History VideoGame / WonderBoy

** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for [=PlayStation 4=], Nintendo Switch, Platform/XboxOne, PC, Platform/{{Android}}, and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]]) [[index]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Wonder Boy|1}}'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]][[note]]rebranded as ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]][[note]]''Super Wonder Boy'' in Japan[[/note]], and UsefulNotes/GameGear[[note]]''Revenge of Drancon'' in the US[[/note]])
** ''Wonder Boy'' (UsefulNotes/Commodore64, UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC, and UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum)
** ''Wonder Boy Returns'' (now-delisted 2016 follow-up for PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4)
** ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix'' (2019 arcade remake for PC, [=PlayStation 4=], and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand'' (Arcade[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy: Monster Land''[[/note]]; [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]][[note]]rebranded as ''Bikkuriman World''[[/note]], Master System[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' in Japan, aka ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster Land''; rebranded as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica no Castelo do Dragão]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], Famicom[[note]]rebranded as ''Saiyūki World''[[/note]], UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, UsefulNotes/AtariST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and [[MobilePhoneGame i-mode and Vodafone live!]][[note]]rebranded as ''[[RecycledTitle Super]] VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]])
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair'' (Arcade; PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]][[note]]''Monster Lair'' on [=TurboGrafx-CD=][[/note]], and [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]])

** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for [=PlayStation 4=], Nintendo Switch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, PC, UsefulNotes/{{Android}}, and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]]) [[index]]

** The ''Monster World: Complete Collection'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Japan only) not only has all six main games, it also includes all of the cross-platforms ports (at least the ones that came out on Sega consoles) and some of the different regional releases.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' ([=PlayStation 4=], Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC)

[[/index]]

** ''Wonder Boy Returns'' (now-delisted 2016 follow-up for Main/{{PC}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4)

* CompilationRerelease: The ''Monster World: Complete Collection'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Japan only) not only has all six main games, it also includes all of the cross-platforms ports (at least the ones that came out on Sega consoles) and some of the different regional releases.

* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Quite literally with the Legendary equipment, canonically worn by each successive Wonder Boy ([[AndZoidberg and Asha]]) since ''Monster Land''.

* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: The sneaky infiltration variety occurs in ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' with the reveal that the dragon leading the evil monster invasion was actually a robot crafted by aliens in flying saucers. They try it again in ''Wonder Boy in Monster World'' by brainwashing the Darkworld prince and making him the head of a new monster army. Finally, the last surviving alien tries to take over using a HatePlague spread by cute fuzzy pets in ''Monster World IV''. It doesn't directly come into play in ''The Dragon's Trap'', in which Wonder Boy instead deals with the ramifications of having thwarted the first attempt.]]

* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler: Each new threat of evil monsters turns out to be yet another world conquest attempt by the technologically-advanced space aliens from the previous game. Averted in ''Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom'', where the main threat is otherworldly in nature and no aliens are present.]]

* OddlyNamedSequel: The lineage of the series is hard to keep track of thanks in part to the various name changes each installment has gone through between localizations, cross-platform ports and licensed remakes made by other companies.
* OutsideGenreFoe: Most of the games present the initial premise of a heroic youth fighting to save the land from an army of evil monsters in a Medieval fantasy setting. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the leader of the monsters was being controlled by extra-terrestrial aliens with robots and flying saucers]]
* RecurringRiff: Multiple tracks will get reused in some form in different games, but "Last Dungeon" is probably the most iconic, appearing in four of the five ''Monster World'' titles (''VideoGame/MonsterWorldIV'' is the lone exception[[spoiler:, although the theme for the final area does borrow a riff from it]]).

* RecurringRiff: Multiple tracks will get reused in some form in different games, but "Last Dungeon" is probably the most iconic, appearing in four of the five ''Monster World'' titles (''VideoGame/MonsterWorldIV'' is the lone exception).

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' (Master System[[note]]''Monster World II'' on Sega Mark III; rebranded as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica em O Resgate]]'' in Brazil[[/note]]; [=TurboGrafx-16=][[note]]as ''Dragon's Curse'', or ''[[RecycledTitle Adventure Island]]'' on PC Engine[[/note]], and Game Gear[[note]]''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' in Japan, or ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' in the west[[/note]])
** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for [=PlayStation 4=], Nintendo Switch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, PC, UsefulNotes/{{Android}}, and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]])

** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for [=PlayStation 4=], Nintendo Switch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/{{Android}}, [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], and PC)

* LimitedUseMagicalDevice: In Wonder Boy fantasy games, magic is single use though the boomerang magic doesn't disappear from your inventory if you manage to catch it.

* ToBeContinued: ''Monster Land'' ends with ominous foreshadowing, and ''Monster World'' explicitly ends on a "To be continued."

Consists of the following releases (refer to notes for [[MarketBasedTitle retitles]]/[[DolledUpInstallment rebrands]]):

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld'' (Mega Drive[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' in Japan[[/note]]; Master System[[note]]rebranded as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica na Terra dos Monstros]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], and [=TurboGrafx-CD=][[note]]rebranded as ''The Dynastic Hero'', or ''Chou Eiyuu Densetsu Dynastic Hero'' on PC Engine Super CD-ROM[[superscript:2]][[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand'' (Arcade[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy: Monster Land''[[/note]]; [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]][[note]]rebranded as ''Bikkuriman World''[[/note]], Master System[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' in Japan, aka ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster Land''; rebranded as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica no Castelo do Dragão]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], Famicom[[note]]rebranded as ''Saiyūki World''[[/note]], UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, UsefulNotes/AtariST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and [[MobilePhoneGame mobile]][[note]]rebranded as ''[[RecycledTitle Super]] VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]])

Consists of the following releases:

* ''VideoGame/{{Wonder Boy|1}}'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]][[note]]''Super Wonder Boy'' in Japan[[/note]], and UsefulNotes/GameGear[[note]]''Revenge of Drancon'' in the US[[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand'' (Arcade[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy: Monster Land''[[/note]]; [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''Bikkuriman World''[[/note]], Master System[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' in Japan, aka ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster Land''; [[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica no Castelo do Dragão]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], Famicom[[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''Saiyūki World''[[/note]], UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, UsefulNotes/AtariST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and [[MobilePhoneGame mobile]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[RecycledTitle Super]] VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' (Master System[[note]]''Monster World II'' on Sega Mark III; [[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica em O Resgate]]'' in Brazil[[/note]]; [=TurboGrafx-16=][[note]]as ''Dragon's Curse'', or ''[[RecycledTitle Adventure Island]]'' on PC Engine[[/note]], and Game Gear[[note]]''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' in Japan, or ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' in the west[[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld'' (Mega Drive[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' in Japan[[/note]]; Master System[[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica na Terra dos Monstros]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], and [=TurboGrafx-CD=][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''The Dynastic Hero'', or ''Chou Eiyuu Densetsu Dynastic Hero'' on PC Engine Super CD-ROM[[superscript:2]][[/note]])

* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Quite literally with the Legendary equipment, canonically worn by each successive Wonder Boy ([[AndZoidberg and Asha]]) since Monster Land.

* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler: Each new threat of evil monsters turns out to be yet another world conquest attempt by the technologically-advanced space aliens from the previous game. Averted in ''Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom'', where the main threat is otherworldly in nature and no aliens are present.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoy1 Wonder Boy]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]][[note]]''Super Wonder Boy'' in Japan[[/note]], and UsefulNotes/GameGear[[note]]''Revenge of Drancon'' in the US[[/note]])

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoy1 Wonder Boy]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy'' in Japan[[/note]], and UsefulNotes/GameGear[[note]]''Revenge of Drancon'' in the US[[/note]])

** ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix'' (2019 arcade remake for PC, [=PlayStation=] 4, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)

** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for [=PlayStation=] 4, Nintendo Switch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/{{Android}}, [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], and PC)

** ''Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World'' (2021 remake for [=PlayStation=] 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC)
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' ([=PlayStation=] 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC)

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoy1 Wonder Boy]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland''[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy'' in Japan[[/note]], UsefulNotes/GameGear[[note]]''Revenge of Drancon'' in the US[[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand'' (Arcade[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy: Monster Land''[[/note]]; [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''Bikkuriman World''[[/note]], Master System[[note]]''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' in Japan, aka ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster Land''; [[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica no Castelo do Dragão]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], Famicom[[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''Saiyūki World''[[/note]], UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, UsefulNotes/AtariST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair'' (Arcade; PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]][[note]]''Monster Lair'' on [=TurboGrafx-CD=][[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]])
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' (Master System[[note]]''Monster World II'' on Sega Mark III; [[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica em O Resgate]]'' in Brazil[[/note]]; [=TurboGrafx-16=][[note]]as ''Dragon's Curse'', or ''[[RecycledTitle Adventure Island]]'' on PC Engine[[/note]], Game Gear[[note]]''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' in Japan, or ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' in the west[[/note]])

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld'' (Mega Drive[[note]]originally ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' in Japan[[/note]]; Master System[[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Turma da Mônica na Terra dos Monstros]]'' in Brazil[[/note]], [=TurboGrafx-CD=][[note]][[DolledUpInstallment Dolled-Up]] as ''The Dynastic Hero'', or ''Chou Eiyuu Densetsu Dynastic Hero'' on PC Engine Super CD-ROM[[superscript:2]][[/note]])

[[DolledUpInstallment And that's not counting the Brazilian rebrand as]] ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''. [[Music/TenaciousD Young Nastyman does not feature in this series,]] nor is the title in any way related to the couple of [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterparts]] to ComicBook/WonderGirl titled Wonder Boy that have appeared infrequently in ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' comics.

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoy1 Wonder Boy]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]]; [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, UsefulNotes/GameGear)
** ''Super Wonder Boy'' (Sega Mark III)

** ''Revenge of Drancon'' (US Game Gear)

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' (Arcade)
** ''Bikkuriman World'' on [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]]
** ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' (Sega Mark III; alternatively ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster Land'' on western Master System)
** ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' (western Master System, UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, UsefulNotes/AtariST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair'' (Arcade; PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]])
** ''Monster Lair'' ([=TurboGrafx-CD=])
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' (Master System; alternately ''Monster World II'' on Sega Mark II)
** ''Dragon's Curse'' ([=TurboGrafx-16=])
** ''Adventure Island'' (PC Engine)
** ''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' (Japanese Game Gear)
** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (western Game Gear)

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy V: Monster World III]]'' (Mega Drive)
** ''Wonder Boy in Monster World'' (western Sega Genesis and Master System)
** ''The Dynastic Hero'' ([=TurboGrafx-CD=])

** ''Monster Lair'' on [=TurboGrafx-CD=]

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoy1 Wonder Boy]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade]], [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems SG-1000]], UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, UsefulNotes/GameGear)
** ''Super Wonder Boy'' on the Sega Mark III
** ''Revenge of Drancon'' on the US Game Gear
** ''Wonder Boy Returns'' (Now-delisted 2016 follow up for PC & UsefulNotes/PlayStation4)
** ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix'' (2019 arcade remake for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC, & UsefulNotes/PlayStation4)
* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand Wonder Boy: Monster Land]]'' (Arcade, Master System)
** ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' on the Master System, Amiga, and Atari ST
** ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' on the Sega Mark III

* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]'' (Arcade, [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]])
** ''Monster Lair'' on [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 TurboGrafx-CD]]
* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap]]'' (Master System, Game Gear)
** ''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana'' on the Japanese Game Gear
** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' on the western Game Gear
** ''Dragon's Curse'' on UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16
** ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' (2017 remake for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]])
* ''[[VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterWorld Wonder Boy in Monster World]]'' (Mega Drive, Master System)
** ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' in Japan
** ''Dynastic Hero'' on [=TurboGrafx-CD=]
* ''VideoGame/MonsterWorldIV'' (Mega Drive, Japan only until May 2012)
** ''Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World'' (2021 remake for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]])
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' ([=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC)

[[Music/TenaciousD Young Nastyman does not feature in this series,]] nor is the title in any way related to the couple of [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterparts]] to ComicBook/WonderGirl titled Wonder Boy that have appeared infrequently in ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' comics.

* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: The sneaky infiltration variety occurs in ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' with the reveal that the dragon leading the evil monster invasion was actually a robot crafted by aliens in flying saucers. They try it again in ''Wonderboy in Monster World'' by brainwashing the Darkworld prince and making him the head of a new monster army. Finally, the last surviving alien tries to take over using a HatePlague spread by cute fuzzy pets in ''Monster World IV''. It doesn't directly come into play in ''The Dragon's Trap'', in which Wonder Boy instead deals with the ramifications of having thwarted the first attempt.]]
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Quite literally with the Legendary equipment, canonically worn by each successive Wonderboy ([[AndZoidberg and Asha]]) since Monster Land.

* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' to ''Wonder Boy in Monster World'' all have this setting, while ''Monster World IV'' moves to an Arabian Fantasy setting.

** ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix'' (2019 arcade remake for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC, & UsefulNotes/PlayStation4

[[Music/TenaciousD Young Nastyman does not feature in this series.]]

** A now-delisted follow up ''Wonder Boy Returns'' on PC & PS4
** An arcade remake ''Wonder Boy Returns Remix'' on PC, Nintendo Switch, & PS4

** ''Bikkuriman World'' on the PC Engine