Super Boy Allan

Super Boy Allan
Super Boy Allan
Developer(s)	Asmik Corporation
Publisher(s)	Sunsoft
Composer(s)	Naoki Kodaka
Series	Chinou (Intelligence Game)
Platform(s)	Family Computer Disk System
Release	JP: 27 March 1987;
Genre(s)	Educational video game
Mode(s)	Single player

Short description: 1987 video game

Super Boy Allan (スーパーボーイ・アラン, Sūpā Bōi Aran) is an educational video game developed by Asmik Corporation for the Family Computer Disk System, and published by Sunsoft in 1987.^[1]

Super Boy Allan is the second installment in Sunsoft and Asmik's Intelligence Game trilogy. It is preceded by Adian no Tsue (1986), and followed by Chitei Tairiku Orudora (1987).^[2]

In the game, Allan Colada journeys from his home in the foothills into the mountains to retrieve a remedy for his sister Leela's fever.

Gameplay

To progress through most game screens, the player must push, kick, or pull logs to clear a path to the exit, as well as to solve arithmetic equations and inequality statements involving fractions.^[3]

The mechanics of the log-pushing puzzles are comparable to those in the Eggerland video game franchise, which in turn derive from Sokoban (1982). However, by using a rope (which are in limited supply), Allan can also pull a log away. Kicking a log toward an enemy defeats the enemy.

The design of the game world is patterned on Nintendo's action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda (1986).^{[citation needed]}