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series developed by

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, and starring the titular

Alex Kidd is a platform video game series developed by Sega, and starring the titular Alex Kidd. Games The franchise includes seven titles. * ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' - 1986, Master System * '' Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars'' - 1986, Arcade, 1988 ...

Games

The franchise includes seven titles. * ''

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a platform game for the Master System. It was released in Japan on November 1, 1986, followed by the United States in December 1986, with Europe in September 1987, plus South Korea in October 1988, and Brazil in 1989. It was later built into ...

'' - 1986, Master System * '' Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars'' - 1986, Arcade, 1988, Master System * ''

Alex Kidd BMX Trial is a video game developed and published by Sega. It was released in Japan for the Master System in 1987. Gameplay This video game uses a special Paddle (game controller), paddle controller. The player has to drive Alex through an obstacle cour ...

'' - 1987, Master System * '' Alex Kidd: High-Tech World'' - 1987, Master System * ''

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is a Side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, Genesis. The game was released in Japan on February 10, 1989, in the U.S. on August 14, 1989, in Europe on November 30, 1990, in So ...

'' - 1989, Sega Genesis * ''

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World ''Alex Kidd in Shinobi World'' is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega that was originally released for the Master System in 1990. Developed in Japan, it was released for the overseas market (North America, Europe and Brazil). The game st ...

'' - 1990, Master System * ''

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a platform game for the Master System. It was released in Japan on November 1, 1986, followed by the United States in December 1986, with Europe in September 1987, plus South Korea in October 1988, and Brazil in 1989. It was later built into ...

'' - 2021, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Overview

The first game in the series, ''

'', was released in 1986 and built into later versions of the Master System and the Master System II model, replacing the '' Snail Maze''/'' Safari Hunt''/''

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'' games of the first model. This integrated SMSII version reversed the attack and jump buttons from the earlier cartridge version to conform to that of other popular action games of the day. A notable visual difference is in the original cartridge version, Alex is shown eating Japanese

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, but in the SMSII integrated version, it has been changed to a hamburger to appeal to Western players. Most games in the ''Alex Kidd'' series differ dramatically from one another, the sole exception being ''Miracle World'' and its direct sequel, ''

''. While most games in the series were still platform-based, the only elements that tied the series together was the name and the title character. One game in the series, '' Alex Kidd: High-Tech World'', was not an Alex Kidd game in Japan and was based instead on a 1980s Japanese animated series airing at the time, ''

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''. After the release of ''

'' in 1990, Sega decided to shift focus towards

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. In 2020, Sega confirmed that they would be publishing a remake of ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' developed by Merge Games and Jankenteam. this ended up being ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'', released on June 22nd, 2021.

Legacy

''Alex Kidd'' titles have been re-released as part of various Sega video game compilations, including ''

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'' and ''

Sega Vintage Collection is a series of video game ports, remakes, and compilations published by Sega. It consists of Sega arcade games and home console games, typically those for the Sega Genesis and Master System. The series was launched on the Sega Saturn in 1996. Ent ...

''.

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* * {{Franchises owned by Sega Sammy Holdings Video game franchises introduced in 1986 Sega Games franchises