Alex Kidd In Miracle World

Alex Kidd in Miracle World:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a side-scrolling platform game for the Master System video game console created by Kotaro Hayashida. It was released in Japan in 1986, and then internationally in 1987. Alex Kidd is the only playable character in the game, he 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.

Specs:

SEGA Master System

Media Type	Mega Cartridge
Number of Players Supported	1-2 Players
CPU:	Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 Mhz
RAM:	8 kB + 16 kB VRAM
ROM:	8 kB
Resolución:	256x240 x 64 colores (32 simultáneos) 64 sprites de 8x8 ó 8x16
Audio:	4 canales (PSG)       FM Synth de 6 canales + 5 percusión

In a first moment, the game was only available in cartridges. From 1990 on, a ripoff of the game was included in the memory of the occidental Sega Master System 2. There were also some uncontrolled bugs left in the game, mainly about collisions respawn of objects and animations.

Game Cartridge

Facts:

1. This game was intended to compete with Miyamoto’s Super Mario, and SEGA followed the same marketing strategy that Nintendo did (game company pet). But Mario smashed him and SEGA even replaced him with Sonic the Hedgehog.

2. This was the most successful game of the franchise due to Design and marketing decisions that made its sequels too difficult to play.

Alex Kidd Legacy:

Alex Kidd 1 is a great game only outshined by a much powerful company (Nintendo) that had the complete market in its hands (125.000 SMS in four months compared with 2 Million NES in the American Market). The game (along with Wonder Boy) was meant to be Sega's answer to Super Mario Bros., but until Sonic Team created Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega was unable to compete with Shigeru Miyamoto's creation.

Categories: Alex Kidd, Kotaro Hayashida, Platformer, Sega