What platforms is The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math on?

The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math was released on ColecoVision.

When did The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math release?

The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math was first released on June 1, 1984.

The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math

Jun 1, 1984PuzzleColecoVision

The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math — frequently asked questions

What platforms is The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math on?: The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math was released on ColecoVision.
When did The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math release?: The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math was first released on June 1, 1984.

About The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math

Spook needs to escape from the King of Id's dungeons. He slips out but Turnkey is in pursuit. He needs to solve math problems to open the way to his escape. Wizard of Id's WizMath is an educational game to teach mathematics. Using your joystick, you must move blocks into place so they complete a correct math problem and answer. If you push against a block, you will send it flying until it hits a wall or another block. You can also face a block and hold down the button. While keeping the button down, you can then slide the block as needed. There is a sixty second time limit and you are being pursued by Turnkey. Early levels require only one math problem to exit but later levels require two or more. Early in the game, you can select a floor on an elevator. The higher the floor, the more difficult the math problems. The game also asks your age. The older you say you are, the higher a floor it tries to start you on, although you can select a lower floor.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: ColecoVision
Developer: Sydney Development Corp.
Publisher: Sierra On-Line
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Educational

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$270

Complete

$868

few sales

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a year
Complete: about once a year
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $44 in Jul 2010, $155 five years ago, and $270 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2011	$44	—
Jan 2012	$44	—
Jan 2013	$75	—
Jan 2014	$75	$1,083
Jan 2015	$152	$1,083
Jan 2016	$150	$1,083
Jan 2017	$125	$611
Jan 2018	$118	$651
Jan 2019	$124	$649
Jan 2020	$124	$649
Jan 2021	$138	$649
Jan 2022	$155	$825
Jan 2023	$229	$723
Jan 2024	$250	$825
Jan 2025	$217	$1,000
Jan 2026	$270	$860
Oct 2026	$270	$868

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Label
North America Sierra	End label: SierraVision white

Source: Model numbers, end-label variants and CBS numbers: the ColecoVision FAQ v4.1, each serial confirmed against Coleco's 1982 catalogue, the game's manual or its UPC; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1984
Controller: Joystick
Players: 1 or 2
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the ColecoVisionMedium look-alike risk

ColecoVision prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A scarce Sierra math cartridge about which little is documented.

Sierra published The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math for the ColecoVision in 1984, with Sydney as developer. The title points to a children's arithmetic game, but no period review or description of play is on record, so this entry stays brief.

Worth knowing

From the ColecoVision manual. The game asks your age to set your starting skill level, how many Turnkeys chase you, and scoring.
From the ColecoVision manual. Floors teach different math concepts from addition up to algebra, including binary and hexadecimal numbers, Boolean algebra and order of operations.
From the ColecoVision manual. It is a math game for ages 8 and up, and a separate Wizmath Guide explains the concept taught on each floor.

Before you buy

Sierra used one box for several systems, with a sticker naming the platform, and Wiz Math is named among the box-swap targets, so check the sticker before paying a complete-copy price. Loose copies are priced far above most of the library and no complete-copy price is tracked, so ask for photos of the cartridge, label and any box. Listings are thin. A standard ColecoVision controller is enough.