Lost In Translation/Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy | |
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Manufacturer | Sega (Escape license) |
Released | 1986 |
Control Method |
2-way Joystick 2 Button(s) |
Main CPU | (3x) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz) |
Sound CPU | Mono SN76489A (@ 2.000 MHz) SN76489A (@ 4.000 MHz) |
Video Details |
Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 1,536 Palette colours |
Screens | 1 |
ROM Info | 15 ROMs 172,288 bytes (168.25 KiB) |
MAME ID | wboy · wbdeluxe · wboy2 · wboy2u · wboy3 · wboyo · wboysys2 · wboyu |
About The Game
Wonder Boy is an horizontally scrolling arcade video platform game where the player controls a little boy venturing through Wonderland.
There are 4 areas, each with 4 levels and end bosses. Walking and jumping depletes your energy so you must eat food found along the way.
Trivia
Licensed to Escape.
Chris E McClard holds the official official record for this game, on factory setting, with 1,217,240 points on 06/05/2005.
A deluxe version (bootleg ?) was made by Vision Electronics (see Updates section for more information).
Updates
Wonder Boy Deluxe has a dip switch to control how fast the energy decreases.
Tips and tricks
Round 8
If you manages to finish the game (Round 7 area 4) without forgetting any of the sweet little faces that multiply the vitality at the end of the screen, you can enjoy the Round 8.
Series
- Wonder Boy (1986)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987)
- Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (1988)
- Wonder Boy IV - Monster World II (Sega Mega Drive)
- Wonder Boy V - Monster World III (1991, Sega Mega Drive)
- Monster World IV (1994, Sega Mega Drive)
Cabinet and Artwork
Ports
- Consoles
- Sega SG-1000 (1986)
- Nintendo Famicom (1986, "Adventure island")
- Sega Master System (1987)
- Sega Game Gear (1990)
- Nintendo Game Boy (1991, "Adventure island")
- Nintendo Super Famicom (1992, "Super Adventure Island")
- Computers
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
- Commodore C64 (1987)
- Amstrad CPC (1987)
- MSX
Soundtrack Releases
Album Name | Catalogue No. | Released | Publisher | Comments |
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SEGA Arcade 80's Vol. 2 | SCDC-00252[1] | 2003-03-19 | Scitron Digital Content | CD version. |
External Links
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Wonder Boy at the World of Spectrum
References
- ↑ SEGA Arcade 80's Vol. 2 (CD) at the VGMdb