It's been a while since I played this game, but I have very fond memories of it from back in my childhood, and I actually played it before I even saw the movie. I specifically remember beating it right before I had to go do some shit, leaving my Wii on, and then coming back to see the The End screen there. Fun times.
Anyways, Aladdin for SNES, while admittedly not as good as it's Sega Genesis counterpart, is a really fun game. It's graphics look charming and are animated wonderfully, it's presentation is significantly better than that of the Genesis game, with actual cutscenes recreating frames from the movie instead of just text, for this replay I played with an MSU1 hack, just out of curiousity for what the technology could do, and while I was admittedly impressed by it's capabilities and it was nice to have some songs from the score playing alongside the game, most of them either didn't particularly fit well or had audio issues, and the less we speak about how they adapt the music from the actual game, the better. However I took a listen to the original OST on Youtube and I can confirm that it's still pretty great, although the One Jump Ahead version is weird as hell.
Gameplay is definitely where this game shines the most however, with Aladdin's moveset being simple but endeering, and unlike that of most platformers, which fits with his unorthodox style of escaping in the movie. It feels a lot more like your controlling Aladdin the character than the Genesis game. The stage design is really creative and the gimmicks introduced never feel truly forced or like they go on for longer than they need to, constantly bombarding you with new ideas and keeping things from getting stale.
A severely underrated gem that's worth being part of any SNES collection.
Anyways, Aladdin for SNES, while admittedly not as good as it's Sega Genesis counterpart, is a really fun game. It's graphics look charming and are animated wonderfully, it's presentation is significantly better than that of the Genesis game, with actual cutscenes recreating frames from the movie instead of just text, for this replay I played with an MSU1 hack, just out of curiousity for what the technology could do, and while I was admittedly impressed by it's capabilities and it was nice to have some songs from the score playing alongside the game, most of them either didn't particularly fit well or had audio issues, and the less we speak about how they adapt the music from the actual game, the better. However I took a listen to the original OST on Youtube and I can confirm that it's still pretty great, although the One Jump Ahead version is weird as hell.
Gameplay is definitely where this game shines the most however, with Aladdin's moveset being simple but endeering, and unlike that of most platformers, which fits with his unorthodox style of escaping in the movie. It feels a lot more like your controlling Aladdin the character than the Genesis game. The stage design is really creative and the gimmicks introduced never feel truly forced or like they go on for longer than they need to, constantly bombarding you with new ideas and keeping things from getting stale.
A severely underrated gem that's worth being part of any SNES collection.
Short but fun platformer. The graphics are great and the gameplay is fine. Gameplay is not that snappy like mario or donkey kong but not bad either.
Music is good to, especially the genie theme which is always great.
If you like platformers or Aladdin you should definitely not sleep on this one. If you like both and have not played it yet, you should do so asap because it's damn fun!
Music is good to, especially the genie theme which is always great.
If you like platformers or Aladdin you should definitely not sleep on this one. If you like both and have not played it yet, you should do so asap because it's damn fun!
I grew up with the Mega Drive version and I only knew this version from videos on Youtube before. A completely different game of course, extremely different in its gameplay too. Since I always loved the Mega Drive version, I also always thought that it was the superior one. Now I'm not so sure!
This one is actually super fun and the gameplay mechanics work really well. I also really dig the look. If I had to pick a favorite now it would probably be the SNES version but I love them both!
This one is actually super fun and the gameplay mechanics work really well. I also really dig the look. If I had to pick a favorite now it would probably be the SNES version but I love them both!
Video: https://youtu.be/HkLiSCsolqM