Bikkuriman World: Wonder Boy in Monster Land Arcade Conversion

What it changes

Bikkuriman World was Hudson Soft's 1987 PC Engine version of the arcade Wonder Boy in Monster Land, reskinned with characters from the Bikkuriman anime. This hack by Hamsolo goes the other way: it swaps the licensed look for the arcade original's.

• Arcade sprites for the hero, enemies and bosses.
• Arcade-style text boxes, fonts, shops and shopkeepers.
• Restored details such as door animations, exit gates, cave and pyramid entrances, and the continue screen and attract mode.
• Higher frame rates in places and fixes for bugs found in the original cartridge.

Version 1.1.1 brings back the arcade's death animation for the mushroom enemies and makes the game read a 6-button pad safely, which removes jittery movement with that controller (gameplay still uses buttons I and II only).

The author notes that AI tools were used to speed up parts of the coding.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own copy of the Japanese Bikkuriman World HuCard, following the instructions on the hack's page. Credit goes to Hamsolo.