Frankenstein's Console: The baked-in pleasures of Alex Kidd in Miracle World Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Frankenstein's Console: The baked-in pleasures of Alex Kidd in Miracle World This week we're stitching together our ideal console. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 30 Oct 2020 82 comments Which console features from yesteryear are you super fond of? Given that there are new machines out soon - and given that it's almost Halloween - we thought we would spend the week picking and choosing our favourite elements from our favourite consoles and stitching together our perfect Frankenstein's Console. Inevitably it's going to look a bit like that car Homer Simpson designed, and equally inevitably it's going to say Giga Power Pro-Gear Spec when you boot it up. Anyway - join us! And have a think about what your own Frankenstein's Console might look like. If you dare... The Master System was the first console I ever saw, so it's inevitable that I would want something of it in any Frankenstein's console. Ours was a Sega school, and it seemed that almost everyone had one of these stylish, angular machines. I have a lot of love for the look of games on the Master System - I think the occasional awkwardness of 8-bit has aged very nicely. But while the best game was clearly Wonder Boy 3, one of my favourite things about the machine was the game that was baked in. If you didn't put a cartridge into my version of the Master System, when you turned it on it would start to play Alex Kidd in Miracle World. This blew my mind. Deep inside this machine, something was always thinking about Alex Kidd - Alex Kidd was stuffed right in there. Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a pretty fantastic game - watching replays online I am reminded of my friend Gareth who had a little song about Branston Pickle he would sing over the map-screen jingle - but it seemed much more magical to me because it existed inside this machine in a way that could never be extracted. So there's a Frankenstein's Console feature for you: turn it on with nothing in it and it plays Alex Kidd in Miracle World. It is haunted by an 8-bit ghost. A ghost who really likes Branston Pickle. I miss you Gareth! The mechanical beauty of the SNES power switch The camaraderie and comforts of 3DS StreetPass The PS2's utterly essential rotating logo The GameCube's handle which made games truly social The baked-in pleasures of Alex Kidd in Miracle World Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 11 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store