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Average Player Score
Based on 162 ratings
7.9
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Score Breakdown Based on 162 ratings
  1. 10 (30)
  2. 9 (54)
  3. 8 (37)
  4. 7 (18)
  5. 6 (9)
  6. 5 (5)
  7. 4 (2)
  8. 3 (3)
  9. 2 (2)
  10. 1 (2)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:9.2

    Apparently, this game spawned adventure island...

    By falconclan | Review Date: May 21, 2006 | SMS

    A long time ago one the sega master system, Wonder Boy was made. The game is very simple. You run very fast, jumping over obstacles and grabbing weapons or transportation, but its simplicity is what makes it so great. ... Read Full Review

    4 of 5 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Wonder Boy

  • Rating:6

    Average Wonderer

    By rhetayk | Review Date: Nov 14, 2020 | SMS

    Wonder Boy is an action-platforming game where you have to advance through levels rife with enemies and pits while on a timer only refillable with some nifty food along the way. It is the first game in the Wonder Boy ser... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    This game is quite good, but there's no need downloading if you already have Adventure Island.

    By MadSomeone | Review Date: Jan 04, 2009 | SMS

    If you've already downloaded the NES version of Adventure Island from the Virtual Console service, then you really needn't bother with Wonder Boy, because it's almost exactly the same game. See, the original arcade ve... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2

    just too fun

    By Limonadi | Review Date: Nov 26, 2006 | SMS

    This game was the very first game I ever bought; and I have absolutely no idea how many hours I put into it (but I know it's alot). I actually still own this and it still plays great. The replay value is quite high and I... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3

    The theme song is my ringtone!!

    By Ra-Harakte | Review Date: Nov 14, 2006 | SMS

    This game was the very first game I ever bought; and I have absolutely no idea how many hours I put into it (but I know it's alot). I actually still own this and it still plays great. The replay value is quite high and I... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2

    The SMS' side-scrolling two-player hit, a stye later remade into Nintendo's Adventure Island, stands the test of time.

    By BiMetroWiccan | Review Date: Jan 09, 2006 | SMS

    Wonder Boy is a free-continue (you have limited lives but an unlimited number of continues) side-scroller wherein you leap over rocks, eat fruit to increase health/time (a meter that is one and the same) and collect axe ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful