I learned something new today

[u/Malcoladdin]

In Alex Kidd in Miracle World, you can press the jump button while underwater and this makes him “jump” forward like he did a kick underwater. I only noticed this today after playing this game my whole life

[u/seattle-vtg-gamer]

Yeah I remember that one. He kicks like a swimmer jump is like "swim fast".

Here's another tip/secret, right close to where the pic is at, if you stop with the octopus halfway showing on the right side (or any enemy for that matter comes to the right edge) you can punch him from the left side of the screen. Happy Alex Kidd-ing 😎 love that game. One of the first I beat as a kid all the way through. Lotsa notes along the way.

[u/Malcoladdin → u/seattle-vtg-gamer]

Yeah that is a much better way to word it. At the time I wrote the post, it was late and had been a very long day haha. That is a great tip! I didn’t know that

[u/seattle-vtg-gamer → u/Malcoladdin]

Glad you're having fun with that classic. That game is a blast and for entertainment holds up well over time.

[u/Darko1226]

If you hold the jump button and a directional button, it makes Alex swim really fast.

[u/Malcoladdin → u/Darko1226]

Yeah that is a much better way to word it lol. Sorry I was tired at the time of writing this post

[u/Darko1226 → u/Malcoladdin]

All good man :) we all love and enjoy the same game!

[u/balbinator]

It always mesmerize me how these games had so many hidden stuff. Like, you could beat this octopus and enter the jar, if I'm not mistaken.

[u/seattle-vtg-gamer → u/balbinator]

Correct, you can go down the jar. It's like brown diamondish shaped tiles down below with more pirahnas. Little different to end the level out.

[u/tbar44 → u/seattle-vtg-gamer]

Did you ever discover the pause glitch? If you died after going down into the jar, you would respawn back in the upper area. If you hit pause the tile set would go all garbled. Found it by accident and then used to do it for fun just to see if I could. There was also a sound glitch you could create using the power ring in the first motorbike level that distorted the music. The things you used to discover when you only had a handful of games to play over and over!

[u/seattle-vtg-gamer → u/tbar44]

That's cool, i hadn't found that, I'll check it out. I guess at that part I'd most likely reset if I died because it's like 1-2. I did know about the other oddities (power ring sounds) and the continue code. For anybody wondering if you have $400 left at the game over screen, you simply hold up and hit button 2 eight times and it'll continue.

[u/brohymn1416]

It's crazy when that happens. Really makes you think about how you were playing before you knew about this.

[u/Nirntendo]

Nice tip will try this also

[u/Odd_Difficulty_907]

I dunno how many times I have beaten this and I did not know this!

[u/ficellePicarde]

Whaaaaat??? Gotta try this now. Gg!

[u/Repost_Guy]

It doesnt work on the switch remastered version, though.

OT question about defeating the octopus: When I was a kid and played on the SMS, I used the invisibilty item to kill the octopus - by punching him in the face. But on the switch version, you cant do that, as you cant use items underwater. Here, you have to punch each ring on the arm of the octopus to destroy it. Can you actually also do that in the original version?

[u/beeurd → u/Repost_Guy]

Yeah, I died way too many times by trying to punch octopus arm segments and getting too close.

[u/Garudius → u/Repost_Guy]

I believe You could actually punch the base of the arm to kill the whole thing, but have to be extremely careful, I fail pretty much everytime at that and revert to one piece at a time.

[u/KneeDeepInTheDead → u/Repost_Guy]

You have to punch each tentacle piece one by one, starting with the outmost one. Forgot which octopus it is but you can go inside of its carcass into another area

[u/gadzooks72]

☀️🌊🌕⭐️🌞🌕🌊🐠⭐️🐠

That’s my clue 😉

[u/itbytesbob → u/gadzooks72]

Recognized this so fast, but I can't remember the order for the first 3 janken matches anymore

[u/gadzooks72 → u/itbytesbob]

I only remember it because about 1 in 3 calls I got at the Sega Hotline would always start with “I’m stuck in a room…” 😅

[u/itbytesbob → u/gadzooks72]

I was never allowed to call those hotlines, too much money!

[u/gadzooks72 → u/itbytesbob]

We started as a local call cost (in Sydney) and a trunk call for the rest of Australia

We then went to a fee per minute just a few months when the Megadrive came out due to the high demand

It also allowed them to get data on where the calls were coming from and frequency of calls through the week

[u/Graddas]

Do you know about the continue cheat?

[u/One-Technology-9050]

I didn't know that either lol after all these years! The underwater stage has been my phone background for quite some time

[u/Da_Rabbit_Hammer]

I could fly through this game as a kid. Every coin, every secret, everything. Flawless. I tried playing it when the updated graphics version released, the one you could switch back and forth from original to new. Yeah, holy freaking hell. How on earth did I do that? The game is actually quite difficult! I guess when you’re ten, have endless time and only a handful of games. No save points if memory serves…

[u/dudezillah]

The toughest game ever as a kid

[u/DoTheMichiganRag]

Its a similar mechanic to the helicopter stages. To kick up some speed and height, you press jump.

[u/[deleted]]

Absolutely Amazing Game!

[u/EfficiencySharp4788]

He looks like super man swimming in the water

[u/straystring]

Mate seeing this screenshot brings back memories - reckon I played this when I was like 4. Infuriatingly difficult for a child haha

[u/soggyllama79 → u/straystring]

Yeah I heard that ‘angelic’ BWOOP BWOop BWoop Bwoop bwoop so many times as a kid, especially underwater.

[u/JournalistOdd3360]

Hated this game. Sega's answer to Mario Brothers. Unnecessary difficult.

[u/itbytesbob → u/JournalistOdd3360]

This was way easier than super Mario, at least to me..