Many centuries ago, on the planet Aries, there lived a boy called Alex Kidd. For seven years, he lived on Mt. Eternal studying Shellcore, an ancient art that makes one strong enough to break rocks into pieces. As he was leaving the mountain one day to travel to his spiritual homeland, a dying man told him that the peaceful city of Radactian was in grave danger. Before taking his last breath, the man gave Alex a piece of a map and a medallion made of Sun Stone.

There are eleven locations in which Alex must explore, each of them has its own unique dangers. In each location, Alex can collect bags of coins, which can be used to buy items at the shop and are used to help Alex get through each location (eg: motorcycle, peticopter, power bracelet, etc.) There are also traps that Alex must avoid like the ghost that chases him. He can also collect the Telepathy Ball that will help him read people's minds.

Later, Alex learns that in order to save Radactian from destruction, he must first defeat Janken the Great, Emperor of the planet Janbarik (he got his name from his expertise at the game of Janken -- or what people call "scissors, paper, stone" in the Western World. Janken has sent his henceman all over Radactian to prepare the game for Alex as he passes by them. In order to get past them, Alex must win three times at Janken. If he loses, he is turned to stone and vanished from Radactian forever. Later on in the game, Alex must play with the same henceman, but only this time, when Alex wins, they decide to play dirty.

Alex uses his fists to wipe out some of Janken's enemies such as birds, sea horses, bats, monkeys, frogs, and a few others. If his quest to save Radactian from the evil hands of Janken becomes difficult, he can instead use the power bracelet to perform the "Shocking Waves of Destruction", an ancient trick in the art of Shellcore.

Before Alex comes face-to-face with Janken, he should rescue his brother, Egle, from imprisonment, and get the letter and two medallions.

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Alternate Titles

"アレックスキッドのミラクルワールド" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform
	Alex Kidd In Miracle World : Sega Master	SEGA Master System
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A real classic for Master System.	Mumm-Ra (382)
Sega's rival to Mario in the action platform category	gametrader (229)

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VideoGame	Mar, 1991		100
Game Freaks 365	Jul 04, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
GameHall	Apr 04, 2006	9.3 out of 10	93
VicioJuegos.com	Aug 04, 2006	91 out of 100	91
Retrogaming History	Jan 22, 2008	9 out of 10	90
IGN	Jan 25, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Defunct Games	Sep 09, 2006	84 out of 100	84
Video Games	Mar, 1991	81 out of 100	81
GameCola.net	Mar, 2005	8 out of 10	80
1UP!	Nov 02, 2004	73 out of 100	73

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Trivia

Master System 2

Alex Kidd in Miracle World was built into the hardware of the Sega Master System 2 for the European market.

Riceballs

In the first revision of the game Alex eats a riceball at the end of each level. In the later revisions of the game Alex eats a hamburger at the end of each level. Sega changed this because not many people outside of Japan know what a riceball or 'onigiri' is.