The last game from 1991 on the disc is actually three games in one. The cabinet itself is called Three Wonders. The board contains three full games from three different genres. The first one is called Midnight Wanderers and it's a sidescrolling action game that plays loosely like Ghouls 'n' Ghosts. You run and jump and fire while battling enemies. You can jump up and grab on to ledges above you. You can also jump down below you. The stages have a midboss and the end boss for the stage. The graphics are very good with an exceedingly bright and colorful cartoonish art direction. The story concerns two elves trying to make their way to a tower where they can recover a magical artifact called the Chariot that will help them save the world.
The second game in the board is surprisingly enough called Chariot. It's a horizontal scrolling shooter. It takes place immediately after Midnight Wanderers and stars the same character. You're using the Chariot which turns out to be a pair of wings that enable you to fly. You'll be facing off against a lot of the same enemies from the other game. You'll even fight some of the same bosses over again in new forms. Chariot has the same level of graphics as Midnight Wanderers. The same cartoonish art direction. Chariot comes off as the standard shooter. It's a little more interesting with its Midnight Wanderers connection.
The final game on the board is called Don't Push and it's a puzzle game. Don't Push isn't related to the other two games on the board in any way. Which is a tad disappointing truth be told. The game has you controlling a cute cartoon rabbit around a board littered with blocks. You're able to push these blocks around. The object is to squish the enemies with the blocks. You'll move on to the next stage when all enemies have been eliminated. Each level has a different block pattern and number of enemies. There are fruits to collect that count toward an extra life. The gameplay can get frantic while remaining quite fun.
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