The animation in this game is absurd for a 16 bit game. It flows on each frame so smoothly, if it was high res it could easily pass for a modern indie.
@@iKilledKennyForMoney People like you don't have a weak bait , but your taste is bitter and has the infusion of racism. They do not like you to call them by that name. So why do you insist on calling them by it, isn't this racist calling them with a name to attribute them to Asia to delude people that this land is not their land like you * Isn't this malicious in your mind
This game is a great showpiece for the Sega Genesis. Fantastic Animation. I like how they used the parallax scrolling to simulate the depth of the forest.
I wouldn't expect any gaming magazine to give high praise to any 16-bit game from 1996 onwards. In all honesty, as far as cinematic platforms go, Out of this World, Flasback and even Shadow of the Beast 2, Pocahontas is a great addition to the Genesis, and it's really one of the best looking and animated games on the platform. If only memory and cart costs were really cheap back then, that would be great for arcade ports and exclusives with much more quality.
Yeah the fact this was 32 megabits is pretty significant. I mean sure you had games like super street fighter 2 that came in at 40 but mostly they were very miserly when it came to squeezing games on the small carts. Some games were good regardless while others definitely suffered greatly because of it.
Yeah, it also happened in my country. I remember the magazine I followed giving mediocre ratings to great SNES and MegaDrive late releases. I believe only big games like DKC3 got universal good reviews after 96.
It's so weird to see so much effort going to a licensed game. The animations beautiful and they really put effort into the gameplay and making it something other than a dumb platformer
That's true, some Disney games shine, while others not so much, specially on the Genesis. Capcom also managed to pull off a lot of quality Disney games, mainly on Nintendo consoles, no smooth animations like Pocahontas or Aladdin (Sega), but often with great gameplay.
@@roberto1519 It's true if Capcom was involved with it's almost always going to be really good. I can't think of any Capcom produced Disney game for any Sega or Nintendo console that wasn't good and that includes portable stuff.
Disney games were often the exception back in the day. Duck Tales on the NES was classic. And the Genesis version (not SNES version) of Aladdin was one of my favorite games. Even Toy story was pretty good. Granted, they had their stinkers too. But still a far cry from the travesties put out by LJN and Ocean. I'm pretty sure Goldeneye 007 was the first non-Disney movie/TV based game I played that was actually good.
You know what's sad? They put Aladdin level of detail into this game, and it was never released on any other console and I don't even think anybody knew it was released at the time.
@@miamimagicians Well and of course Aladdin on the SNES was done by Capcom not by Virgin Interactive as on sega's console. It was odd to me that when they released The Lion King and Aladdin games recently in a compilation we of course got the SNES and Genesis version of The Lion King but only the Genesis version of Aladdin. Clearly Capcom doesn't play nice and I do have to wonder why a game like Pocahontas would have been kept off the SNES rather according to somebody in the comments canceled.
It's a gorgeous game graphically and I like how non-violent it is. A similar experience nowadays would be Abzu. Just very chill and no guns or explosions (not that there's anything wrong with that).
The detailed animations, non-violent gameplay and relaxing atmosphere are a breath of fresh air. For the longest time I had been looking for something to compare the 2018 release Tanglewood to and lo and behold with Pocahontas I've finally found it.
Thank you. Such great recommendations. A very different type of game but Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey is non violent and very chill to play.
“Disney’s Aladdin” (both Sega Genesis and SNES Version made by Capcom) and “The Jungle Book” (both Versions for Sega Genesis and SNES Version) are my favorites from my childhood!!! Well I had The Sega Genesis Version of both games actually, also I like Mowgli’s Barefeet on The Front Cover of The Sega Genesis too where it made me like feet… Sorry if it’s weird!
oh man! the graphics here are so beautiful. it breaks my heart that this movie has been confined to the dustbin of history. watching it still breaks my heart and has a lot more than most disney movies in my oninion. i'm glad that the game is good too :)
Allegedly there were originally bonus stages where you played as the humming bird & I even believe they did some assets for it. Unfortunately, they either ran out of time, budget, memory ir all 3, so the bonus stages had to be cut from the final game. Never the less, it's interesting to note, Pocahontas on SEGA Genesis was originally meant to be a bit longer than what we eventually got in the final game.
@@wraithcadmus - From what I gather, the ganeplay, was more in line w/the bonus stages in Lion King - but don't quote me on that. 😉 I wonder if any of the original assets still exist deep within the Disney Morgue, since the Disney Animation Studio division is said to keep & store everything they ever made in that department. Finding it might be another matter entirely. 😳
This game probably got a lot less recognition than it deserved with it being released in 1996 for a 16 bit platform. I didn't hear of this game myself until a few years ago. Tanglewood is a 2018 Megadrive game that I feel comes closest to this game's overall gameplay and atmosphere. I'd recommend checking that out to anyone who likes this game.
I seen some diamonds-in-the-rough in gaming before, and you might have found a hidden gem. Even as someone who had a Genesis during its shelf life, it went completely under my radar. The visual really sells, probably even better on a CRT-TV. Flaws are understandable because licensed game can only have so much content because it's the 90s. Great episode.
That game was a breathe of fresh air to play from all the action on the Genesis. The Colors of the Wind OST you played at the beginning of your review is a very nice touch.
I remember seeing the promo for this game from the vhs copy of A Goofy Movie that I used to watch a lot as a kid and was always curious about it. And I have been meaning to watch Pocahontas for the first time hopefully this year and I may check out the game soon after.
Yeah I got the same tape in Germany 🇩🇪 Disney realy made a market of his own back then with the VHS I think u mean Goofy and Max 🤔 Or maybe they just cyceld all advertisements through all videos 😅
I owned this back in the day because I had an older sister. I remember really liking the music and graphics, but got stuck over the game mechanics because I was too young at the time. Really impressive game looking back.
It's unfortunate we didn't get more Disney games on the SEGA Genesis of the same quality as Aladdin, Lion King, Mickey Mania, Pinnocchio, Maui Malkard, Quackshot, Castle/World of Illusion & this. Even Gargoyles was pretty decent, eventho it had some problems. Ariel The Little Mermaid is almost decent. But, stuff like TailSpin & the Beauty & the Beast games are an embarrassment. And don't even get me started w/Fantasia! I also feel that a Darkwing Duck game would've been great on SEGA Genesis, as would Mulan. Tho perhaps the latter was too late in the life of SEGA Genesis during a weird generational transition period to be green-lit, maybe?
;) too bad you didn't spent a word about the part I liked and remember the most: the final chase to save J.S. The music in that part is awesome and the icon of the rising sun along with the changing lighting, are rushing you in a good way. And at the end you need to use all of the spirits to reach the final point faster and it makes you feel like you earned it and it was worthy to collect them.
I am Truly surprised by the quality of the sprites and the animations, also just look the particles floating!!, This game has a lot of details I didn't know it but now, I thinks it's a you must have it!.
I wish the super Nintendo and Sega genesis were still making games in 1997 1998 on a major level. I'm not saying the N64 and the PlayStation did not have a great games they did! There's a place in my heart that games like sonic two, donkey Kong country two, Mario all stars, streets of rage, the later systems had nothing like that. Let me give you an example. People hate on donkey Kong country three which is weird, it's better than every single platform we're on the N64! And probably better than 99% of the PlayStation platforms as well
Hey Sega Lord X, I hope all is well with u. I rarely comment on things, but I felt compelled to today. I subscribed to your channel quite a long time ago, I wanna say that you had around 28000 subscribers at that time. It wasn't a hard decision to make. Whenever u talk about these games and systems, i truly feel like I'm suddenly back in 1993 with a good friend, talking about the experiences we had with some of these games that were as close to actual magic as anyone can get, and i just can't express what that means to me. Life is hard and the world is often a cruel place, but these 15 minute journeys with you take a remarkable amount of weariness off my shoulders. To say Thank you seems almost inadequate. You truly deserve the success, u certainly worked your ass off for it. Just want u to know that you are appreciated beyond measure. Thank you,, sir. Until next time, SLX.
I beat this game with my niece and genuinely enjoyed it. It looks great and has pretty cool gameplay mechanics with all of the new abilities that you unlock on your adventure. I appreciated a casual experience that didn't take too much effort or time to finish.
Played it with my older sister and then i got solo at that time she also played games i liked to play Sega games and she liked to play néo geo games i have got à big collection of Sega games when i was à kid it was actuallyy like one big collection hundrends of them litteraly and the néo geo i couldnt even count them they were too much!!! My favorite game is this one i don t understand why they didnt make a sequel 😢
Cinematic platformer games have always fascinated me since the Prince of Persia. Out of This World, Flashback, and Blackthorne were favourites of mine during the 16bjt era. I was always looking for more but had to make do with games that were similar in some aspects like fluid animation and some level designs. That’s how I found games that met my need such as the Judge Dredd movie game on the SNes and Genesis. Two other Genesis games that I came across and also fascinated me with their cinematic style were Generations Lost and Pocahontas. Thanks for the review, man.
the game was like a side scroller you might say. but part of it was to stop a war from happening! which kind of fits the movie, but it can get boring after playing a few times!
I mean I can't remember exactly when it really got bad but I would say sometime in the previous two generations they really got lazy and now it's pretty much mobile games for their movies if anything. A lot of the 3D stuff was painfully mediocre at best or just playing bad and unplayable at worst.
I remember playing the Game Boy version when I was a teenager and I enjoyed what was on offer there long before I knew the Mega Drive version even existed. In fact, I only just learned five minutes ago that there was a PAL release so now I'm wondering how it managed to elude me back then. In any case, it's a fun game all the same. :)
I randomly started playing this the other day for the first time. I lost two hours into its beautiful graphics & surprisingly complex puzzles. I've never even seen the movie, but the game... I love it!
They made a game based on Pocahontas? I guess if Lion King and Toy Story got a game, then anything is possible. Didn’t even know that Beauty and the Beast or Little Mermaid had games at all
@@gundamzerostrike Which of course I think was true all the way up let's see at least to Lilo and stitch. And I guess there have been a number of Pixar and other related movies like Bolt but it's gotten very inconsistent in the last couple years. I feel like for the most part they're over it if it isn't like a mobile game at this point.
Funcom did a lot of different games in the 90s. I googled the games they did and Holy shit they stayed busy. From extreme sports to point and click style games. I'm sure Disney was probably happy with Pocahontas because it was great looking and kid-friendly. I like the game for its change of pace and animation. I think they gave Shiny a run for their money, but didn't make a huge adventure game. Great video SLX. Always wondered how you liked Pocahontas. Catch you next time.
Most of them were. There were a few absolutely atrocious ones though. All the ones SLX mentioned we're truly some of the worst you could come across. I'm sure there were more but I can't remember off the top of my head.
I picked up Aladin today and while I was out at my local retro store I saw pocahontas there, then I get home and see you made a video about today.......are you watching me?
It looks amazing for a genesis game. The graphics and soundtrack looks and sounds good. I love the presentation and it’s simple platform gameplay in this Pocahontas game. Don’t know why this game didn’t even came as part of the Disney collection.
Godlike pixel-art. Definitely one of the prettiest games of the console. Soundtrack is easily recognizable as well. Developers did a stellar job overall. The choice of making a more puzzle oriented game is fine, I think it makes it more approachable for kids and not all games have to be the same.
I always loved these Disney Genesis games. The visuals and animation were some of the best on the Genesis. I missed this one since it was so late in the system's life cycle
Wow I really approve of the ideas of this game. Instead of making it a horrible generic collectathon platformer they made Pocahontas a sidescrolling cinematic platform. That's something I can get behind on.
I really wish that the team that gave us this or even Aladdin's team would have made an official game for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. That very obviously melarkets itself towards platforming very easily with Quasimodo in particular having some very epic and dramatic stage design, but I also see where there could have been room for other genres, such as a beat-em-up stage based around Esmeralda escaping the guards during the Feast of Fools, or Phoebus fighting off the soldiers during the War for Notre Dame.
I love finding out about unusual but decent games for my retro consoles, so thanks SLX. I've got a Megadrive ROM cart with every game (plus Master System too) and the list is endless, so I've not even scratched the surface on the ROMs. Will definitely check this out with my daughters, safe in the knowledge that it's decent and importantly easily beatable.
This is one of the few games I wish they made a Sega CD version with CD quality music. Possibly even extra stages. Sure, we all hate when they did that but I'd allow it in this case. With a few exceptions the Disney games had a problem of the visuals looked amazing but the sound and gameplay was off to not good. Gargoyles and Pinocchio come to mind. I hear ya about trying to get into Disney movies in the 90s after growing up on He-Man, Voltron, Transformers and G.I. Joe (in my personal case seeing Vampire Hunter D at a friend's house via his older brother). I will admit I liked Aladdin but Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas were a tough sell. B&B I only saw because my baby sister watched it 20 zillion times a day.
I love these types of games and this one is probably my third favorite of 16 bit era behind Flashback and Blackthorne. It’s even more well animated than Flashback in some ways.
I remember renting this game, making it...relatively far, I'm one that can very quickly adapt to/perceive mechanics. In hindsight, this is very much og Prince of Persia-esque, mechanically. I don't remember how far I made it without cheats, but I think it was about halfway through before I shamefully threw in the towel and put in the password for the last stage - which after a few tries, I did manage to beat. This isn't a horrible game by any means, just one you have to take time to learn, and some stages can be monotonous, switching between characters and slowly progressing. Not the best, not the worst, tmv~
Mickey Mania was one of the last game I owned for my Genesis; I rented most of my games at the time. Disney games were awesome in this era, just like their movies.
I was going to say ‘so good if you find it cheap…?’ Then you said how much it goes for! I’ve got it on my handheld, I’ve never looked at it though so I’ll give it a try one afternoon! Thanks !
I played this game on an emulator, muted the volume, and listened to Joan Baez instead. That's pretty appropriate considering that Baez sounds pretty similar to Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas' singing voice actor). Also, Baez is likely the most popular female folk musician out there.
I really think this may be the best-looking contemporary release on the platform, but I'd be interested to hear other candidates. The music reminds me a lot of Colonization, which is a little damning given that was a General Midi DOS game.
I never knew the Pocahontas Video Game went up to $100.00 on eBay recently until now! (I still remember my family playing it and would have owned it as a youngling since I remember seeing a promo for it in the VHS tape of a Goofy Movie!)
This title right here is one of the many reasons why i should have given Sega a chance when i was younger & You have no idea how much i regret it, being from a all Nintendo family. Im just getting into collecting for Sega within the last year...& i only missed the boat by 30+ years 😂😂 (but this is certainly one title that i need in my collection)
Always saw this game in Blockbuster but never gave it a chance. Odd, because I always played the Disney games, but this one just never caught my attention like that.
I know many people at the time were still playing the Genesis/Mega Drive, but I still feel that this, Toy Story and Pinocchio NEEDED to be on the Saturn and PlayStation! I would’ve been fine even if they were the same as their 16 bit counterparts just with CD soundtracks and movie clips! Knowing the Sonic Mega Drive games turned out just fine on the Saturn as part of Sonic Jam, this and the other 2 games I just mentioned would also have worked on the Saturn! Pinocchio believe it or not was also in development for the 32X, they could easily have carried development of that version over to the Saturn or maybe even the Nintendo 64! Sadly, the PlayStation didn’t get a Disney game that’s not a PAL exclusive until Hercules came along 2 years into its life, and the ONLY Disney release the Saturn did get was a Japan only 2 in 1 disc with Castle of Illusion and QuackShot… in 1998!
Another fantastic video and I couldn’t agree with you more on Pocahontas. It’s a great single run thru and becoming very collectible due to low production run & of course it’s Disney. Kudos
Im surprised no one ever mentions the screen where meeko is eating an acorn on the continue screen i believe. That animation of meeko is some of the best ive ever seen on a console.
Pocahontas derp face right on the box at 1:33 . For a second it made me think this game was going to be a trashfire. I'm kinda shocked it actually looks great.
Back when I was a kid, I found it a bit boring and never really finished it. Later in life, this was a game both me and my were remembered fondly. So, I've fired up the emulator on a cable provider's TV box, connected a relatively decent, but for gaming absolutely dreadful bluetooth keyboard and, well, she gave up quickly and I was forced to win this time around. Honestly, the presentation was amazing and I loved it, even though the keyboard did make it quite a challenge.
Did Darkwing Duck ever get a Genesis release? If not it's pretty surprising, I'd have thought this franchise more than others would have been a great candidate for a game.
Beat this on PSP a few years ago. Kind of feels like a modern indie game. Breezy, simple puzzle platformer but looks great for the time/hardware.
For some reason, this game reminds me of Shantae Half Genie Hero, a literally modern indie game.
The animation in this game is absurd for a 16 bit game. It flows on each frame so smoothly, if it was high res it could easily pass for a modern indie.
Stop calling them indie indis there name is native american its racist to call them by wrong name they are not indie
by the way im from africa
@@socialengineering2539 Weak bait.
@@iKilledKennyForMoney People like you don't have a weak bait , but your taste is bitter and has the infusion of racism. They do not like you to call them by that name. So why do you insist on calling them by it, isn't this racist calling them with a name to attribute them to Asia to delude people that this land is not their land like you * Isn't this malicious in your mind
Why am I not surprised you would take the time to review Pocahontas. You are truly prolific!
Every game deserves a chance.
I always thought so. The mastery with which this guy covers any game as if that was his preferred style is just incredible.
It's a solid game. Why wouldn't it? :3
Why not its good game
He's the retro-game review GOAT, that's why 😛
This game is a great showpiece for the Sega Genesis. Fantastic Animation. I like how they used the parallax scrolling to simulate the depth of the forest.
I wouldn't expect any gaming magazine to give high praise to any 16-bit game from 1996 onwards. In all honesty, as far as cinematic platforms go, Out of this World, Flasback and even Shadow of the Beast 2, Pocahontas is a great addition to the Genesis, and it's really one of the best looking and animated games on the platform. If only memory and cart costs were really cheap back then, that would be great for arcade ports and exclusives with much more quality.
I wish sega used decompression chips for high storage/ram games during the end of the early 90s.
Yeah the fact this was 32 megabits is pretty significant. I mean sure you had games like super street fighter 2 that came in at 40 but mostly they were very miserly when it came to squeezing games on the small carts.
Some games were good regardless while others definitely suffered greatly because of it.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Which is a shame, imagine if storage and costs weren't an issue, actually for both 8 and 16 bit that would make a huge difference.
Yeah, it also happened in my country. I remember the magazine I followed giving mediocre ratings to great SNES and MegaDrive late releases. I believe only big games like DKC3 got universal good reviews after 96.
96 was one of the SNES and Genesis best years . Look at Hangtime
It's so weird to see so much effort going to a licensed game. The animations beautiful and they really put effort into the gameplay and making it something other than a dumb platformer
That's true, some Disney games shine, while others not so much, specially on the Genesis. Capcom also managed to pull off a lot of quality Disney games, mainly on Nintendo consoles, no smooth animations like Pocahontas or Aladdin (Sega), but often with great gameplay.
@@roberto1519
It's true if Capcom was involved with it's almost always going to be really good.
I can't think of any Capcom produced Disney game for any Sega or Nintendo console that wasn't good and that includes portable stuff.
Disney games were often the exception back in the day. Duck Tales on the NES was classic. And the Genesis version (not SNES version) of Aladdin was one of my favorite games. Even Toy story was pretty good. Granted, they had their stinkers too. But still a far cry from the travesties put out by LJN and Ocean. I'm pretty sure Goldeneye 007 was the first non-Disney movie/TV based game I played that was actually good.
You know what's sad? They put Aladdin level of detail into this game, and it was never released on any other console and I don't even think anybody knew it was released at the time.
@@miamimagicians
Well and of course Aladdin on the SNES was done by Capcom not by Virgin Interactive as on sega's console. It was odd to me that when they released The Lion King and Aladdin games recently in a compilation we of course got the SNES and Genesis version of The Lion King but only the Genesis version of Aladdin. Clearly Capcom doesn't play nice and I do have to wonder why a game like Pocahontas would have been kept off the SNES rather according to somebody in the comments canceled.
It's a gorgeous game graphically and I like how non-violent it is. A similar experience nowadays would be Abzu. Just very chill and no guns or explosions (not that there's anything wrong with that).
The detailed animations, non-violent gameplay and relaxing atmosphere are a breath of fresh air. For the longest time I had been looking for something to compare the 2018 release Tanglewood to and lo and behold with Pocahontas I've finally found it.
Thank you. Such great recommendations. A very different type of game but Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey is non violent and very chill to play.
Pocahontas was my absolute fav game among 100 of Sega games! I have completed it 40 times if not more! A masterpiece with fantastic music!
Ha man, this was one of my faves as a kid - even if it was girl oriented - loved the sense of progression and the unique format of the world.
Why it never got à sequel ?!?!?!?!?!
The Jungle Book on Genesis was really good too. I put it up there with Aladdin and the Lion King.
“Disney’s Aladdin” (both Sega Genesis
and SNES Version made by Capcom)
and “The Jungle Book” (both Versions
for Sega Genesis and SNES Version)
are my favorites from my childhood!!!
Well I had The Sega Genesis Version
of both games actually, also I like
Mowgli’s Barefeet on The Front
Cover of The Sega Genesis too
where it made me like feet…
Sorry if it’s weird!
SNES Aladdin is great. Don’t when people dunk on it for the Genesis version which is also good of course
oh man! the graphics here are so beautiful.
it breaks my heart that this movie has been confined to the dustbin of history. watching it still breaks my heart and has a lot more than most disney movies in my oninion.
i'm glad that the game is good too :)
It was remade as Avatar tho
@@danielmclaughlin2190 , lol quite true
Cancel Culture is the reason why we can't have nice things ever.
It's not a rare game but it is uncommon and definitely a hidden gem.
I can't say a disney game can be considered a hidden anything, but yeah, it wasn't very regarded amongst gamers because of the lack of action
@@HoroJoga ya it's not hidden but the fact that it's a good game is
Lol which are synonyms for rare. But alrighty!
Allegedly there were originally bonus stages where you played as the humming bird & I even believe they did some assets for it. Unfortunately, they either ran out of time, budget, memory ir all 3, so the bonus stages had to be cut from the final game. Never the less, it's interesting to note, Pocahontas on SEGA Genesis was originally meant to be a bit longer than what we eventually got in the final game.
Hummingbird based Sega gameplay?
Kolibiri: "Finally! Our battle will be legendary!"
@@wraithcadmus looking at kolibri, the genesis can pull this game off with enough rom sizes and sega cd with the right developer.
@@wraithcadmus - From what I gather, the ganeplay, was more in line w/the bonus stages in Lion King - but don't quote me on that. 😉
I wonder if any of the original assets still exist deep within the Disney Morgue, since the Disney Animation Studio division is said to keep & store everything they ever made in that department. Finding it might be another matter entirely. 😳
This might be weird to hear but I would say this is arguably one of your best videos yet. Just a great balanced take, a real polished job, congrats!
So basically, Pocahontas was the first Captain Planet.
"By your animal powers combined, I am Pocahontas!"
That cracked me up!
Honestly never knew pocahontas got a console game. Reminds me of prince of persia
This was the last "kid" game I bought before moving on to more mature titles. The graphics were truly special for the Genesis.
This game probably got a lot less recognition than it deserved with it being released in 1996 for a 16 bit platform. I didn't hear of this game myself until a few years ago. Tanglewood is a 2018 Megadrive game that I feel comes closest to this game's overall gameplay and atmosphere. I'd recommend checking that out to anyone who likes this game.
I seen some diamonds-in-the-rough in gaming before, and you might have found a hidden gem. Even as someone who had a Genesis during its shelf life, it went completely under my radar. The visual really sells, probably even better on a CRT-TV. Flaws are understandable because licensed game can only have so much content because it's the 90s. Great episode.
That game was a breathe of fresh air to play from all the action on the Genesis. The Colors of the Wind OST you played at the beginning of your review is a very nice touch.
I remember seeing the promo for this game from the vhs copy of A Goofy Movie that I used to watch a lot as a kid and was always curious about it. And I have been meaning to watch Pocahontas for the first time hopefully this year and I may check out the game soon after.
Yeah I got the same tape in Germany 🇩🇪
Disney realy made a market of his own back then with the VHS
I think u mean Goofy and Max 🤔
Or maybe they just cyceld all advertisements through all videos 😅
I owned this back in the day because I had an older sister. I remember really liking the music and graphics, but got stuck over the game mechanics because I was too young at the time. Really impressive game looking back.
It's unfortunate we didn't get more Disney games on the SEGA Genesis of the same quality as Aladdin, Lion King, Mickey Mania, Pinnocchio, Maui Malkard, Quackshot, Castle/World of Illusion & this. Even Gargoyles was pretty decent, eventho it had some problems.
Ariel The Little Mermaid is almost decent. But, stuff like TailSpin & the Beauty & the Beast games are an embarrassment. And don't even get me started w/Fantasia!
I also feel that a Darkwing Duck game would've been great on SEGA Genesis, as would Mulan. Tho perhaps the latter was too late in the life of SEGA Genesis during a weird generational transition period to be green-lit, maybe?
What a coincidence that I happened to come across this game this afternoon at a game x change
;) too bad you didn't spent a word about the part I liked and remember the most: the final chase to save J.S.
The music in that part is awesome and the icon of the rising sun along with the changing lighting, are rushing you in a good way.
And at the end you need to use all of the spirits to reach the final point faster and it makes you feel like you earned it and it was worthy to collect them.
I am Truly surprised by the quality of the sprites and the animations, also just look the particles floating!!, This game has a lot of details I didn't know it but now, I thinks it's a you must have it!.
I wish the super Nintendo and Sega genesis were still making games in 1997 1998 on a major level. I'm not saying the N64 and the PlayStation did not have a great games they did! There's a place in my heart that games like sonic two, donkey Kong country two, Mario all stars, streets of rage, the later systems had nothing like that.
Let me give you an example. People hate on donkey Kong country three which is weird, it's better than every single platform we're on the N64! And probably better than 99% of the PlayStation platforms as well
Hey Sega Lord X, I hope all is well with u. I rarely comment on things, but I felt compelled to today. I subscribed to your channel quite a long time ago, I wanna say that you had around 28000 subscribers at that time. It wasn't a hard decision to make. Whenever u talk about these games and systems, i truly feel like I'm suddenly back in 1993 with a good friend, talking about the experiences we had with some of these games that were as close to actual magic as anyone can get, and i just can't express what that means to me. Life is hard and the world is often a cruel place, but these 15 minute journeys with you take a remarkable amount of weariness off my shoulders. To say Thank you seems almost inadequate. You truly deserve the success, u certainly worked your ass off for it. Just want u to know that you are appreciated beyond measure. Thank you,, sir. Until next time, SLX.
I beat this game with my niece and genuinely enjoyed it. It looks great and has pretty cool gameplay mechanics with all of the new abilities that you unlock on your adventure.
I appreciated a casual experience that didn't take too much effort or time to finish.
Played it with my older sister and then i got solo at that time she also played games i liked to play Sega games and she liked to play néo geo games i have got à big collection of Sega games when i was à kid it was actuallyy like one big collection hundrends of them litteraly and the néo geo i couldnt even count them they were too much!!! My favorite game is this one i don t understand why they didnt make a sequel 😢
Just recently discovered how
awesome the ost of TAOBAR on Sega CD
is...it is awesome!!!
Now...time for my SLX vid.
Cinematic platformer games have always fascinated me since the Prince of Persia.
Out of This World, Flashback, and Blackthorne were favourites of mine during the 16bjt era.
I was always looking for more but had to make do with games that were similar in some aspects like fluid animation and some level designs. That’s how I found games that met my need such as the Judge Dredd movie game on the SNes and Genesis. Two other Genesis games that I came across and also fascinated me with their cinematic style were Generations Lost and Pocahontas. Thanks for the review, man.
Lol at that tailspin quip. I liked it as a kid, it was hard as hell but when i got better at it i enjoyed it.
the game was like a side scroller you might say. but part of it was to stop a war from happening! which kind of fits the movie, but it can get boring after playing a few times!
Paint with all the colors of the Genesis 🎶
I love the animations in this game. Very high quality, similar to another Disney Genesis game of that era, The Lion King.
Disney had some pretty good games that generation. And the character animations looked amazing.
This is Pure Pixel Art!! Thanks for the great review!
Remember when anything that had the Disney name was always well crafted. Now Disney will slap that name on a pile of poo and call it gold.
I mean I can't remember exactly when it really got bad but I would say sometime in the previous two generations they really got lazy and now it's pretty much mobile games for their movies if anything. A lot of the 3D stuff was painfully mediocre at best or just playing bad and unplayable at worst.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu from the 30s to the late 60s and from 88 to 96 was the best quality stuff Disney ever made.
Thanks for showing this game some love. When I first played it, I was surprised with all the quality put in this game. Definitely a winner to me.
Oh Damn. The whole graphics and aesthetic of this game is simply amazing. Its a wonder I never heard of it.
1:36 I dont know if Pocahontas is a game worth playing but this videos are definitely worth watching! Amazing content! Thanks Lord!
You would never see Crusty the Clown put his name on a inferior product!
Least of all the canyonaro.
I never even knew this game existed. I’m weirdly glad you’re covering it even though I don’t really have an interest in it.
I remember playing the Game Boy version when I was a teenager and I enjoyed what was on offer there long before I knew the Mega Drive version even existed. In fact, I only just learned five minutes ago that there was a PAL release so now I'm wondering how it managed to elude me back then.
In any case, it's a fun game all the same. :)
I played this w my sister back in the day
I wouldn't have thought that was the gems driver. Maybe it's just better suited to the kind of music
Check out Dune II and Comic Zone for what the GEMS sound driver can do with someone who uses it the way it was intended.
I randomly started playing this the other day for the first time. I lost two hours into its beautiful graphics & surprisingly complex puzzles. I've never even seen the movie, but the game... I love it!
They made a game based on Pocahontas? I guess if Lion King and Toy Story got a game, then anything is possible. Didn’t even know that Beauty and the Beast or Little Mermaid had games at all
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Which of course I think was true all the way up let's see at least to Lilo and stitch.
And I guess there have been a number of Pixar and other related movies like Bolt but it's gotten very inconsistent in the last couple years. I feel like for the most part they're over it if it isn't like a mobile game at this point.
I always remember fondly the animal spirits mechanic, helping them to learn from them to kick out the invaders
Funcom did a lot of different games in the 90s. I googled the games they did and Holy shit they stayed busy. From extreme sports to point and click style games. I'm sure Disney was probably happy with Pocahontas because it was great looking and kid-friendly. I like the game for its change of pace and animation. I think they gave Shiny a run for their money, but didn't make a huge adventure game. Great video SLX. Always wondered how you liked Pocahontas. Catch you next time.
Disney games were great on the genesis
Most of them were.
There were a few absolutely atrocious ones though. All the ones SLX mentioned we're truly some of the worst you could come across. I'm sure there were more but I can't remember off the top of my head.
I picked up Aladin today and while I was out at my local retro store I saw pocahontas there, then I get home and see you made a video about today.......are you watching me?
Sega Lord sees all.
It looks amazing for a genesis game. The graphics and soundtrack looks and sounds good. I love the presentation and it’s simple platform gameplay in this Pocahontas game. Don’t know why this game didn’t even came as part of the Disney collection.
Jungle Book for the Sega Genesis was a really good game!
Aladdin, Lion King, Poke-a-hot-ass were the trilogy of Disney movie games we had in our house. Great times.
Godlike pixel-art. Definitely one of the prettiest games of the console. Soundtrack is easily recognizable as well. Developers did a stellar job overall. The choice of making a more puzzle oriented game is fine, I think it makes it more approachable for kids and not all games have to be the same.
I always loved these Disney Genesis games. The visuals and animation were some of the best on the Genesis. I missed this one since it was so late in the system's life cycle
Pocahontas is one of my favorite Disney games, I really like its graphics and especially the music and I still play it.
Wow I really approve of the ideas of this game. Instead of making it a horrible generic collectathon platformer they made Pocahontas a sidescrolling cinematic platform. That's something I can get behind on.
I really wish that the team that gave us this or even Aladdin's team would have made an official game for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. That very obviously melarkets itself towards platforming very easily with Quasimodo in particular having some very epic and dramatic stage design, but I also see where there could have been room for other genres, such as a beat-em-up stage based around Esmeralda escaping the guards during the Feast of Fools, or Phoebus fighting off the soldiers during the War for Notre Dame.
this and sonic the hedgehog 3 are my absolute favorite sega genesis games
I love finding out about unusual but decent games for my retro consoles, so thanks SLX. I've got a Megadrive ROM cart with every game (plus Master System too) and the list is endless, so I've not even scratched the surface on the ROMs. Will definitely check this out with my daughters, safe in the knowledge that it's decent and importantly easily beatable.
This is one of the few games I wish they made a Sega CD version with CD quality music. Possibly even extra stages. Sure, we all hate when they did that but I'd allow it in this case. With a few exceptions the Disney games had a problem of the visuals looked amazing but the sound and gameplay was off to not good. Gargoyles and Pinocchio come to mind.
I hear ya about trying to get into Disney movies in the 90s after growing up on He-Man, Voltron, Transformers and G.I. Joe (in my personal case seeing Vampire Hunter D at a friend's house via his older brother). I will admit I liked Aladdin but Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas were a tough sell. B&B I only saw because my baby sister watched it 20 zillion times a day.
Missed opportunity not porting disney games to the sega cd. Another game that would've been ported to the sega cd is kolibri.
@@maroon9273 They did port Mickey Mania but I'm pretty sure that's the only one.
I love these types of games and this one is probably my third favorite of 16 bit era behind Flashback and Blackthorne. It’s even more well animated than Flashback in some ways.
Thank you for this, I had no idea the game was this good. Played it with my 5yo son over the weekend and he loved it.
I remember renting this game, making it...relatively far, I'm one that can very quickly adapt to/perceive mechanics. In hindsight, this is very much og Prince of Persia-esque, mechanically. I don't remember how far I made it without cheats, but I think it was about halfway through before I shamefully threw in the towel and put in the password for the last stage - which after a few tries, I did manage to beat. This isn't a horrible game by any means, just one you have to take time to learn, and some stages can be monotonous, switching between characters and slowly progressing. Not the best, not the worst, tmv~
Quite amazing graphics, still looks good. 😎👍
Mickey Mania was one of the last game I owned for my Genesis; I rented most of my games at the time. Disney games were awesome in this era, just like their movies.
I was going to say ‘so good if you find it cheap…?’ Then you said how much it goes for! I’ve got it on my handheld, I’ve never looked at it though so I’ll give it a try one afternoon! Thanks !
The color palette of the Genesis was great. This game has excellent graphics and animations.
Got this when I was a kid. It was not my favorite game, but I enjoyed it.
I played this game on an emulator, muted the volume, and listened to Joan Baez instead. That's pretty appropriate considering that Baez sounds pretty similar to Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas' singing voice actor). Also, Baez is likely the most popular female folk musician out there.
I really think this may be the best-looking contemporary release on the platform, but I'd be interested to hear other candidates.
The music reminds me a lot of Colonization, which is a little damning given that was a General Midi DOS game.
I never knew the Pocahontas Video Game went up to $100.00 on eBay recently until now! (I still remember my family playing it and would have owned it as a youngling since I remember seeing a promo for it in the VHS tape of a Goofy Movie!)
If I saw this review back in the day, I would have made this a weekend rental for sure.
This title right here is one of the many reasons why i should have given Sega a chance when i was younger & You have no idea how much i regret it, being from a all Nintendo family. Im just getting into collecting for Sega within the last year...& i only missed the boat by 30+ years 😂😂 (but this is certainly one title that i need in my collection)
I doubt I'll ever play this game or purchase it if I find it, but DANG that animation is beautiful!
Awesome review man!
"He-Man, Ultron and G.I. Joe"
So you're my dad, damn
Always saw this game in Blockbuster but never gave it a chance. Odd, because I always played the Disney games, but this one just never caught my attention like that.
I have this game on my handheld emulator, I play it from time to time, its a really beautiful game just like the movie was.
Beautiful 16-Bit graphics. Not surprised of the cart price. This is digital art.
The game is absolutely beautiful, I really enjoyed when I was a kid, more like teenager actually, great experience
Okay I'm truly wondering, how do you get past that boulder at 0:58?
So many memories with this masterpiece.
Yay, a new Sega Lord X video! I never even knew this game existed!
Glad to help you discover new games to play.
Wow this one's beautiful and looks surprisingly fun mechanic wise.
I know many people at the time were still playing the Genesis/Mega Drive, but I still feel that this, Toy Story and Pinocchio NEEDED to be on the Saturn and PlayStation! I would’ve been fine even if they were the same as their 16 bit counterparts just with CD soundtracks and movie clips! Knowing the Sonic Mega Drive games turned out just fine on the Saturn as part of Sonic Jam, this and the other 2 games I just mentioned would also have worked on the Saturn! Pinocchio believe it or not was also in development for the 32X, they could easily have carried development of that version over to the Saturn or maybe even the Nintendo 64! Sadly, the PlayStation didn’t get a Disney game that’s not a PAL exclusive until Hercules came along 2 years into its life, and the ONLY Disney release the Saturn did get was a Japan only 2 in 1 disc with Castle of Illusion and QuackShot… in 1998!
Another fantastic video and I couldn’t agree with you more on Pocahontas. It’s a great single run thru and becoming very collectible due to low production run & of course it’s Disney. Kudos
hey man- just wanted to let u know Digital Foundry channel used some of your footage from one of your mortal kombat videos- nice work
I saw that. Kinda cool.
This game is on my wishlist. Thanks for the video.
Im surprised no one ever mentions the screen where meeko is eating an acorn on the continue screen i believe. That animation of meeko is some of the best ive ever seen on a console.
Pocahontas derp face right on the box at 1:33 .
For a second it made me think this game was going to be a trashfire. I'm kinda shocked it actually looks great.
9:20 Pocahontas...The first ever recorded instance of someone slipping into The Backrooms.
I'm currently rewatching all the Disneys so this is timely :)
I remember when I watched this movie in the theater with my aunt, oh man I'm getting old.
I don't care for games which are basically all puzzles but this game looks amazing. No denying that.
The music in this game is so great, I wish I could get it in CD form
Graphics 10/10
Back when I was a kid, I found it a bit boring and never really finished it. Later in life, this was a game both me and my
were remembered fondly. So, I've fired up the emulator on a cable provider's TV box, connected a relatively decent, but for gaming absolutely dreadful bluetooth keyboard and, well, she gave up quickly and I was forced to win this time around. Honestly, the presentation was amazing and I loved it, even though the keyboard did make it quite a challenge.
Did Darkwing Duck ever get a Genesis release? If not it's pretty surprising, I'd have thought this franchise more than others would have been a great candidate for a game.