Alex Kidd’s Forgotten Arcade Adventure – Lost Stars Explained
0🕹 Game Name: Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
📛 Alternate Names: アレックスキッド ザ・ロストスターズ
📅 Release Date: 1986
🔫 Genre: Platformer / Action
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Sega
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Sega
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is a side-scrolling platformer where Sega’s original mascot, Alex Kidd, sets off on a colorful and surreal journey to recover the twelve Zodiac signs.
🕹 Game Description:
Players control Alex through wild, imaginative levels—dodging enemies, jumping obstacles, and collecting shining stars to restore cosmic order.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Run, jump, and dodge through six looping worlds.
👉 🏻 Avoid bizarre enemies and moving hazards.
👉 🏻 Collect “miracle balls” hidden in stars.
👉 🏻 Limited lives—respawning reduces time instead.
👉 🏻 Two-player mode available (simultaneous in arcade version).
📕 Background & History:
This was Alex Kidd's second arcade outing and first platformer after Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Sega designed it for arcades before the character appeared on consoles.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Secret bonus stars appear if you finish sections quickly.
👉 🏻 Using enemy bounce timing helps reach higher platforms.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Modified ROMs exist with infinite time or invincibility.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 In Japan, Stella is the second player instead of another Alex.
👉 🏻 Alex Kidd was Sega’s unofficial mascot before Sonic.
👉 🏻 The arcade version differs significantly from the Master System port.
👓 Lonster's Review:
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is colorful, weird, and full of charm. While it’s easier than later platformers, its variety and coop mode make it a great pick for casual retro fans.
🌟 Legacy:
Alex Kidd helped define Sega’s early platformers and influenced future mascot-driven games. This title showed Sega could create quirky, unique arcade experiences.
✨ Cultural Impact:
While overshadowed by Sonic later, Alex Kidd was iconic for Sega fans in the 80s, and this game kept him visible in arcades around the world.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
It’s weird, it’s whimsical, and it’s pure Sega magic. A charming piece of platforming history that still entertains with its bizarre creativity.
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