Wonder Boy in Monster Land Arcade - Full Run 

Best Wonderboy ever and one of the best out of the arcade games era.

For those confused by the 60+ Gold Get, it's a bug in the game that's being exploited. The 6 in the first digit is a symptom of the Z80 carry flag being accidentally set before a DAA instruction which calculates the amount of gold to add. This isn't an intended feature.

One of the best game ever. I used to finished this game with a coin in the arcade.

Last level music is brilliant can remember loads of people around me watching this and cheering when I completed it

By switching your character's direction rapidly when you jump into a coin spot, there is a chance you spawn a high value coin (65-69).

When I was five years old we visited my dad's backwater hometown in Italy. There were maybe 50 people still alive and they were all very old. We were high up the mountain. Every day my grandfather would give me a few thousand lire and he'd tell me to walk down the mountain to the bar to buy him a beer. The old men at the bar would make change for me, and then prop me up next to the one arcade machine they had, which was Wonder Boy in Monster Land. I loved this game so much. I remember being stunned that one of the first enemies I faced was DEATH haha. I was so proud of myself when I finally beat him. After I had a play or two, they'd give me the beer and I'd dutifully truck it back up the mountain to my grandfather. Great times.

This takes me back to my days as a kid in Korea. Back then there were guys who would absolutely kill this game and somehow knew all secrets with no internet or other reference to speak of. That being the case, the fact that it was about 50 won per game (about 5 cents?) back then, I'm sure they got plenty of practice.

3 of us could complete this in our local arcade, quite the badge of honour, good memories, thanks for the upload

The last parts are very intense. When you get only half heart left. Amazing gameplay.

It's interesting watching how the end of this game ties in with the start of Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap on the Master System.

The game was so cool. Especially all the little secrets.

FUCKING HELL this arcade version is BRUTALLY HARD. Never saw it completely, God Damn it, the later levels are just pure insanity.

My avatar says all :D

when i was a kid, i used to play this game every visit to the arcade... it took me about 45 minutes to complete... what i don't get though; why the player here buys the purple shield & armor while he has money for the better version... i always bought the best available so i could end up with the legendary armor, shield, shoes quite early & the legendary broadswoard at the later part in the game.. for those who doubt; it's really no cheat to get lots of coin on the clouds/buildings/hidden drops... i knew this trick when i was 8-9 yrs old in the '80s. In my opinion this is the best wonder boy game of the series, and it was, together with bubble bobble my favorite game of all time (ps: for bubble bobble also exists "tricks" that give you more power than a normal player who doesn't perform the trick) Back in the days i also had a sega master system, this game on that system was not a 1:1 clone; there were subtle differences which made me love the original much more... this game will be in my heart forever!

One of the best Arcadegames ever ! Well played :)

9:49 - the stage and the music that made me happy as a young boy. Oh, and 42:14 - that last stage and the music told me I was approaching the dragon's lair. PS - this was my very favourite arcade game and those who share this sentiment know exactly what I mean.

An old classic! Was a great game in its day!

I loved this game back in the 80 mom aways got me the best games r.i.p.

Played this a lot in the arcadehall during the 80`s! From a time when games where very, very hard to beat and took a lof of practice and patience.

Absolutely incredible!!! This is back in the day when dying actually had consequences.

One of these best adventure games ever created. Not too mention one of the best music scores ever created.

Use to play this game in the late 80's at an old pizza place in Bondi Beach (across the road from the beach) Reg's Pizza (now turned into a sushi restaurant). This game among others, brings back so many memories, good times

I wish part 3 would have been modelled on this game. This is the best wonder boy ever, it's fun finding hidden doors, coins etc. This game is FUN, that's how a game should be FUN!

Here's a game that needs a dragon's trap style remake.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I used to spend so much money on this as a kid in Sydney. 40c a game at the time.

"I feel became lighter"

I remember watching someone in a milk bar finishing this game when I was a kid. I played this last night and found it very hard: Your attack doesn't have much range and enemy patterns require precise timing. The hourglass turns quickly and takes a whole heart each time, so you cannot grind for gold and have to get all that extra gold in the minimum time possible. It is really designed to be practiced over and over from the beginning until you can clear it in a single run through like this.

You lucked out with that revival!Good game!

Thanks. You helped me get 5 PlayStation trophies today on the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection. That was pretty close for you about the 45:00 min mark

Amazing game I played in Korea as a kid. There was no internet back then, but players still knew a ton of secrets. This game is chock full of them.

I loved this game when I was a kid, always wondered how it was called for years and now I found it!

Someone indeed do be beyond dat wall.

Oh I see. I thought this run could have been improved a lot, but you can't beat that lucky finish :). This is the highest score I've ever managed.

IT's odd that the ending is more like Wonder Boy III on the Master System, where as the SMS version of Monsterland just ends.

WOW man !! My father would have spared so much MONEY if you had showed me this VIDEO back at 1993' :P :P Respect though ..you have amazing skills ...great Run with one credit ... ! I found this video by accident and i stuck watching it for one hour ! Childhood Flashback !! Thanks :)

This video just brought me very good memories 😀😀😀

In the days before internet walkthroughs imagine the amount of credits it took to discover all the secrets of these games. ✌️

One of the best arcade game ever!

Marvellous game!!! I played this and Dragon Buster back in the days at pub! Great play here Sir, thank You very much for sharing.

Love how all the shopkeepers are different critters.

There's an MMA fighter called Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson. So what I was thinking is to make a Romhack called Wonderboy in MMA Land where instead of Sword, Shield, Boots and Armor, it's MMA gloves (Sword), Training Pad (Shield), Shoes and Training Gear (Armor). Instead of Monsters, it's other fighters from MMA.

The interface, controls, UI, and design prove this to be one of the most influential games of all time. Most modern games are just a 3d version of this

El mejor arcade para mi gusto, que bien me lo pasé jugando a este juego 👍

Something tells me it's Gladius (a Roman one-handed, double-edged shortsword) and not 'Gradius'

22:30 Death and Taxes!

You must be Johnny on the spot and have had shit loads of practice to get to 67 gold, before you even get your sword! Be interested to know what rom this was as it was never released in any English speaking countries, so they are all bootlegs essentially. One bootleg I played in a seaside arcade back is ‘89, on level two as you progress far right to the health shop. If you don’t buy anything and exit the store like two or three times, she says “fuck you/off” and the shop closes permanently! What charming manners from a nurse no less! Anyway great play through, as knowing about the gold exploit if you can call it that, really hello to get the best boots, shield and armour (not to mention buying drinks and health revitalisers) to help you get through what I was class as a challenging game, and quite a large one playtime wise, for the year it was released in 1987.

AH, this IS my favorite arcade game. Love it so much, I've made two arcades just to play it. Love doing speed runs on this game. lol you kept giving me heart attack by passing up coins and going back. PS. I think it might be the Ver. I play on, but if you clear the stage after you beat death in 1st state, you'll get more points. IDK if that's what you're going for, but yeah.

Amazing play. I can read your feelings in the Labyrinth by the way you move. And maybe you could achieve an even better score by playing the bug-free version. It's not officially in MAME but the fix is available somewhere on the Net. The MAME version has that weird "I shoot magic weapons as fast as I can" bug.

hello, what rom do you use?? original rom is the japan version and time is recover with new scene in castle... personally i play wbmlb, the english bootleg(bad traduction in text but it doesn't matter)..

What a run! Well done! Amazing journey on each wonderboy

wow! ..seriously man .. no pill for this long legend ..

The first screen up to Death was practically copy-pasted for _Wonderboy (SMS IV/Genesis V) in Monster World._ The layout is practically identical.

gracias nunca pude pasar este juego, y al verte jugar me volvieron a mi todos esos recuerdos.

Impressive Sega Skills. This is good stuff here

The final maze is sadistic

Wow, you are a really excellent player! Thanks for the video! And, more wows for the idea of the final boss the creators had! Alien robot dragon! Hehe

Fantastic music in this game.

Best game of the 1980s.

Is this an officially licensed english version? I've only seen two bootlegged variations that are english, but somewhat poorly translated.

Heavy Armor? What are you, NUTS?!

ending song is used in monsterworld for genesis! Its the opening main world song

When I was young, I was finishing this game with more than 5000 gold and just the basic equipment. There have a lot of tricks to finish the boss with full life. For the last boss, just jump and hit by jamming it against one of the wall. Beaten in 30 seconds max

god bro you make this game look so easy..

Even death is cute in this game

23:01 Laughed so hard. xD

Amazing run! This game is ruthless, but also fun.

3:04 Don´t buy boots. You have en trick in the place you stand at 5:58. 8:40 I Buyed yellow. 10:15 You must continue with the yellow one to not spend gold. 10:50 New shield 19:00 Yo have to jump constantly. It gives you all 60 or more gold each. Maybe it's because of the armor too. With silver boots the trick doesn't work. 21:00 I played with a question that the answer was "pizza". I liked to fight him. 29:40 Too much lucky! 35:30 Must buy the shield 45:25 Extremely lucky!!! You can put the Dragon againts the wall. You are a Hero! Do you know where I can find these game on line?

Best run of this game on RU-vid, congratulations!

I bought a Japanese PS2 to play this game. This is supposed to get released on the Nintendo Switch in the Sega Ages line (according to Wikipedia). Fingers crossed....

Thank you, you have taught me the way.

The church sanctioned version is called "Alter Boy in Molester Land".

“I feel became lighter”

x gold get? Something feels... wrong. Somebody set up us the bomb.

1987!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D fichin clásico y complicado!

Hi, i remember that there is another sword, it is a blue and lucent. It dropped in labyrint. There is another door hidden

question: why dont buy the legendary boots in the round two 6:00,? you have the money. Good game play by the way!.

it starts with let´s go brandon :D

this guy is pretty good .. :) i used to play at arcade .. 20 cents a game finished it most every time

I loved this game but it never made any sense as an arcade game for making money. One of the best games of the 80s.

Wasn’t the coin trick face the other way that u jump and bonus coins seemed to work for me great memories

Well actually I didn't check every single run but even though sometimes you miss a gold or two, you collect more money/points than the other people...

I could never beat that damn sphinx.

Hey Seahawk0027 , did you know that there is actually a THIRD secrete door at the castle right before the last Labyrinth ? I mean right at the start you can see the FIRST door and after that you enter a secret door (1) there is ANOTHER one right next to it (2) which is the only part where are 3 doors in the row and you missed it in your Walkthrough. In this door you can buy an ELIXIR...which i see you did not have in your video at this video and you can always use an ELIXIR :P But dude..you are really amazing...respect ..cheers

I remember the row of 20c coins stacked above the controller to bags the next turn, that's if no one shady was around lol

Awesome run well done

Have now looked at some Wonderboy to adore, apparently nobody knows the trick, now I'll just write it in the comments. In the Sphinx Round, where the spikes are and you keep getting gold, you have to stand exactly on the groove. So look a few millimeters from the edge in the direction of the spines. Always shortly before a piece of gold touches the third last spike, you have to jump and stab at the same time. If you do it accurately enough, you get 68 gold for every gold piece!

A few differences I experience: 1. The hidden gold caches in your game give you more than 60 pieces of gold, but in my game, they give less than 10 2. It appears the version I play, I keep on missing the boss and get hit by boss when I actually hit them (graphically I hit them, but I am the one who lose HP)

最終ドラゴンの攻略法は、ドラゴンの顎下辺りに主人公を配置させてジャンプ剣打撃。ドラゴンの懐に入り過ぎでジャンプ剣打撃をするとダメージをくらいます。

Just a baby running around in a nappy! At least on the Master System version he had armour straight away. None the less, it's a good game.

Why do you keep killing those two serpents in the first round? (Watched too much David Icke?)

I hate the time limit.

this game along with ghosts and goblins are the epitome of platformer fun! the only downside I see for this game is that its jump are not as the ghosts n goblins jump which are pre fixed aka realistic, meaning you do have control of your jump momentum in mid air (which I don't like) this kind of jump momentum control only worked best in Super Mario Bros.

Those grey ghosts take too much time to destroy.

what's the rom's name? In my emulator, I used the Japan version wbml. But the English one, wbmlvc don't work!

Is there a point to upgrading your shield if the basic one stops projectiles just as fine?

This game is hella tight

fantastic game. spent hours on this in my local arcade. 10p a go LoL! miss those times.

This coud have become a serious opponent to Zelda. If it just got the attention it deserved.

I need this in my life.

I want to build an arcade machine just for this game