For those of you with a soft spot for retro games, you are in luck! The French video game company DotEmu has announced that they will be hosting a global half-off sale of their hit game Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap during this month! The schedule is as follows:
PlayStation 4:
Japan: May 10th – May 23rd
Europe: May 30th – June 12th
North America: May 16th – May 22nd
Xbox One:
Global: May 15th – May 21st
Nintendo Switch:
Japan: May 17th – 23rd
Europe: May 16th – May 22nd
North America: May 16th – May 22nd
Steam:
Global: May 16th – May 22nd
You can buy the game at their website here!
For those of you unaware, Wonder Boy is a remake and modernization of a 1989 cult classic action-adventure platformer. The player journeys as a lone soul who has been cursed into a half-human, half-lizard form by the Meka-Dragon. Seeking a cure, our hero will find themselves facing a multitude of monsters and dragons while resorting to further shape changing in order to reach their goal. Then again, morphing between a mouse, a lizard, a piranha, a hawk, and a lion repeatedly is sure to leave its mark.
Launched in 2017, this reboot won the hearts of gamers with hand-drawn animation, a re-orchestrated soundtrack, and loving faithfulness to the original game, including access to the same passwords (or “cheats”) available then. There is even an option to play in the game’s original 8-bit style or swap back to its modern visuals at any time! You can also revert to the game’s original music from the ‘80s to get the full retro experience. If you really want to synthesize these options, you might try using the modern graphics with the classic score playing in the background or the other way around!
Better yet, a new character known as Wonder Girl has been introduced, along with three difficulty settings.
For more information about this nostalgia-kick of a game, including how to buy it, feel free to visit the game’s website here or the developer’s website, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube pages!
