Disney's Aladdin

For the 1994 Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear game by Sims and Nexa, see Disney's Aladdin (8-bit).

Disney's Aladdin

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Virgin Games, Disney Software

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

ROM Size: 2MB

Sound Driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-11-12	¥7,800	G-4111
US	1993-10-19	$?	1058
EU	1993-11-11	£49.99	1058
AU	199x	$?	FALA00SMC
AU (Platinum)	199x	$?	FMYS00SMC
BR	199x	R$?	046170
AS	199x	?	?

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Disney's Aladdin, more commonly known as Aladdin (アラジン) is a platform game developed by Virgin Interactive. It is based on Disney's movie of the same name and was released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993, before being Amiga, Game Boy, IBM PC and NES. A Game Boy Color version also followed later.

Several different Aladdin games exist. An entirely different game was developed by Sims for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear was released around the same period, and another version developed by Capcom was created for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (and later Game Boy Advance). Capcom's version exists as at the time, they held the rights to develop Disney-themed games for Nintendo consoles (or more accurately, the SNES).

Gameplay

Most stages are played through as Aladdin, who must get through the stage while accomplishing a task given at the beginning of each level (such as finding Scarab pieces). throws apples (which can be used to hurt enemies and which there is a limited supply of but can be collected throughout the level), swings your sword, and jumps. Before the start of the game, there is a screen showing what each in-game item is used for.

If the Abu icon is collected in the level, after completing it a bonus stage will be rewarded where Abu must collect all the falling apples without getting hurt by falling pots too many times to win. If a Genie icon is collected another bonus stage will be rewarded, which is a slot machine-esque game where the player can either get bonus items or lose all remaining spins by stopping on Jafar.

Stages

	Agrabah Market

	The Desert

	Agrabah Rooftops

	Sultan's Dungeon

	Cave of Wonders

	The Escape

	Rug Ride

	Inside the Lamp

	Sultan's Palace

	Jafar's Palace

Cheats

Cheat Menu

On the options screen press .

Skip Level

When paused, press .

History

Development

Legacy

Disney's Aladdin for the Mega Drive is considered to be a milestone for video game graphics, utilising technology known as "Digicel" to bring hand-drawn Disney-style animations to a video game environment. As each frame was drawn individually by professional Disney animators, Aladdin looked significantly better than most other platformers on the market, with visuals comparable to the graphical style as seen in the film.

With the exception of unreleased games such as DynoBlaze, no other Mega Drive games utilised the "Digicel" technology, however Aladdin did inspire many similar methods, such as those applied in Shiny Entertainment's Earthworm Jim (comprised of many former Aladdin developers). Other games published by Virgin such as Cool Spot and Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators share Aladdin's focus on animation, whereas many games such as Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure are considered to be inspired by Aladdin's efforts.

The success of Disney's Aladdin gave Virgin Games the opportunity to work with other Disney licenses such as The Jungle Book, The Lion King and Pinocchio. It was also bundled with Mega Drive II systems in Europe.

A Sega Mega-CD version was planned for release shortly after the cartridge version, but was scrapped early on in favour of concentrating on The Jungle Book.

Version differences

Aside from text translations, the game is identical in all regions from a content's point of view. The PAL version, like most other Virgin Games releases, was optimized in terms of music speed but not gameplay speed. Forcing the game into 60Hz mode makes the music play too fast.

Production Credits

Virgin Games Credits

Programming & Project Management: David Perry

Animation Engine By: David Perry

Development Tools By: Andy Astor Services, Rob Northern Computing, Cross Products Ltd., Todd Robertson, Echidna

Animation Directed By: Mike Dietz

Assistant Animators: Shawn Mclean, Clarke Sorenson, Roger Hardy, Edward Schofield, Jeff Etter, Allyn Welty, Tom Tanaka

Background Art By: Christian Laursen, Nick Bruty, Steve Crow

Presentation Art By: Edward Schofield, Lin Shen

Sound, Music & FX: Tommy Tallarico, Don Griffin

Digital Sampling: Steve Henifin

Director of Design: David Bishop

Levels Design By: Bill Anderson, Tom Tanaka, Seth Mendelsohn

Consulting Animation Producer: Andy Luckey

Image Processing: Metrolight Studios

V.P. of Production: Dr. Steven H. Clarke-Willson

Produced By: Robb Alvey

Executive Producer: Neil Young

Production Coordinator: Christina Camerota

Original Design By: David Bishop, Seth Mendelsohn, Mike Dietz, Mark Yamada, David Perry

Assistant Producers: Mike Glosecki, Ken Love, Craig Warmsley

Marketing & P.R.: Debbie Brajevich, Robin Kausch

Focus Testing: Debbie Brajevich

QA Manager: Adam Ryan

Lead Analyst: Jared Brinkley

Product Analysts: Chris McFarland, Scott Manning, Paul Schoner, Mitch Feldman, David Fries, Lyndon Dole and Virgil the Cat

Disney Software Credits:

Produced By: Patrick Gilmore

Technical Director: Ron Fortier

Licensing Brand Management: Cathy Fortier, Sue Fuller

Public Relations Management: Kirk Green

CES Event Management: Tom Bisignano, Spence Bovee, Helen Fillman, Andrew Henry, Will Kassoy, R.K. Little, Chase Senge

Quality Assurance Leader: John Santos

Product Analysts: Steward Irel, Roger Kung, Chris McNulty, Amy Steiner, Joe Santos

Storyboards: John Fiorito

Production Support: Fred Weimer

Disney Feature Animation Credits:

Directed By: Barry Cook

Produced By: Paul Curasi

Secretary to the Producer: Annette Laguer

Artistic Coordinator: Ruben Procopio

Production Specialist: Chuck Williams

Animators: Tom Bancroft, Travis Blaise, Phil Boyd, Tony Cipriano, Rob Corley, Tim Hodge, Jim Jackson, Alex Kupershmidt, Anthony Michaels, Barry Temple

Clean-Up Coordinator: Jeanie Lynd Sorenson

Clean-Up Artists: Paulo Alvarado, Brian Beauchamp, Rachel Bibb, Eliott Bour, Same Ewing, Tracy Lee, Kellioe Lewins, Tamara Lusher, Mario Menjivar, Monica Murdock, Keith Newton, Sherrie Sinclair, Bryan Sommer

Head of Effects: Jeff Dutton

Effects Artists: Mike Duhatschek, Jason Francoeur, Troy Gustafson, John Hailey, Joe Pepe, Paitoon Ratan, Tony West

Color Models: Irma Cartaya

Animation/Final Check: Pam Darley

Sega of America Credits:

Product Management: Pamela Kelly

Produced By: Pamela Kelly, Kent Russell

Public Relations: Eleen Beth Van Buskirk

Q.A. Manager: Jason Kuo

Q.A. Lieutenant: Julio Martinez

Product Analysts: Tony Lynch, Dermot Lyons, Siegie Stangenberg, Andrew Podesta, Geln Cureton, Vince Nason, Heather Meigs. Janine Cook, Blair Bullock, David Forster, Bill Person, Rey Alferez, Kirk Rogers, Vy Nong, Maria Tuzzo, Atom Ellis, Richard Gangwish, Pete McNab, Eric Rawlins, Ivan Foong, Michael Baldwin, Todd Morgan, Greg Becksted, Conan Tigard, Joe Cain, Simon Lu, Joe Ganis, Jennifer Brozek, Erik Wahlberg

Special Thanks To: Peter Adee, Martin Alper, Richard Branson, Ron Clements, Robert Deverux, Shannyn Gardner, Justin Heber, Tom Kalinske, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bob Lambert, Bob Levin, Alan Menken, Steve McBeth, John Musker, Amy Pell, Marc Teren, Shinobu Toyoda
Disney Characters, Artwork & Music ()1993, The Walt Disney Company
(C)1993 Sega Disney's Aladdin

Promotional Material

US print advert
ES print advert 1
ES print advert 1 (Variation)
ES print advert 2
ES print advert 3

Physical Scans

93

Sega Retro Average

Based on 23 reviews

Publication	Score	Source
Consoles +	95	№24, p12/13/14/15
Computer & Video Games	80	№145, p59
EDGE	80	№2, p92/93
Electronic Gaming Monthly ^†	85
Game Players	95
GamePro ^†	100
GamesMaster	95	№11, p64/65
High Score	100
Joypad	98	№24, pSupplement
Mega Drive Advanced Gaming	91	№16
Mega	94	№14, p34/35
Mega Action	95	№6, p50/51
Mega Force	97
MegaTech	90	№23, p40-44
Mean Machines Sega	82	№14, p66-68Media:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf
Player One	97	№36, p48/49/50/51
Power Unlimited	98
Sega Power	91	№48, p42/43/44/45
Sega Pro	94	№25, p42/43/44
Sega Force Mega	94	№6, p52-54Media:SegaForceMega06.pdf
Sega Zone (UK)	90	№13, p78/79/80
Sonic the Comic	90	№10, p10
Télévisator 2	97