Three Wonders

Three Wonders
Three Wonders
	Three Wonders arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom; Xing Entertainment (Console)
Director(s)	Yoshiki Okamoto
Designer(s)	Toshihiko Uda
Programmer(s)	Koma Chan
Composer(s)	Masaki Izutani
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release	Arcade; May 20, 1991; PlayStation, Saturn; 1998
Genre(s)	Platformer, scrolling shooter, puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	CP System

Three Wonders^[a] is a 1991 video game compilation developed and published by Capcom for arcades.^[1] It includes three related titles: Midnight Wanderers: Quest for the Chariot,^[b] a platformer; Chariot: Adventure through the Sky,^[c] a scrolling shooter; and Don't Pull,^[d] a puzzle video game. Xing Entertainment released the game on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn under license from Capcom.

Gameplay

Midnight Wanderers

A platform game that sees the player control a hobbit named Lou and his travelling companion, Siva, to run, climb, and shoot at enemies to fight a villain who is turning their people into wooden statues.

Chariot

A scrolling shooter game featuring the characters from Midnight Wanderers flying in their chariots to save their home planet and princess.

Don't Pull

A puzzle game similar to games like the Adventures of Lolo series, Pengo, and Capcom's own puzzle game Pirate Ship Higemaru. It involves the player controlling either a rabbit named Don (Player 1) or a squirrel called Pull (Player 2), pushing blocks to crush monsters.

Development and release

Three Wonders was released in the arcades on May 20, 1991. A version for the Capcom Power System Changer was planned and previewed but never released.^[2]

In 1998, it was ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn and published by Xing Entertainment. Three Wonders was also included in the 2006 Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Capcom Classics Collection Remixed on the PSP and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium.

Characters from Three Wonders would go on to appear in other Capcom games. Lou appears in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998) as an assist character. Siva was later adapted into the payable character Shiba Shintaro in Cannon Spike (2000).

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Three Wonders on their August 1, 1991 issue as being the fifth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[3] Retro Gamer regarded Three Wonders as a good alternative to Biomechanical Toy.^[4] GameFan reviewed the PlayStation version as inferior to the original arcade game due to bad quality converted graphics.^[5]

Notes

^ Japanese: ワンダー3, Hepburn: Wonder 3
^ ルースターズ～チャリオットを探して～, Roosters: Chariot wo Sagashite
^ チャリオット～天空への旅～, Chariot: Tenkuu he no Tabi
^ ドンプル, Donpuru

References

^ "Three Wonders". Hardcore Gaming 101.
^ "カプコンアーケードオリジナルボード CPSシリーズ+CPSチェンジャー限定販売決定!!". Club Capcom (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Capcom. Spring 1994. pp. 90–91.
^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 408. Amusement Press, Inc. August 1, 1991. p. 25.
^ "Converted Alternative - 3 Wonders". Retro Gamer. No. 74. Imagine Publishing. p. 20.
^ "R Review - Three Wonders". Retro Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 6. June 1998. p. 91.

External links

Three Wonders at MobyGames
Three Wonders at the Killer List of Videogames

[1] Japanese: ワンダー3, Hepburn: Wonder 3

[3] ルースターズ～チャリオットを探して～, Roosters: Chariot wo Sagashite

[4] チャリオット～天空への旅～, Chariot: Tenkuu he no Tabi

[5] ドンプル, Donpuru

[2] "Three Wonders". Hardcore Gaming 101.

[6] "カプコンアーケードオリジナルボード CPSシリーズ+CPSチェンジャー限定販売決定!!". Club Capcom (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Capcom. Spring 1994. pp. 90–91.

[7] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 408. Amusement Press, Inc. August 1, 1991. p. 25.

[8] "Converted Alternative - 3 Wonders". Retro Gamer. No. 74. Imagine Publishing. p. 20.

[9] "R Review - Three Wonders". Retro Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 6. June 1998. p. 91.

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