Top exciting classic Video games, Aladdin & The Lion King

A fantastic compilation of the Disney classic video games, amazing Aladdin & The Lion King that can’t just be a coincidence right? Maybe they’re releasing them now that capitalize on the hype of the live-action remakes that came out earlier this year in any case. This compilation is almost exactly what you’d expect and probably a fair amount more including a bunch of different versions a few quality-of-life improvements. A couple of bonus versions of Aladdin that have never been released before as well as some super cool behind-the-scenes features to round out the package.

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There’s quite a lot going on here so let’s go ahead and break it all down and let’s start with the Lion King game since they’re the simpler of the two to discuss here you’ll find both a Super Nintendo and Genesis versions of the game as well as the Game Boy port which includes a colorized super Gameboy variant the Japanese Super Famicom version is here too. Even though it’s nearly identical to the Super Nintendo one except for a few super small tweaks like a darker option screen background subtitles for each level and a small color correction for this Rhino.

Now when it comes to Aladdin it’s a little bit more complicated of course you had the original Genesis version as well as a nearly indistinguishable Japanese version but in a neat twist there’s a brand new third version – called the final cut and it was created specifically for this compilation.

Aladdin & The Lion King

In order to iron out some issues identified by the original development staff things like fixing bugs and smoother camera movement along with a few balancing tweaks – it’s all pretty subtle but definitely amounts to a better experience overall and it’s my preferred way of playing. In addition, you’ll find the short beta version of the game those playable at trade shows back in the day and it features a ton of elements cut from the final game. Finally, there’s a Game Boy port here – along with this colorized super Gameboy counterpart so altogether that makes for six different versions of Aladdin and five for Lion King.

Yeah, it’s quite a lot even if most of it is largely redundant but there are some notable absences like the Super Nintendo and Game Gear versions of Aladdin which is understandable as neither of them was developed by virgin interactive, unlike all the others. However, the Game Gear version of Lion King was which makes its absence a little bizarre considering the Gameboy version made the cut. Now to be clear these games are neither remade nor remastered and are instead presented in their original forms via emulation.

The Super NES and Genesis versions seemed pretty much perfect to my memory The Lion King on Super Nintendo for instance looked exactly as beautiful and played as frustratingly. As I remembered from I played through a few weeks ago and even though I’m not quite familiar with Aladdin on genesis. I didn’t really notice anything I’ve seemed out of place aside for maybe a sound effector to you that sounded just a little bit off. But it’s possible that was just a glitch in the original game now I can’t because definitively about the gameplay versions of either game as I’ve never played them before.

But they did seem to perform on par with the videos that looked up of course being emulator based you can expect the usual array of enhancements visually you have the choice of three different display sizes with a talkable border that fills in the empty space that’s unique to each game along with a trio of filter options to emulate the appearance at a CRT TV monitor or LCD screen.

Although I generally prefer to keep them off they do help to disguise some of the more obvious dithering effects such as this wall on the Gameboy version of Aladdin which I almost mistook for transparent PNG. At first gameplay wise you can remap the controls under per game basis as well as create a save point whenever you like although you are limited to just one per game that shouldn’t be much of an issue in how short the games are?

The single best addition is the ability to rewind at any point in Italy and do a mistake it’s basically a godsend when it comes to these games hoping to take the edge off some of the rougher moments. Although it is a bit easy to abuse potentially robbing you of satisfaction to finally beating these games. Although I have absolutely no regrets using it on this darn bonus game who’s laughing now Jafar furthermore some of the games also feature a pre-recorded playthrough and the entire thing that allows you to take control of it at any point.

The Lion King Game

So you can skip right to the end if you want to it’s a fantastic addition although it is a little odd, not every version supports this feature with the Genesis version a Lion King being a notable exception the 51` developers also added some achievements too and they’re all very basic and the game doesn’t care be cheated to get them or not which kind of undermines the entire point. The collection presentation overall is pretty decent if not quite spectacular I had loved the artwork of selecting which series to play.

Although the actual game selection menus are a little cumbersome paging through each game one by one can be a bit annoying and I really have no idea why they hit the Game Boy games on a separate submenu now speaking of the games. You might be curious why it’s been like to revisit them myself and well maybe it’s just nostalgia talking but I had a pretty great time revisiting my childhood even if I wouldn’t say any of them are particularly great in a gameplay sense.

The collision detection is often wonky and the level design is exactly best-in-class with a liking, in particular, being especially frustrating at times whether it’s a nightmare of navigating this hellish monkey maze or trying to drop onto platforms that you can’t even see but as I said earlier the final cut of Aladdin. Definitely makes a friendlier and more accessible I just wish the Lion King had gotten the same treatment there’s just something about these games that’s strangely alluring.

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Maybe it’s just a wonderful presentation okay it probably is a wonderful presentation it has both Aladdin and Lion King features on the most exquisite animation of the 16-bit era which does he expect it given there was a hand-drawn by actual Disney artists the Genesis version of Aladdin in particular cost only impresses with silky smooth animation and fantastic. Visual gags heck even the game way versus that both look great given the platform even if the Lion King does have some odd issues of scale-like Kelson.

But looks like a giant compared to the cute little Hyenas I just wanna squeeze their cute little cheeks the music also sounds shockingly good for the Game Boy. Even if it’s clear it’s trying so hard and speaking of the Gameboy this was the first time I experienced either game on the platform and I was pretty impressed as to how faithful they weren’t in an overall presentational sense.

While also being disappointed by how terribly they play with both games feeling like half-speed versions of the original Aladdin does fare a little bit better of the two on the other hand the Lion King for the Game Boy is horribly unresponsive when the game straight up ignoring the jump button at times.

I have no idea what that’s about but is so frustrating and yet there’s still just a certain charm to the entire thing maybe it’s just the amazing pods like on the pod screen get it. The point is these games aren’t completely irredeemable even if that’s largely thanks to the rewind feature that makes them infinitely more playable it is fun to see how some of the bigger elements translate to the smaller screen. Like how the wildebeest stampede got turned into its approximately playable top-down sequence.

The demo for Aladdin that we mentioned earlier is also terrible but in a most wonderful way it’s stuffed to the gills of the unused elements like the sword throwing enemy unfinished animation such as this game hasn’t yet even been colorized and the level designs are barely a step beyond. The prototype stage sometimes daring almost no resemblance to the final game and though it is short in the mere three levels the demo is brutally difficult so thank God for that rewind feature. I just wish early versions of the rest of the game stages have been made available too now even though it plays poorly its rough state is exactly what makes a demo.

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So darn interesting as to how often do we get to play an earlier version of the game and see how it evolved into the final product and speaking of which the collection also includes a respectable amount of behind-the-scenes, content featuring interviews of the development staff that delve into the development process of the games. Including what it’s like to work with Disney on the RT and animation now interestingly the lion Kings portion seems to be entirely made up of archived footage from the game’s original launch. While Aladdin features recently recorded post-mortem interviews both sets are interesting.

But I do wish a lion king had been able to receive the same more recent treatment taking altogether Disney classic video games Aladdin a Lion King is a fantastic way to experience these titles whether for the first time or to scratch the nostalgic itch I found it very entertaining to compare the various versions of each game. The Lion King and Super Nintendo with a softer appearance of a more vivid color palette while the genesis version has an overall sharper look, oh and the genesis version has a couple of exclusive shortcuts the nightmarish I can’t wait to be king stage.

It’s just my Maker – definitive version for me now well I wouldn’t say I liked any of these games a lot by themselves I certainly would for the entire compilation so I will highlight this compilation a lot as it allows you to reoccurrences games in the near-perfect form at least to my memory especially once you factor in the much-needed quality of life enhancements and Aladdin’s Final cut and of course behind the scenes features plus Aladdin demo or the cherry on top so check it out if you want to relive some past memories or create some new ones featuring some of Disney’s most well-known platformers.