I remember playing a bunch of World of Illusion at a friend's house back then. Some of the music and some of the levels are really good at creating that "good old fashioned Disney" feel..
One of those instances where the Genny version handily beats the SNES version on all fronts. It had better graphics, better soundtrack and better gameplay. I'm legit shocked they didn't port the Genny version to the SNES and call it a day.
@@DesertRainReads Capcom had the Disney license for SNES games at the time, no way were Capcom just going to port over something they didn't work on (Though The Punisher was a Capcom game that was farmed out). Both versions of Aladdin are good, and why it pays in this day and age to own both consoles, so you can have and play both of them.
Of these that I have played, Quackshot remains my favorite by far. Aside from the visual and sound, it has a lot of charm to it expressive characters. The sassy moon on the zip line level, the senorita outside the pyramid, even that bit in the intro of Donald running right into the trap door and falling out of sight as the title screen slides in. Still brings a smile to my face.
World Of Illusions is my favorite Mickey/Donald game. I far prefer the Donald design from WOI, but I do love Quack Shot too. (I'm a big Donald enthusiast)
i really wish SLX would do a whole video on GARGOYLES, it is honestly one of the hidden gems on the genesis and is full of lore, twists and turns that are based on the much missed animated show that honestly was way ahead of it's time.
I’d love some collection of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion for the Switch or something. Put the Master System games in with it for good measure
'Castle Of Illusion' is the game that convinced me to buy a Genesis in 1990. The graphics, animation, and gameplay were mind blowing for a home video game at the time.
I'm super nostalgic for the little mermaid on Genesis. I loved that game as a kid, but that was back when we had so few options to play. Still favored it over several other games at the time. Would be interesting to see what I thought of it if I played it today.
I know exactly what you mean because I have the same unwarranted nostalgia for Talespin on the Mega Drive. I really loved the flying levels as a kid and forgave the clunky platform levels. 😄
The Jungle Book is an underrated Genesis classic. It derserves a place alongside Aladdin and the Lion King. Mickey Mania is another one that doesn't get talked about enough...especially the Sega CD version with its red-book audio soundtrack.
Proud to say I own many of the winners on this list. Being licensed games many times these games just don't get re-released. It is because of the gems on this list that lead me to be a retro gamer today. I am still amazed by the quality of Mickey Mania for the Sega CD. For those who don't own a Genesis or Mega Drive, the good news is that Disney released great Aladdin, The Lion King & The Jungle Book on Steam and it is quite an amazing compilation of these games from multiple platforms including Genesis, SNES, Master System, and Game Boy when available. Best of all you don't need some fancy high-end PC to play them although I would recommend some sort of PC gamepad or game controller. Again, very well done SLX. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Quackshot has my vote when it comes to Quality. Graphics, sound & even the color palette were top notch. Dithering was kept to a minimum, someone knew what they were doing 👍👍
I was just playing through castle of illusion remake today on my PC.. I wanted to take a moment to heartily recommend it for anyone who loved the original game. It worked immediately on a modern windows 11 setup with 3070.. and it even supports, natively, 16:10 resolutions for those with laptops or monitors that have that aspect ratio. I am playing it at 1440P, 60 FPS. Looks and sounds beautiful and Sega Australia should be commended for their effort. I am using the Steam version. No issues at all! My monitor is 165HZ and caused no conflicts. You can remove the 65 FPS cap that the game runs at by default with a config file edit, but I don't recommend it as it breaks a couple things later in the game, and let's be honest, 60 FPS is perfectly fine and mirrors the original game's 60 FPS (I have set it to a 60 FPS cap in the nvidia control panel rather than the weird default 65 FPS). Have fun!
I would suggest a follow-up could be the 8-bit library, but with all those BR/EU exclusive titles for the SMS it'd be about 4h long. I think most of them got GG releases in NA.
most of the Disney games were great. in Pocahontas, there was no telling what you were supposed to do. but I think you were supposed to prevent a war from happening!
I say without hyperbole, that game could easily be some indie from today. It has absurd animation and a very creative design to it even with the strange controls. It's weird that the developers were the same of the absolute trash that was Nightmare Circus.
@@laughingseal2282 Hard to believe they're still in business with their latest games being actually good like The Park, Conan Exiles, and Dune: Spice Wars.
I was unaware of the co-op only levels in World of Illusion, probably because none of my friends would play it with me. Lion King was another I had, but couldn't get very far in. Aladdin was easily my favourite of the bunch, and comfortably would make my top 10 Megadrive games.
I pity your friends for missing out on that experience- I played that game in co-op and single player as both Donald and Mickey, and I consider it Disney's highpoint on the console. Hope you get to experience it one day, but then again it's quote easy so it probably doesn't hit as hard to a more experienced gamer.
The only Disney games i own on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis are: Donald Duck in Cold Shadow (SNES) Mickey Mania (SNES) Quack Shot (Sega Genesis) Castle of Illusion and Aladdin.
Snes was a overrated garbage . Most of this games wore unplayeble due smaller narive resolution therefore smaller playeble filed . Lion king ostrige stage Pinochio train stage and so on . Imposible to pass for a child . Awful music missing animation Sega was infinte better in all Virgin games
... and I'll continue to say this any time Castle of Illusion is brought up, it's one of my two all-time favorite platformers. The other being Bucky O'Hare on the NES.
I remember that beauty and the beast game one of my neighbors rented it as they love that movie and oh my goodness.. I respect that we had those cool guys at a blockbuster who would let us swap games for the rest of the 5-day rental xD
Those puritanical “tries” instead of lives though. Somehow they didn’t come up with a game based on my film for platforms other than the Game Boy Color.
Roy Disney was apparently so horrified by Fantasia that he demanded all unsold games to round up and destroyed. The issue wasn't due to his dislike of what the developers had done, or because the licence had been granted without his permission, but because he wanted to respect his Uncle Walt's wishes of never allowing the Fantasia IP to be used for artistic license. Somehow someone at Disney had allowed the IP to be used in error.
One thing that I learned about the Genesis/ MD Fantasia is that Walt Disney actually forbid anyone who was in charge of Disney to remake Fantasia. Walter Eisner found out about that and ordered all copies to be pulled off shelves. I think Tom Kalinske may have said that.
I wouldn't be surprised if Walt Disney played Spacewar!, or something like that. Given that Disney was into world fairs. I don't know the details. But Tom kalinske has said in previous interviews that Roy Disney found out that Walt never wanted Fantasia recreated, or remade, so they had to pull Fantasia for the Genesis off store shelves. You can find the audio interview on youtube, somewhere.
@@schtive81 None of this makes any sense. Who's "Walter Eisner"? Also, Walt Disney's original plans were that the film would be periodically rereleased, with new segments added and replacing old ones. This didn't end up happening until 2000, with Fantasia 2000, which was co-produced by Roy Disney.
Sega has some good library of games in their shelves. As always Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion is what comes to our minds,but we all know for its movie games such as Alladin,Pocahontas and Lion King.
I guess the Beauty & The Beast games got the short end of the stick just so Software Creations can make Plok and Equinox which both released that very year the best they could be.
Quackshot is such a good. I was playing it just the other day and said to myself, this game is just as amazing today as it was back when it first came out. I will say that I do find it to be super easy, but as a kid I had a hard time with some of the levels back in the days.
@@tokenblack7983 nice! It's pretty crazy just how great the game still is after all these years. The Sega Genesis just has a lot of amazing games that have stood the test of time.
@@tokenblack7983 those are two more great games. I have Flashback and it can be a little tough, but I did finish it as a kid when it came out. I remember the games graphics blew me away for its time. A game I don't remember being that hard at the time but is giving me grief this last week is Desert Strike. I never owned it as a kid and only rented it. I walked into my local retro shop and seen a nice CIB copy for $15 and jumped on it.
@@buckroger6456 Flashback is special. I have it one switch. I only rented Desert Strike as a kid too. It’s more methodical than I remember too. One guy made that game and it’s fantastic. Flying over water doesn’t burn fuel FYI Just beat Shadow Dancer last week for the first time Shinobi 3 is next
Disney was probably the most influential franchise in video games during the 8 and 16 but era. They really new how to maximize the animation and made sure their games passed their own quality. Those games got the Disney and Nintendo seal of quality.
The most influential I wouldn't agree with as that means they influenced the video game industry more than any other company. They wouldn't have influenced others more than Nintendo with their consoles and their frranchises like Mario, Metroid, Donkey Kong, and so many more. Seems like everyone wanted a mascot like Sonic from Sega after its success, and so many games companies imitated Street Fightrr 2 from Capcom. Disney made some great games, but with Sega, Virgin and others developing games for them, Disney's influence would be minimal compared to the other big video game companies. Well that is what I think anyway.
Disney games on Genesis are a mixed bag; sometimes you’ll get unforgettable classics like Castle of Illusion, Quackshot, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and other times, you’ll get garbage like Fantasia.
This was a great episode! I've been collecting Disney Genesis games and have almost all of these but it was awesome to see the ones I don't have yet in action.👍
Gargoyles RULED! yes it was hard at first but like you said once you get used to how it plays you can get through it with enjoyment. I have a copy CIB too :)
Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Quackshot, Mickey Mania, Aladdin, and Great Circus Mystery are some still of my favorite Disney games! I only had a Genesis as a kid and I always had hoped Capcom would have ported over Mickey's Magical Quest 1 and 3 from the SNES. Honestly, the Sega in-house knew how to make such an amazing Mickey and Donald games! I wish they had done more of them! The SNES had a few great Disney exclusive games as well! I'm wondering why Maui Mallard didn't make it to the Genesis in North America? It looks really good!
I'm glad to know that the Sega games of Aladdin and Lion King have since seen a re-release in a collection for today's consoles (even if it may have been done partly to help promote those new live-action remakes), but as an older Disney fan I think it's kind of a shame to know that there are still so many other well-made titles to come from them over the years that are never as lucky, especially a lot of the stuff that Disney Interactive put out for PC in the 90s.
18:05 Can't recommend Maui Mallard/Cold Shadow enough. This game is actually on Steam under the title Cold Shadow and is a direct port of the CD-ROM release which had a remastered CD-quality OST, better colors, and a PDF of the colorful PC manual. Keep in mind that while it can run on modern computers, nothing else is changed after that as it is an unoptimized port. You may have to look up a guide to get the music running, or mess with Steam's controller configuration to bind the keyboard to the controller since it does not have native controller support. But once you do, it's amazing. One of the best Disney Interactive games.
One of the first games I had on mine when I got my Genesis in 1993 was World of Illusion. Still one of my favorite games to date, also ending up getting Aladdin, The Lion King, The Great Circus Mystery, Mickey Mania, and Castle of Illusion. All wonderful games always wanted Quackshot but a friend had it.
If they had done a Disney collection of the nes games they would still be rolling in dough today! Mistakes were made!(chipndale, ducktales, little mermaid, talespin)
I finished Lion King on Sega, and again (with keyboard controls) on PC! Great game, the SNES version is a bit broken. The same goes for Mickey Mania, the Genesis version is great but SNES version has some weird hit detection
Aladdin's where I started gaming. Disney titles were excellent back in the day. I remember playing World of Illusion with family and to this day it was some of the most fun I've had in gaming.
Same sentiment here: before their Sega games I didn't really care for Disney. But playing "Lucky Dime Caper" and "Land of Illusion" on the Master System made me a huge fan. Speaking of, please also make a video of their SMS and GG games, which IMO easily trump the MD games.
Quack Shot, World of Illusion, Lion King and Maui Mallard... I managed to nail some of the really high class ones back then and none of the stinkers! Real thankful for that.
Traveller's Tales were known for pushing the Genesis to its limits, ranging from games like Mickey Mania to Sonic 3D Blast. They really defy what the Genesis was capable of, next to Treasure and Clockwork Tortise, the developers of The Adventures of Batman and Robin.
Quckshot was a pack-in game for my genesis 1 that also came with Sonic and X-men. I played quackshot the most and to this day love thr game play and charm to it 😀
Many Thanks for the Video , I went back played & completed Mickey`s Circus mystery today which was a great little game as in 1994 I had moved over to the SNES.
I always found it amusing how Pinocchio was advertised as "Only For Nintendo!" on the front of the Super NES box. Uh, you sure about that? In addition to its difficulty, Gargoyles commits the sin of retconning the other gargoyles, making it seem as though Goliath was going solo. Did they see the show? Was it still in development?
Imagine if Fantasia had been for the SEGA CD instead of the base SEGA Genesis. Of course, the controls still needed to be tighter, but the visuals & music would've been unlike anything else out there at the time.
Unlike anything else out there? I guess it's possible. Y'know what else is possible, they half ass it and give us the Genesis game with different music.
@@VenusHeadTrap2 Don't know what the problem is with GEMS music either. If I'm not mistaken, Eternal Champions cart version used it too, and has some of my favorite BGM's. In some ways maybe even more than the Sega CD versions music, creepier, more brooding, etc. So good things COULD be done on it, just lazy developers tended not to.
@@maxxdahl6062 I vastly prefer the Genesis version of Earthworm Jim to it's CD counterpart. The music is missing the kick of the Genesis version, they nerfed some levels, and the extra stuff they added isn't that great.
@@ravendarklawgaming197 Haven't played Earthworm Jim CD version yet. But I will say Ecco the dolphin both games are a hell of an improvement on CD though. And Ecco 1 can be gotten for pretty cheap. 2 is a bit more expensive, but not too ridiculous yet.
@@maxxdahl6062 They nerfed snot a problem and intestinal distress. The rope resets every round for snot now, and you don't need to be as precise with timing in distress. I was quite disappointed after getting good at the Genesis version 🤣 Also the CD audio lacks the bass kick from the original, and having it stop and restart mid level is jarring. They did add a password feature though.
I found it interesting that disney also targetted the gaming landscape since the 80’s by turning their cartoons of mascots into games on whether system. And back in the day i was getting wild about hearing ducktales among other disney games being on the nes. But boy i was disappointed in many ways because being not that friendly,colorful and friendly as i was expecting. Also it’s obvious that disney took inspiration from both sonic & mario games (among others) to cash on the mario & sonic craze, eventhrough it was mostly targetted for younger kids. But whether disney tried hard to bring the magic feel of their anime cartoons into it’s games by pushing those hardware systems to it’s limit, those disney games will never ever replace sonic or mario games.
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge surprised me because I've never seen anyone review a WayForward game pre-Shantae. I also had no idea they ever made a game for Sega. Too bad it couldn't have played like a proto-Shantae game or something instead. Also Gargoyles the show was awesome! I still on occasion when I have time for my mind to wander think about cool moments from that show. The game I think I rented it once and it did frustrate me very much. I can't even remember if I got to stage 2 or not? But I do recall being floored by the graphics. While I am on the topic of Gargoyles I do have to add RIP David Warner aka The Archmage! Among a metric ton of other equally memorable and awesome characters.
15:00 This is my first time hearing about Goofy's Hysterical History Tour ever...this seems like a potential "hidden gem" at a glance. I'm sure there's Genesis gamers looking for more 2D platformers to add to their collections! (whether literal collections or figurative collections, lol)
Disney and sega, disney and capcom... Man, they really cared about doing at least some decent games back in the day, even with a few bumps on the road and some crappy games.
Me and my brother had castle of illusion on release and loved it and was a favorite among ghouls and ghosts,golden axe, altered beast,and revenge of Shinobi,,we also got fantasia and was so disappointed I think it was the first time I was legit disappointed and upset with the a game I never played it past 2nd level
Another great video 👍🏼 … I feel I missed the 16 bit era, languishing in 8 bit (Amstrad CPC464) hell for too long, then discovering booze, cigarettes and girls (which distracted me a little!) … my little brother had a SNES but I hated RPGs, Donkey Kong and Mario games so I had a low opinion of consoles. But now I wish I bought myself a Mega Drive at the time though, but it wasn’t even on my radar, even though I loved playing arcade games at the seaside such as Outrun, Super Hang-On, Defender/2, Afterburner 2, Space Harrier (etc.). So I’m still claiming some nostalgia for Sega (and Mega Drive games) even though I can’t rightfully do that 😊
A video about Disney on the Sega Master System would be great, too. Many people I have talked to think that the Master System version of Castle of Illusion is just a port of the Genesis version. Oh how wrong they are!
Do remember having a friend back in the day who was super into the Genesis, to the point where he would make weird claims. Yeah one time he was bragging about Sega and Disney being a match made in heaven, how Nintendo wishes it had good Disney inspired games. Do remember it was kind of a doushy move, I threw Chip n Dale rescue Rangers from the nes into chest, followed by Darkwing Duck, followed by Ducktales, followed by the little mermaid, then I grabbed mickeys magical quest, grabbed goof troop, he left after the snes cart of goof troop was about to hit him, lol.
9:43 I played this on... one of NES clones over 15 years ago. It Was of course bootleg games, But very good one. It Was called Mickey Mania 7 ( For some reason ). I recommend this one, seriously!
That last gargoyle game looks interesting. I have yet to play it, but I think it might be good to have enemies with more energy than usual, I'll rather have a few strong enemies than a lot of weak ones, I think it just requires more technique/skill to play.
Tom Kalinske said in the book "Console Wars" that they wanted Disney games on the Genesis because it was around the time of the senate hearing, and he wanted a cast of family friendly characters so they could get a bit less backlash over Mortal Kombat and Night Trap.
Fun fact. Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (the North American title) was apparently planned to be released on the Genesis but cancelled. However, we got that version via a native Windows 95 port.
Disney published two holiday 95' games in NA/Europe. In NA we got Toy Story and Gargoyles. In Europe they got Toy Story and DD Maui Mallard. Either way in one of the regions you missed out on a quality title. I know as a kid Gargoyles were super popular so it made sense to get that one out (maybe they weren't as big in Europe) DD Maui Mallard indeed almost got released for the holiday season of 96' in NA but no one decided to pick it up or the publisher backed out. Also it's understandable why Disney didn't want to publish all three in both regions as you end up competing with yourself in a sense and there is only so much budget/resources.
The reason why Maui Mallard never got a North American release for the Genesis because Nintendo bought the rights so they can bring the SNES version here.
The games Sega of Japan worked on were solid, those being Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, and Quackshot, not counting the SMS games. Some companies had no business touching the Disney license, like Talespin, both Beauty and the Beast games, Little Mermaid, and Fantasia.
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The Donald games were so imaginative, one he's popping off plungers as a gunslinger, the next he's a detective/ninja....insane creativity.
The Genesis games (I love World of Illusion too) gave me a lifelong love for Donald.
When I was a kid, I found a copy of TaleSpin lying in the middle of the road!
Did it still work?
when I was a kid I dropped a copy of Tailspin in the middle of the road!
Larry, give Nate his copy of Talespin back!
I remember playing a bunch of World of Illusion at a friend's house back then. Some of the music and some of the levels are really good at creating that "good old fashioned Disney" feel..
But Aladdin by far was one of the biggest and best. it made you use the sword which was neat and the animation was like straight out of the movie.
@Marc Carran ok
@Marc Carran Sega version had a sword,SNES had apples
@@jessrivera8225 They both had apples. Snes had apples and jumping to attack. Genesis had apples and the sword.
One of those instances where the Genny version handily beats the SNES version on all fronts. It had better graphics, better soundtrack and better gameplay. I'm legit shocked they didn't port the Genny version to the SNES and call it a day.
@@DesertRainReads Capcom had the Disney license for SNES games at the time, no way were Capcom just going to port over something they didn't work on (Though The Punisher was a Capcom game that was farmed out). Both versions of Aladdin are good, and why it pays in this day and age to own both consoles, so you can have and play both of them.
Of these that I have played, Quackshot remains my favorite by far. Aside from the visual and sound, it has a lot of charm to it expressive characters. The sassy moon on the zip line level, the senorita outside the pyramid, even that bit in the intro of Donald running right into the trap door and falling out of sight as the title screen slides in. Still brings a smile to my face.
Classic. In my opinion Quackshot is the best Disney game on the Genesis 🦆
World Of Illusions is my favorite Mickey/Donald game. I far prefer the Donald design from WOI, but I do love Quack Shot too. (I'm a big Donald enthusiast)
U should give Donald in Maui Mallard a go. I hadn't seen SLXs review when I first played it and it was a very nice surprise how fun it was 😃
i really wish SLX would do a whole video on GARGOYLES, it is honestly one of the hidden gems on the genesis and is full of lore, twists and turns that are based on the much missed animated show that honestly was way ahead of it's time.
I might make a video on that game. I grew up playing on the Master System and the Genesis and still play games on these systems to this day.
Agreed!
Gargoyles is a hidden gem television show too!
I’d love some collection of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion for the Switch or something. Put the Master System games in with it for good measure
Sega's Disney games were better than Nintendo's. There, I said it.
Especially Fantasia
I remember buying Gargoyles but never could beat it as a kid. My brother loved the animated series.
Same. I think it was the last Genesis game I picked up.
I loved the TV show too, back then.
The game itself was almost as hard as meeting a sane girl.
@@amk8411 Dang dude, where you looking for girls at?!
@@amk8411 🤣
@@EDFCentral everywhere.
'Castle Of Illusion' is the game that convinced me to buy a Genesis in 1990. The graphics, animation, and gameplay were mind blowing for a home video game at the time.
I'm super nostalgic for the little mermaid on Genesis. I loved that game as a kid, but that was back when we had so few options to play. Still favored it over several other games at the time. Would be interesting to see what I thought of it if I played it today.
I'd actually like to hear your opinion now.
I know exactly what you mean because I have the same unwarranted nostalgia for Talespin on the Mega Drive. I really loved the flying levels as a kid and forgave the clunky platform levels. 😄
Every gamer is nostalgic for at least one trash game. It's inevitable. Don't let that fact ruin your fun though!
The Jungle Book is an underrated Genesis classic. It derserves a place alongside Aladdin and the Lion King. Mickey Mania is another one that doesn't get talked about enough...especially the Sega CD version with its red-book audio soundtrack.
Pinocchio was such an underrated game. Incredible animation
Proud to say I own many of the winners on this list. Being licensed games many times these games just don't get re-released. It is because of the gems on this list that lead me to be a retro gamer today. I am still amazed by the quality of Mickey Mania for the Sega CD. For those who don't own a Genesis or Mega Drive, the good news is that Disney released great Aladdin, The Lion King & The Jungle Book on Steam and it is quite an amazing compilation of these games from multiple platforms including Genesis, SNES, Master System, and Game Boy when available. Best of all you don't need some fancy high-end PC to play them although I would recommend some sort of PC gamepad or game controller. Again, very well done SLX. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Quackshot has my vote when it comes to Quality. Graphics, sound & even the color palette were top notch. Dithering was kept to a minimum, someone knew what they were doing 👍👍
I always considered Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion to be an unofficial trilogy.
I was just playing through castle of illusion remake today on my PC.. I wanted to take a moment to heartily recommend it for anyone who loved the original game. It worked immediately on a modern windows 11 setup with 3070.. and it even supports, natively, 16:10 resolutions for those with laptops or monitors that have that aspect ratio. I am playing it at 1440P, 60 FPS. Looks and sounds beautiful and Sega Australia should be commended for their effort. I am using the Steam version. No issues at all! My monitor is 165HZ and caused no conflicts. You can remove the 65 FPS cap that the game runs at by default with a config file edit, but I don't recommend it as it breaks a couple things later in the game, and let's be honest, 60 FPS is perfectly fine and mirrors the original game's 60 FPS (I have set it to a 60 FPS cap in the nvidia control panel rather than the weird default 65 FPS). Have fun!
Jungle Book is really great and my favorite Disney game. They used the engine for Aladdin and it's also awesome
Hysterical History Tour is a great title. It's a play on the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour.
I would suggest a follow-up could be the 8-bit library, but with all those BR/EU exclusive titles for the SMS it'd be about 4h long. I think most of them got GG releases in NA.
most of the Disney games were great. in Pocahontas, there was no telling what you were supposed to do. but I think you were supposed to prevent a war from happening!
I say without hyperbole, that game could easily be some indie from today. It has absurd animation and a very creative design to it even with the strange controls. It's weird that the developers were the same of the absolute trash that was Nightmare Circus.
Obviously you needed to paint with all the colors of the wind.
@@laughingseal2282 Hard to believe they're still in business with their latest games being actually good like The Park, Conan Exiles, and Dune: Spice Wars.
I always love The Jungle Book
I love Aladdin
I was unaware of the co-op only levels in World of Illusion, probably because none of my friends would play it with me. Lion King was another I had, but couldn't get very far in. Aladdin was easily my favourite of the bunch, and comfortably would make my top 10 Megadrive games.
I pity your friends for missing out on that experience- I played that game in co-op and single player as both Donald and Mickey, and I consider it Disney's highpoint on the console. Hope you get to experience it one day, but then again it's quote easy so it probably doesn't hit as hard to a more experienced gamer.
The only Disney games i own on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis are:
Donald Duck in Cold Shadow (SNES)
Mickey Mania (SNES)
Quack Shot (Sega Genesis)
Castle of Illusion and Aladdin.
Snes was a overrated garbage . Most of this games wore unplayeble due smaller narive resolution therefore smaller playeble filed . Lion king ostrige stage Pinochio train stage and so on . Imposible to pass for a child . Awful music missing animation Sega was infinte better in all Virgin games
Tales Spin will always be a must buy for me, especially for 2 player co-op.
I have many memories playing it.. It's a fantastic game.
... and I'll continue to say this any time Castle of Illusion is brought up, it's one of my two all-time favorite platformers. The other being Bucky O'Hare on the NES.
Castle of illusion Stage one music has been in my head for 30 years
I remember that beauty and the beast game one of my neighbors rented it as they love that movie and oh my goodness.. I respect that we had those cool guys at a blockbuster who would let us swap games for the rest of the 5-day rental xD
Those puritanical “tries” instead of lives though.
Somehow they didn’t come up with a game based on my film for platforms other than the Game Boy Color.
Roy Disney was apparently so horrified by Fantasia that he demanded all unsold games to round up and destroyed. The issue wasn't due to his dislike of what the developers had done, or because the licence had been granted without his permission, but because he wanted to respect his Uncle Walt's wishes of never allowing the Fantasia IP to be used for artistic license. Somehow someone at Disney had allowed the IP to be used in error.
One thing that I learned about the Genesis/ MD Fantasia is that Walt Disney actually forbid anyone who was in charge of Disney to remake Fantasia. Walter Eisner found out about that and ordered all copies to be pulled off shelves. I think Tom Kalinske may have said that.
But video games didn't exist when Walt was alive?
I wouldn't be surprised if Walt Disney played Spacewar!, or something like that. Given that Disney was into world fairs.
I don't know the details. But Tom kalinske has said in previous interviews that Roy Disney found out that Walt never wanted Fantasia recreated, or remade, so they had to pull Fantasia for the Genesis off store shelves. You can find the audio interview on youtube, somewhere.
@@schtive81 None of this makes any sense. Who's "Walter Eisner"? Also, Walt Disney's original plans were that the film would be periodically rereleased, with new segments added and replacing old ones. This didn't end up happening until 2000, with Fantasia 2000, which was co-produced by Roy Disney.
Eisner did gamers at the time a favor.
@@KasumiKenshirou that sounds a lot more like what I've heard before, yeah.
Sega has some good library of games in their shelves. As always Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion is what comes to our minds,but we all know for its movie games such as Alladin,Pocahontas and Lion King.
I guess the Beauty & The Beast games got the short end of the stick just so Software Creations can make Plok and Equinox which both released that very year the best they could be.
not many people knew about Mickey Mania and that's a shame, it was a really good game when released in 1994!
I think it's the case nowadays cuz I remember it being everywhere in the 90s before it came out it was very heavily pushed and magazines.
Its like the prequel to Epic Mickey. Love it. 🔥
Thanks for the content SLX. I have a sweet spot for the 8 bit versions myself, the three illusion and the two Donald duck games
Yup. The Sega made stuff was all top quality.
I feel, like I took a turn for the Twilight Zone - I didn't know there were so much Disney games, some of them I'm seeing for the 1st time!
19:24 Most of the Disney's game have excellent OST but for me, Cold Shadow is by far the best. (The PC version is just fantastic)
Quackshot is such a good. I was playing it just the other day and said to myself, this game is just as amazing today as it was back when it first came out. I will say that I do find it to be super easy, but as a kid I had a hard time with some of the levels back in the days.
It has aged amazingly. When I got my first emulator last year I made it a point to play it and finally finish it after 30 years
@@tokenblack7983 nice! It's pretty crazy just how great the game still is after all these years. The Sega Genesis just has a lot of amazing games that have stood the test of time.
@@buckroger6456 one day I’ll finish Flashback and Out of this World
@@tokenblack7983 those are two more great games. I have Flashback and it can be a little tough, but I did finish it as a kid when it came out. I remember the games graphics blew me away for its time.
A game I don't remember being that hard at the time but is giving me grief this last week is Desert Strike. I never owned it as a kid and only rented it. I walked into my local retro shop and seen a nice CIB copy for $15 and jumped on it.
@@buckroger6456 Flashback is special. I have it one switch. I only rented Desert Strike as a kid too. It’s more methodical than I remember too. One guy made that game and it’s fantastic. Flying over water doesn’t burn fuel FYI
Just beat Shadow Dancer last week for the first time
Shinobi 3 is next
Quackshot was my jam
Disney was probably the most influential franchise in video games during the 8 and 16 but era. They really new how to maximize the animation and made sure their games passed their own quality. Those games got the Disney and Nintendo seal of quality.
The most influential I wouldn't agree with as that means they influenced the video game industry more than any other company. They wouldn't have influenced others more than Nintendo with their consoles and their frranchises like Mario, Metroid, Donkey Kong, and so many more. Seems like everyone wanted a mascot like Sonic from Sega after its success, and so many games companies imitated Street Fightrr 2 from Capcom.
Disney made some great games, but with Sega, Virgin and others developing games for them, Disney's influence would be minimal compared to the other big video game companies. Well that is what I think anyway.
@@AFourEyedGeek well said
Disney games on Genesis are a mixed bag; sometimes you’ll get unforgettable classics like Castle of Illusion, Quackshot, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and other times, you’ll get garbage like Fantasia.
That Fantasia music sounds like my stomach when it's growling.
This was a great episode! I've been collecting Disney Genesis games and have almost all of these but it was awesome to see the ones I don't have yet in action.👍
Could we get a Warner Brothers segment too?
I remember there was a Chip and Dale Rescue rangers game as well, was that a Super Nintendo game?
NES
Gargoyles RULED! yes it was hard at first but like you said once you get used to how it plays you can get through it with enjoyment. I have a copy CIB too :)
Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Quackshot, Mickey Mania, Aladdin, and Great Circus Mystery are some still of my favorite Disney games! I only had a Genesis as a kid and I always had hoped Capcom would have ported over Mickey's Magical Quest 1 and 3 from the SNES.
Honestly, the Sega in-house knew how to make such an amazing Mickey and Donald games! I wish they had done more of them! The SNES had a few great Disney exclusive games as well! I'm wondering why Maui Mallard didn't make it to the Genesis in North America? It looks really good!
I'm glad to know that the Sega games of Aladdin and Lion King have since seen a re-release in a collection for today's consoles (even if it may have been done partly to help promote those new live-action remakes), but as an older Disney fan I think it's kind of a shame to know that there are still so many other well-made titles to come from them over the years that are never as lucky, especially a lot of the stuff that Disney Interactive put out for PC in the 90s.
18:05 Can't recommend Maui Mallard/Cold Shadow enough. This game is actually on Steam under the title Cold Shadow and is a direct port of the CD-ROM release which had a remastered CD-quality OST, better colors, and a PDF of the colorful PC manual. Keep in mind that while it can run on modern computers, nothing else is changed after that as it is an unoptimized port. You may have to look up a guide to get the music running, or mess with Steam's controller configuration to bind the keyboard to the controller since it does not have native controller support. But once you do, it's amazing. One of the best Disney Interactive games.
I never tried Goofy's Hysterical History Tour for the same exact reason. Who knew?
One of the first games I had on mine when I got my Genesis in 1993 was World of Illusion. Still one of my favorite games to date, also ending up getting Aladdin, The Lion King, The Great Circus Mystery, Mickey Mania, and Castle of Illusion. All wonderful games always wanted Quackshot but a friend had it.
Some truly beautiful pixel art here
If they had done a Disney collection of the nes games they would still be rolling in dough today! Mistakes were made!(chipndale, ducktales, little mermaid, talespin)
They did make one. Look up the Disney Afternoon Collection.
I finished Lion King on Sega, and again (with keyboard controls) on PC! Great game, the SNES version is a bit broken. The same goes for Mickey Mania, the Genesis version is great but SNES version has some weird hit detection
I still love it. It's the version I had as a kid
Great rundown, I always wanted a good reference video for Disney Genesis titles. I’ll definitely be coming back to this in the future!
19:21 Ok I'm not gonna lie those sprites look AMAZING like those are some quality sprites
Aladdin's where I started gaming. Disney titles were excellent back in the day. I remember playing World of Illusion with family and to this day it was some of the most fun I've had in gaming.
Same sentiment here: before their Sega games I didn't really care for Disney. But playing "Lucky Dime Caper" and "Land of Illusion" on the Master System made me a huge fan. Speaking of, please also make a video of their SMS and GG games, which IMO easily trump the MD games.
Quack Shot, World of Illusion, Lion King and Maui Mallard... I managed to nail some of the really high class ones back then and none of the stinkers! Real thankful for that.
Traveller's Tales were known for pushing the Genesis to its limits, ranging from games like Mickey Mania to Sonic 3D Blast. They really defy what the Genesis was capable of, next to Treasure and Clockwork Tortise, the developers of The Adventures of Batman and Robin.
Quckshot was a pack-in game for my genesis 1 that also came with Sonic and X-men. I played quackshot the most and to this day love thr game play and charm to it 😀
The Little Mermaid would've been great had it not been for the loud noise you use as a weapon.
Many Thanks for the Video , I went back played & completed Mickey`s Circus mystery today which was a great little game as in 1994 I had moved over to the SNES.
Great video! I never even bothered to look at those later released games back in the day!
It's just like playing the cartoon with most of these titles bloody awesome games 🙏🏽👍🏾
I always found it amusing how Pinocchio was advertised as "Only For Nintendo!" on the front of the Super NES box. Uh, you sure about that?
In addition to its difficulty, Gargoyles commits the sin of retconning the other gargoyles, making it seem as though Goliath was going solo. Did they see the show? Was it still in development?
Imagine if Fantasia had been for the SEGA CD instead of the base SEGA Genesis. Of course, the controls still needed to be tighter, but the visuals & music would've been unlike anything else out there at the time.
Unlike anything else out there? I guess it's possible. Y'know what else is possible, they half ass it and give us the Genesis game with different music.
@@VenusHeadTrap2 Don't know what the problem is with GEMS music either. If I'm not mistaken, Eternal Champions cart version used it too, and has some of my favorite BGM's. In some ways maybe even more than the Sega CD versions music, creepier, more brooding, etc. So good things COULD be done on it, just lazy developers tended not to.
@@maxxdahl6062 I vastly prefer the Genesis version of Earthworm Jim to it's CD counterpart. The music is missing the kick of the Genesis version, they nerfed some levels, and the extra stuff they added isn't that great.
@@ravendarklawgaming197 Haven't played Earthworm Jim CD version yet. But I will say Ecco the dolphin both games are a hell of an improvement on CD though. And Ecco 1 can be gotten for pretty cheap. 2 is a bit more expensive, but not too ridiculous yet.
@@maxxdahl6062 They nerfed snot a problem and intestinal distress. The rope resets every round for snot now, and you don't need to be as precise with timing in distress. I was quite disappointed after getting good at the Genesis version 🤣 Also the CD audio lacks the bass kick from the original, and having it stop and restart mid level is jarring. They did add a password feature though.
Awesome video! I would love to see a Part 2 to this
I found it interesting that disney also targetted the gaming landscape since the 80’s by turning their cartoons of mascots into games on whether system.
And back in the day i was getting wild about hearing ducktales among other disney games being on the nes.
But boy i was disappointed in many ways because being not that friendly,colorful and friendly as i was expecting.
Also it’s obvious that disney took inspiration from both sonic & mario games (among others) to cash on the mario & sonic craze, eventhrough it was mostly targetted for younger kids.
But whether disney tried hard to bring the magic feel of their anime cartoons into it’s games by pushing those hardware systems to it’s limit, those disney games will never ever replace sonic or mario games.
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge surprised me because I've never seen anyone review a WayForward game pre-Shantae. I also had no idea they ever made a game for Sega. Too bad it couldn't have played like a proto-Shantae game or something instead.
Also Gargoyles the show was awesome! I still on occasion when I have time for my mind to wander think about cool moments from that show. The game I think I rented it once and it did frustrate me very much. I can't even remember if I got to stage 2 or not? But I do recall being floored by the graphics. While I am on the topic of Gargoyles I do have to add RIP David Warner aka The Archmage! Among a metric ton of other equally memorable and awesome characters.
Donald in Maui Mallard is one of my top games on the console, it is a great hidden gem.
15:00 This is my first time hearing about Goofy's Hysterical History Tour ever...this seems like a potential "hidden gem" at a glance.
I'm sure there's Genesis gamers looking for more 2D platformers to add to their collections! (whether literal collections or figurative collections, lol)
Disney and sega, disney and capcom... Man, they really cared about doing at least some decent games back in the day, even with a few bumps on the road and some crappy games.
Would LOVE to see fan-created ports of SNES Disney games like Beauty & the Beast, Darkwing Duck & Mickey's Magical Quest!
Goofy's Hysterical History Tour was a throwback name of the Beatles Magical Mystery tour album.
Me and my brother had castle of illusion on release and loved it and was a favorite among ghouls and ghosts,golden axe, altered beast,and revenge of Shinobi,,we also got fantasia and was so disappointed I think it was the first time I was legit disappointed and upset with the a game I never played it past 2nd level
Hello sega Lord x another pretty good show I had quite a bit of fun with some of these at the time
Another great video 👍🏼 … I feel I missed the 16 bit era, languishing in 8 bit (Amstrad CPC464) hell for too long, then discovering booze, cigarettes and girls (which distracted me a little!) … my little brother had a SNES but I hated RPGs, Donkey Kong and Mario games so I had a low opinion of consoles. But now I wish I bought myself a Mega Drive at the time though, but it wasn’t even on my radar, even though I loved playing arcade games at the seaside such as Outrun, Super Hang-On, Defender/2, Afterburner 2, Space Harrier (etc.). So I’m still claiming some nostalgia for Sega (and Mega Drive games) even though I can’t rightfully do that 😊
Man I wish that Goof Troop, DuckTales and Darkwing Duck had a Sega Genesis game each. It would have been awesome to play.
A video about Disney on the Sega Master System would be great, too. Many people I have talked to think that the Master System version of Castle of Illusion is just a port of the Genesis version. Oh how wrong they are!
The music from that Donald Duck solo level at the sea is still repeating in my head to this day
I like that coloured the gargoyles character so it look he is reflecting light on the lava level.
Thanks for another great video buddy.
I’ll definitely check out Gargoyles.
Castle of illusion man my brothers used to watch me play it for hours so much fun it was
Quackshot is one of my favourite games ever.
It's amazing
The Disney Game that Blow my mind is "mickey Mania" And MG This is my top favorite Game on the Genesis!!
I never heard of the Goofy's Hysterical History Tour, looks like a fun game.
The ones I played when I was little were World of Illusion, Aladdin, Pinocchio and Maui Mallard.
Do remember having a friend back in the day who was super into the Genesis, to the point where he would make weird claims. Yeah one time he was bragging about Sega and Disney being a match made in heaven, how Nintendo wishes it had good Disney inspired games. Do remember it was kind of a doushy move, I threw Chip n Dale rescue Rangers from the nes into chest, followed by Darkwing Duck, followed by Ducktales, followed by the little mermaid, then I grabbed mickeys magical quest, grabbed goof troop, he left after the snes cart of goof troop was about to hit him, lol.
There are some unlicensed Chinese Disney games for the Genesis/Mega Drive: Mulan; A Bug's Life; Hercules; Lion King 2; Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers.
I remember a friend lent me his Mickey game. I was like, a kids game. Turns out it was really fun and addictive.
Wow I legt have never heard of most of these thanks for the video
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I played this on... one of NES clones over 15 years ago. It Was of course bootleg games, But very good one. It Was called Mickey Mania 7 ( For some reason ). I recommend this one, seriously!
Nice overview.
Thanks man.
👍
Disney and Sega made some bangers back in the day. I just wish that Disney today weren’t a bunch of groomers…
Ok boomer
@@andrewquick4176 Ok groomer.
I remember seeing the lion king game for sale in one of the shops in disneyland on a family trip
That last gargoyle game looks interesting. I have yet to play it, but I think it might be good to have enemies with more energy than usual, I'll rather have a few strong enemies than a lot of weak ones, I think it just requires more technique/skill to play.
You should do a video on Disney and the Game Gear. As you say there are some great exclusives in the 8 bit realm.
Tom Kalinske said in the book "Console Wars" that they wanted Disney games on the Genesis because it was around the time of the senate hearing, and he wanted a cast of family friendly characters so they could get a bit less backlash over Mortal Kombat and Night Trap.
Quackshot was superb
Fun fact. Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (the North American title) was apparently planned to be released on the Genesis but cancelled. However, we got that version via a native Windows 95 port.
Disney couldn't find a publisher for it. Which is amazing considering some of the crap that did get a release.
Is it available on Steam?
Disney published two holiday 95' games in NA/Europe. In NA we got Toy Story and Gargoyles. In Europe they got Toy Story and DD Maui Mallard. Either way in one of the regions you missed out on a quality title. I know as a kid Gargoyles were super popular so it made sense to get that one out (maybe they weren't as big in Europe)
DD Maui Mallard indeed almost got released for the holiday season of 96' in NA but no one decided to pick it up or the publisher backed out. Also it's understandable why Disney didn't want to publish all three in both regions as you end up competing with yourself in a sense and there is only so much budget/resources.
@@SRC267 I believe so! Unless it was pulled recently or something without my knowledge.
The reason why Maui Mallard never got a North American release for the Genesis because Nintendo bought the rights so they can bring the SNES version here.
Stunning work
Sega did just as good of a job as Capcom.
The games Sega of Japan worked on were solid, those being Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, and Quackshot, not counting the SMS games. Some companies had no business touching the Disney license, like Talespin, both Beauty and the Beast games, Little Mermaid, and Fantasia.
@@Bloodreign1 yes
Better if you ask me. Capcoms are the Saturday afternoon cartoons. Segas are the classic films
Capcom? Lol. They had one game.
@@yearight5303 I meant they did as good as Capcom did for the NES and SNES Disney games.