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Wonder Boy: Monster Land (1987)

Wonder Boy: Monster Land cover
Developer
Escape
Publisher
Sega, Sega
Platforms
Arcade, Wii
Genres
Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
4.0 of 5, 15 player ratings

How it feels

Early action-RPG hybrid where Wonder Boy fights monsters and collects equipment across fantasy arcade-style stages.

action-rpgfantasyretroarcadeexplorationclassic

About

Wonder Boy: Monster Land is an action role-playing platform video game developed by Westone. It was released by Sega for the arcades in 1987 and for the Sega Master System in 1988 as a sequel to the 1986 game Wonder Boy, taking place eleven years after the events in the previous game.

Screenshots

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