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Because of the hardware jump, ''Adventure Island'' is a big improvement over the original ''Monster World II''. The relationship is very similar to the two versions of ''Monster World III'', but in reverse.
 
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Both the TurboGrafX-16's ''Dragon's Curse'' and Master System's ''Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap'' have been released on the Wii's [[Virtual Console]] service, despite being roughly the same game. Similar situations have occurred with ''[[Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]'' and ''The Dynastic Hero''.
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Revision as of 14:33, 3 April 2024

"Adventure Island" redirects here. For the game from the Adventure Island series for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16, see New Adventure Island.

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Dragon's Curse
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii)
Publisher:
PC Engine
Wii Virtual Console
Hudson Soft
TurboGrafx-16
NEC Technologies
Developer:
Genre: Action































Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
PC Engine
JP 		¥5,3005,300 HC91035
TurboGrafx-16
US 		TGX020039
Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		600pts600
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US ▼ 		600pts600
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU ▼ 		600pts600
PEGI: 7+
Wii Virtual Console
AU ▼ 		600pts600
OFLC: General (G)
Non-NEC versions
Sega Game Gear
Game Gear
Sega Master System
Master System

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Dragon's Curse, released in Japan as Adventure Island (アドベンチャーアイランド), is an adaptation of the Sega Master System title sega:Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (minus the Wonder Boy branding) for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16. This port was published by Hudson Soft and developed by the same developers as the original game, Westone, making it related to Bikkuriman World and The Dynastic Hero.

In addition to confusingly using the "Adventure Island" brand for the Japanese release, this version was released in the territory before any version of the original Monster World II, due to some unfortunate circumstances. It should be noted that the Adventure Island series is known in Japan as "冒険島" spelled in Japanese, compared to the English spelling of this game. On the other hand, this version was released before Monster World III, so technically Japan got the games in order.

Because of the hardware jump, Adventure Island is a big improvement over the original Monster World II. The relationship is very similar to the two versions of Monster World III, but in reverse.

Story

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Both the TurboGrafX-16's Dragon's Curse and Master System's Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap have been released on the Wii's Virtual Console service, despite being roughly the same game. Similar situations have occurred with Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and The Dynastic Hero.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Dragon's Curse Dragon's Curse
Japanese アドベンチャーアイランド Adventure Island

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon's Curse/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NEC Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №10, p60[1]
PC Engine
 80
Based on
1 review

PC Engine version

PC Engine, JP
AdventureIsland PCE JP Box Back.jpgAdventureIsland PCE JP Box Spine.jpgAdventureIsland PCE JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
DragonsCurse TG16 US Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
PC Engine
✔
CRC32 8e71d4f3
MD5 65ea7bebc2ecaeda8cee373ff2a83534
SHA-1 01ad5bbd7316740409e01917c19494cb26173ff5
256kB Card (JP)
TurboGrafx-16
✔
CRC32 7d2c4b09
MD5 55153240fe1d0076c4f759b82f2d7e3e
SHA-1 39b382725e38d6303ae2b19f1cabbd96ca661b07
256kB Card (US)

External links

  • Dragon's Curse on Nintendo eShop: UK

References

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Sega Retro has more information related to Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
  1. ↑ Raze UK 10.pdf, page 60


Dragon's Curse

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Wonder Boy games for NEC systems
Bikkuriman World (1987) | Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1989) | Dragon's Curse (1991) | The Dynastic Hero (1994)
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