New Adventure Island
Is a side-scrolling platform game by Hudson Soft originally released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 in 1992 and later re-released for the Virtual Console service in 2007 and the PlayStation Network in 2011. It is the fourth game in the Adventure Island series, released shortly after Super Adventure Island for the SNES, but before Adventure Island 3 for the NES.
Also recorded as Takahashi Meijin no Shin Bōken Jima
New Adventure Island
- Date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft
- Genre
- platformer
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Is a side-scrolling platform game by Hudson Soft originally released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 in 1992 and later re-released for the Virtual Console service in 2007 and the PlayStation Network in 2011. It is the fourth game in the Adventure Island series, released shortly after Super Adventure Island for the SNES, but before Adventure Island 3 for the NES.
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• Title — New Adventure Island • Developer — Now Production • Publisher — Hudson SoftTurbo Technologies • Series — Adventure Island • Platforms — TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network • Released — PC Engine/TG-16 June 26, 1992VC PSN • Genre — Platform game • Modes — Single-player
Plot
Plot
While Master Higgins and Tina are leaving the church after getting married, a shadowy figure called Baron Bronsky and six of his underlings kidnap Tina and some of the island children. The player controls Higgins through six stages with four areas each (the fourth area being a boss battle) to rescue the children, and then finally defeat Baron Bronsky in his fortress to rescue Tina.
Gameplay
Gameplay
The rules and controls of the game are almost identical to those from the original Adventure Island, aside for the ability to get bonus points for finishing a stage with a skateboard. This time Higgins has a choice of four weapons to pick up from: the standard axe, a boomerang, arrows and fireballs (the last one can only be found inside hidden eggs). In some hidden eggs, a PC Engine controller item can spawn, which when collected gives the player 2000 points.
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1992
New Adventure Island published.
1992
New Adventure Island is recorded as published in 1992.
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Reception
New Adventure Island received positive reviews from Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) "Review Crew", who complimented the graphics and said it would appeal to fans of the previous Adventure Island games. Some reviewers in Diehard GameFan and EGM complimented the release of an action game on the TurboGrafx-16. One reviewer in Diehard GameFan said the game was satisfactory, while another wished it had more original gameplay.
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- 1.Wii | Virtual Console バーチャルコンソール.
- 2.New Adventure Island™.
- 3.New Adventure Island at Nintendo :: Games.
- 4.高橋名人の新冒険島 | Wii U | 任天堂. 任天堂ホームページ.
- 5.New Adventure Island for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details.
- 6.Sony. 高橋名人の新冒険島. PlayStation.com(Japan). 2009-07-15.
- 7.Archived copy.
- 8.Harris, Steve. Review Crew. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Sendai Publishing. 5. 8. 24. August 1992. 1058-918X.
- 9.Shogakukan. New Review Daisakusen! 高橋名人の新冒険島. 4. 7. 174. July 1992.
- 10.Kadokawa Shoten. 新作ソフトお毒味チャート: 高橋名人の新冒険島. 4. 7. 168. July 1992.
- 11.Die Hard Publishing. Viewpoint. Diehard GameFan. 1. 7. October 1992.
- 12.Tsūshin, Hamamura. New Games Cross Review. Famicom Tsūshin. ASCII Corporation. 185. 40. July 3, 1992.
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