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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
Story
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 Wonder Boy game more than it does the Monster World games, and the screen automatically 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, who shoots from his sword, and player two plays as a pink-haired girl named Princess Purapril (Priscilla in the Western localizations), who shoots from her staff.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Surrounds the character in spirals that damage enemies 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
Although the game was more closer to the original Wonder Boy than the Monster World series, Monster Lair would be loosely referenced in later games in the series. Wonder Boy in Monster World features some enemies and bosses from Monster Lair making reappearances as regular enemies, and the music for Round 14 would be used for the final area. Both that game and Monster World IV also feature princesses who bear the Purapril name.
The System 16 and Mega Drive versions of Monster Lair saw various re-releases via compilations such as Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection, Sega Mega Drive Classics and Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection, with the Mega Drive version receiving more ports. The Mega Drive and CD-ROM² versions of the game were also 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
Steam manual
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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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
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- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 75
- ↑ Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 76
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- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/09.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-01-28 13:27)
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/gm69Zp71U1JJHcy0E9aMizMZd7-zYuOJ (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-21 03:04)
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Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception | Promotional material | Region coding | Technical information | Bootlegs | |
| Games in the Wonder Boy series | |
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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) | |
| Wonder Boy related media | |
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Monster World Complete Collection Original Sound Track (2007) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Original Soundtrack Sampler (2018) | Wonder Boy Collection - Best Of Soundtrack (2023) |
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Wonder Boy V Monster World III Koushiki Guide Book (1991) |
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