Developers : Hudson Soft
Publisher : Hudson Soft
Genre : Action Platformer
Adventure Island is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and certain other platforms, first released in North American for NES on September 1988. Developed by Hudson Soft, the game was an adaptation of the arcade game Wonder Boy. Adventure Island would go on to found a successful video game franchise with many sequels. Story : An Evil Witch Doctor has kidnapped Princess Leilani and taken her to Adventure Island in the South Pacific. Master Higgins, the game\'s protagonist, is attempting to save the kidnapped princess from the Evil Witch Doctor. Gameplay : Adventure Island is a side-scrolling platform game similar to Super Mario Bros.. Power-ups are found inside eggs, and include, but are not limited to, shooting power, a skateboard, superior shooting power, and fairies. There are 8 areas in the game and a boss is featured at the end of every area. Each area consists of four rounds. Running into an enemy, a rolling boulder, or a fire results in death, as does falling into water in the clouds level or into a pit. Stumbling over a small rock results in a partial loss of vitality. It is necessary to collect inexplicably floating food items by jumping in the air, or else Master Higgins will die. A fairy provides protection against enemies, boulders, and fire for a set while, but Higgins is always vulnerable to falling into pits and water.
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Adventure Island