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Wonder Boy - Monster Land

Wonder Boy - Monster Land - Japanese Title

Wonder Boy - Monster Land - marquee

Name: Wonder Boy - Monster Land
Developer: Sega

Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Adventure
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Sega System 8
Game Specific: Wonder Boy - Monster Land Pinout
Settings: Wonder Boy - Monster Land Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [AttackJump]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
Wonder Boy - Monster Land

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Wonder Boy - Monster Land Description

Use your sword to fight monsters and defeat the Dragon. Collect gold to upgrade your boots, shield and armor, and defeat bosses to strengthen your sword. Most stages include a boss, that once defeated leaves behind a key to the next stage.

Wonder Boy - Monster Land was produced by Sega in 1987.

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 - Monster Land was produced include After Burner II, Center Court, Chrono Soldier, DakkoChan Jansoh, After Burner, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Dump Matsumoto, and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.

Wonder Boy - Monster Land - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.32 (1 vote)

 Personal Impressions Score: 4.25

     Overall 'Like': 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 4.00 
Technical Impressions Score: 2.33

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 2.00

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.

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Cabinet Information

The game is often found in converted cabinets since it was sold as a kit.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Jump in suspicious places to collect hidden coins. Wiggle the joystick left and right when in the air to improve you chances of getting lots of money.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Wonder Boy - Monster Land Census

There 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 59 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 30 of these machines are owned by our active Wonder Boy - Monster Land collectors. And of these, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 29 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with extra Wonder Boy - Monster Land circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Wonder Boy - Monster Land circuit board set.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

The games uses a SEGA System 8 board that is similar to Wonder Boy. CPU: Z80 at 4.00 MHz. Sound: Z80 2 x SN76489 at 4.00 MHz.

Legacy

  1. Wonder Boy (1986)
  2. Wonder Boy - Monster Land (1987)
  3. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (1989)

Manuals

  1. Pinout and DIP switch settings  2 Pages, 506 kB File.

Video Clips


    Wonderboy in monsterland 1987 Sega one coin beat

    WonderBoy in Monsterland Arcade Playthrough 1/9

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