Legend Of Hero Tonma | |
Developer: | Irem |
Publisher: | Irem |
Released: | Arcade: 1989 TurboGrafx-16: February 1993NA |
Genre: | Platform |
Modes: | Single-player, multiplayer |
Platforms: | Arcade, TurboGrafx-16 |
Arcade System: | Irem M72 |
is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989. The player controls a caped hero named Tommy in his quest to rescue a princess. Tommy can cast fireballs (which can be upgraded in power) to dispatch enemies, and jump on their heads to temporarily stun them.
The game was ported to the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991 and localized to North America in 1993. The TurboGrafx-16 version was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on September 4, 2007,[1] in North America on September 24,[2] (delisted on March 30, 2012; returning in September 2013), and in PAL regions on September 28.[3] The game was then released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on March 18, 2015,[4] and in North America and Europe on October 12, 2017.[5] [3]
In Japan, Game Machine listed Legend of Hero Tonma on their June 1, 1989 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.[6]