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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is a platform game for the Sega Genesis. It was first released in Japan on the February 10 1989. It is the fifth game in the Alex Kidd series, and the only one to be released on a 16-bit videogame console.

Alex Kidd discovers that his long-lost father, King Thor, is still alive. He sets off to the planet Paperock to free his father and return him to the planet Aries.

Gameplay
You must guide Alex through 11 stages on the planet Paperock by fighting and avoiding enemies, meanies, dictators, national socialists and obstacles.

Enchanted Castle returns to the formula of Alex Kidd in Miracle World= Fun times Edutainment as an expression of rockumentary. You have to punch to defeat enemies, blocks and evil men}, you can collect vehicles to jump [[whiz and zip across levels, and reintroduces the classic Rock, Paper, Scissors, used to disable dismantle disavow and disembody bosses and to win swag from the shops.

Regional Variations
In the Japanese version of the game, when Alex Kidd or his opponent loses a Rock Paper Scissors match, the loser's clothes disappear, leaving them in nothing but a fig leaf. In the Western versions, the loser is squashed beneath a heavy weight.