Wonderboy the original Arcade Game!

brightkane · 26-08-2007 4:25am #1

Anyone else remember this?

I remember putting 10p on and lasting about 2 hrs on it , til level 7 or 8 where as far as i remember there was a long jump at sea onto a cloud and i never could make it, lost all of my 12 lives each time i tried !

eamon234 · 26-08-2007 9:17pm

Wow yeah it was one of only two games in our local "arcade" I was crap at it but my mate was great so I'd just bask in his glory!

aidan_dunne · 26-08-2007 9:27pm

Ah, Wonderboy. That brings back a lot of memories. I remember first playing that arcade version you mentioned in a pub in Ballybunion in, oh, think it was 1986 or 1987 when we were on holidays (Christ, that's 20 years ago! :eek: I really am getting old!

). When I got my first computer, an Amstrad CPC464, Wonderboy was one of the first games I remember getting for it. My sister, in particular, loved playing it and would hog the computer for hours playing it, much to my annoyance! :mad: Have to admit, though, she was pretty damn good at it and used to get further in it than I could!

When MAME came out a few years ago, the Wonderboy arcade ROM was one of the first I downloaded as well and it brought back tons of great memories. Ah, nostalgia, eh?

tk123 · 26-08-2007 10:24pm

We have the coin-op board for it - my dad used to fix arcade games. When you start it shows about 5 charms - like the shoe, teddy etc that you get after killing each boss so I figured I would clear it to see what happens - I thought he would be reunited with his girlfriend ala 80's games like Jungle King or Ant Attack. Sadly it took me 3.5 hours to realize it didn't end - the levels kept coming! My hand was killing me afterwards!:rolleyes:

Wonderboy the original Arcade Game!

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