Magic Boy is a platform game developed by Blue Turtle and published for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS by Empire Interactive in 1993.

[1] A Super Nintendo Entertainment System version was published in 1996 in North America and Europe by JVC Musical Industries.

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.

Once stunned he can pick them up by walking into them, and then by pressing the "down button" they are sent back to the basement [5] which is represented in the information panel/icon by two rows of initially empty rooms that fill once you drop the enemies down.

[3] Laurie Yates stated in Electronic Games magazine that the background music is upbeat and of a Caribbean styling reminiscent of calypso.

Springs act as trampolines when jumped on and pistons automatically move up and down allowing the player to reach otherwise unreachable areas.