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This graphical hack turns Wonder Boy into a Mônica game based on the movie "Turma da Mônica e a Sereia do Rio" (1987). It also includes the Estrelinha Mágica, a character from the movie "Turma da Mônica e a Estrelinha Mágica" (1988) which was also made into a toy by Tectoy. I made this because I always thought Tectoy should have made a Mônica game out of the first Wonder Boy game too. The back of the box says:

"The beautiful River Mermaid enchants everyone with her beautiful singing! But the king of filth, the terrible Captain Fray, decided to put an end to the singing and kidnapped the poor mermaid! Only Monica can rescue her now! The problem is knowing where Captain Fray took her. Monica will have to explore dense forests, vast oceans, volcanoes, glaciers, and even walk on clouds! And to find Captain Fray, she will need to find all the hidden fairies along the way. Luckily, she won't be alone on this mission. She will have the help of Angel, the Magic Star, and of course, you!

Changes:
Tom Tom was changed to Mônica
The hatchet was changed to Sansão (Samson, Monica's stuffed rabbit)
Tanya was changed to the Sereia do Rio (River Mermaid)
King was changed to Capitão Feio (Captain Fray; his head only appears in area 10, area 9 still is King's head)
Tom Tom's Angel powerup was changed to Estrelinha Mágica (Magic Star)
Pina was changed to Anjinho (Angel)
The dolls were changed to fairies
Items are now found inside present boxes
The skate colors were changed to contrast with Mônica's clothes
The title screen was changed, but using the existing tiles as they are compressed
The game was fully translated to Portuguese, including the signs at the beginning and ending of reach round

ROM info:
Database match: Wonder Boy (USA, Europe, Brazil) (Rev 1)
Database: No-Intro: Master System (v. 20210216-223458)
File/ROM SHA-1: 63149F20BF69CD2F24D0E58841FCFCDACE972F49
File/ROM CRC32: 73705C02

tsp wrote

Very interesting! I appreciate what you did here. From a nostalgic view, it trully feels like playing something Tectoy could have done.
It makes me wonder how it would be, had they made it and released among their initial cartridge batch, back in 89! This probably would be a top seller! =)
I think it just needs an improved title screen. ;)

SteveProXNA wrote

Awesome hack chirinea - the original Wonderboy is one of my favorite all time arcade games and the Sega Master System had arguably the best port so I always enjoy any / all mods to this 8-bit classic - thanks!

Maxim wrote

I already half volunteered to do it… but didn’t start yet. The compression algorithm is documented on the wiki, but it might be easier to replace it with a new one.

chirinea wrote

Maxim wrote

I already half volunteered to do it… but didn’t start yet. The compression algorithm is documented on the wiki, but it might be easier to replace it with a new one.

If it was possible to implement the compression algorithm in Master Tile Converter, I could be able to make it myself. I successfuly updated the title screen in Pit Pot for my new hack using MTC.

EmuBoarding wrote

chirinea wrote

Maxim wrote

I already half volunteered to do it… but didn’t start yet. The compression algorithm is documented on the wiki, but it might be easier to replace it with a new one.

If it was possible to implement the compression algorithm in Master Tile Converter, I could be able to make it myself. I successfuly updated the title screen in Pit Pot for my new hack using MTC.

Fala Chirinea blz?
Na minha hack do Adventure Island sofri com essa compressão também. Só que diferente de você que a galera aqui ta querendo ajudar, na época ninguém quis me ajudar com ela. Hoje um amigo me deu uma força e fizemos a expansão da rom e tiramos a compressão. Ficou mais fácil editar sem aquela parte chata do MTC com limitações de tamanho.

Espero que o Maxim ou outra pessoa adicionem outras compressões no MTC. Eu fiquei anos pedindo isso para o autor e outras pessoas da scene de master mas foi completamente ignorado. Tirando o Calindro, Slogra, xfixium, Haroldo e BcnAbel76... esses sempre me ajudaram ou tentaram ajudar.

chirinea wrote

Good news, everyone! Thanks to sverx who made a BMP2TILE plugin, I was able to update the title screen. Version 1.1 of the hack is available at its page. Here's how it looks now.

chirinea wrote

Good news, everyone! Thanks to sverx who made a BMP2TILE plugin, I was able to update the title screen. Version 1.1 of the hack is available at its page. Here's how it looks now.