Wonderboy Series

[Mathius]

I grew up playing the SMS version of Dragon's Trap. Is Dragon's Curse for TG16 enough of an improvement to warrant tracking it down? What's different/better about it?

It's not a huge graphical upgrade but the game scrolls much smoother on the Turbo.

[Tatsujin]

nevertheless, one of the best hueys outthere to get 

[Black Tiger]

If you're a fan of Dragon's Trap then you must play Dragon's Curse.

[MotherGunner]

It's all about the music in this whole level here.

[Aggie Tsubi]

I love the Wonderboy/Monster World series. It sort of goes hand-in-hand with the PC Engine for me. Whoever was the original owner of my PC Engine Duo-RX was obviously a big fan as the lot contained all of the PC Engine versions, so in turn the Wonderboy series is a big part of the overall PC Engine experience for me too. Those are the versions I prefer myself. I don't know why people cling to the inferior SMS versions outside of nostalgia. I also prefer Dynastic Hero over the Genesis version. That said, Monster World IV did end up beating out Dynastic Hero as my favorite game in the series. I'm still ecstatic that Sega released the game in English for the first time on the Virtual Console and PSN and such after all these years. I also own the PS2 Monster World collection, which is a great set despite only having the Sega versions of the games.

[Black Tiger]

I love the Wonderboy/Monster World series. It sort of goes hand-in-hand with the PC Engine for me. Whoever was the original owner of my PC Engine Duo-RX was obviously a big fan as the lot contained all of the PC Engine versions, so in turn the Wonderboy series is a big part of the overall PC Engine experience for me too. Those are the versions I prefer myself. I don't know why people cling to the inferior SMS versions outside of nostalgia. I also prefer Dynastic Hero over the Genesis version. That said, Monster World IV did end up beating out Dynastic Hero as my favorite game in the series. I'm still ecstatic that Sega released the game in English for the first time on the Virtual Console and PSN and such after all these years. I also own the PS2 Monster World collection, which is a great set despite only having the Sega versions of the games.

Monsterland/Bikkuriman World is a cheap quarter muncher. As much as I still love it for what it is, the SMS version is much more balanced. Wonderboy for SMS is also better overall than the arcade.

[kazekirifx]

Wonder Boy in Monster World is better than Dynastic Hero. The parallax being missing in Dynastic is enough to ruin it for me. The Genesis version was an early release on the system while Dynastic was a later Turbo release that didn't do anything to showcase the system the way it did on Genesis. Plus, the music in the Genesis version is much better - catchier. I had always wished Dynastic had remixed versions of the Genesis soundtrack, rather than new music. Sure, the music in Dynastic is good... it's definitely not bad, but the original Genesis soundtrack is just much more classic and memorable.

Overall, by the time Dynastic was released, it just felt like an okay, but flawed, port of an early Genesis game, with decent new music replacing the even more classic Genesis soundtrack.

When I first saw Dynastic Hero announced, I remember thinking, "Really TTI? A port of an old Genesis game? This is how you're going to save the Turbo?"

[esteban]

QUESTION: "Really TTI? A port of an old Genesis game? This is how you're going to save the Turbo?"

ANSWER: Yes.

 

[Black Tiger]

QUESTION: "Really TTI? A port of an old Genesis game? This is how you're going to save the Turbo?"

ANSWER: Yes.

 

I would not have stuck my nose up at TTi releasing Shining Force and Phantasy Star II either. Or Super Marios Bros 3 or Phantasy Star 1 for that matter. Good games are good games.

Bitd, I was more interested in games that are good and fun than showcasing the hardware. If that was my priority, I would have thrown away my TurboGrafx-16 and Genesis and only played Mode 7 games.

[Tatsujin]

Dynastic hero has one of the best red book audio in the whole vg history.
only bummer is the 2min limitation of each track.

Imo, dyno blasts the monsterworlds bgm by a landslide.

[geise]

Dynastic hero has one of the best red book audio in the whole vg history.
only bummer is the 2min limitation of each track.

Imo, dyno blasts the monsterworlds bgm by a landslide.

BLASPHEMY!  You know it's GoT!  For shame Tats!

[Tatsujin]

I wrote one of the best, not THE best

[Bardoly]

Just played Dragon's Curse last night for the first time ever, and really enjoyed it! I got as far as getting the Tiger-man curse before I had to put it up. I'll definitely have to finish the game up soon.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Dynastic hero has one of the best red book audio in the whole vg history.
only bummer is the 2min limitation of each track.

Imo, dyno blasts the monsterworlds bgm by a landslide.

I agree.  However, I played Dynastic Hero first before ever playing Wonderboy in Monsterworld.  Because of that, the Monsterworld music seems wierd to me. :/

[ConHuevos]

Thanks this was a good read.