Magic Boy

Magic Boy is a 2D platform game taking place over 4 worlds; Sand Land, Wet World, Plastic Place and Future World. Each of these worlds feature 8 levels, bringing the total standard levels to 32. The game also features another 32 bonus levels, bringing the total to 64. The first four levels of any world can be completed in any order, which unlocks levels 5 to 8 for that world. The levels themselves are vertically scrolling.

The player starts with 3 lives and 3 continues. Touching an enemy that is not stunned will result in a lost life, as does falling into water or onto spikes. However simply walking over spikes does not harm Hewlett.

Hewlett, a wizard's apprentice, has accidentally caused havoc which he must undo. Hewlett was working late one night and accidentally tripped over a hidden trapdoor and released his master's collection of crazy animals out of the basement. Hewlett's goal is to correct his mistakes by capturing and imprisoning the monsters/crazy animals and returning everything to normal.

The Super NES has a different plot on the back of the box, but it does not affect the game itself. Hewlett accidentally added mercury to a potion despite his master telling him to use parsley. The result is that his master is turned into an elephant and every creature in a 100-mile radius turned into a monster.

ST Format gave the Atari ST version a rating of 84%

PC Zone Magazine gave the MS-DOS version a 60/100, stating that it was "Not very 'magic' at all"