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

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]
EU	1990-09
FR	1990-09	299F299^[9]
PT	199x
UK	1990-09	£29.9929.99^[8]
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x
CA	199x
BR	1991
KR	1990-12		GM2021KS
US ▼	2010-09-13^[10]	$2.992.99^[11]	34283
EU ▼	2010-09-13^[10]	€2.492.49^[11]	34283
UK ▼	2010-09-13^[10]	£1.991.99^[11]	34283
AU ▼	2010-09-13^[10]	$3.493.49^[11]	34283
US ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	$0.990.99^[13]	34283
EU ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	€0.990.99^[13]	34283
UK ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	£0.790.79^[13]	34283
AU ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	$1.351.35^[13]	34283
US ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	$0.990.99^[13]	34283
EU ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	€0.990.99^[13]	34283
UK ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	£0.790.79^[13]	34283
AU ▼	2019-01-30^[12]	$1.351.35^[13]	34283
JP ▼	2007-03-20^[18]	600pts600^[3]
US ▼	2007-04-09^[14]	800pts800^[14]
EU ▼	2007-05-04^[15]^[16]	800pts800^[15]
AU ▼	2007-05	800pts800^[17]

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

Staff

As the game does not have a staff roll, the identities of people who worked on the game are collected through information given in interviews. Please expand this with any findings and evidence.

Kotaro Hayashida (role unknown) - proof: Sega Album interview on Alex Kidd in Miracle World (role not specified)
Rieko Kodama (role unknown (Designer?)) - proof: Sega Album interview on Phantasy Star (role not specified)
Tarnya (Music Composer) - Liner note comments on Power Drift & Mega Drive
Izuho Numata - voice of Alex Kidd

Digital manuals

Steam manual
AlexKiddintheEnchantedCastle MD US digital manual.pdf

Mega Drive Mini US manual
AlexKiddintheEnchantedCastle MD EU digital manual.pdf

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)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

98

^[19]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[20]

Buzz! Computers (UK)

87

^[21]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

85

^[22]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

68

^[23]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

68

^[24]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

72

^[25]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU)

90

^[26]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

50

^[27]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[28]

The Games Machine (UK)

82

^[29]

Joystick (FR)

83

^[30]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

59

^[31]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[32]

Mega (UK)

PAL

36

^[33]

Mega (UK)

PAL

39

^[34]

MegaTech (UK)

68

^[35]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

68

^[36]

Player One (FR)

90

^[37]

Raze (UK)

PAL

68

^[8]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

77

^[39]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

62

^[40]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

42

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

46

^[42]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

66

^[43]

User (GR)

NTSC-J

80

^[44]

	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
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (rental)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Horizontal Manual)

Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Vertical Manual)

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	47dba0ac
MD5	6dee3627fa7a28267efd07c51a467ad6
SHA-1	bbb204c1eb5ca1b6d180c32722955b2c39d2c17b

256kB

1989-02

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	8a5ed856
MD5	fdfc9df027de832b93d6f88e8bb2f819
SHA-1	0bd83099edd3938a0f127ed399cb01046e36ac32

256kB

1988-12

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	c3a52529
MD5	7945e04cf746a8ddfd58446517070272
SHA-1	fd033ad9bd60d57adf52fa8cd0c1a5968d083f46

256kB

1989-11

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	778a0f00
MD5	cdcabca95b071e06eb278f67d700557c
SHA-1	b7e96b33ab1715fe265ed0de81a26dde969698d5

256kB

1989-11

Cartridge (EU)

Different header.

✔

CRC32	5b0678fb
MD5	088bdda3f56e794f06c02eeea1c033b6
SHA-1	aa9f686045fe83ee5f86640e5a711f80cad16b1e

256kB

1989-11

Cartridge (KR)

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

↑ File:AKitEC MD JP Box.jpg
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↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:11)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 16
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 71
↑ Buzz! Computers (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 47
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 27
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 126
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 17
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1989-xx-xx), page 1
↑ The Games Machine, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-18), page 18
↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1989" (JP; 1989-10-07), page 49
↑ Mega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-17), page 60
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Force, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-09), page 25
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ 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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[buzz1991-02-01-21] Buzz! Computers (UK) (+0:00)

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Rounds

Versions

Localised names

Staff

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References