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Wonder Boy series

Wonder Boy

The home computer port of Wonder Boy.

31 December 1987

Wonder Boy is an adventure developed by Westone, released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Wonder Boy is

Wonder Boy is an adventure game developed by Westone and released in 1987. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Wonder Boy series

Wonder Boy is the fifth of 23 entries we hold in the Wonder Boy series. It arrived 6 months after Wonder Boy: Monster Land. The next entry was Wonder Boy in Monster Land in 1988.

See all 23 Wonder Boy games in release order →

What it launched against

Wonder Boy launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Wonder Boy come out?
Wonder Boy was released on 31 December 1987 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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