Gaegujangi Kkachi

A 1993 platformer built for the Sega Master System by the Korean studio HiCOM. The hero is Kkachi, the mischievous kid from the comics of Lee Hyun-se, one of the biggest names in Korean manhwa at the time.

It plays much like Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Kkachi works through side-scrolling and vertical stages, slaps ordinary enemies, picks up items that unlock special moves, and above all tries not to drop into a bottomless pit. Each chapter closes with a boss.

The Master System was sold in Korea as the Samsung Gam*Boy, which kept the 8-bit machine alive there long after the West had written it off. Local firms went on making cartridges for the domestic market only, and titles like this one were barely seen abroad. On OldGame.cz it runs straight in your browser.