Adventure Island IV
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is a 1994
platform game
released by Hudson Soft
for the Family Computer
.
game released for the system. It bears the distinction of being the final official Family Computer game in Japan
and was never officially released for the international market. Unlike previous entries in the Adventure Island
series, Bōken Jima IV plays less like a straight platformer and more of an action/adventure platformer, similar to the later Wonder Boy
games.
1994 in video gaming
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platform game
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
released by Hudson Soft
Hudson Soft
, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
for the Family Computer
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
.
Summary
It is the fourth and final Adventure IslandAdventure Island
Adventure Island may refer to:* Adventure Island , or its sequels:** Adventure Island II** Adventure Island III** Adventure Island IV ** New Adventure Island** Super Adventure Island...
game released for the system. It bears the distinction of being the final official Family Computer game in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and was never officially released for the international market. Unlike previous entries in the Adventure Island
Adventure Island
Adventure Island may refer to:* Adventure Island , or its sequels:** Adventure Island II** Adventure Island III** Adventure Island IV ** New Adventure Island** Super Adventure Island...
series, Bōken Jima IV plays less like a straight platformer and more of an action/adventure platformer, similar to the later Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy
is a series of video games published by SEGA and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment .The series itself consists of the main Wonder Boy series, and the Monster World sub-series. Games may be part of one, the other, or both. This has resulted in a sometimes confusing naming structure resulting in...
games.