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It was released as the 18th entry in the "Namcot Family Computer Game Series", and is also the last title to carry an official number.
It was the first game to run on Namco's then-new Namco System 86 hardware.
The game was re-released in the Japan-only Namco Collection for Microsoft Windows and received its first ever worldwide port to a console as part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360, but did not include the second player's character Blue Max.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine, it scored 19.84 out of 30, as listed separately, an average result.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Sky Kid on their January 15, 1986 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
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