Wonder Boy and Monster World series

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Wonder Boy (ワンダーボーイ Wandā Bōi) and the later Monster World (モンスターワール Monsutā Wārudo) sub-series is a series of video games published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment (formerly Escape).

Westone had a unique licensing arrangement with Sega whereby Sega retained the rights to the names "Wonder Boy" and "Monster World", but Westone retained the rights to everything else. Westone, in turn, had a licensing arrangement with Hudson Soft, who created new characters and titles and ported these games to non-Sega platforms. The most well known of these is Adventure Island, which was commercially successful and received new titles.

Games

Main series

Title	Release	Original system	Ports	Other names / Notes
Wonder Boy	1986	Arcade	Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, SG-1000, Master System, Game Gear, Wii (Virtual Console)	Super Wonder Boy (Japan, Sega Mark III) Revenge of Drancon (North America, Game Gear)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land	1987	Arcade	Master System, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Wii (Virtual Console), Nintendo Switch	Super Wonder Boy: Monster World (Japan, Sega Mark III) Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Activision)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair	1988	Arcade	Mega Drive, TurboGrafx-CD, Wii (Virtual Console)
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap	1989	Master System	Game Gear, TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine, Wii (Virtual Console)	Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (Europe, Game Gear) Monster World II: Dragon no Wana (Japan, Game Gear)
Wonder Boy in Monster World	1991	Sega Genesis / Mega Drive	Master System, Wii (Virtual Console), Microsoft Windows	Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (Japan)
Monster World IV	1994	Sega Genesis / Mega Drive	Wii (Virtual Console)
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom	2018	PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch	Microsoft Windows	Developed by Game Atelier and published by FDG Entertainment.

Remakes

Title	Release	Original system	Ports	Other names / Notes
Wonder Boy Returns	2016	Microsoft Windows	PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch	Remake of Wonder Boy. Wonder Boy Returns Remix on Nintendo Switch Developed and published by CFK.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap	2017	PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	Remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap. Developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu.
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World	2021	PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	Remake of Monster World IV.

Compilations

Title	Release	System	Games included
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection	2007 (Japan only)	PlayStation 2	Wonder Boy Wonder Boy in Monster Land Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Wonder Boy in Monster World Monster World IV
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World	2012	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Wonder Boy in Monster Land Wonder Boy in Monster World Monster World IV
Sega Genesis Classics	2018	PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair Wonder Boy in Monster World

Related games

• Adventure Island series
• Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
• Bikkuriman World
• Saiyūki World
• Mônica no Castelo do Dragão
• Turma da Mônica em O Resgate
• Turma da Mônica na Terra dos Monstros

External links

• Wonder Boy article in Wikipedia
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection site
• Hardcore Gaming 101: Wonder Boy