Bits 'n' Pieces

Information

Platform(s): Commodore Amiga, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis

Amiga
Developer(s): Lunatic Software
Publisher(s): Psygnosis
Designer(s): Martyn R. Chudley, Mike Waterworth
Producer(s): Greg Duddle, Steve A. Riding
Coder(s): James Thomas, Martin Hall, Rob Northen, Dave Beresford, Graham Stafford
Graphic(s): Dave Beresford, David Bland
Musician(s): Mike Clarke, Richard Ede (Rik Ede)
Sound Effects: Matt Furniss
Release Date(s): ??-??-1993

Sega
Developer(s): Raising Hell Software
Publisher(s): Psygnosis
Designer(s): Martyn R. Chudley
Coder(s): Martyn R. Chudley
Graphic(s): Mike Waterworth
Audio: Krisalis Software Ltd
Driver: Shaun Hollingworth

USA Version
ID: T-113026
Barcode: 053203010017
Version: N/A
Release Date: ??-NOV-1993
(TBC released 6-JAN-1994 first day of Winter CES. REF:segaretro.org)

PAL Version: T-113026-50
ID: T-113026-50
Barcode: 053203010017
Version: v0.112
Release Date: ??-??-1993

Box Art

Boxed Set

Media

Magazine Appearances

Advertisements

Sega Mega Drive

Screenshots

Maps

Sprites

Land Types

LUNAR LAND 
GRASS LAND 
DESERT LAND
WOOD LAND 
MINE LAND 
TEMPLE LAND
SNOW LAND 
DEAD LAND 

Cheats

HSSN RLLL	100 stars, taxing, super wizard
MRCF RSCD	All gems, 500 stars.
CBSK LGQD	Easy Mode Cheat
TCDT GBBS	Fight Any Monster Boss
TRKQ QMSC	Final Level, super wizard, 8 Lives, Tame Difficulty
BBBB BBBB	Hint "X"
TTTT TTTT	Hint "Y"
MGTP GLLS	Skip to Final Level
MQHS PKDN	Time Cheat

Game Genie Codes

by FANAT
Wiz'n'Liz - The Frantic Wabbit Wescue (Europe)
4CSA-BNRJ [INFINITE LIVES] 
WDGT-FRLY [INFINITE ENERGY FOR BOSSES]
R1GT-E6VG [INVINCIBILITY FOR BOSSES]
WDEA-BRMY [FREEZE TIME]

Wiz'n'Liz (USA)
W5GT-E183 [INFINITE ENERGY FOR BOSSES]
R1GT-E6ZL [INVINCIBILITY FOR BOSSES]

Information from the game files

Shown at game completion

The Game Consists of

• 17 Months Work
• 105 Magic Spells
• 34 Different Maps
• 28 Tunes
• 47 Sound Effects
• 14 Sub Games
• 7 End of Level Baddies
• Over 110000 Lines of Code
• Countless Sleepless Nights
• Over 1000 Frames of Animation
• 3 Broken Joypads
• 2 Burnt Out Powerpacks

The Code was produced by Mr Chudley on A 486 PC with 110 Megabytes of Hard Disk space, 8 Megabytes of RAM. The Graphics were produced by Mr Waterworth on An Amiga 3000 using Deluxe Paint IV. Thanks For Playing! There may be a sequel but then again there may not! This game was a production

Something like Assembler

# FINISHED ENTERING PASSWORD #
END-PASSWORD
      MOVE   #-1,FIRE-PRESSED
      JSR    SET-FADE-DOWN
      BSR    RECREATE-PASSWORD
      BNE.S  .ILLEGAL
      BSR    DECODE-PASSWORD
      CMP    #1,WHICH-LEVEL
      BNE.S  .NOT-FIRST-LEVEL
# OPEN SHOP IF LEVEL 1 SELECTED #
      MOVE   #-1,SHOP-DOOR-OPEN
.NOT-FIRST-LEVEL
      RTS
.ILLEGAL
      RTS

Faqs

• Wizz 'n Lizz Hint/Cheat FAQ version 1.5 - 11/7/95

Profiles

Trivia

Both Pugsy and Lemmings make a cameo appearance during the game

Protagonist from Fatal Rewind makes a cameo appearance during the game

SEGA release featured both better graphics and speed although it was released at the same time as the Amiga version

Lemon Amiga, Hall of Light, CU Amiga list developer as Lunatic Software
MobyGames, Wikipedia, Hardcore Gaming 101 list developer as Raising Hell Software

Raising Hell Software became Bizarre Creations which was then purchased and closed 
by Activision, members of Bizarre Creations would go on to form Lucid.

Timeline (TBC)
Lunatic Software -> Raising Hell Software -> Bizarre Creations -> Lucid

References

• Hardcore Gaming 101
• Wiz ‘n’ Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue Retrospective Review
• Wikipedia
• Play it on archive.org
• Lemon Amiga Record
• Hall of Light Record
• Exotica Record
• Amiga Memo Record
• Guardiana Record
• GameFAQs
• MobyGames