Adventure Island (video game)
| Adventure Island | |
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Cover art of Adventure Island (North American NES version)
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Artist(s) | Susumu Matsushita |
| Composer(s) | Jun Chikuma |
| Engine | Proprietary |
| Platform(s) | NES, MSX, Game Boy, Gamate, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Virtual Console |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Famicom Runner: Takahashi Meijin Monogatari | |
| ファミコンランナー高橋名人物語 | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuyoshi Kawai |
| Published by | CoroCoro Comic |
| Published | April 1986 - February 1988 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Honey Bee in Toycomland | |
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Bugってハニー (Bug-tte Honey) |
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Minoru Okazaki |
| Produced by | Hidehiko Takei Shunzo Kato Yasutaka Tarumi |
| Written by | Kasumi Oka |
| Music by | Hiroshi Tsutsui |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | Nippon Television Network |
| Original run | October 3, 1986 – September 25, 1987 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Anime film | |
| Bug-tte Honey: Megalom Shōjo Rondo 4622 | |
| Directed by | Akinori Nagaoka |
| Produced by | Shunzo Kato |
| Written by | Kasumi Oka |
| Music by | Hiroshi Tsutsui |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | July 21, 1987 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
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| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| GameSpot | 6.5/10 |
Hudson's Adventure Island (高橋名人の冒険島 Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima?, "Master Takahashi's Adventure Island"), also known simply as Adventure Island, is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was first released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986. It was later released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System on September 1988 and in the PAL region in 1992 under the title of Adventure Island Classic.
Adventure Island is an adaptation of the arcade game Wonder Boy, originally developed by Escape for Sega. Adventure Island was followed by a series of sequels with no connection to the Wonder Boy series.
The player controls Master Higgins (known as Takahashi Meijin in Japanese versions), a young man who ventured to Adventure Island in the South Pacific after hearing that the Evil Witch Doctor kidnapped Princess Tina. To rescue her, Higgins must survive a series of 32 stages. There are eight worlds called "areas", which are divided four stages or "rounds" each, which are further divided into four checkpoints. When the player reaches the fourth round of each area, he must confront a boss at the end to continue to the next area. The game is completed when the player saves the girl after defeating the eighth and final form of the evil lord.
Master Higgins (the player character) loses a life whenever he touches an enemy, an enemy's attack or a fire roast, or when he falls into a pitfall or a body of water. Moreover, the player also has a health gauge that starts out with 11 points, which gradually depletes over time or whenever Higgins trips on a rock in his path. When Higgins' health gauge reaches zero, he will lose a life as well. If Higgins still has extra lives left, he will revive at the last checkpoint he passed through. The game ends when all of Higgins' lives runs out. To replenish his health, Higgins can pick up numerous fruits (or a milk bottle) on his path (his maximum health reaches up to 13 points). When the player's score reaches 50,000 points, 100,000 points, and 200,000 points, Higgins will receive an extra life. Finding a bee-like fairy known as Honey Girl will grant Higgins invincibility for fifteen seconds and allow him to kill enemies with a single touch. Also hidden somewhere in each stage is a special pot, which, when collected, gives the player a bonus, effectively doubling their stage score.
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