The Making of Aladdin / Cel animation in video games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- During the 16-bit generation developers started to use a variety of techniques to create in-game graphics, one of them being hand-drawn animation. In this episode the development process behind Aladdin for the Mega-Drive, Earthworm Jim and The Lion King and how they were able to leverage the craftsmanship of traditionally trained animators.
Huge thanks to Ken Horowitz from Sega-16.com for his awesome book "Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games"
Want to learn more about Maui Mallard? Max Nasikan wrote this elaborate article:
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//Music and Sources
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Sources used for this video are also listed there.
the level of this channel is unbelievable
almost an understatement, love this channel 😻
Next level, brah
"More entertaining than humanly possible"
Yes, bravo
Highest level of detail and very entertaining.
I was the lead game play designer on Aladdin, Cool Spot and more games at Virgin Games at the time. It's cool they even showed my Aladdin level design work in this video, along with my game levels.
It would be great to see a youtube video of you talking about your experience as a designer in this era of games. Maybe you have some old design docs laying around you could show?
congratulations for your work !
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Just wanted to thank you as you made my childhood awesome. I'm now a developer and I know the hard work you put, you and your team, in making this awesome game. God bless you!
Must have been cool to work at games back then.
I loved Aladdin as a kid, but I didn't realize how influential it was. This video has given me a deeper appreciation of a cherished childhood game.
I do wish this sort of channel was more popular, and I don’t care if others have said the same thing
Too many little kiddies clicking on memes, Fortnite, and idiotic let's players videos who upload crap 3 times a day.
Actual quality and talent gets overlooked, because they don't spam videos constantly or make dumb children giggle.
This, it's a travesty that a channel like this, with all the research/careful editing and care that goes into the videos has 1/10th the subscribers of some man-child recording themselves overreacting to video-games or somebody "unboxing" electronics etc. Still, I'm glad channels like this with people putting obvious effort/love into their content exist amongst the sea of "me too" TH-camrs regurgitating the same gaming/general news drama etc.
I'm a simple man. I see a new strafefox video and my mood goes from ☹️ to 😊 in an instant 🥰
Ha! :) Awesome to hear! and big thanks for your support!
Others have already noted the amazing production value, but let me just add that it's so refreshing to find objective content. No editorializing, posturing, etc. Just an amazing journey through the archives. Thank you!
I've never even heard of Maui Mallard until today.
I love that game, I played the PC version back in the day, still have the CD-Rom but it doesn't install on 64-bit systems sadly.
@@khululyp It was released in Steam and GOG in May 2019
@@nasikan83 Completely under my radar, such releases sneak up on ppl. It's a fun game, not perfect but zany 90's platform action.
@@khululyp Yeah, I like it but (perhaps as a consequence of the elaborate animation) it feels like it could be more responsive at times.
lots of people never heard of that game 1) it was out in 16-bit consoles sunset, and 2) The name Maui Mallard doesn't associate with anything people normally know from Disney characters. If they would of called it "Donald Duck starring in Maui Mallard adventures" - this would of brought far more attention in gamers circles.
One of these days, we're going to be making hologram documentaries of how strafefox made his videos.
The amount of attention to detail in all of your works is so staggering, it can almost induce tears!
Deluxe Paint. Many days spent on that making pallette animations where you press Tab and the pallette cycles thus creating an animation.
Man, I'm so in love with this channel, I'm from Argentina and in my country the super nintendo was never a thing. Everyone was playing with the sega genesis, so this types of videos are like a journey through my childhood ♥️
I ❤️ Sega too 👍👍👍👍 TheMastersega
You produce such fascinating and high-quality documentaries. Every one of them is a delight to watch.
I don’t understand how this man does so much work or how any of these scenes are made
Your videos are really worth the wait
The golden era of good quality license video games.
I remember playing the DOS version of Aladdin a lot as a kid and it was pure fun.
Excellent and informative video, I loved Aladdin on Genesis as a child! I didn't know what made it stand out or anything about the design process as a kid but did know that it was different. The choice of using Cel shading was definitely what did it and of course the excellent audio of the Genesis was the cherry on top. In an age where 99.9% of games ship broken with the promise of "we'll fix it later (IF it sold enough AND there's still an active player base)" it's nice to look back and at games that knocked it out of the park and still conjure warm memories decades later.
I seriously felt I was watching a professionally made documentary for TV.
Only this is more interesting than 99% of those documentaries.
Such high quality and well researched content!
This Is A Whole New World for this TH-cam Channel, StrafeFox! He reminds me of The Gaming Historian!
So glad you covered this game. I had it as a kid and remember thinking at the time-- these are the best graphics I've ever seen!
How it's possible this channel doesn't have more subscribers? The quality and amound of research...uff
I’m amazing by so many graphics! How is it possible :0 definitely deserves a full watch 🤘 great job! Disney, Shiny, and everybody involved would be super proud.
Aladdin, Lion King, Earthworm Jim. Many of my personal favorites games of the 16 bit era. At the time it was mind blowing how much those games looked like an actual cartoon.
This is so amazing. When you mentioned Lion King was released just after the movie, it really brought back a memory for me of being so excited to have the game because I loved the film so much. Both games are amazing.
Woooh! Over 20 minutes of solid Splash Wave-entertainment!
Your documentaries are a feast to the mind and evoke beautiful nostalgic memories, as I was a hardcore SEGA & PC pixel gamer in the 90's; keep up the great work! I believe your channel is not that popular because the material is dense and cannot be appreciate it by non-serious SEGA & Pixel gamers. You are appreciated Bro; count on it!
Thanks for awesome video Jeroen. You nailed it, as always. I would love to see Global Gladiators video at some point. It's such an awesome game. Showing some stuff here, really brought me back to the teen days, when I played it.
The amount of love you have put into this video is immeasurable. Thanks a lot for the effort!
Hand Drawn Animation in 16-bit games has always been fascinating to me. Among my earliest memories of it was from Mickey Mania and The Lion King on the SNES as well as Maui Mallard (aka Cold Shadow) on the PC. Earthworm Jim remains a highlight for me with its cartoony animation along with the mix of action and weirdness.
Thanks a lot for covering this topic.
This is the episode that I've been long waiting for ever since the Donkey Kong Country video, my first introduction to this amazing channel!! The growth has been extraordinary, and every video is a masterpiece. Excellent work here~!!
Brilliant work yet again , how your only at 100k I don’t know, please keep up the great work.
Sublime production and detailed information. Thank you for this, it always brings me joy to relive these nostalgic moments of my childhood. The lion king was my first game for the megadrive that I got in the Christmas of 94. The first time I played Aladdin was on the first day that snowed in my hometown. Good memories. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! and those are great memories!
First time watcher and I'm so impressed! Easy choice to subscribe. Really thorough storytelling and great visuals. This is a quality that I'd expect from TV.
Absolutely love the amount of effort put into your videos! On an entirely different level.
3:23 Damn that Cool Spot bonus level tune was fire on Genesis and still is!
This was the first game I got for my Genesis. I beat it on 'Hard' within a week. But man, what a week!
Good morning Strafe, I missed you
Another amazing upload.
Animation, narration, the music, the content, the history were well put together.
Thank you for showing another gold piece of my childhood ❤
Amazing presentation of the subject material as always. I want to see art styles like this make a comeback in games!
I just love how this channel presents things, very well done
Amazing research, production and editing as usual, strafefox. Your videos are always a joy to watch.
The final level and the lava wave escape were my childhood gaming banes.
I just watched this video for a second time. So much good information in this video. I would have also been curious to know more about the SNES Aladdin game and how that compared. But overall, I loved this video. Thanks for creating it!
You deserve much more subs. Great video as always.
Jawdropping flawless content as always. The editing, voice over, pace, research, soundtrack... mesmerizing to say the least.
Fantastic video as usual. I also love your outrun/synthwave touch.
14:08 I'm glad that got addressed, I was thinking, that was definitely not "accessable to all levels" I remember it being quite difficult.
What an incredibly detailed research. Thank you so much for making this.
As usual, the level of production, quality and polish of your videos is mesmerizing and jawdropping.
The CGI, the logos, the info, the footage...A lot of effort on these videos
Do Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow! Love your stuff!
Amazing contento as always. We need more channels like this.
03:02 glad to se such a superb game as Another World, in this video ! Thank you.
1:10 The Great Mouse Detective was great.
Always quality, Strafefox. Great job.
oh man cold shadow (maui mallard) was my Jam! I love that game
WTFFF.... THIS CHANNEL... WHY HAVEN'T I FOUND IT BEFORE.. O.O THIS IS STANDARD QUALITY
11:13 Wow that's some smooth transition over there. You're so good at your job. Would like to see discussion about your video too
Wonderful informative video, and I am amazed that Disney and these teams don't still work together- or at least some combination of classic Disney animators and skilled game studios.
another gorgeous presentation. top 5 channel for me. thank you for all your hard work.
Awesome!
Another master piece Fox, congratulations and thank you for your amazing work
I hope viewers appreciate the insane amount of work that went into this video... Amazing!
Pizza Tower feels like the evolution of this kinda thing. Instead of it being a pixelated version of a Disney movie, it's more of a 90's cartoon style.
If we could ever get a remake of Aladdin using original cells in HD it would look amazing. The game has a timeless look and a higher resolution would fit perfectly.
a new upload always makes my day.
i still miss the old narrator though tbh.
This is better than watching ‘blooper’ reels with forced outtakes on some of the late Disney movies.
Hot take: 16-bit animated pixel art was the best that video games have ever looked.
Oh my evening got so much better just now! Looking forward to another feast from the 🦊
The American Genesis just looks so much cooler with it's red stripe than the white one used elsewhere. So does the red grid vs blue on the boxes.
So much effort put into this!
This is what I call diamond quality content
Brilliant, as always. Super cool footage of the original Aladdin animation frames before being digitized. I remember being totally impressed by Aladdin for the Megadrive when it came out. I had both Megadrive and SNES but was more of a Nintendo kid eventually... and Aladdin's graphics reminded me the Megadrive was equally awesome, and even superior to the SNES often.
Your videos are pure magic!
Love your channel!
Please reduce the bass on the narrator tho, I think it would make it a bit more easy listening and don't overcome background music.
Great video! I enjoyed playing this game in the mid 90’s & I recognised music from the film Mannequin in your video as well. Cool 😎
Lets be honest by the mid to end point of the 16 bit era, British studios were leading the way with what was coming from companies like RARE, Team 17, Psygnosis, Virgin
and many others
I spy those mouse ears, pegged up for a sneaky extra life. “Wow!”
Just a completely excellent video.
Splendid work.
Gawd I love this channel, I just know you'll blow up
Absolute highlight notification from TH-cam every time! I needed to sleep dammit now I'm wide awake
Sometimes I fear that the most interesting era of video game development pioneering is long over and far behind us.
It really isn't. There are still great games and wonderful experiences in gaming still being done today. It's slightly skewed more towards the more indie game makers these days, but it's still there.
Outstanding as usual!
Great video!! Thanks for sharing!!
I only had a SNES so I was only familiar with Capcom's version of Aladdin (which was alright), but boy did Virgin knock it out of the park on the Genesis. Given how I don't remember anyone speaking highly of the Jurassic Park game I guess it was a good idea in hindsight to give Aladdin to Virgin.
To this day I wish they could have gotten back together (or a similar 2D game dev with animation chops) to make another Aladdin game but base it heavily on the Disney Afternoon series which introduced all sorts of colorful new villains, Mozenrath naturally being the main boss like Jafar before. Only this time you can have the choice to play either Aladdin OR Jasmine as she's totally one of the most badass Disney Princesses who can fight as well given the need. Give her some unique abilities too which Aladdin doesn't, sort of like Peach in Super Mario 2.
Tiny Toons was my first playing Sega mega drive game... Second was sonic the hedgehog... 3rd mortal Kombat 1,2,3 ... later masterpiece game pitfall , pirates of dark water, ROAD RUSH, NBA live 95,96... urban desert jungle strike... golden axe... Gods... Aladdin... streets of rage...
Hi there. I am the author of an interview with lead artist John Fiorito (my interview with him is indicated in the credits of this video) and a massive interview with 12 Maui Mallard creators in two parts (easily found by the name "Maui Mallard Story: A Giant Interview with the Creators") and the author of recent articles on the creation the original game and its canceled sequel in the 225th and 226th issues of the cult Retro Gamer magazine. Also I am the creator of the only Maui Mallard fan community with a 10-year history on the VK social network (similar to Facebook). I do not leave direct links here, because TH-cam does not like them in the comments. But you can find it in the description of this video. We will be glad to have new fans of Maui!
Max did an excellent job on interviewing and writing down the development of Maui Mallard, I encourage everyone to check out his work:
vk.com/@maui_mallard-interview-with-the-creators-of-maui-mallard-part1
Always wondered why the difficulty of Lion King was so much higher than Aladdin.
I had no idea Disney had such a profound impact on the tail end of the 16 but era...I was never a fan of their content so I skipped out on their games and instead when for Perry's own stuff like Earth Worm...
But looking back they made some amazing games...
Holy shit, what was that? I'm in shock. We don't deserve such quality ✨
This was fantastic!
So what about the production of the SNES version of Aladdin?
More fun to watch these histories than play modern games, by far. Beat this game many times growing up, so this was especially interesting, remembering all the levels as they were shown in the video. The expressions of the lackeys as you threw apples and they lost their drawers were great.
my first megadrive game comming from atari 2600!
Imagine how the top talent have felt for abandoning the lion king to work on pokahontas
YES YOU ARE BACK.
I gotten Aladdin and The Lion King video game. Shame I don't have it. I heard there's a remastered version. Thank you for making this video, everyone should know how successful Aladdin is, standing on top with Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2, making them the top 3 bestselling games.
I thought you would also talk about Capcom's Aladdin, and especially Shinji Mikami?
Did you found the Double Fine interview from DYKGaming/VGFacts?
Which game you think you like to talk about from east or west games?
Aladdin for the snes didn't fit in with the theme of the video (hand drawn animation in video games) so that's why I skipped it. But perhaps I will cover it in the future. :)
The 7 up game!!!!! Fuck yea I remember renting that shit from blockbuster
the song at 2:19 is listed as Scrooge's Office - DuckTales Remastered, why does that sound exactly the same as Slumbering Weald from Pokémon Sword and Shield?
drunk and listenin to this while i slump, pog
Now with have games like Cuphead and Hollow Knight and Spiritfarer that are still revolutionnary