![]() ![]() I say secondary, but really finding the flutes enchants the various ropes which will then fly you around to the next areas of the level. This time around, you’re given the secondary task of finding the flutes scattered around the level. It’s not entirely the same as before though. The second half of the scarab is apparently back in Agrabah, so right back to town we go. The level just kind of ends and everyone moves on with their lives. There’s no boss guarding it, or any other big monster you would usually expect to be keeping an important item for itself. Then when you make it to the end of the stage, it’s just kind of waiting there for you. You’ll encounter it a few times during the level, but it will fly off before you can grab it. While the level design is fun, the actual level objective of finding the scarab falls a bit flat. These are the kind of fun little details you kind of expect Disney animators to sneak in. There’s also Goofy’s face carved into a pillar in the ancient ruins. ![]() Things like Mickey ears hanging to dry with the rest of the laundry. There are a few fun Disney easter eggs that I noticed scattered around the level. I can honestly say I have no idea what they’re supposed to be. There are also these weird spikes that rise up and down from under the sand. However, there are a frighteningly high number of large bones lying around. A large part of the level actually takes place in what seems to be an ancient ruin rather than just a vast expanse of otherwise empty desert. The level design for the desert was really interesting, if not a little confusing. To do this, he’ll need to recover the two halves of the golden scarab, the first of which is lost somewhere in the desert. Having escaped the palace guards, Aladdin is confronted by an old beggar and tasked with finding the cave of wonders. I had the worst of luck with this, usually landing on Jafar on my first or second spin. Unfortunately, if you land on Jafar, not only do you not win anything that spin, but you lose all your remaining spins. You can win extra apples, gems and even lives from this. For every genie you collect, you get one spin of the slot machine between levels. The genies are much more common and straight forward. You play as Abu with a sword trying to avoid pots falling from the sky The Abu token is rare, only showing up in a few stages, but finding it allows you to play a fun little mini game. But there are still the Abu tokens and genies to look for. As it is, the levels are already overflowing with extra apples to throw, giant gems to buy extra lives and continues, and extra health. While the levels are mostly linear, there are a few spots hidden away with extra collectables. There’s a few different guards taken right from the movie, as well as the sword juggling street performer, which I thought was a nice touch. While that’s not particularly innovative, the level design and enemies keep it interesting. He needs to defend himself in an action game, but it’s still a bit of an oddity, especially since he also throws apples which do nearly as much damage as the sword.Įxploring Agrabah Market boils down to the basic platformer goal of “make it to the end”. One curiosity though is that they gave Aladdin a sword. All the animations are just so fluid and very expressive. ![]() Aladdin looks like he’s pulled right from the movie. Right from the start the graphics are amazing. I just felt the version with actual Disney involvement must be the better version. It’s partly because I grew up with the Genesis instead of the SNES, but also because the Genesis version actually had Disney staff members on hand to draw everything, which were then converted to sprites for the game. Since I’ve never played any of them before, I chose to play the Sega Genesis version. When the games came out, there were several different versions, depending on which system it was released on. It also can’t be understated that Robin Williams as the genie really made the movie as great as it is. It won several awards and was nominated for a dozen others. It’s still ranked highly among my favorites, and for good reason. At the time, it was probably my favorite movie. If I remember right, Aladdin was the first Disney movie I saw in theaters. ![]()
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