Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is a direct sequel to Wonder Boy in Monster Land. When Tom-Tom defeats the MEKA dragon, the wounded beast casts a spell on him, turning him into a Lizard-Man. To regain your original human form, you have to find the Salamander Cross, hidden by the Vampire Dragon in Monster Land.

In this side-scrolling platform game, you can still buy equipment and items, but unlike its predecessor, it is not divided in sequences of levels. You are allowed to go anywhere, as long as you have the right shape or equipment. During his quest, Tom-Tom has to defeat various dragon bosses. Each win will give you a new shape with new abilities such as flying, swimming, walking on ceilings or clinging to walls, which also give you to access new parts of the world. The possible shapes are Lizard-Man, Mouse-Man, Piranha-Man, Lion-Man and Hawk-Man and the main abilities are defined by attacking power, defense points and charm points (needed for equipment by collecting charm stones). Also, certain blocks can only be destroyed by specific weapons or are only accessible to certain shapes.

The basic actions consist of attacking and jumping, and in the status screen you can equip swords, shields and armour. Special attacks include fire balls, tornadoes, arrows, boomerangs and thunder strikes. Along the way, you collect keys (only one at all times) and gold left behind by defeated creatures, and you often have to revisit places to access new areas. A password is given at the beginning of each town to continue from there.

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Alternate Titles

"Monster World II: Dragon No Wana" -- Japanese Title
"モンスターワールドII ドラゴンの罠" -- Japanese Spelling
"Dragon's Curse" -- TG-16/Wii Title

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Wonder Boy series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
	Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap	Sega Master System	$5.85
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User Reviews

The Wonder Boy series just keeps getting better and better	Black Wolf (36083)	unrated
Only platform rpg I know, one of the best games I played	Staffan Bengtsson (4)	unrated

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The Press Says

Pixel-Heroes.de	Mar, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Mean Machines	Oct, 1990	95 out of 100	95
Retrogaming.it	Apr 28, 2008	9 out of 10	90
All Game Guide	2007		90
Joystick	Jan, 1990	88 out of 100	88
Video Games	Jan, 1991	83 out of 100	83
The Games Machine (UK)	Jan, 1990	71 out of 100	71

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Trivia

The 1993 Brazilian version Turma da Mônica em: O Resgate by Tec Toy features a different protagonist. Tom-Tom has been replaced with Mônica, a girl with a powerful strength and her blue rabbit sidekick toy Sansão (Samson in the English version), which her arch-enemy Cebolinha (Jimmy Five) is always plotting to steal and make knots on its ears. This was based on the comic Turma da Mônica (Portuguese for "Monica's Gang"), created by Maurício de Sousa. This licensed version has no animals forms, but the opponents are still the same.

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This entry was contributed by J. Michael Bottorff (1938), Bock (158), Sciere