Wonder Boy
The first home version of Wonder Boy was released exclusively in Japan for the SG-1000 (Sega's first video game console) during the same year the arcade version was released. The game was released in a "My…
Wonder Boy is an adventure developed by Westone, released 31 December 1986 on SG-1000.
What Wonder Boy is
Wonder Boy is an adventure game developed by Westone and released in 1986. It was published by Sega. It is available on SG-1000 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The first home version of Wonder Boy was released exclusively in Japan for the SG-1000 (Sega's first video game console) during the same year the arcade version was released. The game was released in a "My Card" format, which required the "Card Catcher" peripheral. Because of the severe hardware differences, the game was remade completely for the SG-1000 with an all new set of stages. Certain enemies, stages, and items were also omitted, such as the skateboard.
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 second of 23 entries we hold in the Wonder Boy series. It arrived 10 months after Wonder Boy. The next entry was Wonder Boy in 1987.
What it launched against
Wonder Boy launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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