Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

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Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

System(s): Sega System 16, Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Westone

Sound driver:

SMPS Z80

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	1988-11^[1]	¥?	?
US	1988	$?	?

JP	1990-12-22	¥6,0006,000	G-4025
EU	1991-04
AU	199x
KR	199x		GM4044JG
JP ▼	2009-01-06^[4]	600pts600^[5]
US ▼	2009-04-20^[6]	900pts900^[6]
EU ▼	2009-03-06^[7]^[8]	800pts800^[7]

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PEGI

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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 not to be confused with Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, which is actually the fourth game in the series.

It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive, and was brought to the TurboGrafx-CD as well, with the North American release being called just Monster Lair and lacking all Wonder Boy branding. The Mega Drive version was not released in North America.

Gameplay

Monster Lair is unlike other games in the Wonder Boy series, though it at least resembles the original more than it does the various Monster World games. Though it still contains platforming segments, Wonder Boy's sword fires projectiles, and the screen auto-scrolls to the right.

Rounds

	The Southern Isles

	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 on the TurboGrafx-CD version lacks parallax scrolling and the Mega Drive version has entirely re-drawn graphics to better suit the hardware.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Cover artist: Osamu Muto

Source:

Uncredited

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

System 16, JP

System 16, World

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[21]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

75

^[22]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[23]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

64

^[13]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

79

^[24]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

67

^[25]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[26]

Génération 4 (FR)

75

^[15]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

20

^[27]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

78

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

27

^[28]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[29]

Mega (UK)

PAL

37

^[30]

MegaTech (UK)

47

^[17]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

90

^[31]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

47

^[32]

Player One (FR)

85

^[18]

Power Play (DE)

69

^[33]

Raze (UK)

NTSC-J

81

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

41

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

76

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[37]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

40

^[38]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

68

^[39]

User (GR)

PAL

71

^[40]

Zero (UK)

86

^[41]

	61
Based on 28 reviews

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Benelux Union
Cover

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on Steam

References

↑ https://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/monsterlair.html
↑ File:Raze UK 11.pdf, page 76
↑ Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), 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)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/gm69Zp71U1JJHcy0E9aMizMZd7-zYuOJ (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-21 03:04)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/wonder_boy_iii_monster_lair (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-09 06:06)
↑ https://archive.is/N1A3D
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 https://steamdb.info/app/71168/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-24 23:24)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 http://steamdb.info/app/71168/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:01)
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf, page 28
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:CVG UK 112.pdf, page 72
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 File:Joystick FR 014.pdf, page 111 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 014.pdf_p111" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 81 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p81" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 File:PlayerOne FR 010.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 010.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 File:Raze UK 09.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 09.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 114
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 28
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-16), page 88
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Junio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 55
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 136
↑ Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 24
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
↑ 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
↑ User, "Aprílios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 87
↑ Zero, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 66

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Games in the Wonder Boy series
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
	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)
	Wonder Boy V Monster World III Koushiki Guide Book (1991)

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[:File:SegaPower_UK_20.pdf_p25-3] Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 25

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[21] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p114-22] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 114

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf_p28-23] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 28

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p136-24] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 136

[:File:CVG_UK_112.pdf_p88-25] Computer & Video Games, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-16), page 88

[26] Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1

[27] Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p95-28] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-29] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p21-30] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21

[:File:Micromania2_ES_037.pdf_p55-31] Micromanía (segunda época), "Junio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 55

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p143-32] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-04.pdf_p136-33] Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 136

[:File:SegaPower_UK_20.pdf_p24-34] Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 24

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-35] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-36] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[38] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 171

[39] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 225

[:File:User_GR_23.pdf_p87-40] User, "Aprílios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 87

[:File:Zero_UK_20.pdf_p66-41] Zero, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 66

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Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

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Contents

Gameplay

Rounds

History

Legacy

Versions

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

System 16 version

Mega Drive version

External links

References