to this disk and sent to Wizard Development who awarded an undisclosed prize for the first entry received.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-007/page/n33/mode/2up?view=theater|title=ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 007|date=November 1985}}</ref>

The game's author stated in 2014 that the prize was never claimed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46255&start=30|title=William Wobbler Puzzle (Lemon64)}}</ref> No definite solution to the puzzle is known.


==References==
==References==

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William Wobbler
William Wobbler
Cover art
Developer(s)Antony Crowther
Publisher(s)Wizard Development
Designer(s)Antony Crowther
Platform(s)Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

William Wobbler is a video game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Wizard Development in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

Gameplay

Title screen

The player must guide William to find ten pieces of a puzzle, hidden throughout a vast landscape of caverns.

Competition

The game was distributed with a second disk labelled "Competition Disk." When the game was completed, a file was to be saved to this disk and sent to Wizard Development who awarded an undisclosed prize for the first entry received.[2]

The game's author stated in 2014 that the prize was never claimed.[3] No definite solution to the puzzle is known.

References

  1. ^ a b "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  2. ^ "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 007". November 1985.
  3. ^ "William Wobbler Puzzle (Lemon64)".