If you're like me and didn't know about the Sega Master System as a kid, you missed out on some great games including the Wonder Boy series. Last June Lizardcube announced that they would be developing a remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, simply titled Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, for the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. while that alone would be enough for fans of the series old and new, Lizardcube and DotEmu recently announced a couple of new features that fans of the original will especially love.
First off is the ability to switch between HD and 8-bit graphics anytime at the press of a button. While the HD graphics look good, swapping over to the 8-bit version looks just like you're playing the original game on the Master System. The video that DotEmu posted to YouTube shows the transition looking pretty seamless, though I'm not sure if it'll be that seamless in the final game. However, that's not the only retro feature to be included. The original game let you visit a church to receive a password that would save your current form, equipment, and amount of gold, though it didn't save any secondary weapons or life potions you had in stock. If you still have those passwords written down somewhere (and didn't use the game's "file cabinet" to store them in the internal memory), you can actually use those passwords in the remake. Yes, you can use passwords from the 1989 Master System version in the 2017 remake. If that isn't all kinds of awesome I don't know what is.
PARIS – February, 24 2017 – DotEmu, developer and publisher specializing in modern releases of beloved retro games, and Lizardcube, are thrilled to reveal an exciting new feature in our Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap remake: the “Retro” feature.
Whether you're a purist touting the idea that "it was better in the old days" or a futurist who digs 21st-century graphics and remastered soundtracks, this enhanced version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap satisfies all persuasions. With the “Retro feature” you can switch in-game from HD to 8-bit anytime, anywhere. If you have fond memories of piano key neckties and talking Trans Ams, Retro lets you rewind the clock to a time when just pressing a single button felt so good.
Nostalgists can load their last save from 1989 by entering the password scribbled on their geometry homework, or join millennials in beginning an adventure that defined an entire gaming generation.
