Sky Kid

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Sky Kid
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Namco
Composer(s)	Junko Ozawa
Platform(s)	Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo VS. System, Epoch Super Cassette Vision, Switch, PlayStation 4
Release	Arcade JP: December 1985 NES JP: August 22, 1986 US: September 1987 VS. System US: 1987
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously
Arcade system	Namco Pac-Land

Sky Kid^[a] is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware but with a video system like that used in Dragon Buster. It is also the first game from Namco to allow two players to play simultaneously. The game was later released on the Famicom (brought to the American Nintendo Entertainment System by Sunsoft), and both this version for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U and the original arcade version for the Wii were later released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service,^[1] and for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives line of digital releases. The NES version was also ported to arcades for the Nintendo VS. System as VS. Super Sky Kid, but promotional materials and the cabinet for this version just use the name VS. Sky Kid.^[2][3][4]

A sequel named Sky Kid Deluxe was released in 1986. It introduced several new enemies and missions, and was the first game to run on Namco's then-new Namco System 86 hardware.

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