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The War of the two Aladdin
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I refuse to believe anyone saying Genesis has actually played both games recently. Just basic movement feels incredibly glidey on Genesis and swinging your dumb sword fucking sucks. Move over to SNES Aladdin and it's one of the tightest platformers on the system, you feel properly connected to the ground and the collision detection/sound effects are totally spot-on. The way obstacles are placed lets you flow through every level like butter, whereas on Genesis everything just feels randomly cobbled together. They pulled off impressive things with the animation on the hardware, but even aesthetically, the more conventional approach of SNES Aladdin just holds up better IMO.
I think the SNES version is better from a game play perspective, but the Genesis version is superior in pretty much every other regard.
Both directors say the other version is better lol.
I always preferred the Virgin version, as the Capcom one is way too easy. I recall this being a common complaint back in the day too. I got used to the controls on the Virgin version, and in general I prefered the levels. And the animation is lovely.
I always preferred the Virgin version, as the Capcom one is way too easy. I recall this being a common complaint back in the day too. I got used to the controls on the Virgin version, and in general I prefered the levels. And the animation is lovely.
The Genesis one LOOKS great but the sound in it is like nails on a chalkboard and makes it impossible for me to play it. I gotta go with the SNES one.
If there was a Sega CD version of Aladdin with decent sound, that might win.
If there was a Sega CD version of Aladdin with decent sound, that might win.
The Megadrive one is bad
We're hardly talking about a game with much substance outside of the gameplay
We're hardly talking about a game with much substance outside of the gameplay
Eh... I honestly have to call it a wash. SNES plays a smidge better, but the overall package is a smidge better on the Genesis. So... I dunno.
Like, if someone was to say "Hey man, wanna play some Aladdin?" I'd be all "Sure, whatever." Without even caring which version it was.
Like, if someone was to say "Hey man, wanna play some Aladdin?" I'd be all "Sure, whatever." Without even caring which version it was.
Owned the Genesis one... way better music and animation but the gameplay was a little iffy.
Played the SNES one at a best friend's house and loved how well it played. Gonna say Genesis, though.
Played the SNES one at a best friend's house and loved how well it played. Gonna say Genesis, though.
Mega Drive Aladdin is more of a technical marvel, but it's hella unpolished and the level design is all over the place. SNES Aladdin covers way more of the film, and feels way better to play overall so I'll go with the SNES version.
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Aladdin feels good to control in the SNES game and has a nice sense of weight and momentum to his acrobatics, but it's coupled with bland audiovisual design and astonishingly boring levels. The Genesis game is rough at the best of times, but the level design has far more verticality and it's riddled with secrets, on top of sounding great and having some of the best visual presentation of the generation.
The SNES version of Jurassic Park is GARBAGE. We're talking that overhead trash made by Ocean, right?
I suspect anyone that owned it? It wasn't that bad.
Also Genesis Aladdin by a mile. People act like it looks beautiful and plays like rubbish or something, it doesn't. It's a totally good action platformer with tons of secrets and shit.
SNES Aladdin has always been a hipster answer. It's not a bad game, it's a good game, they both are, but it's still not close.
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Same for me, so my personal vote goes for the SNES version since it's the one I actually replayed a bunch of times because of the fun gameplay.
i owned the game but its a very hard game, i never managed to beat
Capcom's Aladdin features CONSIDERABLY smoother, more responsive and just generally tighter controls and better designed platforming. Genesis Aladdin has that messy western-style platforming style you'd see in that era where it could be a real challenge to easily notice where a platform starts and ends, with confusing differentiation between background and foreground elements and inexplicable collision detection.
And contrary to popular belief, the animation in Capcom's Aladdin actually takes after the movie more than Virgin's game.
Where da swinging and vaulting off people in Genny Aladdin at? :P
Seriously though, I like that the mechanics in Capcom's game are actually somewhat inspired by the movie. Whereas in the Virgin game they just did whatever.
And contrary to popular belief, the animation in Capcom's Aladdin actually takes after the movie more than Virgin's game.
Where da swinging and vaulting off people in Genny Aladdin at? :P
Seriously though, I like that the mechanics in Capcom's game are actually somewhat inspired by the movie. Whereas in the Virgin game they just did whatever.
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As a kid I always felt like I lost out with my SNES Aladdin because the Genesis Aladdin got a sword and that made it way more awesome. But now that I can easily play both, SNES was the better crafted game. Both are good games though.
I agree with this l but I would also add I liked the music more on the SNES game.
Both were epic rentals me and my friend beat over the weekend.
Capcom's Disney's Aladdin (SNES)
Duh no other option for me fantastic platforming and succch a good soundtrack :D
Duh no other option for me fantastic platforming and succch a good soundtrack :D
i only ever played the snes game but it felt like a standard capcom/disney platformer, of which there were already like 20 of... you played one you played them all. it was a solid weekend rental but i couldn't imagine having paid full price for it
i was always jelly of the 'cool kids' genesis version but wouldn't surprise me if the snes version played better when all's said and done
i was always jelly of the 'cool kids' genesis version but wouldn't surprise me if the snes version played better when all's said and done
Both games are fantastic in their own right, but Genesis Aladdin wins for better music and animation straight from the Disney studio.
