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Punch-monkey love: Super Tennis & Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Before we start, I realize that I mixed up some details when I mentioned a non-existent submarine. No need for corrections—it's already been addressed for the book. For our two final American Master System releases of 1986, we have a game that looks remarkably derivative of an early Nintendo NES title (and rightly so) and a game that often gets compared to a major NES hit (but really is something much stranger and more ambitious). Yes, there's no denying that Super Tennis—no, not the Super NES one—looks almost exactly like Black Box Tennis for NES, all the way down the character sprites. But, you know, steal from the best, right? That philosophy seemingly looms over Alex Kidd in Miracle World as well: A game that Sega clearly designed as the answer to Super Mario Bros., what with it being a character platformer where you break blocks and all. Except the similarities really end there, and Miracle World ultimately embraces an entirely different design philosophy. If it weren't for t

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  • Originally Aired March 1, 2023
  • Runtime 12 minutes
  • Created May 11, 2025 by
    akerasi
  • Modified May 11, 2025 by
    akerasi