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So maybe there is still hope for Aladdin on the Sega Genesis Mini after all. I also thought that Mega Man: The Wily Wars was a long shot, and it actually made it into the library! But Sega has surprised by since announcing that other Disney Genesis games, specifically Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion, will be added to the machine. Licensed games don’t usually make it onto these microconsoles. I included Aladdin on that list, but I thought I was being optimistic. But the sprites in this Aladdin look more like a video game interpretation, while the characters on Genesis look like they jumped out of a movie screen.īack in April, I wrote about some of the games I want to see on the upcoming Sega Genesis Mini. Capcom, which had created Disney gaming classic like DuckTales for the NES, made this version. Now, Aladdin on Super Nintendo is still a fine game. This practice wasn’t too unusual for the time, especially for movie tie-ins like Jurassic Park and Batman Returns. This version of Aladdin is a completely different game. The excellence of the art becomes clear when you compare the Genesis Aladdin game with the one for Super Nintendo. The characters themselves are more animated and expressive than what was usual for the time. The result is some of the best 2D graphics of the 16-bit era. Real Disney animators created actual art for the game’s sprites, which developer Virgin Interactive then digitized.

Every action in Aladdin feels precise, and the game offers a good challenge without ever feeling cruel.īut Aladdin stood out because of its visuals. Aladdin is an action sidescroller where you have to run, jump, and slash your way through levels.

Heck, it stands up well with the very best of the Genesis library. Sonic, Aladdin and Vectorman were probably my top three most played games as a little kid. Genesis was my first system and still has a ton of my favorite games, including Aladdin which was a really fun game. Compared to a lot of the awful movie tie-in games from the era, Aladdin was fantastic. TIL Disneys Aladdin on the Sega Genesis is the 3rd best selling Genesis game after Sonic 1 and 2.

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