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Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Port of "Wonder Boy in Monster Land" for Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum, released in 1989.

31 December 1989

Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land is a platform developed by Escape, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land is

Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land is a platform game developed by Escape and released in 1989. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The plot of Wonder Boy in Monster Land follows the events in its predecessor, Wonder Boy. The game's main protagonist is a young boy named Bock Lee Temjin, known to his friends as "Tom-Tom". In Wonder Boy Tom-Tom's girlfriend Tanya was kidnapped by the "evil King" and was taken to his woodland kingdom; Tom-Tom set out to the kingdom, defeated the evil King, and saved Tanya. Word spread throughout Wonder Land about Tom-Tom's quest, and people bestowed upon him the title of "Wonder Boy". Meanwhile, the Evil King was resurrected as the MEKA Dragon, who in turn established a powerful army. Additionally, the MEKA Dragon placed mind-controlling bracelets on the land’s various inhabitants and…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Wonder Boy series

Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land is the tenth of 23 entries we hold in the Wonder Boy series. The next entry was Revenge of Drancon in 1990.

See all 23 Wonder Boy games in release order →

What it launched against

Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land come out?
Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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