The Wonder Boy/Monster World thread

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Wonder Boy / Monster World Series

1986 - Wonder Boy / Super Wonder Boy / Revenge of Drancon / Adventure Island
1987 - Wonder Boy in Monster Land / Super Wonder Boy: Monster World / Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land / Monica: The Dragon's Castle / Bikkuriman World / Saiyuki World
1988 - Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair / Monster Lair               
1989 - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap / Monster World II: Dragon no Wana / Monica's Gang to the Rescue / Dragon's Curse

1991 - Wonder Boy in Monster World / Wonder Boy V: Monster World III / Monica's Gang in the Land of Monsters / The Dynastic Hero
1994 - Monster World IV
2007 - Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection
2012 - Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World

2016 - Wonder Boy Returns (Remake)
2017 - Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (Remake)
2018 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
2019 - Wonder Boy Returns Remix (Remake)

2021 - Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World (Remake)
2021 - Clockwork Aquario
2022 - Wonder Boy Collection
2023 - Wonder Boy Ultimate / Anniversary Collection

SEGA Retrospective: Wonder Boy / Monster World :
http://segabits.com/blog/2016/04/15/sega-retrospective-from-wonder-boy-to-monster-world-to-adventure-island-and-beyond/
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/series/wonder-boy/

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Wonder Boy Anniversary Digital Edition - Out Now! [PEGI Trailer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibg_auQc1yg

Whether you're a retro devotee wanting to catch up on this important piece of gaming history, a Wonder Boy fan looking to play your favourites on cutting edge hardware or are simply looking to experience the very best in nostalgic gameplay, Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection is about as essential as it gets.

• Six classic games from SEGA’s celebrated platforming series
• 21 versions including ports for multiple consoles
• An unrivaled Wonder Boy collection for true retro gamers
• Every title expertly ported to modern consoles, with extended features like filter, shader, a rewind option and an art gallery!
• Revisit one of the most unique, important platformers of the 1980s and 1990s
• Get your nostalgia on with crisp chiptune audio and perfect pixel art

Features :

Wonder Boy (6 versions)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land (4 versions)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (2 versions)
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon‘s Trap (4 versions)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (3 versions)
Monster World IV (2 version)

Nintendo eShop 👉 https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/wonder-boy-anniversary-collection-switch/
PlayStation Store 👉 https://store.playstation.com/en-id/concept/10004636/

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Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection - Features Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7RoxafiRPg

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The Wonder Boy series has some beautiful endings.

In The Dragon's Trap, you have a bittersweet moment of leaving your past behind and restoring your humanity.
In others, you get married and even have a close friend once thought lost returned to you.
This series is pure magic! ?

Source : https://twitter.com/mw_mania/status/1622496252175740928

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[Hack] Wonder Boy Death Counter SEGA Master System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITr_6O-cYlw

The intent of these modifications is to beat the game with the least amount of deaths possible. I think hard platformers are a-ok if the game is not too punishing about it. Think Jumper, Meat Boy or Celeste. I think letting the player keep trying is great!

Here's what I changed:
1. The game starts with "x 0" as a deaths count.
2. Every time you "die", that number goes up.
3. [not changed but kept] The counter doesn't go above 99 (but the counter in memory still goes up).
4. Once the counter goes above 255, it changes it back to 99 to keep the game from triggering game over or rolling back to 0.
5. 1-ups don't count up the "death counter".

Link : https://www.smspower.org/forums/19423-RomhackDeathCounterForWonderBoy

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"Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom" is now 67% off in Nintendo eShop!
Sale ends on May 11, 2023.

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure!
Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom borrows the best from the classic series to deliver a fresh, modern adventure with fun gameplay, memorable music and gorgeous hand drawn animations.

Link : https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/monster-boy-and-the-cursed-kingdom-switch/

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Wonder Boy Creator Reveals His Favourite Wonder Boy Game

Ryuichi Nishizawa : "It's Monster Land (Arcade)
That game was the first design to combine platform action and RPGs, and I think that game, although rough around the edges, had the seeds of many ideas scattered throughout it.
The sequels since then have been the result of nurturing those seeds."

Article : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/05/wonder-boy-creator-reveals-his-favourite-wonder-boy-game

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The Atari Jaguar Almost Got Alex Kidd, Altered Beast, Streets of Rage, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Wonder Boy and ESWAT

Shortly after the deal was signed, Sam Tramiel suffered a heart attack and control of Atari Corp was passed back to his ageing father, Jack.
With the prospect of seriously challenging Sony, Nintendo and Sega in the upcoming next-gen console war getting slimmer each month, the elder Tramiel wisely decided it was time to get out of the video game business and brokered a reverse merger with hard drive maker JTS on July 30th, 1996.
Atari, and the Jaguar, were dead.
As you can see from these scanned documents, Sega was willing to ...

Article : https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-the-atari-jaguar-almost-got-shinobi-streets-of-rage-wonder-boy-and-other-sega-classics