Retro

Alex Kidd Is All Alone In Melbourne…

Kotaku AU

Marco Boncordo, from Melbourne, used to work in the city eight years ago. Back then, on Orr Street, there was an incredible piece of grafitti art featuring all of SEGA’s popular mascots. Now, as Alex Kidd is all alone on a bleached white wall, almost as if everyone else from his time has left him, moving on to bigger and better things, as he remains, frozen in time, on a wall in Carlton. Sob.


April 6, 2011
Retro

Remembering Sega’s Exiled Mascot

Nintendo has Mario. Microsoft has Master Chief. And Sega, well, for a long time Sega has had Sonic the Hedgehog as its mascot. Thing is, Sonic is a usurper.


November 4, 2010
In Real Life

Five Games That Were, And Should Be Again

Wolfire, the charitable types developing kooky PC action game Overgrowth, don’t just make games. They imagine what it would be like if people went and remade someone else’s old games, making them as awesome in 2010 as they were originally.


December 8, 2009
News

ESRB Rates Alex Kidd In Shinobi World, Blaster Master For Virtual Console

The Wii Virtual Console is due to get a double dose of 8-bit adventure soon, as the ESRB has rated Sega Master System spin-off Alex Kidd in Shinobi World and NES classic Blaster Master for Nintendo’s service.


March 10, 2009
News

Weeky Wii Update: New Gradius, Old Kidd

Two old favourites return in this week’s Wii Update, with the rebirth of Konami’s classic shooter, Gradius, and the re-release of Sega’s Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.