Wardner (arcade game)
Encyclopedia
Wardner is a platform
style arcade game
released by Taito
in 1987. The player controls a character by the name of Dover through various forest stages in an attempt to save his kidnapped girlfriend from the evil Wardner. The simple run and jump controls are supplemented with the ability to throw balls of fire. Gold coins can be collected throughout the game and exchanged for extra abilities in a shop at the end of each level.
The game was ported to the Famicom Disc System in 1988 in Japan and later the Sega Mega Drive
in 1990 as Wardner no Mori Special in Japan and re-branded back to Wardner in the U.S. the title was never officially released in Europe
, even though the arcade game was commonplace in European Arcades.
Platform game
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style arcade game
Arcade game
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released by Taito
Taito
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in 1987. The player controls a character by the name of Dover through various forest stages in an attempt to save his kidnapped girlfriend from the evil Wardner. The simple run and jump controls are supplemented with the ability to throw balls of fire. Gold coins can be collected throughout the game and exchanged for extra abilities in a shop at the end of each level.
The game was ported to the Famicom Disc System in 1988 in Japan and later the Sega Mega Drive
Sega Mega Drive
The Sega Genesis is a fourth-generation video game console developed and produced by Sega. It was originally released in Japan in 1988 as , then in North America in 1989 as Sega Genesis, and in Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990 as Mega Drive. The reason for the two names is that...
in 1990 as Wardner no Mori Special in Japan and re-branded back to Wardner in the U.S. the title was never officially released in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, even though the arcade game was commonplace in European Arcades.