Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Description
Tom Sawyer's famous literary exploits come to life in this adventure where you play Tom Sawyer (or Huck Finn in a 2 player game). The adventure begins in Tom's dream while he sleeps in school.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a platformer game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. The storyline does does directly portray the book written by Mark Twain. However, the characters in the game are characters in the book.
Control in this typical platform game consists of jumping and throwing rocks. Avoid many obstacles such as rolling barrels; defeat persistent enemies such as pirates, mice, and even a giant octopus. Help Tom navigate down the Mississippi River, through forests, haunted houses, and the sky above.
Storyline
Tom Sawyer is dreaming, and in this dream he must save Becky from Injun Joe, travelling through six stages to get to her. He encounters various creatures, including a giant octopus, a giant alligator in the Mississippi River, ghosts and ghouls in a haunted house, and a dragon. He wakes up from the dream and finds himself in his Missouri classroom, where he finds one feather on his desk that had belonged to Injun Joe. It is never made clear whether or not the events of the game were real.
Game Info
- ☻Winkysoft
- ☼SETA Corporation
- ◷06/02/1989
- ⁋Shooter, Platform