After several months of waiting, my Family Kid cart had arrived in the mail. The seller assured me that it was like Somari and Sonic the Hedgehog. I was a bit worried that he was wrong...when I started the game, I was pleasantly surprised.

When the game loads up, you are given the choice of playing either Family Kid or Aladdin 4. When I try to play Aladdin 4, nothing happens, I guess the pirates were too cheap to program that game in. When Family Kid loads up, you are greeted by the Family Kid dude who is waving his fingers at you like Sonic the Hedgehog does. When I pressed start, I was taken to the Green Hill Zone.

Family Kid is the same game as Somari except for the fact that you are controlling Family Kid, a weird dude who is reddish in color. Compared to the Genesis Sonic games, Family Kid is a bit tougher. Thee are no save points or continues. The game also runs a bit slower, which is typical I guess.

I played up through the Labyrinth Zone in Family Kid; everything seems to be where it should be. Family Kid is one of the best Famicom games I have (not saying much, I only have a dozen or so). The game is well thought out, nice to see a Sonic clone playing on NES.