Legend of Hero Tonma
| Legend Of Hero Tonma | |
|---|---|
Japanese arcade flyer of Legend of Hero Tonma. | |
| Developer(s) | Irem |
| Publisher(s) | Irem |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, TurboGrafx-16 |
| Release | Arcade: 1989 TurboGrafx-16: February 1993NA |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Irem M72 |
Legend of Hero Tonma (レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ) 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, in North America on September 24, (delisted on March 30, 2012; returning in September 2013), and in PAL regions on September 28. The game was then released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on March 18, 2015, and in North America and Europe on October 12, 2017.