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Not to be confused with Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap.

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair cover
Developers
Westone Bit Entertainment
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows (emulator) January 26, 2011
macOS (OS X) (emulator) May 29, 2018[1]
Linux (emulator) May 29, 2018[1]
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Shooter
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Series Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on HowLongToBeat
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on IGDB
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair guide on StrategyWiki
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on MobyGames
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on Wikipedia
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair 2011
Wonder Boy in Monster World 2012
Wonder Boy Returns 2016
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap 2017
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom 2019
Wonder Boy Returns Remix 2019
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World 2021

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view and scrolling arcade and shooter game in the Wonder Boy series.

Key points

The emulated version available on Steam isn't the original 1988 arcade release developed by Westone, but a later Sega Mega Drive/Genesis conversion developed by a different team.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM; DRM-free versions are no longer sold.

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Mega Drive Classics\setup.dat
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Genesis Classics\setup.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Configuration settings are shared between all Sega Mega Drive Classics games.
Folder name varies by region.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Mega Drive Classics\0045\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Genesis Classics\0045\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Folder name varies by region.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Only with auto-pause.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM


References