Alex Kid in Miracle World review for the Sega Master System!
Alex Kid in Miracle World was released in 1986 as the mascot of SEGA at the time, and it has numerous sequels. It was built in the SEGA Master System 2. Plus it was the most popular Alex Kid game of the series.

STORY: This game has a large story. It's starts out on the planet Aries, known as Miracle World. Where Alex Kid is studying the shellcore technique. A technique that makes one strong enough to break rocks with their bare fist. One day he goes to his home city and he saw a dieing man that told him that his home city Radactain is in danger. The old man gave Alex a medallion to unlock the door the crown is in, and a map which won't do anything in the except show where you are. He also finds out that the evil Janken is turning the citizens into stone. On his journey he meets several of Jankens henchmen. To defeat each henchmen he must win 2 out of 3 in a rock, paper, scissors contest.
After that Alex gets to the castle of Janken were he defeats janken and receives the other stone. The stone of moonlight. Then he goes to the place were the crown is which has a lot of power. The crown has the ability to turn the citizens back to normal. Can Alex save the city? Its up to you, the player.

GRAPHICS: The graphics are bright and colorful and the levels are creative. Most of them have the same theme which gets boring after a while. Plus Alex looks kind of strange. He does not look like a human like he should be.

SOUND: There is only one major song which is in most levels and the title screen. There is a few songs like the boss stage song and the song in the castle levels. However the music is energetic and positive and does not get annoying over time.

ADDICTIVENESS: When I first played this game I didn't stay on for very long. After a couple times I started to enjoy this game and I played until I beat it. 

DEPTH: The games has 17 levels with some having boss stages. There's plenty of power ups and the levels are fairly large. Especially the 3 castle levels, those are gigantic. The power ups are unique and special in their own way some keep you from dieing for a short time, some your Karate punch better until you die. There's just a lot to offer for a Master System game.

DIFFICULTY: SEGA advertised about how challenging the Master System games are. Those commercials are pretty accurate because this game is so hard. I don't like the fact that if you get hit once you die. I also don't like the controls. Alex Kid moves too quickly and the levels consist of tedious jumps and there is no trial for error. Another thing that drives me nut is that since the boss stages are rock, paper, scissors contests. You win by luck not skill like it should be.

OVERALL RATING 7.5


  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Depth 9   Story 9   Difficulty 9

Many centuries ago, on the planet Aries, there lived a boy called Alex Kidd. For seven years, he lived on Mt. Eternal studying Shellcore, an ancient art that makes one strong enough to break rocks into pieces. As he was leaving the mountain one day to travel to his spiritual homeland, a dying man told him that the peaceful city of Radactian was in grave danger. Before taking his last breath, the man gave Alex a piece of a map and a medallion made of Sun Stone.There are eleven locations in which Alex must explore, each of them has its own unique dangers. In each location, Alex can collect bags of coins, which can be used to buy items at the shop and are used to help Alex get through each location (eg: motorcycle, peticopter, power bracelet, etc.) There are also traps that Alex must avoid like the ghost that chases him. He can also collect the Telepathy Ball that will help him read people's minds.Later, Alex learns that in order to save Radactian from destruction, he must first defeat Janken the Great, Emperor of the planet Janbarik (he got his name from his expertise at the game of Janken -- or what people call "scissors, paper, stone" in the Western World. Janken has sent his henceman all over Radactian to prepare the game for Alex as he passes by them. In order to get past them, Alex must win three times at Janken. If he loses, he is turned to stone and vanished from Radactian forever. Later on in the game, Alex must play with the same henceman, but only this time, when Alex wins, they decide to play dirty.Alex uses his fists to wipe out some of Janken's enemies such as birds, sea horses, bats, monkeys, frogs, and a few others. If his quest to save Radactian from the evil hands of Janken becomes difficult, he can instead use the power bracelet to perform the "Shocking Waves of Destruction", an ancient trick in the art of Shellcore.Before Alex comes face-to-face with Janken, he should rescue his brother, Egle, from imprisonment, and get the letter and two medallions.

Overall 8.5    Graphics 7.5    Sound 7.3    Addictive 8.3    Story 7    Depth 8.8    Difficulty 8.8

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Continue

If you lose all your lives, have over $800, and wish to continue, hold Up on the D-Pad, and press Button 2 8 times.


Continue code

I used this on the version of the game that came hard-coded into the 2nd model of Master System. It works on that version at least.

When you get the Game over screen (which happens way too often to make the game any fun...) you can continue if you hold up and hammer the 2 button about a dozen times before the game actually resets. It costs $400 to do.


Janken challenges

This is how to beat the Janken bosses when you play against them, without having to fight them if you lose.

1st: Choose Rock in the first game, then Scissors in the second
2nd: Scissors, then Paper
3rd: Rock, Scissors
4th: Paper, Paper
5th: Rock, Rock
6th: Rock, Scissors
7th: Paper, Paper

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MachoMadness1991 01-17-13 - 04:13 AM
 My first ever game i played when i was a kid and will always be the greatest game it's got everything motorbike , helicopter , speedboat , great soundtrack and should of been at the same level as Sonic personally in my eyes such a shame SEGA left him out
BigKidd 07-22-12 - 01:36 AM
 i used to play this game when i was a child and everytime i play a lot of memories come back in my mind ;), best game
Typhlosion!! 07-13-12 - 09:20 PM
 This game is so fun, a good classic, it is a shame that Alex kidd is gone, R.I.P Alex kidd. Gone but not forgotten. :)
the GRGA 07-06-12 - 10:55 AM
 this game brings back so many memories as a kid
CarBitGTSaxen 06-20-12 - 01:20 PM
 Someone play?
CarBitGTSaxen 06-13-12 - 05:42 PM
 Is fun even today.
jpablo 06-12-12 - 12:06 PM
 Me too!
sharnz84 06-11-12 - 06:51 AM
 hey everyone :) Newbie here
Mathvulgar 06-05-12 - 01:18 PM
 good game
spugz23 05-29-12 - 07:58 AM
 how can i change jump button to space?
katie c 05-27-12 - 05:27 PM
 ;)
Ishtar87 05-12-12 - 07:56 AM
 when i had this on my sms, he would eat a hamburger instead of a rice bun XD
nina2690 03-12-12 - 07:44 PM
 how do you start ?
nina2690 03-12-12 - 07:43 PM
 this game brings back so many memories as a kid
CarBitGTSaxen 02-10-12 - 11:27 PM
 there is no start button on the SMS controller, but the NES have a start button on his controller
mmota 05-07-11 - 02:24 PM
 IS posible to save and continue playing when you loose the 3 lives?? and HOW CAN I GO AWAY from the DEAth*?!!
venom525 04-01-11 - 04:13 PM
 I owned a Master System as my first system and absolutely loved this game. I remember being able to ``cheat`` on the rock paper scissors matches...not sure how successful it is on here though, but all you do is just before your choice is locked in, you get
Giorgia 02-10-11 - 07:30 AM
 How can i save??????thanx
rabidmedia 12-20-10 - 12:47 PM
 I've Never owned a Sega Master System, My first Game system was an NES. I saw the commercials for Alex kidd and thought, "This might be better than Super Mario Brothers..." It's not, but it certainly has it's Pros and Cons. Pro: Colorful graphics a
maceikobrandon 11-26-10 - 06:22 PM
 holy damn, I remember this...i couldn't recall the name, but this is it. Game drove me insane, i mean i'm still crazy now because I played this game too much 18-20 years ago and I never recovered. Fun game, but frustrating.
weaseldust 10-20-10 - 07:52 AM
 wowee
Hondo 10-06-10 - 10:01 AM
 Save Game on SMS ??????
LightBlueYoshi 09-18-09 - 08:16 PM
 This is sega's first mascot.