Sky Kid Deluxe (スカイキッドデラックス) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released in arcades by Namco in 1986. It is the sequel to Sky Kid, which was released in the previous year. It was the first game to run on the company's System 86 hardware. It was also the first game from the company to use a Yamaha YM2151 FM sound chip for its music. The gameplay is more difficult than the original, and also introduces several new enemies and missions. 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. The game was released on March 2, 2023 under the name Sky Kid DX, for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as part of the Arcade Archives series by Hamster Corporation.

Differences from the original

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Sky Kid Deluxe on their May 1, 1986 issue as being the twenty-third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.