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{{Short description|1984 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Flicky
|image = Flicky_Arcade_poster.jpg
|caption = Arcade flyer
|developer = [[Sega]]
|publisher = Sega<br>[[Bally Midway]]
|designer = Yoji Ishii
|artist = Yoshiki Kawasaki
|released = '''Arcade'''{{Video game release|JP|May 1984|NA|1984}}'''SG-1000'''{{Video game release|JP|December 1984<ref name="GMM264">{{cite magazine|title=Home Video Games - 専用ゲームカートリッジ|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=239|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 July 1985|pages=15-16|lang=ja|url=https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19850715p/page/n7/mode/2up}}</ref>}}'''Genesis'''{{Video game release|JP|January 1991<ref name="Meganet">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/beep-megadrive-1991-02/page/115/mode/1up|title=BEぁ ゲ ー ム 図書: フリッキー|magazine=[[Gemaga|Beep! Mega Drive]]|issue=17|publisher=[[SoftBank Creative]]|date=February 1991|page=115|language=ja}}</ref>|WW|1991}}
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[SG-1000]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[FM-7]], [[MSX]], [[PC-8801]], [[Sharp X1]], [[Mobile phone|mobile]]
|arcade system = [[Sega System 1]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Flicky'''''|フリッキー|Furikkī|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[platform game]] developed by [[Sega]] and released as an [[arcade video game]] in May 1984. It was licensed to [[Bally Midway]] for distribution in the United States. In ''Flicky'', the player controls the eponymous blue bird and must gather all the small birds called Chirps in each round and bring them safely to the exit. There are cat and lizard enemies which can disperse the Chirps and kill the player, but Flicky can use items on the playing field to protect herself and the Chirps from danger.

The idea for ''Flicky'' came from Sega senior leadership, who wanted to exceed the success of [[Namco]]'s ''[[Mappy]]'' (1983). Yoji Ishii and Yoshiki Kawasaki developed ''Flicky'' at Sega over one year. Originally, the game simply had the player catch ambiguous dots in a maze. Taking inspiration from a popular song in a Japanese variety show, Kawasaki gave the game an urban theme and bird characters. The game was originally titled "Busty", then "Flippy", before finally settling on "Flicky".

''Flicky'' was first ported to the [[SG-1000]] in Japan, and then later to other Japanese home consoles. In 1991, ''Flicky'' was released in North America and Europe on the [[Sega Genesis]]. The character has made cameo appearances in other Sega games, most notably within the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series.