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Name: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Author/Vendor: Sega
Released: 1987
Type: Platform
Language: English and Japanese
Premise: Alex Kidd is the brother of King Igul, ruler of Planet Aries. Acting on a rumored sighting of their missing father, Alex travels to the planet Paperock to find him. Why the name? Because the child's sport of Paper-Rock-Scissors is a planetwide institution, and those who visit must display some talent in the game. The only known MegaDrive entry in the long-running and popular series of arcade and console games by Sega.
Impressions: Don't laugh at me for this, but I think it's actually a really good platformer. Not very challenging, but well worth playing. Not bad for a game made back in 1987. (Skyline)
Variations: Surely a Japanese original exists for this game, although I have never seen it....
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