<s>
Wizardry	B-Application
V	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Maelstrom	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
scenario	O
in	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Application
series	O
of	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Sir-Tech	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
and	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
was	O
later	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
ASCII	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wizardry	B-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
by	O
Capcom	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Satellaview	B-Device
subsystem	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
BS	O
Wizardry	B-Application
5	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
from	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Wizardry	B-Device
III	I-Device
:	I-Device
Legacy	I-Device
of	I-Device
Llylgamyn	I-Device
,	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Maelstrom	I-Application
begins	O
after	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
peace	O
brought	O
about	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Kbreth	O
's	O
Orb	O
is	O
shattered	O
when	O
the	O
powers	O
of	O
chaos	O
literally	O
begin	O
to	O
emerge	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
this	O
task	O
is	O
accomplished	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
can	O
venture	O
to	O
the	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Maelstrom	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Gatekeeper	O
may	O
be	O
summoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wizardry	B-Application
Vs	I-Application
design	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
Bradley	O
had	O
previously	O
written	O
and	O
pitched	O
to	O
Sir-Tech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sir-Tech	O
asked	O
Bradley	O
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
fit	O
into	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
finished	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
but	O
Wizardry	B-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
held	O
back	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
while	O
Wizardry	B-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Werdna	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Wizardry	B-Application
IV	I-Application
—	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
upgrade	O
its	O
graphics	O
from	O
the	B-Application
first	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
series	I-Application
—	O
sold	O
very	O
poorly	O
,	O
Sir-Tech	O
advertised	O
Wizardry	B-Application
V	I-Application
as	O
"	O
breaking	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Application
system	O
of	O
the	O
past	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Dennis	O
Owens	O
in	O
1989	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarity	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Maelstrom	I-Application
is	O
,	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
both	O
more	O
simple	O
than	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
Werdna	I-Application
and	O
improved	O
over	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
scenarios	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
good	O
for	O
both	O
those	O
new	O
to	O
and	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
CGA	B-Device
instead	O
of	O
EGA	B-Device
or	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
opined	O
that	O
though	O
the	O
non-hostile	O
monsters	O
,	O
riddles	O
,	O
and	O
puzzles	O
are	O
admirable	O
improvements	O
from	O
previous	O
Wizardry	B-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Wizardry	B-Application
V	I-Application
is	O
still	O
outdated	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
SNES	B-Application
RPGs	O
such	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
noting	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
repeatedly	O
re-enter	O
the	O
same	O
dungeon	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
multiple	O
save	O
slots	O
.	O
</s>
