Wonder Boy Remake - A fabulous remake for the Amstrad 128k is teased again with some demo footage!

One such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ' Wonder Boy ' designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. A game which started its life as a skateboarding rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the adventure platformer with RPG elements Wonderboy in Monsterland. And it's the original Wonderboy which is getting an announcement, as thanks to the creator Benjamin Yoris@BenYoris letting us know, the classic skateboarding platformer which many of us still love to this day, is still coming to the Amstrad CPC as a much improved 128k version!

Wonder Boy - HOT NEWS as an Arcade game from 1986 gets an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle

Wonder Boy is a game designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa which started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ' Wonderboy in Monster Land '. Both of these games have lived on in the hearts of many, and as such, thanks to a heads up by Saberman, we've been told AcidBottle has released the much talked about Amiga port of the 1986 Arcade classic of 'Wonder Boy'.

Wonder Boy Remake - A fabulous remake for the Amstrad 128k gets a one level Xmas tease

When I was a wee lad spending all my money down at the Arcades, one such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ' Wonder Boy ' designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. Instead of those later Wonder Boy games which became more of an adventure platformer with RPG elements, such as the brilliant Wonderboy The Dragon's Trap. This game was all about a boy who at times rode a skateboard, jumped rocks, and with axe in hand dealt with snails, snakes and even bats!

Wonder Boy is coming to the Atari XL/XE! (WIP Download)

When I was a wee lad spending all my money down at the Arcades, one such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ' Wonder Boy ' designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. Instead of those later Wonder Boy games which became more of an adventure platformer with RPG elements. This game was all about a boy who at times rode a skateboard, jumped rocks, and with axe in hand delt with snails, snakes and even bats!

Thio's Odissey - A Wonder Boy clone is coming to the Intellivision

When I was a wee lad spending all my money down at the Arcades, one such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ' Wonder Boy ' designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. Instead of those later Wonder Boy games which became more of an adventure platformer with RPG elements. This game was all about a boy who at times rode a skateboard, jumped rocks, and with axe in hand delt with snails, snakes and even bats! Thankfully it seems many others have had a great time with this game, and as a clone to Wonder Boy, KAI MAGAZINE software will be bringing that arcade fun to the Intellivision.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - Coming November 6th, 2018 to Switch, Playstation 4 and Xbox One!

The developers FDGGames have just announced that their upcoming spiritual successor to the Wonder Boy in Monster World series as ' Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom ', will be playable at Gamescom, and after spending 4 years on this game they've also announced a release date of November 6th, 2018 on Switch, Playstation 4 and Xbox One!

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - Playable on Nintendo Switch at E3, release Summer 2018

The developers FDGGames have just announced that their upcoming spiritual successor to the Wonder Boy in Monster World series as ' Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom ', will be playable on the Nintendo Switch at E3 in Los Angeles. The demo features new hand drawn animations of the human and frog transformations and includes two playable sections from the the full game with a new trailer currently in the making for E3.

Wonderboy - A fan game based on a classic as alpha for the Amiga

A long time ago at the Arcades, I used to love playing the fantastic platformer ' Wonder Boy ' designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. It started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ' Wonderboy in Monster Land '. Both of these games have lived on in the hearts of many, and as such, one fan is developing his own Wonderboy game but this time for the Amiga.

Monster World RPG - A charming RPG inspired by the Monster World/Wonder Boy series

I seriously can't believe I missed out on this when it was launched in August of this year, as we have only just found out there has been a release of the 'Monster World RPG'; a large fan game developed using RpgMaker2003, and inspired by the 1980's Monster World/Wonder Boy series. Now if you've been following our site for sometime, you would've know that not only was there an enhanced Amiga alpha version of Wonderboy in Monster Land, but Wonderboy in Monster Land was released and Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom is still in development. This latest Wonder Boy goes a way from the platforming style however and goes all out RPG, which for some might be a good thing or a bad thing!

Wonder Boy Returns - Wonder Boy classic gets a cartoon makeover

You'd be forgiven in thinking there wasn't going to be anymore Wonder Boy games coming to the PC, however after the announcement of Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom and Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, you're now going to have to put up with Wonder Boy Returns, which is coming to Steam this fall! With a heads up by CFK, Wonder Boy Returns is a complete remake of the first Wonder Boy game, which originally appeared in the Arcades as a highly addictive side scrolling skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer.

Mogwash - Adorable platformer aims for a Steam Greenlight success

Pabagames recently contacted us to let us know about their rather adorable and cute, retro inspired game that's currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign. In truth, it has inspirations based on Wonder Boy and Rainbow Islands, but also inspired by PC Shareware games such as the platformer Duke Nukem. This is their latest game from the co-creator of Jasper's Journeys - ' Mogwash '; in which you need to save Sludge City from looting, polluting gangsters and eat lots of delicious mogsnacks on the way. Mogwash is a pile of retro goodness all squashed into one ginormous pie! 

Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom - Welcome back Wonder Boy, we missed you!

I'm sure many of you remember the Arcade and home system ports of Wonder Boy, it was a game by Ryuichi Nishizawa that started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and enemy axe bashing platformer that later became a really cool medieval platformer with RPG elements. It was so good in fact, that we now have the spiritual successor to look forward to, in ' Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom ', which is being developed by FDG Entertainment GmbH in cooperation with Ryuichi Nishizawa!

Monster Boy and The Wizard of Booze - Could this be the next Wonder Boy?

When I was growing up there was one game that really stood out as a grand platformer that I simply could not stop playing at the Arcades, and that was Wonder Boy. It was a game by Ryuichi Nishizawa that started it's life as a skateboard rock jumping and enemy axe bashing platformer that later became a medieval platformer on multiple systems with both action and RPG elements. It was some of the finest series of games that I had played, so today's news of FDG Entertainment GmbH's 'Monster Boy and the Wizard of Booze' in cooperation with Ryuichi Nishizawa certainly came with excitement!

DotEmu Exclusive: SEGA Genesis Community Bundle

" SEEEEGAAAA " Sorry I just had to do that one, well anyway, back on track. DotEmu have finally released the SEGA Genesis COMMUNITY Bundle through the community voted SEGA games of choice. There are 10 fantastic SEGA games in this bundle such as :  Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage 2, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, Golden Axe 2, Comix Zone, Golden Axe, Wonder Boy III: Monster lair & Streets of Rage. If you've never played these games, then you are seriously missing out, as games such as Sonic The Hedgehog are one of the all time classic platformers.