History VideoGame / WonderBoy1

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many teases where some Returns' unique assets was carried over because the removal most of exclusive & original contents of the latter, as well as the Remix part of the title. Notably, the visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow & volcano level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, the same HeadSwap bosses, same enemies, & even the same cutscenes; therefore the same Big RedDevil that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Returns Remix allowed you to throw 3 weapons on-screen as supposed to 2 in original & a ChargedAttack ability to destroy rocks, boulders, & many enemies at once. Boy or Tina/Tanya will no longer stumbled & lose damage if you run into specific hazards that contained hidden dolls & also can be appeared by destroy them away with charged weapons. Also in Returns/Returns Remix, the life counters always resets at 5 upon entering any stages in Normal Mode, making get [[OneUp 1-ups]] rather useless & [[TheArtifact more like a chances]].
* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where some Returns' unique assets was carried over because the removal most of exclusive & original contents of the latter. Notably, the visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow & volcano level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, & even the same cutscenes; therefore the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Wonder Boy'' and ''Returns'' are the only games in the series to feature a prehistoric theme, not to mention the only instance where the protagonist does not handle a sword... unless one counts the ''Adventure Island'' series as the true successor to the original game, in which case the basic changes include the protagonist given a new identity, the redesigned damsel in distress, and the antagonist replaced by other villains.

!!Tropes in the original ''Wonder Boy:''

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Returns Remix allowed you to throw 3 weapons on-screen & a ''ChargedAttack'' ability to destroy rocks, boulders, & many enemies at once. Boy or Tina/Tanya will no longer stumbled & lose damage if you run into specific hazards that contained hidden dolls & also can be appeared by destroy them away with charged weapons. Also in Returns/Returns Remix, the life counters always resets at 5 upon entering any stages in Normal Mode, making get [[OneUp 1-ups]] rather useless & [[TheArtifact more like a chances]].

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Returns Remix allowed you to throw 3 axes on-screen & a ''ChargedAttack'' ability to destroy rocks, boulders, & many enemies at once. Boy or Tina/Tanya will no longer stumbled & lose damage if you run into specific hazards that contained hidden dolls & also can be appeared by destroy them away with charged weapons. Also in Returns/Returns Remix, the life counters always resets at 5 upon entering any stages in Normal Mode, making get [[OneUp 1-ups]] rather useless & [[TheArtifact more like a chances]].

* FairyInABottle: Or rather... certain eggs. If Boy touch one, they will give you invincibility in certain seconds & score chains from running through various enemies & hazards. Boy is also do V-sign pose if you running long enough without jump or throw an axe.

* AntiFrustationFeature: Returns Remix allowed you to throw 3 axes on-screen & a [[ChargedAttack]] ability to destroy rocks, boulders, & many enemies at once. Boy or Tina/Tanya will no longer stumbled & lose damage if you run into specific hazards that contained hidden dolls & also can be appeared by destroy them away with charged weapons. Also in Returns/Returns Remix, the life counters always resets at 5 in every stage in Normal Mode, making get [[OneUp 1-ups]] rather useless & [[TheArtifact more like a chances]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: The skateboard item is making the progress much faster but there's no way to backtracking at will as it keep continuously move & press left button will slows him down.

* ChestMonster: The spotted eggs contain a GrimReaper-type monster that drains your vitality.

* TheGrimReaper: They founded inside a spotted egg. If Boy touch one, they will along with him & [[PoisonMushroom drains energy meter faster]]. They will lasted in certain seconds or until at the very low energy.

* OneHitPointWonder: The only actions that don't result in instant death are tripping over rocks and encountering [[TheGrimReaper]]-type monster from spotted eggs.

* PowerupLetdown: On some levels, the skateboard's speed becomes a liability as it makes timing jumps between platforms more difficult. Downplayed in Returns/Returns Remix as like its [[AdventureIsland divorced series counterpart sequels]], it only used once per level.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where some Returns' unique assets was carried over because the removal most of exclusive & original contents of the latter. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow & volcano level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, & even the same cutscenes; therefore the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* OneHitPointWonder: The only actions that don't result in instant death are tripping over rocks and encountering the GrimReaper-type monster from spotted eggs.

* PowerupLetdown: On some levels, the skateboard's speed becomes a liability as it makes timing jumps between platforms more difficult.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where some Returns' unique assets was carried over because the removal most of original content of the latter. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, & even the same cutscenes; therefore the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

Surprisingly, long after the announcement of ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' and the ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap]]'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]], Korean company CFK released a follow-up called '''Wonder Boy Returns''' via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 12, 2016. It uses the same arcade gameplay as the original, but redesigned levels and bosses, with the main antagonist being a BigRedDevil. On November 22, 2016, the Ver 1.0 update was released to address issues players had with the initial release, and included two additional playable characters: Classic Boy and (New) Tina. Unfortunately, Wonder Boy Returns had been delisted on 23 March 2019, with an actual remake using the same assets, '''Wonder Boy Returns Remix''' in place later which was released on August 8 2019.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where some Returns' unique assets was carried over because the removal most of original content of the latter & developer laziness. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, & even the same cutscenes; therefore the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]]: The Girl that bring you to bonus level in Master System port is Tina/Tanya's sister, Pina; [[AllThereInTheManual which does explained only in Japanese manual]] as well as its Wii's ''UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole'' description. Also the aformentioned girls in the intro cutscene of Returns above had no any significant information about them whatsoever.

* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]]: The Girl that bring you to bonus level in Master System port is Tina/Tanya's sister, Pina; [[AllThereInTheManual which does explain only in Japanese manual]] as well as its Wii's ''UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole'' description. Also the aformentioned girls in the intro cutscene of Returns above had no any significant information about them whatsoever.

* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]]: The Girl that bring you to bonus level in Master System port is Tina/Tanya's sister, Pina; [[AllThereInTheManual which does explain only in Japanese manual]] as well as its Wii's ''UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole'' description. Also the beach girls in the intro cutscenes of Returns had no any significant informations about them whatsoever.

* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]]: The Girl that bring you to bonus level in Master System port is Tina/Tanya's sister, Pina; [[AllThereInTheManual which does explain only in Japanese manual]] as well as its Wii's ''UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole'' description. Also the beach girls in the intro cutscenes of Returns had no any significant informations whatsoever.

* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Girl]]: The Girl that bring you to bonus level in Master System port is Tina/Tanya's sister, Pina; [[LostInTranslation which does explain only in Japanese]] [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] as well as its Wii's ''UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole'' description. Also the beach girls in the intro cutscenes of Returns had no any significant informations whatsoever.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where the Returns assets had carried over to this because the removal most of original content of the latter & developer laziness. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had kept the same order of unique level theme tunes intact, & even cutscenes featured the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where the Returns assets had carried over to this because removal most of original content of the latter & developer laziness. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had the same order of unique level theme tunes kept intact, & even cutscenes featured the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where the Returns assets had carried over to this because removal most of original content of the latter & developer laziness. The visual stage background behind the characters in the title screen shows a snow level stage tile that wasn't part of actual level, every stages had the same order of unique level theme tunes kept intact, & even cutscenses featured the same villiain that doesn't appear at all in Returns Remix.

Surprisingly, long after the announcement of ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' and the ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap]]'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]], Korean company CFK released a follow-up called '''Wonder Boy Returns''' via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 12, 2016. It uses the same arcade gameplay as the original, but redesigned levels and bosses, with the main antagonist being a BigRedDevil. On November 22, 2016, the Ver 1.0 update was released to address issues players had with the initial release, and included two additional playable characters: Classic Boy and (New) Tina. An actual remake using the same assets, '''Wonder Boy Returns Remix''' was released on August 8, 2019.

* TheArtifact: Returns Remix had many instances where the Returns assets carried over to this because of removal most of original content of the latter & developer laziness. The stage background in the title screen shows a snow level tile yet it wasn't, every stages had unique level themes kept intact, & even cutscenses featured the same villiain that doesn't appear at at all in Returns Remix.

* BoundAndGagged: Pratically every splash screen of the Master System version has Tina tied up and squirming.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only ''Wonder Boy'' game to feature a prehistoric theme, not to mention the only game where the protagonist does not handle a sword... unless one counts the ''Adventure Island'' series as the true successor to this game, in which case the basic changes include the main character given a new identity, the redesigned damsel in distress, and the main antagonist replaced by other villains.

* HeadSwap: The boss in each world is literally the same boss with a different head. After being defeated he changes to his next head.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Tina in most versions (became a shade of blue in ''Returns'' and ''Returns Remix'') and Boy in-game the SG-1000 version. In older artwork, Tina has brown or blond hair instead.

* PromotedToPlayable: Tina in ''Wonder Boy Returns'' and ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix''.

''Wonder Boy'' is a side-scrolling platform game by Creator/{{Sega}} and Escape (now known as Westone Bit Entertainment) originally released for the arcades in 1986. The player controls the [[CharacterTitle eponymous Wonder Boy]], a young boy in a tropical setting who sets out to [[DistressedDamsel rescue his girlfriend Tina]] from an [[MeaningfulRename Evil Witch Doctor]] known as [[AristocratsAreEvil King]]. Along the way he picks numerous power-ups such as skateboards and throwing axes while trying to maintain his vitality by [[HyperactiveMetabolism eating as much food as possible]].

Surprisingly, long after the announcement of ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' and the ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap]]'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]], Korean company CFK released a follow-up called '''Wonder Boy Returns''' via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 12, 2016. It uses the same arcade gameplay as the original, but redesigned levels and bosses, with the main antagonist being a BigRedDevil. On November 22, 2016, the Ver 1.0 update was released to address issues players had with the initial release, and included two additional playable characters: Classic Boy and (New) Tina.

* DubNameChange: Boy and Tina became Tom-Tom and Tanya in the Master System and Game Gear home ports, and King became King Drancon in the latter. The Japanese releases and all other versions use the original names, however.

* OneHitPointWonder: The only actions that don't instantly kill Wonder Boy are tripping over rocks and encountering the GrimReaper-type monster from spotted eggs.
* PointOfNoContinues: The Arcade version doesn't allow you to continue anymore once you reach the final area.

* PromotedToPlayable: Tina in ''Wonder Boy Returns''.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: Wonder Boy has to stay well fed, or else he'll die; if he dies of hunger, you'll be told "NO VITALITY !!".