Descpription:
Wonder Boy (known as Super Wonder Boy in Japan and
Revenge of Drancon on the North American Game Gear release) is
a 1986 video game published by Sega and developed by Escape
(later known as Westone Co. Ltd., not to be confused with Westone).
It was the first in a long running series of games and was followed up by five sequels:
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Wonder Boy in Monster World
and Monster World IV.
The "Wonder Boy" in question is a character known as "Tom-Tom" - a
caveman-like character whose girlfriend, by the name of Tanya, has
been captured by a monster. The player must guide Tom-Tom through nine
"areas", each consisting of four "rounds", there are some "hidden levels"
at the end of the game that can only be reached if Tom-Tom finds and collects
all of the dolls, which are a likenesses of Tanya, that are hidden in every level.
The levels are made up of forests, hills, oceans, caves, ice palaces and occasionally
cloud lands. The levels always run from left-to-right, with some vertical movement.
A short example of Wonder Boy's gameplayTom-Tom can arm himself with a stone
hammer, which he can throw at oncoming foes, a skateboard with which he can
rush through the levels and survive one attack by an enemy, and temporary
protection by a fairy which allows him to destroy foes by simply running into them.
