Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

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Alex Kidd and the Lost Stars
Western Master System Version Box Art
Western Master System Box Art
Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Series Alex Kidd series
Platform(s) Arcade, Sega Master System
Release date 1986 (Arcade)
1988 (Sega Master System)
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single player, 2 player co-op
Input methods 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons
Arcade system Sega System 16A hardware
CPU 68000
Sound Sound CPU : Z80, N7751, Sound Chips : YM2151, DAC
Display Horizontal , Raster, 320 x 224 pixels , 6144 colors
Arcade Version Screenshot
Arcade Version Screenshot

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is a platform arcade game released by Sega in 1986. Later, it was ported to the Sega Master System in 1988.

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[edit] Story

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars features Alex Kidd searching for the twelve Zodiac signs, located in all stages except 7 and 14, in a limited time. It is notable for having two stages inside a giant's stomach and for the use of recycled stages, by having making the player go through all the stages again in a more difficult versions of them, with the bonuses and the miracle balls (or stars, depending on the version) in different positions. The final boss, named Jiggarat (or Ziggurat), was notable for being particularly hard and the only "fool-proof" strategy against Kidd involved moving forward the instant one reached the end of the boss, thus avoiding his attacks. Despite this, the game is not considered particularly hard.

[edit] Arcade/Master System Differences

The arcade and Master System versions are mostly similar in each other. Aside from graphics and sound, a difference of the two games are that the arcade version has a limited number of lives (three by default), whereas the Master System version has infinite lives, though being hit or falling into a pit subtracts seconds in the timer and backtracks the player to the last checkpoint in the round.

The biggest difference is that the arcade version features a cooperative two player mode, with the second player assuming the control of a female counterpart to Alex Kidd, named Stella (assumed to be Alex's girlfriend), who never appeared in other games in any of the Alex Kidd series.

[edit] Rounds

There are 14 rounds in the game:

  • Toy World- Rounds 1 and 8
  • Machine World- Rounds 2 and 9
  • World of Make Believe- Rounds 3 and 10
  • Water World- Rounds 4 and 11
  • Monster World- Rounds 5 and 12
  • Giant's Body- Rounds 6 and 13
  • The Shrine of Jiggarat (Ziggurat)- Rounds 7 and 14

[edit] Trivia

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  • The game also has a brief cameo of Sega's previous mascot Opa-opa, from the Fantasy Zone series of games as the Miracle Ball in Machine World.

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