Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

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NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J
NTSC-J (KR)

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega R&D 2

M2

Distributor:

Ecofilmes (PT)

Kanal 10 (SE rental) (older)

SF Interactive Media (SE rental) (newer)

Tec Toy (BR)

Samsung (KR)

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

한국어

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1989-02-10^[3]^[2]	¥5,5005,500	G-4004
US	1990-01^[4]^[5]	$44.9544.95^[6]^[7]	1005
US ▼ (Sega Channel)	1994-06-01^[8]	SUBsub
EU	1990-10		1005
EU ▼ (Sega Channel)	199x	SUBsub
FR	1990-10	299F299^[10]
PT	199x
UK	1990-10	£29.9929.99^[9]	1005
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x
CA	199x
BR	1991
KR	1990-12		GM2021KS
US ▼	2010-09-13^[11]	$2.992.99^[12]	34283
EU ▼	2010-09-13^[11]	€2.492.49^[12]	34283
UK ▼	2010-09-13^[11]	£1.991.99^[12]	34283
AU ▼	2010-09-13^[11]	$3.493.49^[12]	34283
US ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	$0.990.99^[14]	34283
EU ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	€0.990.99^[14]	34283
UK ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	£0.790.79^[14]	34283
AU ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	$1.351.35^[14]	34283
US ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	$0.990.99^[14]	34283
EU ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	€0.990.99^[14]	34283
UK ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	£0.790.79^[14]	34283
AU ▼	2019-01-30^[13]	$1.351.35^[14]	34283
JP ▼	2007-03-20^[19]	600pts600^[3]
US ▼	2007-04-09^[15]	800pts800^[15]
EU ▼	2007-05-04^[16]^[17]	800pts800^[16]
AU ▼	2007-05	800pts800^[18]

ESRA

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, called Alex Kidd: Tenkuu Majou (アレックスキッド天空魔城) in Japan and Alex Kidd: Cheongong Maseong in Korea, is a platform game which is part of the Alex Kidd series. It is the only Alex Kidd title to be released on the Sega Mega Drive, with every other Alex Kidd game appearing on the Sega Master System.

The game was re-released as part of the Sega Mega Drive Collection and Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection compilations. It has also been released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, and on numerous plug-in-and-play consoles and compilation packs.

Gameplay

The game is a conventional platformer, most similar to the first game in the series, Alex Kidd in Miracle World. and jumps, punches. If you see a doorway, you can usually go in it by pressing ; there, you will meet someone who will give you a reward for beating him in a rock paper scissors contest. Use the D-pad to select a move and hit to confirm.

Rounds

	Rookietown

	The Prairie

	The Splashy Sea

	Scorpion Desert

	Pyramid

	Hiho Forest

	Tropics Town

	Rocky Mountain #1

	Rocky Mountain #2

	In the Sky

	Sky Castle

Versions

In the Japanese version of the game the loser of rock paper scissors contest will have his clothes removed. This was changed in the international version, where the loser will be flattened by heavy weight. As well, some of the names were changed and color of font in main menu was altered from red to white.

The Japanese version also lacks the TMSS support, requiring the use of the Game Genie to play on Mega Drive consoles with it.

The European version of the game appears to be based on US one, with no optimization for PAL format done.

The South Korean version of the game does not have the Jankenpo theme.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle	Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
English (US)	Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle	Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Japanese	アレックスキッド天空魔城	Alex Kidd: Tenkuu Majou
Korean	Alex Kidd: Cheongong Maseong (알렉스 키드 천공마성)	Alex Kidd: Martial Sky

Production credits

Main article: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle/Production credits.

Digital manuals

Steam manual
Mega Drive Mini US manual
Mega Drive Mini EU manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #0: "Extra issue of Beep!" (1989-04-27)

SE print advert (1990)

SE print advert (1991)

NO print advert (1991)

MX print advert (1992)

Artwork

JP cover
US/EU cover

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

98

^[20]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[21]

Buzz! Computers (UK)

87

^[22]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

85

^[23]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

68

^[24]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

68

^[25]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

72

^[26]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU)

90

^[27]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

50

^[28]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[29]

The Games Machine (UK)

82

^[30]

Joystick (FR)

83

^[31]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

59

^[32]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[33]

Mega (UK)

PAL

36

^[34]

Mega (UK)

PAL

39

^[35]

MegaTech (UK)

68

^[36]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

68

^[37]

Player One (FR)

90

^[38]

Raze (UK)

PAL

68

^[9]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[39]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

77

^[40]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

62

^[41]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

42

^[42]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

46

^[43]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

66

^[44]

User (GR)

NTSC-J

80

^[45]

	67
Based on 27 reviews

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (Cart SEGA)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (Cart SEGA®)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover
Cart Manual PT manual PT manual (back)

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Kanal 10)
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, SE Rental (SF)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Horizontal Manual)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Vertical Manual)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle on Steam

References

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↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
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↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 11
↑ User, "xxxx 1990" (GR; 1990-0x-xx), page 60

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Rounds

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Technical information

External links

References