Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

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Description

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars has similar gameplay like in the other Alex Kidd games, but this one's easier and designed for kids. Once again you play Alex, whose mission is to run through each location, knocking down enemies, and obtain the six miracle balls. These balls are hidden inside the strangest places like golden eggs, the Fantasy Zone ship out of action, clamshells, Christmas presents, pumpkins, and desk bells.

Alex must then venture in outer space to defeat the evil Ziggurat. Locations include Toy World, Machine World, the World of Make Believe, Water World, and Monster World. You will even tour through the giant's body. Once you obtained the six miracle balls, you have to run through all the locations again, but these repeated locations introduce new enemies.

With all the locations, you're under a time limit, and as usual, if the time expires, you lose a life. Alex starts the game with nothing, but during the game, he can collect power-ups that give him extra time, and allow him to shoot enemies or jump higher.

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Alternate Titles

• "Alex Kidd: The Lost Star" -- Misspelled SEGA Master System cartridge title
• "アレックスキッドザ・ロストスターズ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Alex Kidd series

User Reviews

Simple sidescroller with great enemy variety.

SEGA Master System

Emperor MAR (2615)

Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	SEGA Master System	Jun, 1988	9 out of 10	90
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	SEGA Master System	Oct, 1988	9.8 out of 12	82
The Games Machine (UK)	SEGA Master System	Oct, 1988	72 out of 100	72
HonestGamers	SEGA Master System	Jan 12, 2004	7 out of 10	70
VicioJuegos.com	SEGA Master System	Jul 11, 2009	63 out of 100	63
IGN	SEGA Master System	Oct 23, 2008	5 out of 10	50
IGN	Wii	Mar 09, 2009	5 out of 10	50
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Jul 26, 2009	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Master System	Apr 07, 2012	C-	42
Nintendo Life	Wii	Mar 09, 2009		30

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Trivia

Arcade Version

The only Alex Kidd game to have an arcade release. The game is pretty much the same as the SMS version but includes two-player co-op gameplay. Instead of a palette swap however, player two gets to control a female version of Alex.

Related Web Sites

• Game Map (Sega Master System) ()