Description

Alex Kidd: High-Tech World for the Sega Master System delivers a unique twist on the mascot’s usual platforming formula. Instead of a straightforward action quest, the game blends side-scrolling stages with puzzle-solving and exploration. The story follows Alex as he discovers a torn map to a new arcade and must reassemble it before heading off on his latest adventure.

The game is split into two distinct styles. In the puzzle-based sections, players explore a mansion, talk to NPCs, collect items, and solve riddles to uncover the missing map fragments. These parts emphasize logic and patience, a rare change of pace for platform games of the era. Once the map is pieced together, the game shifts into more familiar Alex Kidd territory: action-packed platforming stages where Alex must fight ninjas, leap over traps, and survive until he reaches the arcade.

Colorful visuals, humorous dialogue, and Sega’s classic charm give the game personality, though its unusual structure makes it one of the more unique entries in the Alex Kidd series.

Alex Kidd: High-Tech World remains a nostalgic oddity in Sega’s 8-bit library—half puzzle adventure, half action platformer, and all wrapped in the quirky charm of Sega’s first mascot.