The 1986 arcade classic Wonder Boy has been ported over to the Sega Mega Drive and Commodore Amiga, courtesy of developer ShinobiZ. This release is a native 68000 assembly rewrite built directly from the original Sega System 1 arcade program logic with the help of AI. Players step back into the shoes of Tom-Tom, racing across eight distinct areas and 32 rounds to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, Tanya, from the clutches of the evil King. True to the original game your vitality constantly drains, forcing you to sprint, jump on skateboards, and hurl stone axes while snatching up every piece of fruit in sight. For the ultimate completionists, tracking down all 28 hidden dolls unlocks a secret eighth area.
According to the creator this Amiga and Sega Mega Drive port runs at full arcade speed with authentic enemy behaviour, collision detection, and scoring systems. Both versions feature music and sound effects specific to their hardware—utilising the Mega Drive’s dedicated sound chips and the Amiga’s legendary Paula chip. Packed with features, the game includes a complete demo mode, free play, taking-turns multiplayer, and a save system for high scores via cartridge memory or floppy disk. Additionally, an arcade settings menu lets gamers tweak everything from starting lives to difficulty levels, with automatic PAL and NTSC detection.
- For those of you who don’t like AI assisted games, you can try out the excellent version released by Acidbottle via the Scorpion Engine way back in 2023 (HERE)
Requirements
- Mega Drive: any Mega Drive / Genesis (PAL or NTSC), or an emulator such as Genesis Plus GX, BlastEm or MAME.
- Amiga: an OCS/ECS Amiga with Kickstart 1.3 or later and 1 MB of memory (512 KB chip + 512 KB), or an AGA Amiga (A1200, A4000) for the enhanced mode. Boots from the floppy, starts from the Workbench, or installs on a hard disk. Emulators: WinUAE, FS-UAE.
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