Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a platformer, adventure and action game developed by Lizardcube and published by DotEmu.
Released on June 08th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,364 reviews of which 2,008 were positive and 356 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap into these genres:

Platformer Adventure Action Remake Indie Cult Classic Metroidvania 2D Great Soundtrack Hand-drawn Retro Singleplayer Side Scroller Fantasy Action-Adventure Cute Difficult Exploration Colorful Family Friendly

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Any
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000-5000 series (game in 720p)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 1100 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.10.5
Processor: Any
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Core Profile support, Intel HD 4000-5000 series (Intel HD 3000 series unsupported)
Storage: 1100 MB available space
Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported.

Linux

OS: glibc 2.17+, 32/64-bit
Processor: Any
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Core Profile support, Intel HD 4000-5000 series (Intel HD 3000 series unsupported)
Storage: 1100 MB available space
Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

Great adventure platformer from way back, one of the best SEGA master system games. Remastered in a brilliant and respectful way with quick and easy toggle of retro sound and graphics. Still to this day a solid 6-10 hr playthru.

July 2024

What a great idea for the re-release of an old retro game! Instead of trying to remake or (gods forbid) re-imagine it, leave all the programs the same and give it a new coat of paint with improved graphics and sound superimposed over the old game. And what a great defense for the devs: I could complain about some of the jankey controls (which are successfully masked by the complex animations), or the mechanics and say that I would have done it different, but this game was made a long time ago and I have an additional 30 odd years of gaming experience beyond its initial release, so what is really the point (besides indulging in presentism)? Instead, you have a legitimate retro experience with beautiful hand-drawn characters and backgrounds, while employing professional arrangements of the otherwise primitive bit-tunes that are so toe-tapping, they will be with you for days after the game is finished. I could think of half a dozen old games that could benefit from this treatment... most notably Chrono Trigger, but that is another story... Now there may be more to this re-release than what I am thinking is apparent, but it seems like a brilliant approach to resurrecting old games: just get the rights to the program and pour your funds into a new production. My only really complaint is how the new version just reverses the sprites while in the original, the shield-hand is always the left. Also, the lion is missing his mane and the animal sprites for the girl character are the same as the boy so... there does not seem much of a point with the gender selection. But whatever: these are minor details in an otherwise beautiful presentation! Oh and I should probably mention that the game itself is a nifty little fantasy metroidvania. At any rate, with its whimsical animal characters, interesting items, secrets, and the other stuff I said above, I really liked this game. This is what all retro-game cash-grabs should be!

June 2024

Highly recommended, a gorgeous love letter to the original title and a great opportunity to approach it at the present time. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but as an enjoyer of older games I've appreciated that the controls remained the same. The graphics and soundtrack are switchable at any point between original and new. Regarding the game itself the map is cleverly designed, the different playable characters unlocked as you progress allow you to explore the world from a different perspective and keeps it from being boring or repetitive, and grinding required is close to non-existent. The result is a solid ~8h experience that I'd highly recommend to everyone, especially to those who are willing to give a chance to older games.

Feb. 2024

It looks absolutely stunning, but make no mistake, it's still a master system game (literally, as far as I'm aware the game's engine is basically an emulator). Meaning it's rather short and sometimes clunky. Not that it doesn't update anything aside from visuals, there's a new save system, it's now widescreen, and there's this one sliding animation they added that does wonders to how the game feels to play. But if you're expecting anything more than a pretty game from the 80's you'd probably be disappointed.

Jan. 2024

Somewhat primitive and small in scope compared to more modern games in this style, but the attractive new paint job and updated interface show that the core gameplay holds up pretty well. Decently replayable due to its short length.

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-70% 19.99€ 5.99€

8.2

2,008

356

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Developer

Lizardcube

Publisher

DotEmu

Release 08 Jun 2017

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