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system. The first round of each area was always a forest, the second an ocean, the third a cave and the fourth a forest at nighttime (the C64 had round 1 at night time and round 4 during the day). This was not the case in the console and arcade versions, in which the areas provided more variation
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reviewed the game reasonably well on initial release, with Your
Commodore remarking that it was an excellent arcade conversion but feeling it was lacking in originality, and CVG describing it as addictive, whilst
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display. On its re-release, while quoting the aforementioned problems, the reviewer was willing to overlook them, highlighting the quality of the sprites and the fun offered by the game, and offering it 69%.
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high jump when the run button was pressed, whereas it was possible in the arcade version to perform one simply by being in motion when the jump button was pressed.
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into 48K mode to run the game, and did not enjoy the benefit of having all levels preloaded as was designed. Under 48K mode, however, the 128K music still worked.
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Tina. After returning home, The Boy is heralded as a "Wonder Boy".
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An unchallenging conversion of a very ordinary arcade game.
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The Sega Master System port received positive reviews from
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The arcade game was critically acclaimed upon release. In
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Tina was later renamed Tanya in the Master System version
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name and characters. These sequels are not based on the
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was the most enthusiastic about the game, offering it
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series of games and was followed up by five sequels,
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1637:"[セガハード大百科] セガマーク３/マスターシステム対応ソフトウェア"
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1021:Through its 2012 absorption of Hudson Soft,
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2192:"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期"
2156:Computer Entertainer: The Video Game Update
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1801:McWhertor, Michael (September 22, 2016).
1695:"Save 60% on Wonder Boy Returns on Steam"
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1666:"[セガハード大百科] ゲームギア対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）"
908:on October 12, 2016, later releasing on
678:Wonder Boy can arm himself with a stone
2300:Your Sinclair Magazine, issue 54, p. 51
2291:Your Sinclair Magazine, issue 20, p. 32
2282:Sinclair User Magazine, issue 100, p.26
2273:Sinclair User Magazine, issue 65, p. 67
1763:"Wii | Virtual Console バーチャルコンソール"
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2033:"Wonder Boy – Wireless Review at IGN"
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985:Champion Takahashi's Adventure Island
613:It was the first in the long-running
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1412:Reviewing the ZX Spectrum version,
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719:The game ran on Sega's proprietary
2450:Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
2035:. wireless.ign.com. Archived from
1880:"Wonder Boy – Hardcore Gaming 101"
1554:Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006).
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961:is based on the arcade version of
735:. The graphics were provided by a
598:was rereleased in 2022 as part of
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2322:Official Arcade Archives minisite
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1900:. 28 April 2015. Archived from
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1474:IGN awarded the mobile version
649:. The game was also adapted by
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2574:Wonder Boy (video game series)
2089:. ysrnry.co.uk. Archived from
1924:"World of Spectrum - Crash-43"
1557:アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005)
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2330:Official PlayStation minisite
2176:(in Japanese). No. 284.
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628:Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
534:. The game is also known as
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1958:"Arcade Action: Wonder Boy"
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2239:"The Legend of Wonder Boy"
1863:"Wonder Boy Returns Remix"
1403:Computing With the Amstrad
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759:The first home version of
622:Wonder Boy in Monster Land
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1986:Computer and Video Games
1963:Computer and Video Games
1625:. July 1987. p. 13.
1382:Computer and Video Games
1352:Computer and Video Games
1104:Computer and Video Games
917:Wonder Boy Returns Remix
1749:Nintendo of Europe GmbH
2422:III: The Dragon's Trap
2314:Official Sega minisite
1699:store.steampowered.com
506:Mark III/Master System
251:Mark III/Master System
175:Mark III/Master System
2584:Virtual Console games
2534:Arcade Archives games
2178:Amusement Press, Inc.
1616:"Availability Update"
915:An enhanced version,
723:hardware, based on a
600:Wonder Boy Collection
594:on October 12, 2016.
2039:on December 16, 2005
1835:"Wonder Boy Returns"
1623:Computer Entertainer
1482:Notes and references
1377:Computer Entertainer
1256:Computer Entertainer
586:of the game, titled
515:by Sega, and to the
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2539:Master System games
2524:Sega System 1 games
2241:. 14 November 2008.
1676:on January 23, 2012
1586:"1986年セガ業務用ゲーム全リスト"
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887:On March 31, 2008,
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2559:Commodore 64 games
2529:Arcade video games
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902:Wonder Boy Returns
801:Revenge of Drancon
588:Wonder Boy Returns
568:Revenge of Drancon
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2005:World of Spectrum
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1904:on 2 October 2018
1898:pastemagazine.com
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