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Hudson's Adventure Island

Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima, 高橋名人の冒険島, Master Takahashi's Adventure Island, Adventure Island
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PlatformNESYear1988
PublisherHudson SoftDeveloperHudson Soft
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Platformer, Single Player, Arcade Conversion
RelatedAdventure Island II 
PlatformNES
Year1988
PublisherHudson Soft
DeveloperHudson Soft
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Platformer, Single Player, Arcade Conversion
RelatedAdventure Island II

The first in a series, Hudson's Adventure Island has you playing as Master Higgins through 32 stages where you can run, jump, and pick up items. By default, you cannot attack enemies but some items will give you that ability. Other items allow you to move quickly, gain invincibility, or have your life drained. There are boss battles at the end of each of 8 worlds
 
GoodBad
  • Simple gameplay loop
  • Can be fun with practice
  • Incredibly difficult
  • Jumping high requires momentum
  • Requires running all the time
  • Lots of repeated enemies
  • Stages look very similar
  • Constant life drain
  • Bad item placement
  • Slippery platforming
  • Doing badly makes the game harder
  • Negative items
Good
  • Simple gameplay loop
  • Can be fun with practice
 
Bad
  • Incredibly difficult
  • Jumping high requires momentum
  • Requires running all the time
  • Lots of repeated enemies
  • Stages look very similar
  • Constant life drain
  • Bad item placement
  • Slippery platforming
  • Doing badly makes the game harder
  • Negative items
 
5With odd physics and an unfair difficulty, this is a difficult iteration of the game to recommend as it's sequels do everything significantly better.

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