/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm gonna try Blood Gear
It's from Hudson so should be decent

>>3885932
ha ha ha, there are several Wonder Boy games FOR the PCE.

Wonder Boy in Monster Land was released as Bikkuriman World, which unfortunately reskinned all the player/NPC/boss characters to the tie-in sticker-collectathon fad, Bikkuriman. It still plays exactly like Wonder Boy though.

Adventure Island is a port of Wonder Boy in Dragon's Trap, and is identical except for a few sprite recolors.

Wonder Boy in Dragon's Lair has a port to the CD-Rom2, and is a very faithful port (though I think this is the least good WB game).

Wonder Boy in Monster World was released on the Super CD-ROM2 as Dynastic Hero, which reskins everything to make the game look ugly and retarded, with new music. But it still plays the same as Wonder Boy in MW.

Adventure Island is easily the best WB game on the system. But if you have all the Wonder Boy games you might not want to drop cash or emulate them unless out of curiosity.

WB-like games, let's see...

Aoi Blink was made by Westone and plays like WB in MW. It's much easier and is an anime tie-in to an Osamu Tezuka anime about a blue donkey.

Blood Gear (pic related) is an action RPG that is somewhat similar to WB in that it has side-scrolling action levels, though its towns are top-down DQ style. It's mostly in Japanese, but pretty easy to figure out after a little fiddling and experimentation in the menus. It has a nice variety of levels/weapons, and is pretty fun.

Popful Mail has a very nice PCE CD port, and that too is a side-scrolling action RPG. Much more friendly for non-speakers since its menus are far more simple to navigate.