Let us make a journey to the land of monsters: Wonder Boy in Monster Land | Segaiden 061

Sega's other mascot gets his own sequel, too. No, not Alex Kidd. What? I don't mean Opa-Opa. I'm talking about Wonder Boy, baby. Fresh from his tropic island paradise, Wonder Boy has abandoned the grass skirt and stone axes of his first adventure in favor of... full body armor? A succession of castle-forged steel blades? Magic spells?! Honestly, if this game weren't called "Wonder Boy" right there in the title, you'd assume it was a different game altogether. But I guess Westone and Sega wanted to tap into a growing game design trend and said, "Hey, we have an existing brand to tap into." It worked for Zelda, I guess. Or rather, Link. The Zelda series. You know what I mean. Wonder Boy in Monster Land builds on a minor arcade and console design trend in a pretty solid way. It's not just respectable, it breaks the depressing streak of crappy Sega Master System sequels that decided to impose itself on the console in the middle of 1988. Well done, Wonder Boy. You truly are a... wonder. Production notes: Why watch when you can read? All 420 full-color pages of SG-1000 Works: Segaiden Vol. I are now in print at Limited Run Games (https://limitedrungames.com/collections/books). You can also grab the massive hardcover print editions of NES Works, Super NES Works, and Virtual Boy works as well. Look for NES Works Gaiden Vol. I and Master System Works Vol. I in 2024-25. Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Master System footage captured from U.S. carts running through a cart adapter on Japanese Master System hardware and MiSTer (thanks to MiSTerAddOns). Video upscaled to 4K with RetroTink 4K. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.