Adventure Island

A clone of the good kind.

User Rating: 6.8 | Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima NES

By JSGD2003 | Review Date: February 12, 2006

If you ever played Wonderboy, you'll probably notice more than a passing similarity, and with good reason, its the same game. It just couldn't be called Wonderboy for legal reasons.
So, is it a good game? Yep! It's your typical platformer, except for the fact that you can only go forward and jump. This adds a new challenge to the genre, because you can't go back and line yourself up for a jump, you'll have to make it when you see, or you're toast. So it'll probably be difficult for people used to regular platformers.
Now, on to the graphics. Well, there's nothing earth-scattering here, seen better, seen worse. The sound is, well there, again nothing impressive, but then again nothing terrible. So, not a standout game in any way.

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