This game's made by Sega and is a platformer. Alex Kidd would've been the icon of Sega if Sonic was never invented, but luckily he was and Alex Kidd never became that icon.
First thing I want to say is that I've never bought this game consciously, it came along with Sega Ultimate Mega Drive/Genesis Collection. I don't understand why Alex Kidd was included in this top-notch collection, since it certainly doesn't belong there and I'll explain why.
For starters, Alex looks ridiculous in his red jumpsuit and yellow shoes. This doesn't really help you in liking Alex. Besides that he has big ears and he looks like an ape. I feel just the same as he looks when playing this game.
If you start the game and start playing immediately you won't receive any information about the story behind this game, at least an intro would've been nice. I had to search on the internet to find out about the story. The story goes like this: Alex Kidd, inhabitant of the planet Aries and brother of king Egle, heard that his long lost father, king Thor(or king Thunder in Alex Kidd in Miracle World), is alive somewhere on the planet Paperock. The planet's called that way, because everyone is an expert in Rock-Paper-Scissors. If a player is inexperienced with the game he or she won't last long. Alex Kidd had set his mind on freeing his father out of the hands of Ashra, the ruler of Paperock, and return to his homeplanet Aries.
Is it just me? Or did they misspell Paperrock and nobody has the patience to finish this game, no matter whether you're good or bad. It's just horrendous.
The environments in this game aren't that special. You just play a number of levels in different surroundings. Those are standard environments like urban, rural, desert, forest areas. You just play from left to right, with the exception of 1 or 2 levels, where you work your way upwards. It almost looks like this game has been made with MS Paint, so the graphics aren't that great either and can even be called bad, especially when considering that Sega's perfectly able to create great graphics if you look at, for example, the Sonic series.
The enemies in this game are weird. The first level your obstacles are a couple of cars and mini planes. In the second level, bloodthirsty animals are your enemies, consisting of for example hedgehogs, dung beetles and moles. In a different level, you're walking through the woods and bees, baboons and masked lumberjacks are your enemies. I think the creators of this game are referencing to Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th films. With every normal platformer you can kill an enemy by jumping on his head. And can you do that with Alex Kidd? Nope, you can't. In this game the only method of killing an enemy is by kicking or punching it. Timing is a requirement here, because 1 hit is all it takes to kill you. And dying in this game is even more annoying, because your soul goes to heaven and you'll lose another 10 seconds of your precious time.
The bosses are ridiculous as well. Instead of fighting them, you have to play Rock-Paper-Scissors against them. At first this seems unfair, but after playing a couple of times you'll recognise that their choices are scripted and are always the same, with that certain boss.
Apparently it's possible to buy items somehow. This is something that I had to read on the internet as well, because nowhere in the game has it been stated that you can actually but items, so at first I figured that money was useless and it only served as some highscore mechanism.
This game sucks. I can't think of anything positive to say about it. The gameplay is terrible, the sound is horrendous and the graphics could've been way better. The music is just too upbeat for a game in which every living thing wants you dead. You're still able to buy this game for other consoles, but I'll tell you: Don't buy it, it'll save you from wasting money and a terrible headache.
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