Editing Flicky (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|title       = Contemporary Genesis reviews
| ACE        = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=ACE/>
| CVG        = 84%<ref name=cvg/>
| EGM        = 20/40{{efn|Four reviewers provided individual scores of 6, 5, 5 and 5 out of 10.}}<ref name=EGM/>
| MMS        = 88%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Games Index: Flicky |magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]] |date=September 1992 |issue=1 (October 1992) |page=138 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/5c/MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf#page=138}}</ref>
| rev1       = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
| rev1Score  = 92%<ref name=meanmachines/>
| rev2       = ''[[MegaTech]]''
| rev2Score  = 88%<ref name=megatech/>
}}

In July 1984, ''[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]'' listed ''Flicky'' as being the second most popular table arcade unit in Japan during that period.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|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=1 July 1984|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840701p.pdf#page=13}}</ref>

The Genesis port of ''Flicky'' was reviewed by multiple Western publications, most of which found the game to have highly addictive and enjoyable gameplay while criticizing it for having poor graphics and sound. Reviewers noted poor initial impressions based on appearance and sound, finding the sprites to be simple, the colors garish, and the music repetitive. However, when they began to play the game, they found that the simple appearance complemented the simple yet engaging gameplay.<ref name=cvg/><ref name=megatech/><ref name=meanmachines/><ref name=ACE/> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' described ''Flicky'' as a guilty pleasure and discussed its cute appearance in positive light.<ref name=cvg/> Reviewers from ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' concluded that the game was aimed for children based on the game's cuteness aesthetic, and provided lower scores accordingly.<ref name=EGM/> Critics from both ''Computer and Video Games'' and ''[[Mean Machines]]'' wrote that employees in their offices were disappearing into their game room to play ''Flicky''.<ref name=cvg/><ref name=meanmachines/> Julian from ''Mean Machines'' wrote: "It's crazy, I know, that a game so crappy, so laughably-simple and pathetic sounding as this can prove to be more addictive, more challenging and more long-lasting than virtually any other Mega Drive game, but it's true."<ref name=meanmachines/> In 2017, [[GamesRadar+|GamesRadar]] ranked ''Flicky'' 42nd on their "Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time."<ref>{{Cite web|last=GamesRadar Staff|date=2017-06-21|title=Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/best-sega-genesis-games-all-time/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=[[GamesRadar+|GamesRadar]]|language=en}}</ref>