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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Also known as
Tom Sawyer no Bōken トムソーヤーの冒険

Navigate the Mississippi River, jump and throw rocks to overcome obstacles and enemies.

The NES game 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' (known in Japan as 'Tom Sawyer no Bōken') was developed by Winky Soft and published by SETA. It was released for the Famicom in Japan on February 17, 1989, and later for the NES in North America in August 1989. This is the original and only platform release, so both release_year and original_release_year are 1989.


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Released
1989
Genre
Perspective
Side view, Top-down
Size
256.14 KB
Rating
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About Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a platform game based on the literary character. Players control Tom Sawyer, with Huckleberry Finn available for a second player. The experience begins during a dream sequence while Tom is asleep in school.

Gameplay involves standard platforming actions like jumping and throwing rocks. Various settings are traversed, including the Mississippi River, forests, haunted houses, and even the sky. Players encounter obstacles such as rolling barrels and must deal with enemies like pirates, mice, and a giant octopus.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer Screenshots

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Game title screen
Japan Title screen
Sleeping in school.
First level, avoiding swooping birds.
Tossing rocks at some thug.
That is one large rat!
Vanquishing an enemy.
Battling the giant octupus (level boss).
Yahoo, rafting down the river!