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{{Infobox
|image = MC Kids NES cover North America.jpg
|developer = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Virgin Games (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Virgin Games (NES)<br>Arc (Amiga, Atari ST, & PC conversions)<br>Miracle Games (Commodore 64 conversion)<br>Visual Concepts (Game Boy conversion)</div></div>
|publisher = Virgin Games<br>{{Flag-EU}} Ocean Software
|platforms = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''NES (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">NES • Amiga • Commodore 64 • Game Boy • Atari ST • PC</div></div>
|date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''February 1992 (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''NES'''<br>{{Flag-US}} February 1992<br>{{Flag-EU}} 1993<br>'''PC'''<br>{{Flag-US}} February 1992<br>{{Flag-EU}} 1993<br>'''Game Boy/Commodore 64/Amiga'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} 1992<br>'''Atari ST'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} 1993</div></div>
|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Kids
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/12794/mc-kids
|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/M.C._Kids
}}

'''M.C. Kids''' is a platform game originally released for the NES in 1992, based on the McDonaldland setting and characters used (at the time) by McDonald's to market its food to children.

== NES version ==
=== History ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES announcement in Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games volume 4 issue 9.jpg
|title=Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games
|date=September 1991
|country=US
|description=Coverage of the game's announcement at CES 1991
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
* [https://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids "Programming M.C. Kids"] (designers Gregg Iz-Tavares and Dan Chang write about programming the game; originally published after its release in 1992)
* [https://games.greggman.com/game/m_c_kids "M.C Kids"] (''sic''; Gregg Iz-Tavares discusses the game's history from his point of view; May 21, 1997)

=== Previews ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES preview in GamePro issue 26.jpg
|title=GamePro
|date=September 1991
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Features ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES strategy guide from EGM issue 32.pdf
|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
|date=March 1992
|country=US
|description=Strategy guide
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES parent's guide in Game Players Nintendo Guide volume 5 issue 13.jpg
|title=Game Players Nintendo Guide
|date=Winter 1992/1993
|country=US
|description=Excerpt from a parent's guide section
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Reader submissions ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES reader letter in VG&CE issue 52.jpg
|title=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
|date=May 1993
|country=US
|description=A reader asks for help finding a hidden card
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Advertising ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES print ad from Game Players Nintendo Guide volume 5 issue 3.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1992
|country=US
|description=Taken from ''Game Players Nintendo Guide'' volume 5 issue 3 (dated March 1992)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES print ad.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1992
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Interviews ===
* [http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/gt.html Atari HQ interviews designer Gregg Iz-Tavares on various topics, including ''M.C. Kids'']

=== Reviews ===
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{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES review in GamePro issue 30.jpg
|title=GamePro
|date=January 1992
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES review in Total issue 13.jpg
|title=Total!
|date=January 1993
|country=UK
|description=Uses the game's European title (''McDonaldland'')
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=MC Kids NES review in N-Force issue 10.pdf
|title=N-Force
|date=April 1993
|country=UK
|description=Uses the game's European title (''McDonaldland'')
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

=== Miscellaneous ===
* [https://games.greggman.com/game/m_c__mario "M.C. Mario"] (designer Gregg Iz-Tavares briefly discusses a bootleg hack of the game; August 14, 2003)

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