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Wonder Boy

1986 65 / 100 Arcade Platform
Wonder Boy is a 1986 platformer video game published by Sega and developed by Escape (now known as Westone Bit Entertainment). It was the first in the long-running Wonder Boy series of games and was followed up by five sequels, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. It was also the basis for the Adventure Island s Show full summary

Wonder Boy is a 1986 platformer video game published by Sega and developed by Escape (now known as Westone Bit Entertainment). It was the first in the long-running Wonder Boy series of games and was followed up by five sequels, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. It was also the basis for the Adventure Island series.

World design Nicht eindeutig Game modeMultiplayer

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Wonder Boy is a 1986 platformer video game published by Sega and developed by Escape (now known as Westone Bit Entertainment). It was the first in the long-running Wonder Boy series of games and was followed up by five sequels, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. It was also the basis for the Adventure Island series.

Game modeMultiplayer GenreArcade GenrePlatform ThemeAction Traitbats Traitboss fight Traitbroken english Traitcaveman Traitcharacter select screen Traitdemon Traitdigital distribution Traitdog Traitfrog Traitice stage Traitminotaurs Traitprehistoric Traitshark Traitskeletons Traitsnail Traitsnowman Traitspider Traitsteam

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Escape
Publisher
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Franchise
Wonder Boy
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Arcade Jun 1986
  • Arcade Jul 1986
  • Arcade Mar 03, 1986

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