Alex Kidd in Miracle World

The debut adventure of Alex Kidd sees him traveling through Miracle World as he punches everything in sight and plays rock-paper-scissors with people with hands for heads.

What was originally conceived as a Dragon Ball game⁵ would end up becoming the first game for one of Sega's earlier mascots, and one of the console's flagship releases, further helped by it becoming a built-in game for Master System (II mainly) consoles in 1990 and onwards.

Developer Message#

In the Japanese version, when the ending message appears onscreen, press 1 (×14) on Controller 2, then press 1 or 2 on Controller 1.

Revisional Differences#

Starting in 1990, some Master Systems featured a built-in version of the game with a few changes. The International release of this version would be included in the Sega Ages rerelease of the game.

• The original version used 1 to jump and 2 to punch. These were switched for the built-in version, resulting in a more conventional layout.
• Text in the Korean version was translated into Korean.

Original	International built-in	Korean built-in

• The copyright date was updated for the international version.
• The Korean version has a rather bland looking logo compared to the international release. One of the pictures at the bottom of screen was removed to make place for the English title.

Original	International built-in

• The rice ball that Alex eats on the map screen was changed to a hamburger in the International version, mostly made to make the game more appealing to non-Japanese audiences.

Original	International built-in

• The end-of-stage marker was also changed accordingly.

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