Amazingly, the SMS version is the best one I think.
@superplayerex2431 Жыл бұрын
The SMS version is a really good port, but the original arcade version still holds up as the best one. Best graphics, best sound, best control, none of the tracks are cut for space and that epic feeling of playing on a big stage as you're running down the maze-like corridors of the Labyrinth of No End in hopes of reaching the final boss. The only thing people might not like about it is that it's considerably more challenging than the SMS port.
@SnickterP Жыл бұрын
Even though I am a die hard SMS fan, I'll agree the arcade version is best here, especially the music by far. I think the best way to experience it is on the Wonder Boy collection for Switch, making use of those save states
@wssayer4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing master system version and was quite impressed. The Amiga frame rate and scrolling gave me a head ache, and the Amstrad version is terrible.
@jaysmith28584 жыл бұрын
The Master System version is brilliant.
@martymartin28943 жыл бұрын
I think the ps3 version is spot on aswell.
@eventhorizon28733 жыл бұрын
i loved the amiga but the atari st version was best, maybe only the sound is not
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
Amiga might’ve had a smoother frame rate (scrolling) if it wasn’t a lazy Atari ST port (remake)
@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE4 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ they included the Mônica version!
@arthurenrico77503 жыл бұрын
Yey! :D
@seemon99383 жыл бұрын
The Monica-Sprite looks soooo ugly, it destroys the whole game... 😲😱
@arthurenrico77503 жыл бұрын
@@seemon9938 they are not that ugly, but the creators could make them a little better
@lucianothewindowsfan3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA! MÔNICINHO SOCCER.
@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE3 жыл бұрын
@@seemon9938 Yes,the Mônica sprites could be better(for example,they forgot Monica's famous front teeth),however they nailed it in the 2nd game,Turma da Mônica em O Resgate(which is WBIII/MWII).
@Kaido_9284 жыл бұрын
Monsterland was part of my youth(40years now). The arcade machine in our local village snackbar in the Netherlands. The music. Good memories 👌🏼
@AutoFirePad4 жыл бұрын
How many coins do you need to beat the arcade game? It seems to me very difficult. If you make the wrong choice in a shop you are doomed.
@hakicovington42624 жыл бұрын
Damn you old!
@jaysmith28584 жыл бұрын
@@hakicovington4262 You will also be old one day if you're lucky.
@angeles24253 жыл бұрын
@@AutoFirePad till you learn it. You can run thrugh on a single credit. I do it quite often. Just remember to purtage a large drink to get the awnser to the sphinxs qustion right before you reach him. Or save state just before you awnser ;-)
@Gaston9794 ай бұрын
@@AutoFirePadi need only one coin in the 90s arcades :)
@TruculentSheep4 жыл бұрын
It's depressing to think someone was paid for the Amstrad shovelware job.
@baalfgames53184 жыл бұрын
Back then, it seemed like there was a big stigma against having an alcohol in your video games oh, so a lot of version had to censor the alcohol... And instead of doing that, the Master System version just changes the alcoholic beverages into other alcoholic beverages. Also, I love how death takes for hits to beat in the arcade version, but he takes half as many hits to beat in the Master System version, and yet he takes twice as many hits to beat in the Amiga version.
@Fattydeposit4 жыл бұрын
In the prototype version of the Master System one, all bosses take arcade levels of damage.
@ianswift35217 ай бұрын
well yeah video games are for kids...
@kaiserkoko87343 жыл бұрын
i used to play this quite a bit at the arcade, it used to have an ashtray bolted to the machine
@teveboquisdakazza47393 жыл бұрын
9:02 Palpatine, is that you?
@sgreco20023 жыл бұрын
Everytime i see those comparation videos, i always wait and see how is jerky the amiga version. Every single time.
@simone20593 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had it, not that great
@kaiserkoko87343 жыл бұрын
amazes me how much better the atari st was when theyre pretty much the same machine as an amiga
@steuph19764 жыл бұрын
I think I saw the arcade version once (only bootlegs surfaced in Europe), but really this is a Master System game to me, and one that's certainly in my top 5. It's pretty different from the arcade's feel ,and the western version is a lot less punishing (but still punishing) than the arcade or the japanese version in which bosses takes twice as many hits. I played the Atari ST version quite a bit, it wasn't that bad. The feeling I have now, seeing these ST ports is often that they were pretty terrible but really then I quite liked them. That is, until I had a Mega Drive at home.
@98.11Deet4 жыл бұрын
The Master System version had such perfect music. I didn't realize that all the other versions had such a nerve wrecking soundtrack.
@jasonlee78164 жыл бұрын
Wonder Boy in Monster Land arcade game had a SN76496 audio (sound) chip not the same as the Sega Master System console it had weaker audio (sound) chip SN76489
@angeles24253 жыл бұрын
To bad its missing some music, animatons and graphics. Arcade is still the best way to play this game imo. PC engine comes close but still not good enough. Especialy the sprite replacement is a downer.
@stoopidhaters2 жыл бұрын
The FM version sucks though.
@illegalquantity Жыл бұрын
Because that original music fits to the game's atmosphere. The Master System version has a happy music for kids.
@ryzmaker114 жыл бұрын
Such a shame that the PC Engine version has butchered sprite design (due to copyright issues) because it's otherwise a very faithful port. I'd have bought it since a long time had it kept the proper Wonder Boy design but as such? I don't really want it... But this version has a few other annoyances such as the fact that the main character doesn't knock at doors anymore before entering rooms which is a shame too because that little moment was priceless and integral part of the game's charm. Sega did a solid job with the Master System port which stays faithful to the Wonder Boy universe. Just a shame that this version lacks a few tunes (because no, it doesn't have "different music", it's just the same soundtrack with some tunes swapped and some others simply missing) but other than that, this version looks and sounds good, has different in-game presentation and got an exclusive level which is always a cool plus. It's a Master System classic, worth owning in any cases. As for the computer ports, that ST/Amiga title screen is quite hilarious. Wonder Toddler! :D But well, the ST version was my first contact with this game, circa 1989. I instantly loved the visuals and music and thought the game was fine as is but once I knew about the Master System port I didn't go back to the ST one and the Amiga and CPC ports are similarly mediocre but the ZX Spectrum port seems OK (given the hardware capabilities, that's it) and could the C64 port actually be good? Overall the arcade version remains the best. Then I'd say Master System for the slightly different take and the exclusive level. Wonder Boy in Monster Land was trully a fantastic and unique game when it was first released in the arcade and I still would love a more perfect port than the existing ones (that could be developed for the Mega Drive and that Sega could make official just like they did recently with Darius? This would be awesome!).
@kratosgodofwar458410 ай бұрын
Funny how they all literally knock on Death's door 😂
@SpeedyNoriega3 ай бұрын
NES really went left field with it
@fukuoka-musician2 жыл бұрын
The stereo mixing in the Amiga version's music is fantastic, and not present in any other version.
@fihrilkamal72962 жыл бұрын
Sega Master System is amazing. Better art style compared to any versions including arcade. In my opinion.
@frankeifler476411 ай бұрын
We need a remake like Wonder Boy 3 :) This is my favourite Wonder Boy and the Master System Version is still the best
@stuartsteel110 ай бұрын
I'm happy to report there has been one!
@frankeifler476410 ай бұрын
Ok its not a remake like WB3 its just a port. DId you mean the anniversary edition?@@stuartsteel1
@stuartsteel110 ай бұрын
@@frankeifler4764 remastered edition is think
@frankeifler47643 ай бұрын
@@Vetusomaru I think it´s too much in MW4. Dragon´s Trap remake is cool. I´m fine with the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection for Switch. Not a remake but at least ok - so i can play Wonder Boy everywhere. Sorry not a native speaker :)
@user-qz7og2mv9y4 жыл бұрын
I like zx spectrum version. I like this font, graphics, and sound.
@Holammer3 жыл бұрын
The SMS version was the first I played, I later tried the arcade and hated it because it sounded worse.
@eventhorizon28733 жыл бұрын
its why i bought the sega master system. i saw it in a store and i begged my parents to buy me one, because i played it alot in the arcade. back then in my imagination it looked identical.
@ashkirby88963 жыл бұрын
Watcha talking about?🤨 The arcade version sounds superior to the Master System(unless you count the FM Sound Unit version of the Master System version)!
@joaovictor_calais4 жыл бұрын
"Mônica no castelo do dragão" in Brazil, official adaptation of Sega's brazilian representative "TecToy". The game included characters from a very famous comic called "Turma da Mônica"
@billybandit3 жыл бұрын
Always found it odd that Brazilian releases of Master System games replaced the characters, usually with a frog. Don't see that anywhere else in the world!
@dawidtan83 жыл бұрын
Remember to Visit Brazil before Brazil Visits You.
@billybandit3 жыл бұрын
@@dawidtan8 nah you're alright
@dawidtan83 жыл бұрын
@@billybandit *MÔNICADINHO SOCCER 64*
@Kerveros1904 Жыл бұрын
PC Engine is the best port easily. SMS was nice. Amstrad CPC could have done much better but what they gave was a port from Spectrum. Amiga bad scrolling in such a simple game shows that the developers did not use appropriately the graphic chips of the Amiga.
@fusoya65443 жыл бұрын
The first ever game released for the PC Engine. The earliest HuCards for the PCE had memory limitations limiting sprite animation. If this was released the year after all the door animations would probably have been included.
@Halbared2 жыл бұрын
Impressed with the Nes version.
@amauryrubio31353 жыл бұрын
*_D E S P E N D S_*
@DJeimaXe3 жыл бұрын
*The protagonist flipping the middle finger ...all ...day long.* To all that stands before him.
@zyriuz23 жыл бұрын
It was the middle ages I guess so the middle finger makes sense I guess 🤣
@DJeimaXe3 жыл бұрын
@@zyriuz2 LOLOL!!!
@Densester3 жыл бұрын
He gives zero fucks for a guy named Book.
@midou32993 жыл бұрын
The home computer ports are such a disgrace
@SuperNormalMan10 ай бұрын
I like how in all but three versions, you start out in nothing but a diaper.
@ashkirby88963 жыл бұрын
Wow, I’m impressed that the Amiga version sampled the square wave PSG waveform instruments and sound effects from the original arcade version of the game!😄🤩😎👌
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
or the Amiga port (version) sampled the audio, music, sound from the Atari ST port (version) because the ST had a YM2149 a 3 channel PSG Wonder Boy in Monster Land arcade game had a SN76496 sound chip
@ashkirby88963 жыл бұрын
@@jasonlee7816 Wow, you’re right, the music in the Amiga and Atari ST versions is the same(can’t say the same for the sound effects though), thought I’m impressed that the music still sounds super close to the original arcade, thought the sound effects in the Amiga version I can say is without a doubt sampled from the original arcade version of the game!😄🤔🧐
@carn95074 жыл бұрын
Amstrad CPC version is frickin' embarrasing. As an Amstrad owner I know it's fully capable of a far more accurate and playable and faster port than that....
@baalfgames53184 жыл бұрын
It looks like a crappy Port of the ZX Spectrum version. The graphics are almost the same, except the amstrad version looks even slower and clunkier.
@carn95073 жыл бұрын
@@baalfgames5318 Yep. Very definition of a lazy Speccy port of with the CPC was cursed with many. Which just made us Amstrad folk appreciate the quality proper dedicated ports to the CPC even more.
@yousefslimani992 ай бұрын
the SMS is a great port but it’s hard as heck so good luck beating the game
@31leoceara11 ай бұрын
The Atari ST version is better than the Amiga version this time.
@carlwillows4 жыл бұрын
TurboGrafx does an amazing job at recreating the arcade
@LilacTuba Жыл бұрын
There was a canceled MSX/MSX2 port of Wonder Boy in Monster Land known as Wonder Boy Monster Land in Japan and Wonder Boy II: Monster World in Europe which had a manual, but was never released in the market. The game was released in March 27, 1988 in Japan, October 19, 1988 in PAL regions, and January 12, 1989 in France.
@retrosutra Жыл бұрын
I think that I was aware of that version when I made the video but that It wasn't emulated
@HeitorMD Жыл бұрын
Probably a lazy speccy port
@basicallysnake6 ай бұрын
@@HeitorMDsurprisingly it was actually built from the ground up judging by the only footage (and screenshots) we have of it
@sikem774 жыл бұрын
Those re-skins are pretty wild!
@angeles24253 жыл бұрын
Arcade version got me into video games in 87.
@gargonovich Жыл бұрын
Shouldn't really be a surprise given the specs, but the Turbografx absolutely runs away with this one.
@damirko068 ай бұрын
even the c64 version looks nice 😊 i wish i had it back then, as i was jealous of a friend who had it on SMS
@garyfrood66703 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe there used to be so many systems to convert games to. Used to hate when my C64 got the piss poor port. Was funny when other systems got the shit one.
@El_Febo_Abel Жыл бұрын
"Saiyūki World", ¿era una adaptación o un plagio de WBIML o fue al revés el asunto?.
@MrLandale2 жыл бұрын
Master System is the best. It has full screen, smooth scrolling, bright and colourful graphics.
@stoopidhaters2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the TG16/PC engine version is the most powerful one. It used one of the best 8 bit CPUs and 2 GPUs. It sucks that they had to change the sprites.
@dbnpoldermans41203 жыл бұрын
I'm really enjoying the music of all of these versions.
@southstar442 жыл бұрын
In the Monica ver the sword 🗡 looks like a dead fish 🐟
@ofuturopolimata69615 ай бұрын
Toy Rabbit, called "Samson".
@Gaston9794 ай бұрын
mi arcade favorito de la infancia adolescencia, con 2 ficha podias estar como 1 hora hasta pasar la final ;)
@arianeraphaele3791 Жыл бұрын
Monica is speakin' gibberish (not until you discover that's in brazilian portuguese)
@HeitorMD Жыл бұрын
amiga and st are the most faithful
@MrSharuff3 жыл бұрын
NES version is the best!
@johndripper3 жыл бұрын
Itz fokin hard tho
@wishusknight30094 жыл бұрын
The poor Amstrad got clobbered omg... And the Amiga port didn't fare any better. Total shovelware! Though the CPC doesn't look like a direct port of the Spectrum at the very least. So it is fair to say the obligatory ZX port doesn't really apply. It is now the CPC that wins the bogroll. And what is up with the last SMS port ? lol. The animation and the hero's face look like fred flinstone. The only port that looked like it had any effort put into it was the NES and arguably the Arcade. Great compilation as always.
@blacksaturno5482 жыл бұрын
First time i meet this game was on Arcade, so my favorite one is that, the others have a lak of fps and fxs, maybe the most close is the Master System version, but Arcade version is unbeatable
@HakanCakir55613 жыл бұрын
I want like play this game remake play or retro version on my PS4 Console. Please please I want it. Please get remake this game for ps4 in the year 2021.
@nathanhobson11423 жыл бұрын
Two things struck me, 1) ST version is surprisingly smoother and faster than the Amiga. 2) the c64 is surprisingly good for the platform's limitations.
@CasperUK313 жыл бұрын
That would suggest to me that it was made on the ST and ported to the Amiga in that case as 90% of the time if its made on the ST then the port is slower on the amiga due to the slower chip speed.
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
93%, 95%, 97% of the time
@My-NaMeS_jEfF8 ай бұрын
Ngl amstrad pcp low key hits different
@rolingthunder86123 жыл бұрын
never knew there was an msx prototype!
@Gaston9794 ай бұрын
genial comparación y video like sus
@marcin.the.gamer.2 жыл бұрын
Conmmodore C64 version seems best
@BatManSWG3 жыл бұрын
For 16-bit computers the best is Atari ST. At 8-bits ,master system is very nice. Also on C64 too. The most dissapointed is the CPC's version ..would be far better if programmers had take the advantage of the machine, but they chose to release just another poor lazy port from Spectrum.As many other games as well....
@sixSINsix Жыл бұрын
Agree 100%. At least the music (only present during the intro) is gorgeous .
@jaitheminecraftgamer50464 жыл бұрын
Let’s Compare Wonder Boy In Monster Land 1: Arcade (1987) 2: Master System (1988) 3: Amiga (1989 4: Atari St (1989) 5: Commodore 64 (1989) 6: Amstrad Cpc (1989) 7: Zx Spectrum (1989) 8: Pc Engine (Bikkinari World) (1987) 9: Famicom (Saiyuuki World) (1988) 10: Master System (Monica No Castelo Do Dragao) (1991)
@fabienandreadigiuseppe78054 жыл бұрын
Master System the only good true versin for home. Sega Powaa!
@raba2d7233 жыл бұрын
is noone going to talk about the nes port and the crazy japanese facelift?
@first-last2 жыл бұрын
if you're talking in terms of the appearance of the characters and buildings, it's based on chinese aesthetics, as the title implies (saiyuuki wa-rudo, meaning journey to the west, referencing the chinese novel of the same name)
@raba2d7232 жыл бұрын
@@first-last interesting stuff.
@rymstudiodesign40033 жыл бұрын
Another poor conversion from Spectrum to CPC.... :(
@luisreyes19633 жыл бұрын
The Famicom version was like a Chinese bootleg.
@AbsoluteLovelyChild3 жыл бұрын
Enemy's HP charm isn't being transplanted.
@Gaston9794 ай бұрын
12:50 la mejor versión es la de PC engine, la de mejores gráficos mas fieles al arcade, si no hubieran modificado los jefes y npcs seria mejor todavía 2do lugar esta máster system 3ro atari st me sorprendió mucho
@Arcadius100 Жыл бұрын
They should have been ashamed doing such a lousy work on the amiga port. The Master System version tramples all over it (and while we're at it, it's the definition of a well optimized port). PC Engine/Turbografx is amazing too, but that was to be expected. When it came to arcade ports, home computers were cursed with subpar programmers. Original games for the home computers were often amazing, but ports were almost always third tier garbage that were put to shame by consoles a full generation behind.
@HappicusJoyicus Жыл бұрын
AUGH ITS REAL
@HappicusJoyicus Жыл бұрын
SMS HAS AMIGA AUDIO
@HappicusJoyicus Жыл бұрын
AND ITS NOT THE AMIGA VERSION HOW?!
@jonespianist31893 жыл бұрын
Most accurate: Bikkuriman World Most accurate (unaltered): Amiga and Atari ST Most content: Master System
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
Amiga (1989) most likely an Atari ST remake (1989) it looks, moves, sounds ST
@jonespianist31893 жыл бұрын
@@jasonlee7816 What about the sound effects and janky scrolling? That's why I have it tied with the ST port.
@guilt-toyracing35883 жыл бұрын
Atari ST version SHITS on the Amiga Version, Amiga was sooo slow. haha
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
Amiga is a lazy ST port (remake) if the Amiga was made properly it would shit on Atari ST version
@roberthornibrook63444 жыл бұрын
That sounds like the FM chip on the Master system version of this. Certainly sounds better than the standard PSG from the Master system.
@eventhorizon28733 жыл бұрын
amiga version was great but missed 2 world plus it was abit slower, but its music and sound effects where most accurate damn then that amstrad version lmfao
@jasonlee78163 жыл бұрын
Amiga = Atari ST remake
@eternalrest28592 жыл бұрын
Wow the NES version... Shouldnt even be considered the same game. More "inspired by"
@luisreyes19633 жыл бұрын
Once again, both the ZS Spectrum & Amstrad versions look bad, but the C64 is no prize, either.
@wolfan202 жыл бұрын
The nes version got a chinese redesign?...why?.
@maxxcan4 жыл бұрын
the master system version has the best sound
@ulisesgomezd.340511 ай бұрын
I like the original Master System version, and the ATARI ST version, the NES version is also good, but the mechanics, monsters and scenes change so much; so, it's another game with the same base. The Brazilian version is awful.
@thdelig44211 ай бұрын
Arcade !!!
@andreinoooo3 жыл бұрын
Amiga version could have been way better. As usual, awful ports on that machine :/
@systemchris3 жыл бұрын
Amiga could have been a lot better, Atari at is a nice port actually
@marcusfred44803 жыл бұрын
I agree. I mainly only played this on my ST. The ST and Amiga version both look and sound almost identical, except everything moves slower on the Amiga version. Don't know why the Amiga version was slow as it was just as capable, if not more than the ST?
@leighbyford6353 жыл бұрын
@@marcusfred4480 Because its running software rather than using dedicated hardware. The CPU is a bit slower in the Amiga compared to ST. If they had used the hardware scrolling etc then it would have run fine. Ahhh the Amiga, the machine that could have done better but never does ;)
@marcusfred44803 жыл бұрын
@@leighbyford635 Just a lazy port then. R_Type runs heaps smoother and looks better on the Amiga than the ST.
@leighbyford6353 жыл бұрын
@@marcusfred4480 yeah R-type does, I agree. R-type 2 even more so. They use the Amiga hardware scrolling and the blitter to move the " sprites / bobs " around. The ST had no additional hardware, everything is done in software which is much slower. Id like to see R-type made for the megadrive. Someone has done a perfect shinobi in homebrew.
@JanaJana-zo5zy6 ай бұрын
Amiga
@garywallace44403 жыл бұрын
That wasn’t the sega master system version. The music was different
@hambeast39663 жыл бұрын
it may have supported the FM chip thus different music.
@angeles24253 жыл бұрын
@@hambeast3966 Yes both wonder boy in monster land and wonder boy 3 the dragons trap supports FM.
@noaht20053 жыл бұрын
What is up with the sprite in the Monica version. The rest of the game looks really good
@TMS51004 жыл бұрын
The amiga version is horrible. Absolutely inexcusable for it to be so slow and choppy.
@dlfrsilver3 жыл бұрын
straight ST port with absolutely no use of the chipset.
@TMS51003 жыл бұрын
@@dlfrsilver yep. inexcusable.
@AmigaCammy3 жыл бұрын
The emulator was running it in PAL while it was running the ST version in NTSC. The Amiga version runs smoother in NTSC.
@dlfrsilver3 жыл бұрын
@@AmigaCammy emulator ? what do you mean Cammy ? this game has been programmed from scratch.....
@michaelhall61783 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the loading times - they were dreadfully long.
@williamwright9079 Жыл бұрын
Jiggl for koins!
@stoopidhaters2 жыл бұрын
Please replace the Master System one with the PSG chip one! FM has ZERO substance.
@CONTRAEPICCORPS3 жыл бұрын
Hey,you forgot mobile version,called Super Adventure Island.(
@johndripper3 жыл бұрын
J2me port Super Adventure Island kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5apoK-a08_QoI0.html
@radcow3 жыл бұрын
The amiga one looks terrible The ST has best music however it was known for that so no surprise
@Kaido_928 Жыл бұрын
ST fanboy spotted lol
@TJZOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Some of your videos sound like Genesis from your Master System
@steuph19764 жыл бұрын
The Amstrad CPC really had the worst shot at this series. Both were atrocious.
@robcotto70813 жыл бұрын
SMS version, but not the awful sounding one that's shown here
@passing20103 жыл бұрын
Amstrad never ceases to be one of the worst version of a game.
@marcoantonionicolini23224 жыл бұрын
I like the Monica version!
@Fattydeposit4 жыл бұрын
Grew up with the Master System version but also played the coin-op. The best port is the Switch one, but most have their charm.
@Windows-wy1fv4 жыл бұрын
The ZX Spectrum Looks Like A Game boy screen
@wowbog3 жыл бұрын
"Your country's fate 'despends' on you..." Even the Arcade original had this typo. Some systems corrected it though. 🙂
@ianthecoolthief62264 жыл бұрын
Amiga could try make a port of Pong and still fail.
@moregamemusic4 жыл бұрын
But the Amiga port to the game pAng is not a fail
@MEGAMIGA3 жыл бұрын
The CPC version looks bad... Another port from the Speccy I guess? I have always loved the Amiga version. As for the last, Portuguese version, what was it, a promotional version?
@taygam32913 жыл бұрын
Link downlod
@leap123_3 жыл бұрын
No
@user-ug5je5hc6b4 жыл бұрын
ガワだけ挿げ替えたビックリマンワールド
@Law19882 жыл бұрын
ok the first four versions are nice, but the others are trash.
@RolandoMarreroPR4 жыл бұрын
So Amiga Wonder Boy had the Buster sword a decade before Cloud in FFVII !