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Wonder Boy
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Name: Wonder Boy Developer: Sega Year: 1986 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Wonder Boy Pinout Settings: Wonder Boy Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Wonder Boy DescriptionA little boy ventures through Wonderland in this horizontally scrolling game. There are four areas, each with four levels and end bosses. Walking and jumping depletes your energy so you must eat food found along the way.Wonder Boy was produced by Sega in 1986. Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Other machines made by Sega during the time period Wonder Boy was produced include Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Dump Matsumoto, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Bank Panic, 4-D Warriors, Albegas, Choplifter, and Angel Kids. Wonder Boy - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.57 (2 votes)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionWonder Boy is a little caveman who attacks using a stone hammer, rides a skateboard and picks up other cute items along the way. Each level has four sub levels similar to Super Mario Bros. The real trick is to keep on the skateboard that lets you take a hit from a monster and remain alive, but this is hard to do since Wonder Boy moves so fast.The object of this game is for Wonder Boy to rescue his girlfriend, Tina, from the evil wizard, King. Game PlayMove horizontally to the right dodging obstacles and bad guys while trying to complete the level.MiscellaneousLICENSOR EscapeVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Wonder Boy CensusThere are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 117 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 44 of these machines are owned by our active Wonder Boy collectors. And of these, It is an original dedicated machine., 8 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 35 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with extra Wonder Boy circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Wonder Boy. This game ranks a 35 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaIf you ever wondered why this game and an NES game called Adventure Island has so many similarities, the answer is simple Wonderboy was developed by a company called Escape who later changed their name to Westone. They decided to release a Famicom port with Hudson Soft, but since Sega owned the Wonder Boy trademark, Escape and Hudson were forced to change the name to Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima Master Takahashis Adventure Island. Escape also ported the Monster World series to several consoles under the name of Bikkuriman Bikkuri means Astonishing. Escape was not involved with the later games of the Takahashi Meijin series.Legacy
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Wonder Boy Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Sega for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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