I really want to create a Alex Kidd series tribute page (along with a Wonder Boy series page too!) at Blake’s Sanctum one day as they were the first games I owned on my Sega Master system in the early 1990s so I have a huge soft spot for them.
As a result over the last few years I’ve become particularly interested in new homebrew games for classic consoles and ones that relates to these great old series. This includes where people do complicated rom hacks to completely convert an original game into something different.
For example a few years back someone created a true sequel to Alex Kidd in Miracle World (as many didn’t like the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive sequel that was hard to play & ignored story elements of the original). This fan sequel rom hack was so popular that physical copies with manuals and posters started appearing around the net and I couldn’t resist collecting one. Playing it on a real master system is an absolute joy!
Download: https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/AlexKiddInMiracleWorld-SMS-AlexKiddInMiracleWorld2-Mod
Well now I’m so excited as fans have once again created another sequel!! Alex Kidd in Miracle World 3 will be released very soon and looks absolutely amazing. Some of those level backgrounds really push the limits of the master system and the music sounds awesome! They’ve also pushed more even colours and details into Alex Kidd himself and the creatures around him.
Download: https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/AlexKiddInMiracleWorld-SMS-AlexKidd3CurseInMiracleWorld-Mod
2021 EDIT: I’m one of the lucky fans who was able to score one of the 25 limited edition physical copies released and I look forward to doing a video for you guys on it in the future! 🙂
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