The Wing of Madoola

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The Wing of Madoola
Developer Sunsoft
Publisher Sunsoft
Media Kite (Classic Games and re-release)
D4 Enterprise (ProjectEGG)
Platforms Family Computer, Nintendo 3DS, PS1, Switch, Windows
Released Family Computer
Japan: December 18, 1986
Windows
Japan (Sunsoft Classic Games 1): June 29, 2001
Japan (Project EGG): March 30, 2010
Japan (Masterpiece Selection 1): July 2, 2004
Worldwide (Retro Game Selection: April 18, 2024
PlayStation (Memorial☆Series Vol. 3)
Japan: December 27, 2001
PS3, PSP (PSOne Classics)
Japan: September 27, 2007
Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Japan: January 30, 2013
Switch (Retro Game Selection)
Japan: April 18, 2024
Added to
Museum
Windows (Retro Game Selection): April 17, 2024
Unofficial fan translation: May 12, 2024

The Wing of Madoola (マドゥーラの翼) is an action platform video game developed and published by Sunsoft.

Versions

The Wing of Madoola was originally released for Family Computer in Japan on December 18, 1986.

It was later bundled with Super Arabian and The Mystery of Atlantis for Windows in Ultra 2000 Sunsoft Classic Games Vol. 1 on June 29, 2001 and in its budget re-release Enjoyable Sunsoft Masterpiece Selection Vol. 1 on July 2, 2004.

A bundle with Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō was released in Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 3 for PlayStation in Japan on December 27, 2001.

The PlayStation compilation including the game was released on PSOne Classics for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in Japan on September 27, 2007.

The Family Computer version of Ripple Island was released on Windows in Japan for Project EGG on March 30, 2010 and on Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on January 30, 2013.

It was released worldwide for the first time on Windows in Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection on April 17, 2024. The compilation, which also included Ripple Island and Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, had an option in the front-end for English text but the games remained in Japanese. The compilation was also released on Nintendo Switch in Japan on April 18, 2024.

Fan translation

On June 5, 2017, a group named Psyklax Translations released an English fan translation for The Wing of Madoola.