Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)

For the 2013 remake, see Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013).

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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, PlayStation 3

Publisher:

Sega

Developer:

Sega R&D2

M2

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-11-21	¥4,800	G-4042
US	1990-12^[1]	$?	1015
CA	199x	$?	?
UK	1991-03	£39.99^[2]	1015
FR	1991-03	?F	1015
DE	1991-03	DM ?	1015
ES	1991-03	?Ptas	1015
AU	199x	$?	?
BR	1991-06^[3]^[4]	R$?	043060


US ▼	2013-08-20^[5]	$?

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, known as Castle of Illusion: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken or I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken (アイラブミッキーマウスふしぎのお城大冒険) in Japan. is a platform game developed by Sega R&D2 for the Sega Mega Drive. It was released alongside a slightly different Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear version around the same time.

The game is notable for being the first game to feature a hub building (castle), predating Super Mario 64 (1996).

Those who pre-ordered the 2013 remake on PlayStation 3 received a port of the original Mega Drive version by M2.^[5]

Story

Castle of Illusion follows Mickey Mouse as he attempts to defeat the witch Mizrabel who has kidnapped Minnie. As he approaches the entrance of Mizrabel's castle, a mysterious old man appears and offers him assistance. Mickey must defeat Mizrabel's henchmen in each level and obtain a crystal which, if all of them obtained, will open up the route to witch's throne room.

Gameplay

Castle of Illusion is a platforming game. Mickey can defeat enemies by jumping over () and pounding over them ( in mid air) or grabbing objects and throwing them at enemies (/). Mickey can also slide over slopes and attack enemies.

All levels are colorful and seems to be taken from fairy tales. Each level has a boss character requires players to defeat them to proceed.

At the beginning of the game players can choose to play "Practice" or full game. Practice mode, as the name implies, is mainly for beginners and doesn't last more than 15 minutes. It is only possible to finish the game and see the ending by playing the normal mode.

History

Legacy

Castle of Illusion stands as one of the first licensed exclusives for a Sega system, and was promoted heavily to sell consoles before the release of Sonic the Hedgehog. Its subsequent success meant it became the first in a series of Disney licensed games developed exclusively for Sega consoles, being followed by a sequel, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and two Master System/Game Gear spin-offs, Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.

The game was bundled with Quackshot later in the Mega Drive's life in The Disney Collection, and also appeared with this game in the Sega Saturn compilation, Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou.

A remake of the game was released in 2013 developed by Sega Studios Australia called Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013). The original game was made available as a pre-order bonus on PlayStation Network in North America only.^[6]

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
English (US)	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Japanese	I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken (アイラブミッキーマウスふしぎのお城大冒険)

Production credits

Game Designer and Coordinator: Emirin
Assistant Game Designer: Yoshio.Y
Assistant Coordinator: Thomas Yuuda
Artists: Maccochan, La‑Rie, Mikarin, Thomas Yuuda
Programmers: Satman, Kottu, Muimui
Sound Director: Bo
Sound Composed by: Kamiya Studio
Special Thanks to: Momonga Momo, Hyakushiki, Heven Kaneko, Tam, Jackson Yu, Wanta, Milpo, Hata, Shiri・P, XOR, Ryuuchan, Macchan, Jim, Hi Master
Walt Disney Producer: Stephan L. Butler
Main Programmer and Producer: Ore
Produced by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

PDF

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #112: "March 1991" (1991-02-16)

PDF

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #113: "April 1991" (1991-03-16)

PDF

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #114: "May 1991" (1991-04-14)
also published in:

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) #1 (1991-05-xx)Media:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf^[7]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Ação Games (BR)	92	№1, p34-37^[8]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)	92	№3/91, p6/7^[9]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	70	№1990-12, p25^[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	83	№, p83^[11]
Consoles + (FR)	95	№0, p32-35^[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	96	№111, p84/85^[13]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)	93	№3, p42/43^[14]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)	88	№1, p70^[15]
Weekly Famitsu (JP)	75	№114, [1]
Famicom Hisshoubon (JP)	70	№1990-22_23, p16
Hobby Consolas (ES)	95	№8, p174/175^[16]
The Games Machine (IT)	94	№28, p90^[17]
GamePro (US)	88	№19, p66/67^[18]
Game Informer (US)	90
Génération 4 (FR)	92	№30, p97^[19]
Joystick (FR)	97	№12, p98/99^[20]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	89	№2, p78^[21]
Mega (UK)	79	№12, p87
Mega (UK)	87	№20, p65^[22]
Mega Action (UK)	90	№1, p65
MegaTech (UK)	94	№1, p22^[23]
MegaTech (UK)	90	№1, p48^[24]
MegaTech (UK)	93	№1, p79^[25]
Mean Machines (UK)	95	№5, p16-19^[26]
Player One (FR)	98	№8, p22/23^[27]
Power Play (DE)	78	№2/91, p146^[28]
Raze (UK)	92	№5, p6/7^[29]
Sega Power (UK)	94	№18, p18/19
Sega Power (UK)	100	№23, p54
Sega Power (UK)	100	№46, p96^[30]
Sega Pro (UK)	95	№2, p18^[31]
Sega Pro (UK)	92	№15, p71
Sega Pro (UK)	93	№18, p64
Zero (UK)	94	№17, p84

	90
Based on 34 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR (cardboard)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Mega Drive, KR

Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Mega Drive, US/CA (alt?)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	ba4e9fd0
MD5	24863151abd5baf28c9386d49ffe3c09
SHA-1	4ac3687634a5acc55ac7f156c6de9749158713e4

512kB

1990-10

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32	ce8333c6
MD5	4995ed01f27b27b650a69390cee33a1b
SHA-1	0679162757f375751a677fd05195c9248abc84f0

512kB

1990-10

Cartridge (JP)

References

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)

Main page | Comparisons | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Region coding

Disney games for Sega systems/Published by Sega
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| Fantasia (1991) \| Quackshot Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) \| Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) \| The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Mickey Mania (1994) \| Donald in Maui Mallard (1995)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
	Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) \| Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) \| Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) \| Donald no TV Show (1995) \| Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) \| Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) \| Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) \| Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) \| Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) \| Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
	Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (1998)
	Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)

[:File:EGM_US_017.pdf_p20-1] File:EGM US 017.pdf, page 20

[:File:Raze_UK_05.pdf_p7-2] File:Raze UK 05.pdf, page 7

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_001.pdf_p8-3] File:AcaoGames BR 001.pdf, page 8

[:File:Supergame_BR_02.pdf_p20-4] File:Supergame BR 02.pdf, page 20

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[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p2-7] File:TheCompleteGuideToSega UK.pdf, page 2

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_001.pdf_p34-8] File:AcaoGames BR 001.pdf, page 34

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p8-9] File:ASM DE 1991-03.pdf, page 8

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf_p27-10] File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf, page 27

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-11] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_000.pdf_p32-12] File:ConsolesPlus FR 000.pdf, page 32

[:File:CVG_UK_111.pdf_p84-13] File:CVG UK 111.pdf, page 84

[:File:CVG_IT_03.pdf_p42-14] File:CVG IT 03.pdf, page 42

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p70-15] File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf, page 70

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_008.pdf_p150-16] File:HobbyConsolas ES 008.pdf, page 150

[:File:TheGamesMachine_IT_028.pdf_p90-17] File:TheGamesMachine IT 028.pdf, page 90

[:File:GamePro_US_019.pdf_p68-18] File:GamePro US 019.pdf, page 68

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p97-19] File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 97

[:File:Joystick_FR_012.pdf_p98-20] File:Joystick FR 012.pdf, page 98

[:File:MDAG_UK_02.pdf_p78-21] File:MDAG UK 02.pdf, page 78

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p65-22] File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 65

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p22-23] File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 22

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p48-24] File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 48

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p79-25] File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 79

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_05.pdf_p16-26] File:MeanMachines UK 05.pdf, page 16

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_008.pdf_p22-27] File:PlayerOne FR 008.pdf, page 22

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_035.pdf_p146-28] File:PowerPlay DE 035.pdf, page 146

[:File:Raze_UK_05.pdf_p6-29] File:Raze UK 05.pdf, page 6

[:File:SegaPower_UK_46.pdf_p96-30] File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 96

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p20-31] File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 20

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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References