Posted on June 5, 2008 by kicknz
Developer: Westone
Publisher: SEGA
Year: 1988
Fun Fact: originally released in the arcades and then on TG16 as Bikkuriman World
Wonder Boy in Monster Land is easily the best 1980s platformer not starring a fat, little, Italian guy. It deserves all the praise that its sequel instead receives and then some. If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel [...]
Filed under: Reviews, SMS, Sega | Tagged: Master-System-Reviews, SEGA-Master-System, wonder boy, Wonder-Boy-In-Monster-Land, Wonder-Boy-Reviews | No Comments »
Posted on May 18, 2008 by kicknz
Developer: Westone/Hudson
Publisher: Hudson (Japan), NEC (USA)
Year: 1991
Fun Fact: originally released for the Master System in 1989
As the fun fact states, this game was originally released 2 years earlier on the Master System, as Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap. As with most of the Wonder Boy series, Hudson licensed this game, changed the names and [...]
Filed under: Reviews, Sega, TurboGrafx-16 | Tagged: Dragon's-Curse, Dragon's-Trap, TurboGrafx, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-16-reviews, wonder boy, Wonder-Boy-Reviews | No Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2008 by nealp
Gaming forum GameFAQs has daily top ten lists that are submitted by users and carefully sifted through to find lists suitable for the site. Today’s top 10? The Top 10 2D platformers.
Will you agree with the list? Check after the jump to see.
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Nintendo, Sega | Tagged: 2D platformer, Castlevania, donkey kong, list, Mario, Mega-Man, metroid, Sonic, top 10, wonder boy | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 1, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Initially a release in the arcades and then ported over to the Sega Master System, Wonder Boy is your typical platformer that resembles Super Mario Bros. There is a “timer” of sorts shown as a life bar on the top of the screen which got lower and lower as time went on, this bar can [...]
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