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{{Infobox video game
|title = The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
|image = GilligansIslandNESBoxArt.jpg
|caption = Cover art
|developer = [[Human Entertainment|Human Entertainment, Inc.]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|publisher = [[Bandai|Bandai America, Inc.]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|designer = Hiroyuki Itoh Sun Shi Fai Koo Wai San
|composer = Masaki Hashimoto Takahiro Wakuta<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|July 1990<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587305.html| title = Release information | publisher = [[GameFAQs]]| date = | accessdate = 2008-10-17}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/> [[Strategy video game|Strategy]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
}}

'''''The Adventures of Gilligan's Island''''' (also known as '''''Gilligan's Island: The Video Game''''') is a [[single-player video game|single-player]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] [[video game]] by [[Bandai]] that is based on the 1960s [[situation comedy|sitcom]] of the [[Gilligan's Island|same name]].<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/adventures-of-gilligans-island| title = Additional release information | publisher = [[MobyGames]]| date = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Gilligan's Island NES game screenshot.png|200px|left|thumb|Gilligan and Skipper traverse one of the game's levels.]]

The player controls the Skipper and is followed around by Gilligan, who is controlled by the computer.<ref name="mobygames"/>

The game's four levels are dotted with threats from creatures in addition to [[Headhunting|headhunter]]s and the surrounding terrain. The player has to wander around the island, collecting various objects, speaking with the other castaways (the millionaire, his wife, the Professor, and Mary Ann) and solving various puzzles.<ref name="mobygames"/> Players most also frequently rescue Gilligan, who frequently gets lost or stuck in things, the player has to pull him back with a rope or rescue him if he falls down one of many holes. The game has a [[Password (video games)|password]] feature for all four levels.

Enemies deplete the [[Health (gaming)|player's life bar]] and there is also a time limit for each level.<ref name="mobygames"/> The Skipper can attack most of the game's enemies with a [[Punch (combat)|punch]] or a club. There are four bosses in the game (a gorilla, a large cannibal who is the leader of the headhunters, a large bear, and a [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]]).<ref name="wired">{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/09/gilligans-island-nes/| title = 8-Bit Gilligan’s Island a Three-Hour Torture | publisher = Wired| last=Kohler | first=Chris |date = 2009-09-11| accessdate = 2010-07-12}}</ref>

{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/manuals/gilligan.txt ''The Adventures of Gilligan's Island'' instruction booklet].
*[http://cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007025.html ''Gilligan's Island''] at [[IGN]]

{{Gilligan's Island cast}}

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[[Category:Bandai games]]
[[Category:Gilligan's Island]]
[[Category:Human Entertainment games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Side-scrolling video games]]
[[Category:Video games based on television series]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games set in the 1960s]]
[[Category:Video games based on WarnerMedia properties]]

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{{Infobox video game
|title = The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
|image = [[File:GilligansIslandNESBoxArt.jpg|frameless|The Adventures of Gilligan's Island]]
|caption = Cover art
|developer = [[Human Entertainment|Human Entertainment, Inc.]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|publisher = [[Bandai|Bandai America, Inc.]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|designer = Hiroyuki Itoh Sun Shi Fai Koo Wai San
|composer = Masaki Hashimoto Takahiro Wakuta<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|July 1990<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587305.html| title = Release information | publisher = [[GameFAQs]]| date = | accessdate = 2008-10-17}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/> [[Strategy video game|Strategy]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
}}

'''''The Adventures of Gilligan's Island''''' (also known as '''''Gilligan's Island: The Video Game''''') is a [[single-player video game|single-player]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] [[video game]] by [[Bandai]] that is based on the 1960s [[situation comedy|sitcom]] of the [[Gilligan's Island|same name]].<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/adventures-of-gilligans-island| title = Additional release information | publisher = [[MobyGames]]| date = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Gilligan's Island NES game screenshot.png|200px|left|thumb|Gilligan and Skipper traverse one of the game's levels.]]

The player controls the Skipper and is followed around by Gilligan, who is controlled by the computer.<ref name="mobygames"/>

The game's four levels are dotted with threats from creatures in addition to [[Headhunting|headhunter]]s and the surrounding terrain. Player have to wander around the island, collecting various objects, speaking with the other castaways (the millionaire, his wife, the Professor, and Mary Ann) and solving various puzzles.<ref name="mobygames"/> Players most also frequently rescue Gilligan, who frequently gets lost or stuck in things, the player has to pull him back with a rope or rescue him if he falls down one of many holes. The game has a [[Password (video games)|password]] feature for all four levels.

Enemies deplete the [[Health (gaming)|player's life bar]] and there is also a time limit for each level.<ref name="mobygames"/> The Skipper can attack most of the game's enemies with a [[Punch (combat)|punch]] or a club. There are four bosses in the game (a gorilla, a large cannibal who is the leader of the headhunters, a large bear, and a [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]]).<ref name="wired">{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/09/gilligans-island-nes/| title = 8-Bit Gilligan’s Island a Three-Hour Torture | publisher = Wired| last=Kohler | first=Chris |date = 2009-09-11| accessdate = 2010-07-12}}</ref>

{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/manuals/gilligan.txt ''The Adventures of Gilligan's Island'' instruction booklet].
*[http://cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007025.html ''Gilligan's Island''] at [[IGN]]

{{Gilligan's Island cast}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures of Gilligan's Island, The}}
[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:Bandai games]]
[[Category:Gilligan's Island]]
[[Category:Human Entertainment games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Side-scrolling video games]]
[[Category:Video games based on television series]]
[[Category:Video games set in the 1960s]]

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