The game ends when all of Higgins' lives run out. If Higgins still has extra lives, he will revive at the last checkpoint he passed through. When Higgins' health gauge reaches zero, he will lose a life. 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. Master Higgins (the player character) loses a life whenever he touches an enemy, an enemy's attack, a fire roast, or when he falls into a pitfall or a body of water. The game is completed when the player saves the girl after defeating the eighth and final form of the evil lord. When the player reaches the fourth round of each area, he must confront a boss at the end to continue to the next area. There are eight worlds called 'areas', which are divided into four stages or 'rounds' each, which are further divided into four checkpoints. To rescue her, Higgins must survive a series of 32 stages. The player controls Master Higgins (known as Master Wigins in the United Kingdom and 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.

Adventure Island was followed by a series of sequels with no connection to the Wonder Boy series. Adventure Island was released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988 and in the PAL region in 1992.Īdventure Island is an adaptation of the arcade game Wonder Boy, developed by Escape for Sega. Hudson's Adventure Island, known as Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima ( 高橋名人の冒険島, Master Takahashi's Adventure Island) in Japan and also known as Adventure Island, is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986.

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