"THE" IS MY MIDDLE NAME - Alex Kidd In Miracle World (Master System)
3Gentleman Octopus hums the music from this game constantly. Almost in his sleep.
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World (アレックスキッドのミラクルワールド Arekkusu Kiddo no Mirakuru Wārudo) is a platform game for the 8-bit Sega Master System video game console. It was first released in Japan on Saturday, November 1, 1986, and then was distributed to Europe, Australia and the United States in 1987. It was arguably the most widely known game in the Alex Kidd series, due to it being built into most Master System II consoles.
It is the first game in the Alex Kidd series created for this character, and the most popular of all Alex Kidd games.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a platform game. The player must finish levels and overcome obstacles and puzzles in a 2D side-scrolling environment. Throughout the 17 stages, Alex Kidd faces many monsters, and the three henchmen of Janken the Great, before facing Janken himself.
Alex Kidd is the only playable character in the game. His primary skill is punching, which he can use to attack enemies, break certain types of rocks to access new areas and collect money. Breaking or stepping on certain blocks releases an evil spirit that will try to kill Alex. Any money Alex collects can be used to purchase items such as motorbikes and "peticopters" (small pedal-powered helicopters). At the end of most stages, Alex must face one of Janken's henchmen in a game of jan-ken-pon (rock, paper, scissors) and then collect the onigiri to move on to the next stage. Alex can take only one hit before he dies.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World does not have a battery save option or password system, meaning that when all of Alex's lives are gone, the game is over. However, the game did have an undocumented "continue" feature, where the player could continue the game with three lives from the beginning of the level where Alex had died, by holding the up button and pressing the 2 button eight times during the GAME OVER screen. This feature would cost the player 400 Baums (the in-game currency).
The game was built directly into the Sega Master System II, enabling play right out of the box without the need to plug in any cartridge.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World takes place in the fantasy world, known as Miracle World. The story focuses on the protagonist Alex Kidd in his search for his long lost brother Prince Egle who was captured by the antagonist of the game, the evil tyrant called Janken the Great, who had taken over the peaceful land of Radaxian.
The game has been critically acclaimed since its release. In 1987, the French magazine Génération 4 gave the game a 99% score. In 1991, Sega Pro magazine gave the game a 95% score, stating that, with "so much to do and so many different ways of doing it, this is one of those games you will keep coming back to even when you have finished it completely." Computer and Video Games magazine in 1991 gave it an 86% score, describing the game as "Sega's answer to Mario" and concluding that the "absorbing gameplay will have you glued to your screen for hours on end."
The game was originally only available in cartridges. From 1990 onwards a slightly different version was integrated into the US, Australian and European versions of the Master System 2 and also some Australian and European versions of the Master System 1. There were two differences, first when changing targets in the game map, Alex is shown eating onigiri in the original version (and the 2008 Wii Virtual Console port), and a hamburger in the integrated version. The original version used button 2 to hit and button 1 to jump; these controls were inverted in the integrated version.
The game was released alongside Super Hang-On and The Revenge of Shinobi as part of Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd and Co., which was released for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in May 2012. This version allows play of any region version of the game and the Master System 2 variation.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World. (2016, January 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
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