Angel Kids

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Angel Kids
Screenshot of Angel Kids
Screenshot of Angel Kids
Developer(s) Exa Planning
Publisher(s) Sega
Release date(s) 1985 (Arcade)
Genre(s) Arcade game
Mode(s) Single player, 2 player co-op
Platform(s) Arcade Game
Input Two 8-way Joysticks
Arcade cabinet Vertical
Arcade CPU(s) Z80
Arcade sound system(s) Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : YM2203
Arcade display Raster, 240 x 256 pixels, 256 colors

Angel Kids is a 2-player arcade game released by Sega in 1985. Players take turns controlling two flying (angelic) children holding a rope. Pull the two joysticks outwards and the rope gets taut. This throws a third (normal) child into balloons, which when broken reveal items. The third child falls and you must move the angelic children with the rope beneath the falling child to allow the child to bounce again. There are items to collect to score points, while avoiding nasties on your journey up a tree. The tree looks like a beanstalk and as such, the game could be a parody on Jack and the Beanstalk.