Wonderboy III - Monster Lair (AGA)

[Amigajay]

Excellent! My favourite Master System game!

Obviously the sprite would need to changed to the original!

[Aladin]

@Amigajay

there are two Wonderboy 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series) (link corrected)

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988 Arcade, 1989 PcEngine, 1990 Megadrive)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/13199/monster-lair/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder...:_Monster_Lair

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989 MasterSystem, 1991 PcEngine)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8265/...-dragons-trap/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder...ragon%27s_Trap

[Don_Adan]

BTW. EAB wrong handling links when last char is ")", like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series)

")" must be manually added

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series))

now it works good, but looks bad, because double "))" is showed.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Don_Adan

BTW. EAB wrong handling links when last char is ")", like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series)

")" must be manually added

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series))

now it works good, but looks bad, because double "))" is showed.

Just manually edit it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series)

[Amigajay]

Originally Posted by Aladin

@Amigajay

there are two Wonderboy 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(series) (link corrected)

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988 Arcade, 1989 PcEngine, 1990 Megadrive)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/13199/monster-lair/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder...:_Monster_Lair

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989 MasterSystem, 1991 PcEngine)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8265/...-dragons-trap/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder...ragon%27s_Trap

I know, the former wasn’t on the Master System, the video was of a Dragons Trap port, what are you pointing out!?

[saimon69]

Originally Posted by Amigajay

Excellent! My favourite Master System game!

Obviously the sprite would need to changed to the original!

That is the PC engine version, though - Dragon's trap would be interesting but since is almost a metroidvania might take a considerable amout of time, especially with Scorpion Engine

[acidbottle]

Originally Posted by saimon69

That is the PC engine version, though - Dragon's trap would be interesting but since is almost a metroidvania might take a considerable amout of time, especially with Scorpion Engine

Is correct! To be honest it was a little tease, was testing out viability a while before starting on WBIII Monster Lair. Never say never but not anytime soon, that is for sure

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Seiya

after Wonderboy, is it not better to have Wonderboy in Monsterland AGA?

Wonderboy in monsterland will be my next trip, if Acidbottle want me to teams with me for the graphics on this game.

I have already started the graphic extraction (sprites + backgrounds).

[logo]

Are you still working on Wonderboy 3 acidbottle ? Your video looks so promising...

[saimon69]

I poke him once in a while in discord, and work is done sporadially between that and Breakthru

[logo]

Thank you saimon69 !

[acidbottle]

Hello, appreciate your interest in this project logo!

It is still in active development, though there is no estimated release date as yet. Although still rough around some of the edges, can say for sure a demo will arrive in Q1 or Q2 of 2024 to whet the appetites.

Meanwhile, Breakthru is imminent, though where's my beta tester gone to?!

[msmalik681]

We want a ocs version lol just joking.

[logo]

@acidbottle

I'm glad you're still working on W3. Very good news about Breakthru...

Congratulations for your great work on all these game !

[Rob68K]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Wonderboy in monsterland will be my next trip, if Acidbottle want me to teams with me for the graphics on this game.

I have already started the graphic extraction (sprites + backgrounds).

How's this going?

[saimon69]

From my side i did all the musics already one year ago: samples taken from Hoot music player and sizes adapted: since the arcade has like 16 channels reducing to 4 has been tough but i think i did a decent job - and took some freedoms here and there

[this is an old WIP]

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[saimon69]

Originally Posted by msmalik681

We want a ocs version lol just joking.

Should be doable with DP 7+7 colors and pure assembly but not 1:1

[acidbottle]

Yes, that is an olden WIP, the parrot attack wave looks a whole lot better now

Since it's bumped will give a short review of progress and challenges.

The music and gfx are all done essentially, just slowly building the game engine. The panel elements are done also, very happy with those. All levels done so far are unpolished but of the approximate 28 stages in game, have done roughly 6 with another 2 started.

Still working on powerups, the fireball is a tricky one to animate in Scorpion but it's only a minor issue. All other powerups, including fairy are done to.

2 challanges that have made progress stumble include the stage 2 snake boss. Tried some prototype builds but they were broken or useless. Not actually a huge clue how this is going to pan out but will keep at it. Camera scroll routine for some levels needs refining. Earok kindly helped with a new routine for original Wonderboy, so the camera scroll is arcade perfect. This may be adapted for some levels in WBIII, but not started that yet.

No ETA whatsoever, but if I can nail this damn snake will throw out a decent sized demo build in the future.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Rob68K

How's this going?

I sent all i've done to acidbottle.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by acidbottle

Yes, that is an olden WIP, the parrot attack wave looks a whole lot better now

Since it's bumped will give a short review of progress and challenges.

The music and gfx are all done essentially, just slowly building the game engine. The panel elements are done also, very happy with those. All levels done so far are unpolished but of the approximate 28 stages in game, have done roughly 6 with another 2 started.

Still working on powerups, the fireball is a tricky one to animate in Scorpion but it's only a minor issue. All other powerups, including fairy are done to.

2 challanges that have made progress stumble include the stage 2 snake boss. Tried some prototype builds but they were broken or useless. Not actually a huge clue how this is going to pan out but will keep at it. Camera scroll routine for some levels needs refining. Earok kindly helped with a new routine for original Wonderboy, so the camera scroll is arcade perfect. This may be adapted for some levels in WBIII, but not started that yet.

No ETA whatsoever, but if I can nail this damn snake will throw out a decent sized demo build in the future.

you're using the snake assets i sent you hehehe XD he has a lot of rings to build its body, you will have tons of fun to animate it :P