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3.8 / 5

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Platform
Sega Master System
Genres
Action · Adventure
Release date
July 19, 1987

Summary

The Master System title Anmitsu Hine takes the whimsical world of the 1950s manga and turns it into a side‑scrolling dash for a cake shop that’s about to close. In the original Japanese version you guide Princess Anmitsu through bustling streets, racing against the clock to reach the sweet‑shop before the shutters come down. When the game crossed the Atlantic it was re‑skinned as Alex Kidd in High‑Tech World, swapping the princess for the cheeky boy hero and swapping the cake shop for a neon‑lit game centre. The level design and most of the platforming stay the same, but the character sprites, dialogue snippets and a few background details were tweaked to fit Alex’s more arcade‑centric vibe. It’s a quirky example of how a beloved domestic story was reshaped for Western gamers, preserving the frantic chase while giving it a completely different visual personality.

Storyline

In the Sega Master System title Anmitsu Hime, players follow the mischievous Princess Anmitsu, a beautiful ten‑year‑old tomboy who lives in Amakara Castle. Though her parents hire a tutor named Castella from the Pudding Kingdom to make her more regal, she continues to slip out of the castle for adventures, learning about the world beyond its walls and befriending new characters while still causing trouble for the royal household. The game’s plot centers on a newly opened cake shop in town that Anmitsu is eager to visit, but the map to its location has been ripped into eight pieces and the castle guards forbid her departure. To reach the shop before it closes, she must locate every map fragment, evade the guards, and escape the castle. The story blends a late Edo‑period setting with anachronistic modern technology, giving the platformer a quirky, time‑bending charm.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Multiplayer

Game modes
Single