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A legend returns in stunning new detail with Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX! Fire up your power bracelet and relive a platforming classic alongside new modes, levels and features!
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a precision platformer, 2d platformer and difficult game
developed by Jankenteam
and published by Silver Lining .
Released on June 22nd 2021 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian and Italian.
It has received 761 reviews of which 609 were positive and 152 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam with a 90% discount.
The Steam community has classified Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX into these genres:
Precision Platformer
2D Platformer
Difficult
Platformer
2D
Pixel Graphics
Colorful
Retro
Old School
Adventure
1980s
Singleplayer
Combat
Nostalgia
Action
Indie
Driving
Vehicular Combat
Flight
Remake
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX:
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| Portuguese - Brazil |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.80GHz or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000-5000 series (game in 720p)
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a beautiful punch of nostalgia that instantly teleports me back to childhood, when I played it built directly into the Sega Master System. Hearing that legendary theme song with a gorgeous modern facelift—and switching to 8-bit mode with a single button—is pure magic. However, it is so absurdly faithful to the original that it hurts: they perfectly cloned the slippery jumps, the frustrating Rock-Paper-Scissors bosses, and that ruthless one-hit-death difficulty. It is a stunning love letter to our childhood memories, but get ready to rage-quit just like you did all those years ago!
Never played this before, first impressions it's an old school punishing platformer. But IT's REALLY FUN! and it's beautiful too. But maybe I'm weird. I didn't grow up with difficult platformers outside of playing mario games (which were pretty easy) , I recently played the Dragon's Trap remake and had so much fun beating it! There's something I really missed about short, replayable games with difficulty. I don't really rage quit like other players though, I just see every death as a lesson and find it fun to see how I get better. Dragon's trap and Silksong honestly taught me how punishing platformers can be and how fun it is when you learn to be more precise with your movements. Game design has changed so much over the years, that games like this feel so different than most games out today. Can't wait to unlock the other game modes. Love that similar to Dragon's Trap you can see both versions of the game.Hope we get more old school games remade with new graphics, and I thought I had seen some of the best recent games pixel art in games like blasphemous, eastward, moonlighter etc but this game has a wonderful vibe and I'm glad I got it. I just miss when games felt like video games. I love playing with the D-pad, and getting incremently better at it. Music and tone remind me of why I enjoyed Dragon's Trap remake so much, it's just a peaceful, almost tropical sound with vibrant colors.. It's different than running around a massive world with no goal in sight at times. I really wanna play more games like this one. Sorry if my review is a bit long and over the place for someone that hasn't played for very long, I'm just very passionate about video games. One thing I will say though is not everyone may like this, you'll find yourself dying a lot even early on, but with infinite retries basically, but the uplifting art and music, offset any feeling of it being punishing. There's also other accessibility options if you find the game too difficult.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is not so much a game as it is a beautifully restored emotional injury. On the surface, it is a bright, charming remake of a classic Master System platformer. The visuals are lovely, the music has been nicely brought back to life, and with one button you can flick between the shiny new version and the original, which is a neat little feature if you want to remind yourself what happiness looked like through a 1980s television and mild childhood resentment. But underneath the fresh paint, this is still Alex Kidd. Which means you will jump. You will slide slightly too far. You will punch the air beside an enemy with great confidence. You will die because something brushed your ankle with the authority of a small angry god. And then you will sit there, controller in hand, quietly remembering why you hated the outside world for several years. I loved it. This game took me straight back to being a teenager in my self-loathing era, when the world was stupid, people were annoying, and apparently the best use of my time was guiding a large-eared child through a hostile kingdom where every fish, bird, rock, frog and old man playing rock-paper-scissors wanted me dead. The DX version does a good job of respecting the original. Maybe too good. It has kept the charm, the weirdness, the awkward movement, the ridiculous boss encounters, and that very specific feeling of being personally insulted by level design. The optional infinite lives are a welcome addition, because I am now an adult with responsibilities and cannot afford to replace controllers just because Alex decided to handle like a shopping trolley on gravel. It is short. It is dated. It is occasionally unfair. New players may reasonably ask why anyone enjoyed this in the first place. The answer is simple: we were different then. We had rectangle controllers, no internet, and unresolved emotional grit. But as a nostalgia trip, this is excellent. It is colourful, strange, punishing, silly, and somehow still full of heart. It reminded me of a time when games did not care about your feelings, your schedule, or your blood pressure. Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a faithful remake of a game that made me angry decades ago, and somehow I am grateful to be angry at it again. You have been warned.
In the 90s this game made me want to go to school the next day and punch my friends in their stupid f*cking faces. Thankfully they added an infinite lives option in this version which prevents the urge to punch school children. It's definitely frustrating, the rock paper scissors boss fights aren't good. But it's still a great game (nostalgia speaking there for sure)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is currently available at a 90% discount. You can purchase it for 1.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX received 609 positive votes out of a total of 761 achieving a rating of 7.60.
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX was developed by Jankenteam and published by Silver Lining .
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is not playable on MacOS.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX does not support VR.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a single-player game.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Jankenteam
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Silver Lining
Release
22 Jun 2021
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