The first entry in Nintendo's Kid Icarus series, it was published in Japan in December 1986, and in Europe and North America in February and July 1987, respectively.

The story of Kid Icarus revolves around protagonist Pit's quest for three sacred treasures, which he must equip to rescue the Grecian fantasy world Angel Land and its ruler, the goddess Palutena.

Despite its mixed critical reception, Kid Icarus is a cult classic, and had shipped 1. 76 million copies by late 2003.

After the release of the Game Boy sequel Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters in 1991, the game series lay dormant for 20 years.

It was eventually revived with a 3D shooter for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Kid Icarus: Uprising, after Pit's inclusion as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Kid Icarus is an action platformer with role-playing elements.

The backstory of Kid Icarus is described in the instruction booklet: Before the events of the game, earth was ruled by the goddess, or Queen of light, Palutena, and the goddess, or Queen of darkness, Medusa.

Kid Icarus was designed at Nintendo's Research and Development 1 ( R & D1 ) division, while the programming was handled by the external company Intelligent Systems.

Kid Icarus was Toru Osawa's debut as a video game designer, and he was the only staff member working on the game at the beginning of the project.

Osawa intended to make Kid Icarus an action game with role-playing elements, and wrote a story rooted in Greek mythology, which he had always been fond of.

After Nintendo's action-adventure Metroid had been finished, more staff members were alloted to the development of Kid Icarus.

Hirokazu Tanaka composed the music for Kid Icarus.

He streamlined the development process, and made many decisions that affected the game design of Kid Icarus.

Osawa said that he had originally tried to make Kid Icarus completely serious, but opted for a more humorous approach after objections from the team.

Eventually, Kid Icarus was finished and entered production a mere three days before the release date.

In February and July 1987, respectively, a cartridge-based version of Kid Icarus was published for the NES in Europe and North America.

In August 2004, Kid Icarus was re-released in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini Disk System Selection for the Game Boy Advance.

A 3D Classics remake of Kid Icarus was published for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console in Europe on January 5, 2012 and in Australia on January 17, 2012.

A download code was given to users who registered two selected 3DS games with Nintendo in Japan and Europe or pre-ordered Kid Icarus: Uprising in North America from certain retailers before it was released.

Kid Icarus had shipped 1. 76 million copies worldwide by late 2003, and has gained a cult following.

In October 1992, a staff writer of the UK publication Nintendo Magazine System said that Kid Icarus was " pretty good fun ", but did not " compare too well " to other platform games, owing in part to its " rather dated " graphics.

Retro Gamer magazine's Stuart Hunt called Kid Icarus an " unsung hero of the NES " that " looks and sounds pretty ".

Although he considered the blend of gameplay elements from different genres a success, he said that Kid Icarus suffered from " frustrating " design flaws, such as its high difficulty level.

He found Kid Icarus to be " underwhelming ", " buggy " and " pretty annoying ", and noted that it exhibited " shrill music ... loose controls and some weird design decisions ".

With his quick wits and the assistance of drunken gunslinger Jim ( Gene Wilder ), also known as " The Waco Kid " (" I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille "), Bart works to overcome the townsfolk's hostile reception.

The film was Mabel's Strange Predicament, but " The Tramp " character, as it became known, debuted to audiences in Kid Auto Races at Venice — shot later but released two days earlier.

* John Woo directed a parody film of Chaplin's " The Kid " called Hua ji shi dai ( 1981 ), also known as " Laughing Times.

While the Platinum Age saw the first use of the term " comic book " ( The Yellow Kid in McFadden's Flats ( 1897 )), the first known full-color comic ( The Blackberries ( 1901 )), and the first monthly comic book ( Comics Monthly ( 1922 )), it was not until the Golden Age that the archetype of the superhero would originate.

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Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was a bald, snaggle-toothed boy who wore an oversized yellow nightshirt and hung around in a slum alley typical of certain areas of squalor that existed in turn of the 19th to 20th century New York City.

The character later known as the Yellow Kid had minor supporting roles in the strip's early panels.

The two newspapers which ran the Yellow Kid, Pulitzer's World and Hearst's Journal American, quickly became known as the yellow kid papers.

In the process he met with the outlawed William Henry McCarty, also known as Billy the Kid.

* Richard F. Outcault, Cartoonist and creator of " Yellow Kid " and " Buster Brown "; who is known as the " Father of the American Comic Strip "

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* " Henry Antrim ", an alias used by Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, a 19th century outlaw

William Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, became involved on the side of the ranchers after his friend and employer was killed.

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Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known to history as Butch Cassidy ( Paul Newman ) and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the " Sundance Kid " ( Robert Redford ) as they migrate to Bolivia while on the run from the law in search of a more successful criminal career.

An author of novels, short stories, and plays, Mitchell is best known for his 1947 novel, Who Has Seen The Wind, which has sold close to a million copies in North America, and the radio series and later a collection of short stories 1961, Jake and the Kid, which subsequently won the Stephen Leacock Award.

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* Ralph Macchio: actor, resided in East Islip as well as Dix Hills, New York, best known for appearing in the movie, The Karate Kid