Wonder Boy full playthrough - Sega Master System
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Published 2015-05-22
Wonder Boy was an arcade game developed by Escape and published by Sega in 1986. Several ports to home computers and consoles followed with the Master System version easily being the best. Interestingly for a Sega game, it was released on the competing Nintendo Entertainment System, although with a different main character, music and name - Adventure Island was the name of the game on the NES. Something to do with Sega holding the rights to the characters and game's name, but not the game itself. Bizarre.
The idea of the game is to save Wonder Boy's girlfriend by making your way through various platforming landscapes, defeating end-of-level bosses, collecting fruit to maintain vitality and avoiding coming into contact with a wide variety of enemies, random fires, boulders, rocks and bees. Wonder Boy is able to defeat enemies using his axe. It's fun and playable, if a little repetitive, but a good game to fulfil your platforming needs.
It was one of the first games I owned for my Master System back in the 1980s and remains one of my favourites today. As with several of my videos, this is a playthrough of the game from start to finish. I do make use of save states, but play the game in full speed without any other tool assist methods.
The arcade game features 36 levels with a doll on each one, sometimes hidden. In this version, if each doll is collected on the first 36 levels, an extra four levels are made available.
Finally, plugging this game into a Japanese Master System turns it into Super Wonder Boy, a harder version of the same game. This is not to be confused with some computer conversions of Wonder Boy's sequel, Wonder Boy In Monster Land, which was sometimes known as Super Wonder Boy. I'm sure there's a way of unlocking the Super Wonder Boy version if played on PAL/US Master Systems.
All Comments (21)
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I could cry. This game was my childhood. This music is forever burnt into my brain.
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i still remember this song...i can't believe that 33 years ago i used to come home from school-my mom in the house, cooking, and I would sit down, and play this for a bit. I would kill to go back in time and have those moments again...
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30 years ago this was sat under the Christmas tree waiting for Christmas day along with the Master System, Out Run & Afterburner. 1988 was an awesome Christmas.
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Nearly 35 years since I played this game and the music has been etched into my brain for all that time!
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It's crazy how a game so simple can be so much fun.
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I'm nearly 43. I remember completing this. Literally my favourite thing ever. Takes me back πππ
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Some of the best video game music ever on this underappreciated classic. Old sega was the first system I ever had. These games have my heart and these songs get me teary eyed for a past that's long gone :(
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Iβve had this occasionally pop back in my head over the years and had to check it out. This game was a huge part of my life on summer holidays. This brought back some good memories!
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It's ridiculous that 20+ years later I still remember that those little flowers are place markers for when the crocodile thing will run out behind you
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Came here just for the song. It hadnt changed since i last heard it in 1987
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i come here because i never see the ending. thanks for uploading this
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The first game I ever completed. I played this sooooo much in the 80s and 90s. Great play through.
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Lmao I (30+) was suddenly humming this song while I was in the shower this morning and took a while to remind myself where this music was from. Glad I still remember because I was only 4 when I watched my brothers play this classic before having to migrate to a different country.
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Ahh memories, used to play this 25+ years ago and still remember the music, the stages, the snakes/monsters.. I remember the ice stage was the hardest for me. So slippery with those killer bees!!!
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Fabulous memories! Thank you for sharing this! I played over 8 hours once with the famous pause button and beat it finally before my dad cut me off from playing too long lol. I only recently said goodbye to my original Master system from 86. They don't make games like this anymore. π₯³
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Man, back in the day i remember school tales of this game being impossible to finish. Kids would say that it never ended and just went on forever.
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I used to play this all the time back in the day. To this day I still play it all the way through π
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This game like most comments I've seen was my childhood absolutely loved this! Just randomly come across but I remember it all! Thank you to whoever put this up!
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I'm watching this, doing the jump up movement with my head and stepping on my invisible brake ππ my favourite childhood game, I'm going to search online and buy one.
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This was my first Sega game and loved it.
