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Revision as of 18:18, 12 October 2012
- Super Wonder Boy redirects here. For the sequel (also called Super Wonder Boy on some releases), see Wonder Boy in Monster Land.
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Wonder Boy (ワンダーボーイ) is an arcade game developed by Escape/Sega in 1986. It is a platform game that runs on Sega System 1 hardware, and lead to numerous sequels for a variety of platforms.
In Wonder Boy, the player controls a caveman-like character named Tom-Tom through seven areas with four rounds to save his girlfriend Tanya from a monster. There are numerous items hidden in eggs, including hammers, skateboards and fairies.
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Sequels and Re-releases
Wonder Boy was later ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum. The Master System version of the game was made available through the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2008. The Japanese Master System version is called Super Wonder Boy (スーパーワンダーボーイ), and the American Game Gear version was renamed Revenge of Drancon for unknown reasons.
Wonder Boy is notable for branching off into two different series during the late 1980s. Escape (now Westone) initially had a deal with Sega in which Sega owned the rights to the names and characters featured in Wonder Boy, but Westone owned everything else (i.e. the source code). As Westone had another deal with Hudson Soft to develop games for them, Wonder Boy was brought to the Nintendo Entertainment System under the name of Adventure Island. Adventure Island was a huge success, leading to numerous sequels featuring the same character.
Westone would later release Wonder Boy in Monster Land, the first official sequel to Wonder Boy, however, unlike Adventure Island, this would take the form of a RPG/platformer crossover, in which Tom-Tom is armed with a sword and has to slay monsters. This formula also proved to be a success, particularly on the Sega Master System, and lead to numerous sequels also. To make matters worse, many of these games were also altered for release on the TurboGrafX-16 under different names (including another Adventure Island).
Though there are still games being produced which follow the original Wonder Boy/Adventure Island formula, there has not been a game that follows the Monster Land formula since 1994. There is a strong fanbase which wishes for new Monster Land games, including the creators of the MEKA emulator, which is named after an enemy in Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
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Physical Scans
Arcade Version
SG-1000 Version
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Game Gear Version
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Amstrad CPC version
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Commodore 64 version
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ZX Spectrum version
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External Links
Games in the Wonder Boy series | |
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Wonder Boy (1986) | Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987) | Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988) | Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989) | Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991) | Monster World IV (1994) | Monster World Complete Collection (2007) | Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2012) | Arcade Archives Wonder Boy (2014) | Wonder Boy Returns (2016) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017) | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2018) | Wonder Boy Returns Remix (2019) | Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World (2021) | Wonder Boy Collection (2022) | Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (2022) | |
Wonder Boy related media | |
Monster World Complete Collection Original Sound Track (2007) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Original Soundtrack Sampler (2018) | Wonder Boy Collection - Best Of Soundtrack (2023) | |
Wonder Boy V Monster World III Koushiki Guide Book (1991) |
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 84
- ↑ Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 115
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 149
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 171
- ↑ Games-X, "18th-24th July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-18), page 39
- ↑ Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 110
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 43
- ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 42
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 132
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Noviembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 45
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Play Time, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-06), page 88
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 61
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 31
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 75
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
- ↑ Supersonic, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 29
- ↑ Zero, "May 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 91
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Computer & Video Games, "June 1990" (UK; 1990-05-16), page 66
- ↑ Commodore Force, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 22
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-07-15), page 24
- ↑ Your Commodore, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 36
- ↑ Zzap!64, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-07-09), page 28
- ↑ Crash, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-07-30), page 82
- ↑ Sinclair User, "June 1990" (UK; 1990-05-18), page 26
- ↑ Tilt, "Décembre 1987" (FR; 1987-1x-xx), page 63
- ↑ Your Sinclair, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Your Sinclair, "June 1990" (UK; 1990-05-xx), page 51
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