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Game entry

Wonder Boy

1986 · Platformer, Arcade · Arcade · Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

After 54 duels settled by the community, Wonder Boy stands no. 4,368 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,382 ELO points and 24% of wins. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 18 out of 19 (1986).

World rank

no. 4,368

ELO score

1,382

Wins

24%

Duels played

54

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About Wonder Boy

Wonder Boy is a 1986 platformer video game published by Sega and developed by Escape (now known as Westone Bit Entertainment).

It was the first in the long-running Wonder Boy series of games and was followed up by five sequels, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. It was also the basis for the Adventure Island series.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,382 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Wonder Boy sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,365 Alienation 1,382
  2. 4,366 Toonstruck 1,382
  3. 4,367 Commandos 3: Destination Berlin 1,382
  4. 4,368 Wonder Boy 1,382
  5. 4,369 Hunted: The Demon's Forge 1,382
  6. 4,370 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan 1,382
  7. 4,371 Commandos: Strike Force 1,382

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Released in 1986

The standing

Where Wonder Boy ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Wonder Boy stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 18 out of 19 (1986).

Where Wonder Boy ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,368 5,035
Platformer 537 620
1980s 136 155
1986 18 19

The community

The debate

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