Evolution of Wonder Boy games (1986-2021)

The Wonder Boy (ワンダーボーイ, Wandā Bōi) series, also known as the Monster World (モンスターワールド, Monsutā Wārudo) series, is a franchise of video games published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment (formerly Escape). Beginning with the original Wonder Boy arcade game released in April 21, 1986, the game has spawned several sequels released for arcade, Master System, and Sega Genesis, as well as two compilation titles and two remakes by other developers. Several titles have been ported to other consoles by different publishers under different names, most notably Hudson Soft's Adventure Island adaptation of the original game. The main character "Wonder Boy" was named Book by the developer and Tom-Tom by Sega for overseas editions.

0:00 Wonder Boy - 1986 Arcade / 2008 Wii / 2014 PlayStation 4
0:48 Wonder Boy - 1986 SG-1000
1:36 Wonder Boy - 1987 Mark III/Master System
2:29 Wonder Boy - 1987 Commodore 64
3:21 Wonder Boy - 1987 Amstrad CPC
4:12 Wonder Boy - 1987 ZX Spectrum
4:50 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - 1987 Arcade / 2008 Wii / 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 / 2019 Nintendo Switch
5:24 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - Arcade vs PC Engine
5:43 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - 1988 Master System
6:14 Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - 1988 Arcade / 2007 Wii / 2011 PC
6:52 Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - Arcade vs PC Engine
7:11 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - 1989 Commodore 64
7:40 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - Amstrad CPC vs ZX Spectrum
8:16 Wonder Boy in Monster Land - Amiga vs Atari ST
8:37 Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - 1989 Master System / 2011 iOS
9:08 Wonder Boy - 1990 Game Gear
9:42 Wonder Boy - Arcade vs Game Gear
9:56 Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - 1990 Mega Drive
10:26 Dragon's Curse(Adventure Island) - 1991 PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
10:38 Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System vs PC Engine
10:55 Wonder Boy in Monster World - 1991 Mega Drive/Genesis
11:36 Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - 1992 Game Gear
11:51 Wonder Boy in Monster World - 1993 Master System
12:03 Wonder Boy in Monster World - Mega Drive vs Master System vs PC Engine (The Dynastic Hero)
12:33 Monster World IV - 1994 Mega Drive/Genesis
13:05 Super Adventure Island - 2004 Java
13:28 Wonder Boy Returns (Remake) - 2016 PC / PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
14:27 Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (Remake) - 2017 PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One / 2019 iOS, Android
15:13 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - 2018 Switch, PS4, Xbox One / 2019 PC / 2020 Stadia
16:17 Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World - 2021 PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC









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