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Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (ワンダーボーイIII モンスターレア) is a Sega System 16 game in the Wonder Boy series. It is the third and final Wonder Boy arcade game.
It was later ported to the Mega Drive. It was also ported to the PC Engine CD-ROM², with the Japanese release retaining the Wonder Boy name in the title, although Sega was not involved with it.
It is not to be confused with Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, which is the third Wonder Boy game released on the Sega Master System, but actually the fourth game in the overall series.
Contents
Gameplay
The game combines elements of a platformer and a shooter. It is unlike other games in the Wonder Boy series, though it resembles the original more than it does the Monster World games. Wonder Boy's sword fires projectiles, and the screen auto-scrolls to the right. The game can be played with a single player or with two players simultaneously. Player one plays as a green-haired boy named Leo and player plays as a pink-haired girl named Princess Purapril (Priscilla in the Western localizations).
Characters are moved with and , jump with or , and shoot with . While in the air, characters can slow their descent with or fall faster with . The character's life bar steadily diminishes as time passes. Health is replenished by collecting food items or weapon icons. Some fruits, when shot, expand and burst into multiple items. Weapon icons change the character's weapon temporarily.
The second part of each round has the characters ride dragons and plays more like a conventional shoot-'em-up. In these segments, the character's health does not decrease over time, so food items are not present. Characters cannot jump or turn around in these segments.
Players are given extra lives at 5,000, 10,000, and 18,000 points.
Weapons
Spiral Shot | |
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Surrounds the character in spirals that damage enemies that they touch. | |
Missile | |
Fires missiles that explode in short range. | |
Wide Ring Blaster | |
Shoots rings that spread out into a large area. | |
Fireball | |
Shoots fireballs laterally in front of and behind the character. | |
Beam | |
Fires beams that penetrate through multiple targets. | |
Big Fire Shot | |
Emanates large fireballs in a spiral out from the character. |
Fairies
Fairies appear floating in bubbles and can be broken out by shooting the bubble.
Pink Fairy | |
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Turns food into pieces of cake for a duration, which fully replenish the life bar. | |
Green Fairy | |
Makes the character invincible for a duration. | |
Trix | |
Turns food into flowers for a duration, which award bonus points. |
Rounds
System 16 version
Round 1 | |
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Round 2 | |
Round 3 | |
Round 4 | |
Round 5 | |
Round 6 | |
Round 7 | |
Round 8 | |
Round 9 | |
Round 10 | |
Round 11 | |
Round 12 | |
Round 13 | |
Round 14 | |
Mega Drive version
The Southern Isles | |
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The Jungle | |
Cavern | |
Deserted Village | |
Ice World | |
The Desert | |
A Town in the Valley | |
The Northern Isles | |
The Enemy Hideout | |
History
Legacy
The Mega Drive version of the game has been brought to the Wii's Virtual Console service.
Versions
Monster Lair was ported to home platforms relatively unscathed, although the Mega Drive version has entirely re-drawn graphics to better suit the hardware.
Production credits
- Main article: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair/Production credits.
Mega Drive version
- Assistant: Takanori Kurihara
- Composer & Sound Effects: Shinichi Sakamoto[16]
- Cover artist: Osamu Muto (Sun Creation Corporation)
Digital manuals
Magazine articles
- Main article: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair/Promotional material.
Artwork
Physical scans
System 16 version
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Mega Drive version
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Technical information
- Main article: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair/Technical information.
External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
- Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on Steam
References
- ↑ File:WB3ML MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 75
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 76
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 25
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/09.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-01-28 13:27)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_lair (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-03 13:09)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/gm69Zp71U1JJHcy0E9aMizMZd7-zYuOJ (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-21 03:04)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/wonder_boy_iii_monster_lair (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-09 06:06)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Wonder-Boy-III-Monster-Lair--280163.html (archive.today)
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19789&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-03-28 00:18)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 https://steamdb.info/app/71168/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-22 23:26)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 http://steamdb.info/app/71168/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:01)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 https://steamdb.info/app/71168/history/?changeid=5755188
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 http://steamdb.info/app/71168/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-22 23:26)
- ↑ http://sega.jp/segavoice/vol64/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-02-28 09:39)
- ↑ Sega TV Game Genga Gallery, Graphic Sha, page 101
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 114
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 88
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 1
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 96
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 42
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 111
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 99
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 21
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 55
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 38
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 136
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 60
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 24
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 31
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 171
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 225
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 66
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Wonder Boy (1986) | Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987) | Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988) | Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989) | Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991) | Monster World IV (1994) | Monster World Complete Collection (2007) | Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2012) | Arcade Archives Wonder Boy (2014) | Wonder Boy Returns (2016) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017) | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2018) | Wonder Boy Returns Remix (2019) | Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World (2021) | Wonder Boy Collection (2022) | Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (2022) | |
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