The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (video game)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

North American cover art
Developer(s) SETA
Publisher(s) SETA
Platform(s) Family Computer/NES
Release date(s)
  • JP February 6, 1989
  • NA August 1989
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Media/distribution 40 KB cartridge

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 by Seta and was based upon the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

Gameplay

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a platformer similar to Super Mario Brothers, wherein one plays as Tom Sawyer. The game is not to be confused with Square's Tom Sawyer.

Plot

Tom Sawyer is dreaming, and in this dream he must save Becky from Injun Joe, he must travel 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, God, and a dragon. He wakes up from the dream and finds himself in his Mississippi classroom. He finds a feather on his desk. The feather that belonged to Injun Joe. Was it a dream...?

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