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ULTIMATE Adventure Island

Original game : Adventure Island

Platform : NES

Author : Marcos Moutta

Release date : 18 October 2021

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : G, L, T, P

Downloads : 899

ROM Information

No-Intro Name: Hudson's Adventure Island (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File SHA-1: 22EE75B82F4A6412AA6BB940E109704975B95185
ROM SHA-1: E8EA2DEB2D65FC64F0DC038A2C95CA6CE8CA31B9

Hack description

Changelog


This hack combines Wonder Boy with Adventure Island Abridged.



In case you didn't know, Hudson HAD the right to use the original Wonder Boy sprites, but decided to replace them with Takahashi Meijin, whose relevance outside of Japan is null. Therefore, there are only two reasons the sprites are the same across all regions - either someone thought the character design was better than the original (it isn't) or someone was too lazy.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
KozakurainkoGraphicsPrimary sprite artist
NesrocksOriginal HackingPrimary hacking and ASM work

Reviews

Well done job + a suggestionCryinOnion2021-10-20Version 1.1

There's not much to say about this hack, except that it delivers what its author promises, which means a significant improvement on a classic like Adventure Island, whose first installment really wasted the technical capabilities of the NES and felt inferior to the Master System. As far as I'm concerned, it seems to me a well done and quite recommendable work. Just a suggestion: If in practice this hack turns Adventure Island into Wonder Boy, the title screen should also reflect that.