Adventure Island (video game)

Adventure Island
Cover art of Adventure Island (North American NES version)
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)Hudson Soft
Artist(s)Susumu Matsushita
Composer(s)Jun Chikuma
Platform(s)NES, MSX, Gamate, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy
ReleaseFamicom/NES
  • JP: September 12, 1986
  • NA: September 1988
  • EU: 1992
MSX
  • JP: September 12, 1986
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Hudson's Adventure Island, known as Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima (高橋名人の冒険島, Master Takahashi's Adventure Island) in Japan and also known as Adventure Island,[a] is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986. Adventure Island was released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988 and in the PAL region in 1992.

Adventure Island is an adaptation of the arcade game Wonder Boy, developed by Escape for Sega. Adventure Island was followed by a series of sequels with no connection to the Wonder Boy series.
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