There is tons of stuff to do in Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. For example, you can explore looking for new gear to pump up your attack and defense stats, go directly into fighting all the bosses or spend time trying to collect every Charm Stone.
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Six Charm Stones are scattered throughout this game, one for each of Wonder Boy's cursed forms. To get them, you will need to find the entrance of the Unknown areas, get inside, deal with all the enemies, and then open the door at the end to get the stone.
Before going after the Charm Stones, find first the Thunder Ring to break brown blocks and the Tasmanian Sword so you can change between forms at any time.
The Lizard-Man Charm Stone is in the underwater section of the desert. To get there, go to the desert and head left until you reach a pit where an enemy that spits fireballs is.
You can kill the enemy using the Lion-Man form, or you can jump towards it (doing so will deal you some damage, but you will get through the enemy with no problem).
Now that you're underwater, go to your right. You will see a wooden door blocked by some brown blocks (you will need the Thunder Ring to be able to break them). Break these blocks using the Lion-Man or the Lizard-Man form and then open the door.
You will be now in The Unknown and immediately turn into the Lizard-Man. Clear the area and retrieve the stone.
The Mouse-Man Charm Stone will be in The Underground area. To get there, break the brown blocks to the left of the windmill and go underwater.
You can only destroy those brown blocks using the Lion-Man or Mouse-Man forms.
Now go left until you see four holes. You have to go inside the second one from left to right, and then
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