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| title = November 1986
| '''Master System''' <br> {{vgrelease|JP|November 1, 1986<ref name="Sega titles - Sega JP">{{cite web |title=Software List (Released by Sega)|url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/mastersystem/software.html |website=セガ 製品情報サイト |publisher=Sega |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>|NA|December 1986<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Availability Update|
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{{nihongo foot|'''''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'''''|アレックスキッドのミラクルワールド|Arekkusu Kiddo no Mirakuru Wārudo|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[platform game]] for the [[Master System]]. It was released in Japan on November 1, 1986, followed by
==Gameplay==
[[File:Alex-Kidd-in-Miracle-World-game-screenshot.png|thumb|left|Alex Kidd shatters a block with a fist punch, revealing a bag of money.|alt=A screenshot from the video game Alex Kidd in Miracle World.]]
''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' is a 2D platform game. The player must finish levels and overcome obstacles and puzzles in both scrolling and single-screen environments. Throughout the 17 stages, Alex faces many monsters and the three henchmen of [[Janken]] the Great, before facing Janken himself.<ref name="Gameplay1">{{cite web|title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World Game manual|url=http://www.smstributes.co.uk/images/db/manual_akinmiracleworldUSA.pdf|access-date=2010-07-11|archive-url=https://
Alex's punching ability is used to destroy enemies and to break rocks in order to access new paths and to collect items such as money which can then be used to purchase other items including vehicles such as motorbikes and helicopters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World Review| url=http://www.smstributes.co.uk/viewuserreview.asp?gameid=6&userreviewid=5|date=2004-10-26 |author=Angel, Shadow (username)|access-date=2010-07-11| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100822203810/http://www.smstributes.co.uk/viewuserreview.asp?gameid=6&userreviewid=5| archive-date= 22 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of many stages, Alex plays jan-ken-pon ([[rock-paper-scissors]]) with one of Janken's henchmen. Alex dies with one hit, or by losing a game of rock, paper, scissors.
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The game has no save system, but by holding the directional pad up and pressing the 2 button eight times at the Game Over screen, the player will restart the level with three new lives, at a cost of 400 Baums (the in-game currency).
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A young martial artist named Alex Kidd learns of a villain named Janken the Great who has defeated King Thunder of the city of Radaxian and who has kidnapped his son, Prince Egle (or 'Igul'), and Egle's fiancée Princess Lora. Discovering that he is the lost son of King Thunder, Alex sets out to rescue the kingdom. On his quest, he defeats Janken's henchmen and retrieves various items which lead him toward Janken whom he defeats and sees turned to stone. Alex retrieves the crown, and the people of Radaxian are restored under the newly crowned King Egle.<ref name="Plot">{{cite web |title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Info from the original game manual |url=http://www.smstributes.co.uk/images/db/manual_akinmiracleworldUSA.pdf |access-date=2010-07-11 |archive-url=https://
==Development and release==
''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' originally began development in 1984 as a licensed tie-in game based on the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series. However, during development, the ''Dragon Ball'' license expired and Sega CEO [[Hayao Nakayama]] ordered the developers to start the game over from scratch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/02/alex_kidd_in_miracle_world_was_supposed_to_be_a_dragon_ball_game|title=Alex Kidd In Miracle World Was Supposed To Be A Dragon Ball Game|website=[[Nintendo Life]]|last=McFerran|first=Damien|date=February 28, 2018|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref>
The game was originally only available
The game was released alongside ''[[Super Hang-On]]'' and ''[[The Revenge of Shinobi (1989 video game)|The Revenge of Shinobi]]'' as part of ''[[Sega Vintage Collection]]: Alex Kidd and Co.'', which was released for [[Xbox Live Arcade]] and [[PlayStation Network]] in May 2012. This version allows play of any region version of the game (the European version retaining a 50 Hz framerate) and the Master System II variation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://segabits.com/blog/2012/03/23/xbla-monster-world-and-alex-kidd-vintage-collections-revealed/ |title=
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| GR = 80%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/sms/588027-alex-kidd-in-miracle-world/index.html |title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World for Sega Master System |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209015537/https://www.gamerankings.com/sms/588027-alex-kidd-in-miracle-world/index.html |archive-date=2019-12-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1764&tab=review |title=
| CVG = 87%<ref>{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46}}</ref>
| EuroG = 7/10<ref>{{Cite
| GT = 10/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJx5KP-pCUmL9eZUv-mIcNw|title=GameTrailers|website=YouTube}}</ref>
| Gen4 = 99%<ref name="generation4_miracle">{{cite magazine|title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World|magazine=[[:fr:Gen4|Génération 4]]|date=1987|issue=1|url=http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=27&num=388&album=oui|access-date=10 February 2012|page=21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110134630/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=27&num=388&album=oui|archive-date=10 January 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| rev3Score = 9.3/10<ref>{{cite web|title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World |url=http://gamehall.uol.com.br/site/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world-2/ |publisher=GameHall |access-date=10 February 2012 |author=Kazin Mage |date=4 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212025553/http://gamehall.uol.com.br/site/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world-2/ |archive-date=12 December 2009 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''RetroGarden''
| rev4Score = 4/5<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.retrogarden.co.uk/reviews/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world/ |title=
| rev5 = ''[[Sega Pro]]''
| rev5Score = 95%<ref name="segapro_kidd"/>
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The game has been critically acclaimed since its release. In 1987, the French magazine ''Génération 4'' gave the game a highly positive score.<ref name="generation4_miracle"/> In 1991, ''[[Sega Pro]]'' magazine stated that, with "so much to do and so many different ways of doing it, this is one of those games you will keep coming back to even when you have finished it completely."<ref name="segapro_kidd">{{cite journal|title=Sega Software Showdown|journal=[[Sega Pro]]|date=November 1991|issue=1|page=19}}</ref> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine in 1991 described the game as "Sega's answer to [[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]" and concluded that the "absorbing gameplay will have you glued to your screen for hours on end."<ref name="cvg_kidd">{{cite journal|title=The Complete Guide To Sega|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|year=1991|url=http://www.smspower.org/Reviews/AlexKiddInMiracleWorld-SMS-CVGCompleteGuideToSega|access-date=9 February 2012|issn=0957-669X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113035220/http://www.smspower.org/Reviews/AlexKiddInMiracleWorld-SMS-CVGCompleteGuideToSega|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In a 2008 retro review, ''[[IGN]]'' gave ''Alex Kidd'' a score of 9 out of 10 and an "Editor's Choice" award, calling it "an exceptional platformer with loads of action and some great puzzle-solving challenges" that "still holds up remarkably well."<ref name="ign_sms">{{cite web|last=Buchanan|first=Levi|title=Alex Kidd in Miracle World Review|publisher=[[IGN]]|date=January 25, 2008|url=http://retro.ign.com/articles/845/845102p1.html|access-date=2012-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329114727/http://retro.ign.com/articles/845/845102p1.html|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> IGN also gave the Wii Virtual Console release a score of 9 out of 10.<ref name="ign_vc"/>
==Remake==
A remake of the game, titled ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'', was announced on June 10, 2020, and released on June 22, 2021. The game is developed by Merge Games and Jankenteam for [[
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==External links==
* [https://archives.sega.jp/segaages/ak/ Official website] (Nintendo Switch, in Japanese)
* [https://ages.sega.jp/online/title/alexkidd/index.html Official website] (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in Japanese)
*[https://www.sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/home.html Interview with game planner Mr. Osaru Kouta (pseudonym)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142734/http://www.sega.co.jp/archive/album/04_alex/home.html
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▲*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142734/http://www.sega.co.jp/archive/album/04_alex/home.html Official website] (in Japanese)
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