Wonder Boy in Monster Land/Development

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Wonder Boy in Monster Land development
Missed release date(s):

MSX2 version

It was first mentioned in MSX-FAN 1988-04; page 115; as Monster Island[1] (モンスターアイランド) and was supposed to be released in the ROM cartridge format by Nihon Dexter. It was later changed to Monster Land (モンスターランド) in MSX-FAN 1988-05; page 115[2]; and to Wonder Boy II: Monster Land (ワンダーボーイⅡ モンスターランド) in MSX-FAN 1988-07; page 115[3]. On MSX-FAN 1990-03; page 131, a final price was revealed for the game, being ¥7,800[4].

The game's release date was postponed indefinitely in MSX-FAN 1993-02; page 106 (contains NSFW content)[5]; with a representative of Nihon Dexter commenting about manufacturing costs being the major hurdle on the game's release. No news about the MSX2 version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land were made afterwards.

Prototype screenshots

  • WBiML MSX Development 01.jpg
  • WBiML MSX Development 02.jpg
  • WBiML MSX Development 03.jpg
  • WBiML MSX Development 04.jpg

References

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/MSXFAN198804
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/MSXFAN198805
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/MSX-FAN_1988-07_Tokuma_Shoten_Intermedia_JP
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/MSXFAN199003
  5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/MSXFAN199302


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