Adventure Island
高橋名人の冒険島
- Year
- 1986
- Developer
- Hudson Soft
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft
- Platform
- FC / NES
- Hardware
- Family Computer (8-bit)
- Genre
- Platformer
- Players
- 1 player
- Controls
- D-pad + A (jump) / B (run, shoot)
- Series
- Adventure Island series
Gameplay Screenshots
About This Game
Adventure Island drops you on a tropical island with a skateboard, a stone axe and a stamina meter that is always draining. Based on Westone's Wonder Boy and licensed to Hudson Soft, the Famicom version stars the company's own mascot, celebrity gamer Takahashi Meijin, on a quest to rescue Tina from the Evil Witch Doctor.
The constant stamina drain is what separates it from other platformers: you cannot stop to think, because standing still is losing. Fruit restores stamina, hidden eggs contain hearts, skateboards, fairies and the essential axe upgrade, and touching a single enemy costs a life — the meter only protects you from running out of time.
- Constantly draining stamina meter that forces forward motion
- Hidden eggs containing weapons, fairies and vehicles
- Skateboard sections that speed you through hazards
- Eight worlds with increasing enemy density
Version History
- Famicom (Japan)1986-09-12
Released as Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima; the version on this page.
- NES (North America)1988
US release as Adventure Island, with the mascot branding removed.
Tips & Strategy
Fruit first, everything else second
The stamina bar is your real health system. On every screen, clear the fruit within safe reach before you chase hidden eggs — arriving at a boss with an empty meter means losing regardless of skill.
The axe is mandatory for bosses
Stone axes are what actually damage most bosses; jumping on them rarely works. So know where the hidden eggs sit in each world and route through them before the boss screen rather than after.
Ride the skateboard carefully
The skateboard is fast but uncontrolled — it cannot stop on a coin. Use it on straight sections to outrun the stamina timer, and step off before any screen with tight platforming.
Download Resources
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