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Wonder Boy

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…

3 March 1986

Wonder Boy is an arcade developed by Escape, released 3 March 1986 on Arcade.

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What Wonder Boy is

Wonder Boy is an arcade game developed by Escape and released in 1986. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Wonder Boy series

Wonder Boy is the first of 23 entries we hold in the Wonder Boy series. The next entry was Wonder Boy in 1986.

See all 23 Wonder Boy games in release order →

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When did Wonder Boy come out?
Wonder Boy was released on 3 March 1986 for Arcade.

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