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Monster Lair

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Title Screen

Monster Lair

Also known as: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (JP)
Developer: Alfa System
Publishers: Hudson Soft (JP), NEC Home Electronics (US)
Platform: TurboGrafx-CD
Released in JP: August 31, 1989
Released in US: 1989
Released in EU: December 21, 2007 (Wii Virtual Console)
Released in AU: December 21, 2007 (Wii Virtual Console)


DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.
SoundtestIcon.png This game has a hidden sound test.
LevelSelectIcon.png This game has a hidden level select.


One of the first two TurboGrafx-CD games (the other being Fighting Street) to be released in the US.

Debug Screens

Two different debug screens are accessible in the game:

Monster Lair Debug Screen.png

For the first screen, pictured above, at the title screen, hold I + II and press Run. This screen contains a sound test and a controller input test.

Monster Lair Debug Screen 2.png

For the second screen, get a high score (minimum 30,000 points), then enter HU7 as a name (press and hold Select to access the numbers). At the title screen, press and hold I, press and hold II, release I, and press Run. The screen above, which contains 8 switches and a round select, will appear.

Elementary, my dear Cactus.
This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: Figure out what each switch does.
(Source: Yamada_Arthur (Debug Screen 2 access))