Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2! A sequel 30 years later | Nostalgia Nerd

[@blacksunshine7485]

You know you really miss a console when you actually just want to feel the pad to see if your memory remembers the feel of the d-pad and the buttons. Love that flimsy d-pad

[@Mahoromatic]

The master system is still insanely popular here in Brazil. Even tho it's 80's tech...

[@troywright359]

It's funny because I took one to the Philippines and people there loved it. Even though they love pc gaming and internet cafes are everywhere, it pulled them away. I think if marketed correctly it could do very well. It's not always about the super graphics.

[@justsomeguy8385]

Man you guys still can't afford a Mega Drive? That sucks.

[@michaelromeo9567]

BRAZIL

[@luisfabio6768]

Eu tive um master system (Alex kidd na memória) só vir zerar muitos anos depois achava muito difícil na época!Game que mais marcou a minha infância!!!

[@GiordanDiodato]

it's because of your country's insane tariffs. Sega was smart and outsourced production of the Master System to a Brazilian company called TecToy.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

Thanks, played this a few weeks back to the end and it was really well done.

[@abu269]

i have waited so long for a sequel to this game! Thank you!

[@burakgursoy1388]

Awesome! I had a master system with no physical games but just Alex Kidd built-in. I think that I've finished it maybe a couple of hundreds of times at least :)

[@boseyjones]

Can't wait to play this. Looks like a ton of love and work went into it!

[@MissMaryanne1]

I'm from Australia (now residing in New Zealand) and I remember getting a Sega Master System for Christmas 1991 which my dad bought ah the awesome memories ^^

[@BlockbusterPlotMaster]

I never knew this game came out April 2016! That's when I became a fan of this game series. For my 9th birthday (2016) I got a Sega Genesis! The next day I got to play it! It was fun! So I've been a fan of the series since April 3, 2016! I've been a fan for 2 years! Wow!

[@Andy.Something.]

I never beat the original as a youngster, but recently went back to it utilising an emulators save/load feature and finally beat it.

[@BlackArroToons]

Really nice history of Alex Kidd 1 and 2, thanks. This sequel is way more like the classic than Alex Kidd and the Lost Stars, which was fun but treated like a sequel back on the SMS. Then Alex Kidd High Tech World, etc.

[@gabrielcasanovavideorecord9130]

Hello! I'm from Brazil let me explain you... The Brazilian Master System 1 did not come with any games, but if you turned on the console without cartridges, you could play a simple game called "Snail Maze"... With the release of Alex Kidd, tectoy (SEGA representative in Brazil) made a master system 1 model with Alex Kidd, and for marketing reasons called it Master System "2". After this event, SEGA launched the true Master System 2, and Tectoy after a while, launched it here by calling it Master System "3" (also with Alex Kidd in memory). After a while, Tectoy released the Master System "3" with Sonic in memory, well afterwards also released other versions, such as one that included Great Soccer, which was very popular here in brazil. By the mid-2000s, tectoy made a version called "Master System 3 collection" which came with more than 100 games in memory and a 6-button style control of Mega Drive. Awsome video!! I love your channel! Sorry for the probably english errors. XDD

[@invghost]

The whole Brazil/SMS thing is really weird but really cool at the same time.

[@gabrielcasanovavideorecord9130]

Yes!, hahahaha

[@gabrielcasanovavideorecord9130]

Oh, sorry for the error!

[@Nostalgianerd]

I think I covered this roughly in my Sega Master System Story, but I still find it weird that they called it a Master System II.

[@daturave]

Hmm.. I got my master system x-mas 1987 (Finland) and it had snail maze. IIRC, it came bundled with the light phaser, safari hunt and hang on. (Dad also bought couple of master system joysticks (Control Sticks) as he didn't like the pad and so I really disliked all the _crappy_ "nintendo" pads at first and preferred joysticks for a long time xD). Later on my friend got an master system (maybe a couple years later?) that looked the same but had alex kidd built in.

[@NettiGaming]

Christmas day 1991. And being a Christmas day baby. My 5th birthday. I was given this masterpiece. Which my parents played to death and I didn't get a look in till I was 7. Still holds up today. My first and most beloved game

[@aphexteknol]

I too owned a Master System II and played Alex Kidd in Miracle World relentlessly. :)

[@aussieguy1012]

Man thank you so much for reviewing this.Downloaded it and man the castle at the end is looooong.Noticed a few glitches but this game is awesome.Music doesnt touch the original though.Will be buying a physical if I can.

[@simonsheldon1184]

I have a hard copy of this game available. PM me if you are still interested. facebook.com/simon.sheldon.14

[@JaimieRain]

I also got my Sega Master System II on Xmas day 1991 and all my strongest memories consist of playing Alex Kidd that day too. I was in New Zealand though so about 12 hours ahead. Also 9 years old and did work out pretty quickly the Janken Matches were all the same. Allthough if you lost one round it went random as far as I could tell. Took me until September 1992 to finish the game, and then only when I was stuck on the final room, I had to ask around school how to read that tablet! bottom to top and right to left...I never would've worked this out myself, so vague! I'm enjoying your channel a lot, a lot of Sega content, which is lacking on youtube. Nintendo usually gets all the attention.

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

0:51 I actually had this one. Ah, the memories. Indeed, in Europe and Brazil and Australia, the SMS was king.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Love Sega Master System 👍

[@chopsgames2145]

I cannot like this enough thank you for sharing this!

[@allluckyseven]

Onigiri is pronounced "oh-nee-ghi-ree", hard G. (inb4 "omg, it's the gif vs. jiff all over again!")

[@btr3k]

I love Alex Kidd and grew up playing it with my friends and all, but I was also going to mention this. Japanese is much easier to read when understanding the Romanized words have a 1-to-1 corresponding sound for each letter. A is always "ah", E is always "eh", U is always "ooh", and is this case G is always the hard G.

[@gtPacheko]

I came here to point that out but you already did :D "Gee" in Japanese would be じ or ジ

[@smartperson1]

Yeah but now Alex Kidd eats a hamburjer, so the point is moot.

[@btr3k]

I see what you did there... Very jood.

[@Nostalgianerd]

I think I'll just stick with "Rice triangle"

[@GamingKevChannel]

Nice video y done.. Alex Kidd in Miracle World was my 1st game with Master system 2 from 1989 till got it today

[@BarrySwords]

What a classic game 😁

[@Stuey3D]

Had the Master System II with Alex Kidd when I lived with my mum, when I moved into my dads house he got me another Master System II but I was gutted as it had bloody Sonic instead.

[@The_Majestic_Ibis]

Before i even start watching this video i just want to say i was watching a ak2 video and the description was in another language and i really wanted to know about it, and now im really excited so thanks for the video.

[@scorchx3000]

I found a useful way for dealing with the ghosts that came out of every second ? box. You simply break two additional coin boxes as the game could only have 2 objects on screen from boxes at a time, so smashing an extra box will remove the ghost as it counts as an item.

[@wasitacatisaw83]

No way! I was playing this on my Master System II this morning :D

[@MrSRArter]

2:07 You mean a jelly donut

[@dejongejohan]

Love this game. Love the original Alex Kidd game. Love your love for the Master System.

[@ImranWorldCyclist]

Nostalgia overload.... Brilliant!!!!

[@jameslewis2635]

Alex Kidd in Miracle World was one of those games that really irritated me with the lack of a save function. That is one thing that really put me off consoles back in the day as I came from a home computer background where I could save a lot of games. I never finished the game completely, mainly because I got killed doing rock, paper, scissors.

[@steveluvscows2490]

And a few years later, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is announced.

[@philiptynan9159]

Thanks for the link I love it, I got my Sega master system 2 in 1992 came with Alex kidd in meracle world, played it for hours every day, such good memories, now I have both of them in my phone. 😁

[@itsaPIXELthing]

It is, indeed, a miracle! :) Awesome vid, Pete! Cheers!

[@Nostalgianerd]

You're welcome my friend. Thanks for stopping by!

[@forgottenknowledge8917]

I had a Sega Master System II with Alex built in. I got mine in 92. Best times

[@WskOsc]

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is still easily my favourite Master System game, and the first I ever played. Nice to see it get some proper love. Now, I just hope it won't take me several years to beat Miracle World 2. EDIT: Tried the ROM and it's good. Levels are a bit short and easier than the original but the design and music is lovely so it's well worth a play. As a longtime Miracle World fan, I love it.

[@nicolesproducerpack]

Jacob Shaw Happy you like my music - thanks for playing! 😀

[@Nostalgianerd]

Like most games I play, I'll never get to finish it.

[@philiptynan9159]

Ah memories, I got the master system II with Alex kidd back in 1992 it was my first games console, played it for hours every day and night loved it, I have Alex kidd rom on my phone getting pretty good at it, I downloaded Alex kidd 2 rom and I'm really enjoying it, love these old retro games, thanks for the info.

[@Ramdileo_sys]

@@Nostalgianerd At 5:31.. the pleasure of plug a game and... that's it... it works........... no Steam crap.. no internet authorization of the real owner (meaning the company that scam you selling you something that is not really yours)....... no need for pray for the server or company still being around for play the game in 20 or 30 years.......... do we have any new games like this lately????........ which was the last one????...... the last game we can buy and play without anyone's authorization????..... someday someone is going to have to make a website or list with the games that we can actually buy and collect for use in the future like you guys do with this ones today........

[@mattsword41]

Great video - thanks. Remember playing at a friend's house the odd bit of Alex Kidd. Just fired up retroarch and played the original and this mod - it's awesome - just finished both of them. god knows how people did it before save states though!

[@ReckonerVR]

You're doing awesome work here.

[@jayrave4]

I got a Master system 2 for Christmas 1991, along with Sonic and Ninja... I fully intended to play Sonic all day, but AK1 was so unexpectedly good, I didn't play Sonic until Boxing day. Great, great times :)

[@gbarrancos1]

Blast from the past 0:59 - This is exactly the Box i got as A Birthday Gift ON 1990

[@SoughtAnarchy]

2:14 No, that's Brock's Donuts

[@gregnavarro2892]

Awesome video man. Loved the Master System. 💯👍✌

[@antony9384]

God I loved this game. Great video!!

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

Amazing. I love the attention to the backgrounds. Not those plain solid colours anymore. The castle has bricks in the background. The shrubbery and clouds are in the foreground and Alex walks and flies behind them, giving more of a sense of depth, which is really nice. Not too pleased to hear that it's harder, to be honest though. I feel the original game was just a little too hard to be enjoyed by the casual gamer. The controls just s little too imprecise for the difficulty level. But I appreciate the effort and am genuinely excited to try this game out.

[@nicolesproducerpack]

Greattt review - thanks for the shout out! Hope you enjoyed my music for the game. 😊

[@Nostalgianerd]

Yes. I thoroughly enjoyed every track!

[@nicolesproducerpack]

Nostalgia Nerd Yay! 😊

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

All hail the Mighty Master System 👍

[@manamaster6]

My uncle allowed me to play with his Master System II for a few months, my father and I would play Alex Kidd for hours, without ever passing the crystal/ice castle. One day my uncle needed money and asked his console back, he sold it for a few coins and I never played Alex Kidd again. I don't know where he originally bought it, as it was a very rare console in Mexico, but at least my father was able to buy a few cartridges for it in the flea market.

[@pneptun]

i can relate!!!! unpacking the sega master system II, turning it on, bam! alex kid! :)

[@Ashley-ys6mi]

Thanks for the heads up on this! Alex Kidd was the first game I ever owned and I played it to death, so definitely going to have a go on the sequel. I think I preferred the option to hold up on the d-pad and hammer one of the buttons for a continue in the original as opposed to paying for one in this.

[@SystemSyko]

I think the way he should do it is make 1986 copies of the game and have them go up for pre-order. Once that amount is sold then thats it. Unless theres even more demand then he should make a second print, but there should be an indication that it is indeed a 2nd print.

[@eyeball226]

The original definitely had a continue option, the way you mentioned it made it sound like it was addition to Miracle World II.

[@damek666]

Yes but was a cheat and you needed to have $200

[@1300l]

Here in Brazil we also had a Master System III (that was your II) with Alex Kid on the memory ;)

[@raymoreton3184]

I used to love going round my mates house to play this, it's a great game.

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

One of my most fave platformers, finished it many times. This was built in to my ms1 in the uk.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

Here in Canada I missed this console. I went from many models of Atari 8 bit computers to Atari ST then quickly to Amiga 500; nevertheless, I can see your enjoyment.

[@Larry]

Been wanting to try this for a while, how did you get a physical copy Pete? :)

[@simonsheldon1184]

I have a hard copy of this game available. PM me if you are still interested. facebook.com/simon.sheldon.14

[@mime3761]

Used to own Shinobi World back in the day, then last year I tried this one too on emulator and I was quite disappointed. Wouldn't pay too much for a copy honestly...

[@tomstills5146]

This is clearly stated in the video. Listen again.

[@ytmhcubed]

PAL-M, which is what we used in Brazil, is actually 60 fps as it is fully compatible with NTSC save for the color carrier. That means we actually played the game like in the footage.

[@Nostalgianerd]

Yes, of course. Same as the original Japanese market.

[@LeShark75]

Nice to see the Acorn Electron lurking in the background there.

[@Rosscotas]

No hamburgers arrr , loved miracle world! Good vid Nerd

[@tupacshakur9847]

Just completed it after 30years.

[@theeggman4806]

That really is a thing of beauty.. :) Rock/paper/scissors anyone ?

[@lewisfilby2394]

yea about that grim reaper thing ... most of my life I thought that was a walrus

[@MeMe-kr5hi]

Lewis Filby haha we used to call it “the sloth”. Not sure why as it moved pretty fast

[@JaimieRain]

Yeah I always thought of it as a Walrus. Even after reading the instruction manual and seeing it was a grim reaper ghost thing, I can't unsee a Walrus.

[@robintst]

Being American and growing up with a NES instead, I missed out on Alex Kidd in his heyday, but I did play Enchanted Castle on the Genesis a few years later. I thought it was okay, not great. But then many, many years later in the 2000s, I bought a restored Master System 1 and a copy of Miracle World and played both games back to back to compare them... Miracle World is just flat out better in every way. Difficult, yes, but it's more responsive and it feels like most anytime you die, it's your own fault and not the fault of bad controls. Finally having context at that point made me realize that Enchanted Castle, by comparison, is WAY too "floatty" for a platformer and the combat is sluggish and delayed. I think had Yuji Naka and his team continued to focus on polishing and updating the gameplay of Miracle World for future installments, we could have seen a whole series of really engaging and memorable platformers in the franchise as true sequels, instead of just the first one and it's each completely different/weird follow-ups.

[@PinBallReviewerRepairs]

Neat I have a bunch of those Himalayan lamps in my house to I love the Orange Glow of them. :)

[@AnGhaeilge]

I had a Master System 1 and 2. Don't ask me why I had both. I loved Alex Kidd. For some reason as a kid (no pun intended) - I used to call it Alex the Kidd. I don't know why. Alex Kidd in Miracle World was one of my favourite games on the Master System. I spent countless hours playing it.

[@nicolesproducerpack]

Sean Ó Briain I also used to call it Alex The Kidd, lol.

[@eltoro4814]

Oh man you've explained the rice triangle for the first time in my life! Always wondered what this was! Oh, great vid too :D

[@Bakersvill]

I always thought it was a glitch lol spent along time wondering were the burger went :)

[@davistalhone9482]

I feel like Ian grasped what made the original game great (and what worked against it) so thoroughly, that I would make it a point of playing anything else he decided to sequel.

[@FluffyGameplay]

Alex deserves more games. I miss the little guy so much.

[@LeafarR1657]

I had a Master System II in the early 90's here in Brazil... Oh the nostalgia...

[@Seven71987]

Isn't The Enchanted Castle the only true sequel to Miracle World and in 2017 we got a sequel that sandwiches the two games.

[@DavidMessud]

hello ! How can I edit continue and life settings please ?

[@210presence]

The game looks good, seems to respect the original "Alex Kidd". Nice video! :)

[@221b]

Damn, when I first saw the thumbnail for this video I was hoping for something akin to the recent Wonder Boy 3 remake, rather than a ROM hack.

[@kyrusinek]

Holy crap a 2nd game to the OG! hells yeah already downloading the rom

[@sebastianheyn4886]

I actually had a master system 1 with Alex Kidd built in in Germany back then

[@jaysun070476]

This system was awsome along with the TurboGrafx 16 man why cant video gaming be like those days .

[@ricmagus]

This is cool, and i like! But the mega drive version is the official miracle world's sequel. Anyway, thanks for the video! And greetings from Brazil.

[@Daniel-Marson]

I still have my master system and Alex kidd (the cart) I'm currently playing through miracle world on my ps4 (psnow) lol its so great. You know when you revisit something from when you were a kid and it ruins it.. Alex kidd is not one of those instances it's just as good now as it was then.

[@TheYezar]

Woohoo! Master System 2!!! My Alex Kidd MS2 was bugged and we couldn't finish the last boss =(

[@jordandavies2614]

Alex kidd in miracle world was the first game I every played.

[@wishagoodfluffyhoneylovego4657]

Alex Kidd: New Universe and Alex Kidd: Hidden Aries should be next. I personally want a "Zillion 3: Norsa Resurrection"

[@AzraelsEntertainment]

Mate, you could continue the in first one too, you held up at the game over screen and simultaneously pressed 1 & 2 until a chime sounded. :)

[@EvertonToledoDeMoraes]

I'm from Brazil and i have one of these Master System II that looks like Master System I. Your Master System II, here is called Master System III, and had Sonic on Memory.

[@EdgarFleming]

Just found your channel and your content amount is so massive! Prolific even. Do you sleep? Thank you for sharing with us.

[@danielwilliams4321]

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is still my favorite

[@DJFace147]

Great news!

[@alasyon]

Wow, we also got it for Christmas 1991!

[@oldstylegaming]

wow that packaged game looks the dogs bollocks..... Alex Kid in Hi Tech world looks like the stole the background from Kung Fu Master, gonna download this now my wife will be happy as she loves and still plays Alex Kidd. Great Video :-)

[@D-unfadeable]

I loved this game!!!!!

[@demonicpikachu5516]

2:08 no, that's a jelly filled doughnut get it?

[@mr-matt13]

Alex Kidd is the mascot for my buyer's remorse when I was 13. I fucking hated that game and the Master System. I should've listened to Captain N and got a NES with Mario 3. I've no idea what the hell I was thinking at the time but fuck you Alex Kidd, 27 years later and I'm still feeling the regret.

[@_._-._.-]

11:16 you could also continue on the original Alex Kidd as well. As long as you had enough cash, you could press A several times and the stage would restart with 3 lives.

[@jamiejaz80]

Ah my first harming experience of gaming. Had mine built into my master system 1(1990ish, u.k )

[@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd]

Enjoyable and informative. Too many Master System games were developed in Japan but only released in the west, it's not fair.

[@86kid.]

I'm going to try this out it's a must 🙃

[@ZentuWindslash]

I will admit, I didn't beat this game till I was 16. And I seen and knew about it since I was 3-4? Toward the end of MW. You could tell it was designed to be unfair...like this Water/spike room in Jakens fort. Let's just say it was the Sonic3 barrel of it's day.

[@Bigheadedwon]

HOW am I just seeing this video, had zero idea there was a fan made equal to Alex Kidd! I played the hell out of that on my SMS. I just fired up Bigbox so I could play the original before I tried the new one. Forgot how incredibly floaty the controls are, it's gonna take me weeks to beat this lol.

[@thehumbleone1983]

❤️ Sega Master System and ❤️ Alex Kid

[@minibigs5259]

Ah, the ghost alex and sound......I remember that!

[@j19aiden91]

After watching this, I really wish Sega had released more platforming games than just Sonic lately.

[@kevinmeyers7821]

I got mine in the 80s, mine came with a 3D missile shooting game. When Genesis came out without the 3D I thought Sega had totally screwed themselves.

[@gomibako1847]

"ahnijuri"

[@Nostalgianerd]

asphinctersayswhat?

[@filipesantos9692]

LOL

[@wulfenlord]

you mean the jelly-filled donuts?

[@MitsuhashiTakashi]

If only Nintendo didn't monopolize the game market in the late 80s in the us there probably would have been some konami and capcom classics on the mastersystem to add to the great first party stuff from sega