![]() ![]() As to be expected, the story goes much deeper than a missing persons case, as soon Petra learns that the entire kingdom of Oz is in a state of unbalance due to the deaths of the witches. She is propositioned by Dorothy Gale (yes, that Dorothy) to find her missing fiancé?, a man by the name of Anzel. The heroine is Petra, a down-on-her-luck ex-military woman who’s taken to the private detective business in hopes of finding her missing brother. With all of these somewhat off-kilter reimaginings, it almost feels like Emerald City Confidential, Wadjet Eye’s detective noir take on the world of Oz, is the least crazy of the bunch. From a video game perspective, there’s an early text adventure for various home computers, a bog standard side-scrolling platformer for the SNES, a Japanese fantasy RPG for the DS ( RIZ-ZOAWD, known as The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road in America), and a Castlevania-ish hack-and-slasher for the PlayStation 2 ( OZ, known as The Sword of Etheria in Europe). Beyond the world famous 1939 film, there have been numerous adaptations to stage plays, cartoons and television series. ![]() ![]() The Wizard of Oz has been a gold mine for alternate interpretations. ![]()
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