The items and magic in Wonderboy are used by holding down and pressing jump
Magic
Fireball: the fireball fires across the screen in a wavy pattern for a short distance
Tornado: When the tornado is used it races along the ground as soon as it hits something solid it changes direction.
Thunder: When this magic is used it hits all enemies on the screen at once.
Items
Charm stones:
Keys: They open doors
Arrows: Arrows fire directly up, good for killing the clouds that shoot fireballs at you but thats about it.
Boomerang: Can be used multiple times unlike the other sub weapons, It can also collect items if it hits them.
Collectibles
Coins: Give you a random amount of gold between 1 and 19 coins
Money bag: Gives you a random amount of gold between 20 and 99 coins
Heart: Heart's restore a random amount of health upon pick up
Heart container: Heart containers increase your health bar by one heart
Potion: Potions restore your some or all of your health as soon as you lose all your hearts, you have the chance to get a free one if you die at any point. The hades armor fully restores your hearts but at the cost of the armor. (see hades armor glitch)
The Salamander cross: The salamander cross releases you from meka dragons curse, turning you back in to a human as soon as you touch it.