Aladdin - Sega Genesis Review

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One of the best-selling games on the platform. Could a 16-Bit Western-developed game really be that good?
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on the Mega SG.
2. I'm actually not a huge fan of the type of music in this game. I recognize it as technically sound, I just wanted something more upbeat and with more bass.
3. This one has grown on me over the years. I love the pick-up-and-play nature of it. I use to knock it for lacking Shinobi III's depth, but after some consideration, I actually prefer it to stay more of a platformer with some mild action elements. Particularly since it was aimed at a broad audience.
4. Tommy Tallarico was part of the music team for this one.
5. There were also Game Boy, NES, Amiga, DOS, and Windows 95 versions of this game. The SMS/GG version is radically different.
6. The Sega CD was supposed to get its own version of Aladdin but it never materialized.
7. The Game Boy Color release came out in 2000 and is based on the Genesis version.
8. If you are in the market to own this game, it's often no more than $20 complete.
9. This was developed in just 10 months' time(planning to physical release).
10. The Genesis version has seen multiple reissues over the years. There is a shitty cardboard box version that was done for the Majesco Genesis 3 launch, and an unlicensed release done by iam8bit in 2020.

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@thecunninlynguist 2 года назад

This is the version I played first. I absolutely loved it. In that desert level, I thought I was a genius when you get that 1up by putting your head on the Mickey ears.

@lady1kaka 2 года назад

Wow. I played through this game couple of Times but never knew that.

@SataniaMcDowel 2 года назад

Wait...what????

@Trinigoth 2 года назад

I love the Mickey ears secret. My sister and I organically found it growing up because we both thought it'd be hilarious to see him with them on. It takes a little back and forth to get him lined up but we were completely blown away when we got rewarded for getting him to "wear" them!

@thecunninlynguist 2 года назад

@@Trinigoth same. I remember I was messing around and was like whooooa

@jamesbarker5535 2 года назад

I never knew that! I'll be definitely trying this out.

@Geekdom101 2 года назад

Absolute classic.

@aegisreflector1239 2 года назад

Yo sup Geekdom101

@timestamp3919 2 года назад

i GoT iNsIdEr InFo

@Larry 2 года назад

I wish i could see the cancelled Blue Sky's version that angered Sega and Disney so much they threatened to pull the license. Only assumption was it would have been similar to their Jurassic Park games.

@GameSack 2 года назад

I'd love to see Aladdin wasting dinosaurs with a machine gun.

@hiltwo 2 года назад

@@GameSack Someone should make a hack that adds Aladdin as the player in Jurassic Park Rampage Edition :)

@timestamp3919 2 года назад

Cancelled games are infinitely fascinating to me, I wish we could see that.

@jmullner76 2 года назад

This is a thing? I never heard about that.

@kelvynacosta 2 года назад

Ohhh a man of cultura n the comments

@samokuma9596 2 года назад

In The kingdom of 16bits superior versions, there is a king : Megadrive Aladdin.

@DeludedOne 2 года назад

I like how thrown daggers can actually slice your thrown apples in half and you actually see that happen. Attention to detail there! I'd like to see a review for the Jungle Book too, a great game that one.

@timestamp3919 2 года назад

That's amazing.

@nopenop1495 Год назад

Fun fact: Doug Tenapel of Earthworm Jim fame worked on Jungle Book.

@greenkoopa 2 года назад

I played this at McDonald's at my friends birthday party. They had segas and TVs in the play place but I've never seen another like that

@TRJ2241987 2 года назад

Nickelodeon Studios used to have the same kiosks in the wait line outside of the building in the 90s. I was there in '97

@Finfection 2 года назад

I've owned this game since it originally released when I was a little kid and I still to this day often run through it just for fun. It's piss easy yet still fun. The platforming is definitely where most of the difficulty stems from. The initial lava level makes me wanna pull my hair out sometimes when I get hit by those lava splashes as I try to jump across the rocks. It's just overall fun despite the lack luster story content. There is barely an ending if you want to even call it that. The whole game had walls of text and large sprite work to tell the story and then when you beat the game you get none of that. I kinda wish they had remastered and improved the game when they did the collection that was released with the Lion King game.

@Rountree1985 2 года назад

If they had changed anything about the games in the collection, people would’ve complained non stop because gamers are the most entitled group of people on planet earth.

@nicholasbullock1709 2 года назад

@@Rountree1985 if they had made any changes I would expect they’d have the option to play the original or remaster from the menu. But, yeah, if something like that wasn’t setup and only the edited version was playable we could expect mostly peaceful riots.

@triplej26532 2 года назад

I bought a copy of Aladdin for the Genesis early this month from the retro game store that's close to where I live. In box with manual at a fair price along with Road Rash II. Aladdin is a well made platform that's well worth the play through now and then. Definitely agree that the platform in later levels can be frustrating if you mistime the jump. Aladdin may not be my favorite Disney movie, but the game on the Genesis is one of my top favorite games for the system along with Shinobi III, The Lion King, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3 with Knuckles, Golden Axe and more. PS. That poor Sebastian hanging by the chains in the dark dungeon when finding a way out with Aladdin.

@elvampe13 2 года назад

10:23 Personally I love the hectic, chaotic nature of the final boss. Jafar's staff pull, the constant streams of fire wherever you stood, along with his projectiles, all made for a challenging battle. Admittedly the SNES version's final boss did a better job in terms of presentation, but the difficulty was far lower than the Genesis version.

@Spiggle. 2 года назад

I think the SNES version has more charm tbh, i might be a bit biased because i owned that one. Some of the levels did have decent challenge but yeah the bosses did leave a bit to be desired in overall difficulty. Still a good game (the SNES version) IMO.

@JustinC721 2 года назад

I was a SNES fan as a kid, but even then I always would admit when the Genesis had the better version. MKI, MKII and Aladdin are my goto examples of this.

@thecunninlynguist 2 года назад

MK2 is a toss up for me. SNES version was killer.

@maroon9273 2 года назад

Prefer mk2 snes version over the downgraded genesis port. Even with the choppy frame animation and background detail on the armory stage.

@samokuma9596 2 года назад

No comparaison. Snin Aladdin IS a nice plateformee. Megadrive Aladdin... IS Aladdin.

@pop2uno 2 года назад

MK2 was way better on snes. MK1, I agree, but 2? Nop.

@greenkoopa 2 года назад

Doom is better on 32x

@JR-gl1nx 2 года назад

This is currently available on the Switch in a Disney 16bit game collection, with Lion King and Jungle Book. It has the Snes and Sega version of Aladdin which is a nice touch.

@GeorgeArthurJr 2 года назад

That version can be extracted and played on original hardware and it's kind of fun. I'm more of a SNES version fan, but playing the Final Cut version on my original Genesis is great. Just some slight changed and improvements.

@gjergjaurelius9798 2 года назад

It's on all consoles.

@r-rod8116 2 года назад

And it also has rewind feature so if you make a mistake, you rewind and try again without costing you lives.

@Windavinci 2 года назад

If it's on sale for under £10 I'll buy it

@thenoseguy Год назад

@@Windavinci Did you buy it?

@GameSack 2 года назад

This was indeed a good game. The animation of everything is just outstanding. I wish Sega had made as big of a deal out of that in their advertising as Nintendo did with their pre-rendered DKC graphics. However this never became one of my favorites. There's something about that quick erratic scrolling which is in so many of the Virgin/Dave Perry games that bothers me a lot. Also the sound/music was pretty good for Gems, but I always felt it sounded a bit thin/primitive due to the lack of bass or really any kind of low end. Lastly I felt that carpet ride stage went on for too long and just wasn't that interesting (it would be pretty cool if it were shorter). Still it's good enough for most people and it was a hit for Sega. It also brought a lot of customers to the Genesis so overall it's good that this title exists.

@timestamp3919 2 года назад

It was great for its time. A lot of even the best games from back in the day are antiquated now though, like this classic. The games that hold up best are from the 5th & 6th gens. 5th gen 2D games shed most of the restrictions which plagued them, and the same can be said for 3D games during the 6th generation. Think Castlevania:SOTN and Metal Gear Solid 2, respectively.

@thecunninlynguist 2 года назад

patiently waiting for that GS x SLX sega collab video

@infernal_monkey 2 года назад

@@thecunninlynguist Entirely in stop motion

@Agostoic 2 года назад

Oh Hi Joe

@greenkoopa 2 года назад

Jungle Book is a better game for Genesis

@KyleYoung2012 2 года назад

This is one of my favorite Sega Genesis games and too this day i go back and play it every so often that's how much i love this game

@PS1Fan1991 2 года назад

Aladdin and The Lion King were some of my favourite games for the Mega Drive when I was a kid. Great memories!

@jaxson3887 2 года назад

This game was awesome back in the day. Still is

@greggnuber5966 2 года назад

Agreed

@SparkyMK3 2 года назад

Great review! Would you believe that this entire game was slammed together in a measly three months?! (CORRECTION: It was actually closer to 10) Apparently it uses the same game engine as Global Gladiators (which was made prior). The sprite animation is some of the best I've ever seen in any video game--Nintendo themselves were so scared stiff by it (and the fact that it was a HUGE seller for the Genesis--seriously, its the third best selling game on the console behind Sonic 1 and 2) that the reason they pushed Rareware to adapt to CGI sprites was to give the SNES a game that would look just as good if not better (i.e. Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct)! Even Shinji Mikami, the head of the Capcom Aladdin game for SNES, lauded the Genesis version as superior to his own game (though I'll add that the SNES Aladdin is a great game in its own right too). Both this and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 are among my all time favorite side-scrollers to this day.

@Idelacio 2 года назад

Yeah Virgin only had the license to develop the game for that narrow window. Whole team was sleeping at the office on permanent crunch, though they volunteered to do it after being asked if they thought it was possible. And they still went and created a whole new art transcription method...

@stelomation 2 года назад

Oh hey Nick! How's it goin? ;P

@SparkyMK3 2 года назад

@@stelomation Hi Steven! Small world! Im surprised to see you here too! Im doing swell! :)

@greggnuber5966 2 года назад

That is a lot if detail about a great old-school game. Where is this information coming from?

@stelomation 2 года назад

@@SparkyMK3 Yeah you too! If I happen to like old Sega Games, of course I would check out this video. lol

@HybridAngelZero 2 года назад

I love both of the Aladdin games so much! I'm so happy both are now available on every modern platform, and the director's cut of this one that's included with them is awesome!

@wills.364 2 года назад

Sega definitely delivered a knock out with Aladdin and I still have original case

@Cong-j9k 3 месяца назад

I’m from Toronto and back in the days my dad would take me and my brother to the Bay, which was across the street from the Eaton Centre. There were Sega machines spread next to each other, each with a different game and Aladdin was one of them!

@MH-ye1ku 2 года назад

If you would have asked me as a kid, I would have swore that this cart had special chips not just for the gfx but for the MUSIC. I swear these tunes sounded spot on to the movie in my memory, but they were just GEMS?? Amazing SLX!!

@randomcharacter6501 2 года назад

I remember if you position Aladdin to where his idle animation lines his head up with the Mickey ears on the clothes line you get an extra life. Good times.

@ColinCropley 2 года назад

this one's a terrific game.

@maroon9273 2 года назад

Dos is the best port of alladin.

@737admirer 2 года назад

I love going to bed and then SLX releases a video for me to watch just before sleeping.

@IkariMetalSlugger 2 года назад

Fun game. Great visuals. Good music. Fun levels with the occasional difficulty spike here and there. Primarily with the cave escape levels. SNES and Genesis versions are both great, but I'll always prefer the Genesis version. I will say that people sleep on the Game Gear & Master System versions, though.

@thehumbleone1983 2 года назад

I love Aladdin on Master System and Game Gear 👍🕹

@zanegandini5350 2 года назад

Oh absolutely, SIMS did an outstanding job on the GG/SMS game, to the point where it looks better than some 16-bit titles.

@greggnuber5966 2 года назад

I would like to see them covered.

@jordanhoughton1948 2 года назад

I was quite surprised at how closely the Game Gear version follows the movie with its cut scenes. The auto running level were a cool difference, especially with Jasmine keeping up in her street disguise. Plus, you get to play Aladdin in his Prince Ali clothes when in the palace.

@dtyndall11 2 года назад

I love this game. It absolutely holds up. IMO, Lion King doesn't hold up as well due to its difficulty.

@48hourrecordsteam45 2 года назад

A lot of games was ruined with an insane difficulty.! For the life of me I don’t see why they incorporated one hit kill for contra hard corpse when translating the game

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 2 года назад

I found The Lion King to be a better put together game. Some of the difficulty is brutal for a children's game, and the Adult Simba levels are tedious if you don't know how to fight enemies properly, but on the whole it feels less sloppy with better hit detection, less camera issues, and better teaching elements.

@48hourrecordsteam45 2 года назад

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Lion king,Aladdin,jungle book Toy story. 16-bit gaming was plagued with a difficulty and repetitiveness that started to find solutions in the 32 but era

@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 2 года назад

@@48hourrecordsteam45 Toy Story (PAL version) has a password system. Greatly glad for that; one sitting games are a hard sell for me nowadays.

@dtyndall11 2 года назад

@@48hourrecordsteam45 I played through Aladdin and Jungle Book recently and find them both OK difficulty-wise. Toy Story ratchets up the difficulty once you get to the early Buzz boss, and Lion King is just next-level hard IMO

@Tolbat 2 года назад

Even as a teen, this game was hard to deny its beauty and fun factor. When we really wanted blood and guts this game was amazing and I had to have it.

@greggnuber5966 2 года назад

I agree it was fun to play back then

@LordClydeofOMAR 2 года назад

This game has one of the biggest difficulty spikes I've ever seen. The level "The Escape" right before the rug ride took me forever to beat back in the day.

@realevostevo 2 года назад

My older sister got me this game for Xmas after seeing it at her friend's house. It was the best animated game I'd ever seen and I suppose it might even be one of the best animated games of the 16 bit gen overall. Spot on review SLX.

@csikocska 2 года назад

I remember I got this Sega Mega Drive game for Christmas when I was kid. I loved to watch the Disney's Aladdin movie with my mom and after the 2nd watching I tried out the game and I had fun from the first level. I still find this video game quite good and entertaining nowadays.

@andychow5509 2 года назад

This game is really smooth. The animators did a top notch job. Also the input is responsive. It's really unique in it's class. A gem.

@JohnnyThousand605 2 года назад

The words 'timeless classic' get tossed around pretty fast and loose these days, usually simply to describe a game that was once popular that the person making the declaration also liked. I never 'loved' the Aladdin game when it came out, I was chomping at the bit for SF2 and other more 'mature' games. I've gone back many times over the years and it never fails to impress me. When we look at the resurgence of pixel art graphics, games like Aladdin, Gunstar Heroes and other 16bit power houses can still be said to hold up in the graphics department and often in most aspects of the gameplay too.

@nileriversoftware4070 2 года назад

I rented this game in 3rd grade - one of the most amazing weekends of my life.

@krisfrederick5001 2 года назад

As a child of the late 80's-early 90's gaming, this wasn't just fun to play it was fun to look at. Dare I say, animated?

@mrlaidback83 2 года назад

Not only is this game a classic imho, it will always be near and dear to my heart because it was the first ever game my mom bought for me along with the Genesis.

@JoshuaJacobs83 2 года назад

Never played this as a kid but I saw it at my cousins house and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Aladdin had a sword. SNES didn’t have that and to me that made this 1000x better

@tylerensminger 2 года назад

This is one I need to play. Looks fun

@Craplatte 2 года назад

That german review at 8:51 was from my absolute favorite VG magazine back in the day ("Video Games") and it's from the very issue (11/93) that started my collection. I have bought every single issue going forward until they sadly had to shut down in 2001. Never would've thought to see an excerpt of it once in an american game review video on youtube XD Thanks for that sweet extra bit of nostalgia :-)

@metalgamerjonny6410 2 года назад

i cant thank my dad enough for getting this game before i was born. this, along with the revenge of shinobi, grew to be some of the most amazing games i ever grew up playing.

@bigdoggy6650 2 года назад

Your videos always brings back great memories

@SegaLordX 2 года назад

Glad you like them!

@NeoTrggrTheGammer 2 года назад

Aladdin was a childhood favorite of mine, both the movie and the Sega Genesis version of the game...it was because of the movie I grew to like Robbin Williams as a actor and the game in my eyes captured the feel of the movie. Still remember as a kid discovering the extra life in the desert level, if you position Aladdin so when he leans forward and is aligned under the mickey mouse ears so it looks like he is wearing them, a extra life will appear...discovered that by pure accident from just jokingly trying to make it look like he was wearing them

@DreamcastQ 2 года назад

This game whooped my ass but it looked so damn good while doing so!

@greggnuber5966 2 года назад

OK nice initials. Also I had problems with the difficulty of this game. Never did beat it. Save states kick ass

@gregpohlmeier 2 года назад

Love the content and the hard work you put into these…thank you lord x

@SegaLordX 2 года назад

I appreciate that!

@wordyballoons 2 года назад

This was one of the most memorable games of my childhood. Not only was the gameplay so much fun, the atmosphere and graphics are timeless.

@dri_him 2 года назад

How ever I love you videos, I tend to not always finish them because there's too many damn Commercial Ads!!

@SH-action 2 года назад

Great review, I played this from start to finish two weeks ago and it immediately threw me back to when I played it back in the nineties.

@josephhegarty3178 2 года назад

Once again I start my comment saying , Great Video Lord X. I never played Aladdin back when it was released, and really still haven't to my shame, however, my wife , who is pretty much 90% a non gamer, this is her favourite game. She is a massive Disney fan and !over this game. When I started retro collecting 2018 (although I have games since the early 80s) my wife got me a Megadrive, so I picked this up of EBay just for her to play and relive. It's been great fun watching her play it again.

@Ratpackapunch 2 года назад

I had no idea the music was jems. This blows my mind I never knew

@vix_in_japan 2 года назад

I really like this game a ton. I actually didn’t play it first on the Mega Drive (I’m originally from the UK) but on the Amiga 1200. It’s very similar and plays fairly well but the MD version is better (usual suspects, smoother gameplay and better controls) and also love the SNES version. I love that there are two great takes on this game to enjoy who cares fighting over which one is best or better BITD, just go play the games and enjoy it in the present :)

@Rountree1985 2 года назад

I always say there is no better version. Either you prefer one or the other, there is no wrong answer. Too many people get hung up on trying to say one game is objectively better than another and that’s just dumb. Everyone is different and no two people are going to like the exact same games.

@jmartin1885 2 года назад

Aladdin is one of the best games ever! I still play it today on my 75" LG, and it still looks fantastic! You should people's jaws drop, when I tell them the game is almost 30 years-old! Excellent video Sega Lord X!!!

@ralphiemay8933 2 года назад

I've been playing Aladdin alot recently. It still surprises me that a good bit of the licensed Disney games on Genesis were actual high quality productions and not just cheap cash grabs like most licensed games were.

@l1uchill 2 года назад

Great review SLX! Great Graphics and a fun game! Growing up my family didn't have much. I had two games, sonic 2 and Aladdin. My dad worked so much I hardly saw him. I remember him sleeping on the couch one afternoon and I was stuck at the cave area in this game. I woke him up and asked could he helped me. He was dead tired but said sure but I don't know what I'm doing he died consecutively and we laughed so hard! RIP dad! I love you!

@brucepetrie1343 2 года назад

This game is absolutely amazing. 1 of the 1st & very few games i beat on the Sega

@infernal_monkey 2 года назад

Would love to see you cover more of Virgin's Mega Drive/Genesis stuff going forward. Global Gladiators by itself is a bizarre bit of history.

@LITTLE1994 2 года назад

One of the best Disney games in the 16-bit era.

@diegopaescuter9308 2 года назад

You can think to do a review from Master System version? I remember when I was a Kid play this, and I think this version is more "faithful" to the original movie than SNES and Genesis versions.

@jeffwhite6281 2 года назад

Carpet level was the bane of my childhood. Finally made it through, felt like I could do anything

@TravelVideoJourney 2 года назад

The Genesis version of Aladdin is the best Sega game of all time!

@yukaslash355 2 года назад

I put so many hours into this game that I fried the AC adapter of my Genesis. When I finally played the SNES version, it couldn't compare to the Genesis version. Sword vs jumping on heads.

@RDSports5 2 года назад

My friend had a Genesis, and this was one of the first games he had that really impressed me at that time (this and Streets of Rage 2). Just two extremely well made games that were visually as impressive as just about anything I'd played on my SNES, in some ways more so

@mattb6522 2 года назад

This game was (and still is) impressive on all fronts! I rented this as a kid and I was blown away by its quality. It definitely stands as one of the better action platformers on the Genesis. I do miss the days where consoles get their own version of a particular game. The SNES Aladdin game is quite fun as well. I think my only issue with this game is some of the level design. It isn't always easy to tell where you need to jump to next or even what constitutes a solid platform. I recall there being some really tight jumps in some levels. If you missed some of these nearly pixel-perfect leaps, it usually was instant death. I think I burned through multiple lives just on a couple jumps in particular.

@ElVlogdeBob 2 года назад

This is one of the first games I bought for my Genesis and I still enjoy playing it once in a while. The visuals still hold up and is a great game overall. And to think that this game was indirectly responsible for the creation of Donkey Kong Country after Nintendo saw it at CES and wanted to make something visually stunning too.

@Str8From215 2 года назад

I remember renting this from my local video store I love this game it’s so good

@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC 2 года назад

As someone who had the Sega Genesis version of Aladdin, it was practically lightning in a bottle: especially because of the fluidity of the graphics. My only complaint with it is "The Escape" level with the rolling boulders and lava pits. Also, there is a reason why the Genie's "WOW!" voice sample isn't from Robin Williams. He agreed to do the part for the 1992 film, on the condition that Disney wouldn't use Genie for advertising/commercial purposes without Williams' consent. While Disney mostly didn't respect what he wanted, he eventually reprised the role years later.

@adamdenardis5438 2 года назад

The carpet level, oh my god! 😂 incredible game though. This was my favorite Disney movie as a kid. Great game too!

@Evercade_Effect 2 года назад

I enjoy both the SNES and Genesis versions back in the day. One of the few games from a movie franchise that's really good. 🍻

@pliniomsann 2 года назад

Missed the Master System version mention… it was a great 8 bits port

@Akiga_games 2 месяца назад

Aladdin was the second game i beat as a kid sonic 2 being the first! I loved this game and its one of my favorites! Awesome episode SLX!

@MarkoPolo8888 2 года назад

You last comment on this video is sooo great……. How I loved the way gaming use to be” is soooooo correct!

@RobsonRoverRepair 2 года назад

Wonderful game. Was pack in here in Northern Ireland for the Mega drive 2, and they basically did a Amiga inspired " cartoon classics" pack in my local tandy. Came with full size box versions of World of Illusion, Aladdin, Tiny Toon Adventure, Fantastic Dizzy and Hyperstone Heist. So many of my mates ended up with that bundle, and I'd been lucky to get a md1 in 1992 with sonic 1, and then sonic 2 at Xmas 92 that year, so I'd been long ahead of collecting, so we always did great swaps etc. Great game Aladdin, easily one of the best 15 minutes of drop in drop out games on the platform.

@BlackMoore82 2 года назад

Love both the Genesis and SNES ports but I felt the SNES version was too easy, could beat it under 20 minutes wear as the Genesis version had more variety and challenge to it. Still had just as much fun with both though.

@RodrigoDavy 2 года назад

The SNES version is easy indeed, but there's a secret hard mode in the game Try collecting all the red gems in the game, you need to do it with no continues and in one go. To this day I was never able to do it and I played this game to death as a kid

@anglo-saxonconnor817 2 года назад

Each frame in this game is a joy to behold.

@jdmcknight41 2 года назад

The best way to pass the rug ride stage is to keep on pausing it...

@r-rod8116 2 года назад

Great review. Even more better is that it's available as part of the Disney Classic Games that has this game you reviewed, The Lion King and The Jungle Book. It's available for Nintendo Switch, PS4 & Xbox One. And it has a rewind feature so if you make a mistake, rewind and try again without costing you lives.

@thehumbleone1983 2 года назад

Love Aladdin for Sega genesis ❤️👍🕹 and great video review

@SegaLordX 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@tonyp9313 2 года назад

I remember I was with 2 of my friends in high school when 1 of them bought this game at the time. Before buying this game, he wasn't sure on what game to buy. It was down to Aladdin or Maxinum Carnage that my other friend suggested. Finally he listened to me & bought Aladdin. Unfortunately he didn't like the game & regreted buying it because he said it looked like something his kid sister at the time who was I would say 5 years younger than us would play. He couldn't beat the 1st level. I love this game. I beat this back in the day. I didn't know they make pass that dodging level when you ride the carpet dodging rocks after 3 deaths. Great game.

@jamminjago 2 года назад

I really wish I spent more time with Sega. I was a nintendo fanboy as a kid. I did eventually get a genesis with the lion king as I really wanted sonic and knuckles. Sega really knew how to hype their games make ads. My genesis collection was humble however. I think I Had fewer than 10 games. I also got a 32x unfortunately and had the 3 launch titles. VIrtua racing was my favorite out of the 3, stars wars was fun to mess around with but was just too hard and I hated doom as I felt the snes version was better in almost every way. I completely skipped the saturn despite wanting one. Getting one off my friend after the launch of the dreamcast with 3 games. Loved the dreamcast, the only sega console I was truly current with. I'm trying to experience some of the saturn games I missed out on. I don't miss my dreamcast much because most of my favorite games if not all of them are all ready available on other platforms. Like I have sonic adventure, jetsetradio, and shenmue on xboxone. So there are also some sega saturn games on here as well. Aside from those I've tried to use emulation but I have yet to emulate a cd based game. I guess I really gotta dig in to tutorials.

@CarlosXPhone 2 года назад

I did NOT realize that some developers worked on freakin' Earthworm Jim! It makes sense! Both Aladdin and Earthworm Jim shared the same graphic style, like the cave stage, where Aladdin found the gold. I'm surprised because I DID play both games. I almost went like... "why does one game seem familiar?" Or something like that as a kid. I couldn't point my finger at it as a teenager. Today was a surprise to learn something new, and shock me. WTF?

@6sKi6z6 2 года назад

This was the first game I owned for my Genesis. I got it for Christmas and beat it in a week. But what a week!

@Marc_Araujo 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the Jungle Book on Genesis as a kid.

@balaam_7087 2 года назад

Mega fond memories of this one. Your review does the game justice.

@megamarsonic 2 года назад

First heard about this game from the Happy Video Game Nerd (now known as Stop Skeletons From Fighting) when he briefly mentioned it during his Disney Capcom games review. Then, when I started truly retro game collecting in 2011, Aladdin was part of one of the first video game bundles I found in a thrift store (which also came with Earthworm Jim 2, Killer Instinct and, ahem... Barney's Hide & Seek Game... among others...). Aladdin, to this day, is a top 10 Sega Genesis game for me. So much fun to play and look at. I will agree that the game is on the easy side but, as someone who still enjoys the Kirby series, that's clearly not an issue for me. A little over a year ago, I finally got my hands on the Super Nintendo version of the game and holy crap it's also an incredible game! I will say I ever so slightly prefer the Genesis game and will say it edges out the win in most categories but one thing the SNES version dominates is story presentation. I wasn't too bothered by the boxed portraits for the usual cutscenes in Genesis Aladdin but that ending scene left me wanting SO much more. Capcom delivered with SNES Aladdin not just with the ending but all the cutscenes in the game. Anyway, the point is both games are must plays for anyone with a Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo or whatever current system that has that Disney games collection that came out recently

@eriklarson7023 2 года назад

Thanks for touching on the merits of both versions. Though I appreciate the achievements of the Genesis version, I’ve always preferred the SNES one. I never liked the questionable hit detection in the Genesis one (and probably not coincidentally, I have the same issue with Earthworm Jim). My little story is, I still remember when I walked into a Babbage’s store thinking about getting the Genesis one, when the salesperson said “Get the SNES one, it’s better”. Again, it’s just a matter of preference, I just think it’s interesting that even back then there was a debate :)

@shahrouh 2 года назад

The very first videogame I've ever played and still one of my favorites to this day. Imagine starting your gaming journey with this. Disney games in the 16 bit era were epic for the most part. I owned this, The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Mickey and Donald: World of Illusion; and Mickey Mania and they were all awesome.

@mattjames6349 2 года назад

Nice balanced review! I think some people might have a problem with a song called 'Turban Jazz' nowadays though!

@joshuamackey2326 2 года назад

Absolutely love ur videos man ur break down of the material is top notch

@JamesMSmithsDeadYouTubeChannel 2 года назад

Aaahh, Aladdin on SEGA Genesis...One of those games that I had as a kid, but didn't appreciate at all until I was much older...And it's a shame, too! It was my favorite Disney Movie as a kid (and still kind of IS thanks to the tremondously stellar preformace of the late Robin Williams...). Fun Fact: Composer Tommy Tallarico actually STRUGGLED with The Gems Soundfont. In one interview you can see on the Aladdin/Lion King compilation on Switch and The Other Consoles, he admitted to having a hard time making the songs sound just like they did in the film. I distinctly remember him saying in said interview, "HOW DO I MAKE THIS SOUND LIKE A OBOE?!". All in All, nice review and history lesson, SLX! I actually had NO IDEA that the game is up there with the likes of Sonic as the Best-Selling Genesis Game of All-Time. Guess that's the power you get when you bundle it with the console at some point in time...

@mtshark7 2 года назад

Awesome review man! This was the first version I played and I was blown away by it. I did later own the SNES version and enjoy that one as well.

@kuma1388 2 года назад

I don’t recall a Genesis owner who didn’t own this great game. Nice video brother

@VirgIl42014321 2 года назад

love the content your videos make me jump into a time machine loved sega growing up keep up the good work

@jaredwhite200 2 года назад

Man this game brings me so many awesome memories. This was one of my favorite games on the Sega Genesis

@cbkirby6199 2 года назад

I absolutely love this game. It’s one of the best licensed games I have ever played! The graphics and sound are fantastic, the level design is pretty solid, and the difficulty, while high ( even on easy mode), is still fair. 9/10 game here. One of the best on the Genesis

@davidt3563 2 года назад

Such a great game! Definitely worth playing if you haven't yet. So many great memories!

@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde 2 года назад

Aladdin is a perfect example of a movie game done justice, proper usage of the material, proper translation into videogame form, fun to play, easy to learn and affordable to all even to this day. Very few games have those many accolades or can boast about them being 100% truth. Superior to the SNES version in every single way no matter what the blind fanbots say. Too bad good and dedicated developers like that team aren't around anymore.

@madspunky 2 года назад

Capcom had much better talent when it comes to level design, and it showed. Notice how the Genesis version has enemies off screen attacking you, bad hit detection, unforgiving platforming, that carpet level, and the Jaffar fight is extremely bland. SNES version is a delight from start to finish!

@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde 2 года назад

@@madspunky Both games have their pros and cons. Unfortunately, the SNES version's slowdown, bad animation, low res and actual repetitive and bad level design cemented the reason why it was the Genesis/MD version the one to grace most retro-collections and featured into some re-releases exactly how Dracula X: Rondo of Blood for the PCEngine/TG16 is the one being re-released twice a day and thrice on sunday and the SNES version remains forgotten and shelved. The SNES version is objectively inferior and the money hungry corporations know that, so they won't try to sell what won't sell. There are loads of vastly superior games for the SNES where the Genesis version looks and sounds like a joke, like Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Rock'n Roll Racing, Sunset Riders, TMNT Turtles in Time and Tournament Fighters, etc. Sadly, SNES Aladding ain't one of those.

@madspunky 2 года назад

@@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde I honestly don't recall slowdown on the SNES version, nor anybody else complaining about that. But if that's a concern to you, point taken. Same goes for resolution. But to say bad animation is a stretch too far. Granted, the Sega version has amazing animation. So if that's your cup of tea, enjoy! I can't agree with you saying the level design is repetitive and bad. I see plenty of variation, and the use of your jumping/gliding/hanging abilities often means there are multiple ways to tackle obstacles. Generally speaking, level design is considered to be better on the SNES. Not to mention the bosses and gameplay. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cjf_zmUihLc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qUfJEp_B77s.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh_S-HoOxFE.html Saying certain versions of a game are being re-released means it is better is not good logic. That would mean the newer versions of Star Wars are also better than the originals. You use statements like 'superior in every way', and 'objectively inferior', but please be aware that many people prefer the Nintendo version.

@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde 2 года назад

@@madspunky The wordage I used is accurate. Some game versions are *objecrively* inferior because their graphics, sounds, gameplay and design are *objectively* of lower quatlity than the ones being compared against. SNES's Aladdin's graphical fidelity to source material is *objectively* not as detailed for instance and doesn't run at 60fps unlike SEGA's. Those are *objective* comparisons. Since you are bringing up consumer preference, it is *objectively* obvious which Aladdin version if superior when the one being sold, distributed and purchased is the Genesis/MD version. Same case as with Earthworm Jim games even on Nintendo's own Virtual Console shop which were the SEGA Genesis ones for both content, FPS and Graphics *objectively* . Like the dudes at Console Wars RU-vid channel say: _"The Best Aladdin goes to SEGA Genesis."_

@ZonicMirage 2 года назад

This was my first retail Mega Drive game. While it definitely has its jank, it's well and truly a classic.

@manteliz 2 года назад

great video LordX! If you follow European channels, in those lands Aladdin has caused great controversy, even to date there is a dispute as to whether the Genesis/MD version is better than the SNES version. There are extensive discussions on RU-vid about it, which makes this version of Aladdin one of the most important games of all time. Hugs from Venezuela 🇻🇪

@screwthenet 11 месяцев назад

I remember when Aladdin was relatively new. Then eventually the game came out , and just as I loved the film, like most boys my age, the game was also GREAT! Since i had a sega genesis, my buddy since kindergarten had a SNES so we sometimes compared notes between the differences of the two versions. We many times over our lives agreed that overall the Sega Genesis version was better, but I would also add that the end boss was inferior to the version of Jafar on the SNES version of Aladdin. Great vid! ^

@hjames78 2 года назад

Very true! Only arcade ports got the same games for different consoles back in the day and if you count the ninja turtles games I guess not even that. I miss the days where each console had it's own version of a game. It gave more reason to own different consoles. Not like today where it's the same game for everything

@mikejackson1003 2 года назад

I love this game so much, even 30 years on. I've bought and sold so many Megadrives over the years, but whenever I buy one, this is one of the games I make sure to get. It's just so damn enjoyable! So much fun, beautiful to look at, and the SFX and music are gorgeous.