Kung fools: Vigilante & Alex Kidd: High-Tech World | Segaiden 084
895One of the games featured in this episode involves repeatedly punching people, and it's not the one starring Alex Kidd, the character with a giant fist and a janken theme. That's how badly they got it wrong here!
Then again, this shouldn't be an Alex Kidd game at all, since it's a back-catalog Japanese release that Sega of America salvaged and ROM-hacked to feature their main mascot for no good reason whatsoever. Aside from maybe instilling in kids a sense of profound PTSD at the sight of Alex, since he officially becomes the protagonist of Sega's most relentlessly cruel Master System cartridge of this release. As for Vigilante, well, it's a choppy version of a less-entertaining sequel to Irem's Kung-Fu. Capable, but not exactly a delight.
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Master System footage captured from MiSTer (thanks to MiSTerAddOns) with a SNAC adapter for Paddle Controller material. Video upscaled to 4K with RetroTink 4K. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.