Help me understand all the 90's Disney games

[TyrannicalFascist]

I'm back again with another round of "help me figure out a game series I haven't followed"! This time, I'm trying to figure out the many Disney-based games that came out in the 90's, specifically for SNES, Genesis, Game Boy and Game Gear. I rented Disney games here and there back in the day, and I remember that some of them (particularly Capcom's) were pretty fun. Now that I've seen Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion for 3DS in action, I want to go back and find out about the best Disney games from the 90's.



I've done some homework on this, so I'm looking for confirmation that I got it right, and any suggestions on best versions or games to avoid.

"Illusion" series:
-Castle of Illusion (Genesis)
-Land of Illusion (GG)
-World of Illusion (Genesis)
-Legend of Illusion (GG)

Donald Duck games:
-Quackshot (Genesis)
-Luck Dime Caper (GG)
-Deep Duck Trouble (GG)

Movie and TV-based games:
-Pinocchio (SNES, Genesis)
-Fantasia (Genesis) - I hear this one is bad and probably not worth it
-The Jungle Book (SNES, Genesis)
-Ariel the Little Mermaid (Genesis) - I hear this one is bad
-Beauty and the Beast (SNES)
-Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest (Genesis)
-Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast (Genesis)
-Aladdin (SNES) - More of a jumping platformer
-Aladdin (Genesis) - Different than SNES, platforming with a sword (I have this one)
-The Lion King (SNES, Genesis)
-Goof Troop (SNES)

The Magical Quest series:
-The Magical Quest (SNES) - ported to GBA, with Minnie and save feature added
-The Great Circus Mystery (SNES, Genesis) - ported to GBA as "Magical Quest 2", save feature added
-The Magical Quest 3 (SFC only) - ported to GBA

And then there's all the versions of Mickey Mania. I hear the SNES version is the weakest, and that the Genesis or Sega CD version is preferrable. And there's Mickey's Speedway USA for N64, which I understand is made by Rare, so I'll definitely have to check that out. When I eventually get an NES, I'll of course be tracking down DuckTales and Rescue Rangers.

[sheep2001]

You forgot Donald duck in Maui mallard - genesis
Maui mallard in cold shadow - snes
Donald duck going quackers - ps2

Of the ones you posted, the illusion series are all solid games.  I played land and legend on the MS rather than GG though.

Quack shot and lucky dime I can also vouch for -  although I remember quack shot being bloody hard.

I liked Aladdin on snes,  but I played that before the genesis version. Not sure how they compare

[soundwave925]

Stay away from Fantasia on the genesis, STAY FAAAARRRR AWAAAAYYYYY

[pumanchero]

Stay away from Fantasia on the genesis, STAY FAAAARRRR AWAAAAYYYYY

Very true. But try to keep close to the The Magical Quest series, they are AWESOMEEEE BYYYY FAAAAAR.

[sheep2001]

Pagemaster was pretty good too iirc.  was that disney?

[wiggy]

Castle of Illusion
Quackshot
Aladdin SNES
Magical Quest

Those are the 4 that I recall liking.  The rest were either meh/blah, or I didn't play them.


Ducktales for the NES rules!

Might have to break out the ol' PSP...

[marioxb]

There were lots for NES:

Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers 2
TaleSpin (also on Genesis, different)
DuckTales (also on Game Boy)
DuckTales 2
The Jungle Book
Mickey Mousecapade
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (also on GB, different game)
The Little Mermaid
Darkwing Duck
Mickey's Dangerous Chase (GB)

probably more. I remember playing and liking all of the Capcom ones (which would be pretty much all of the NES and SNES and GB Disney games)

[wiggy]

All copies of Mickey Mousecapade should be shot into the sun.

[mariocaseman]

I'm back again with another round of "help me figure out a game series I haven't followed"! This time, I'm trying to figure out the many Disney-based games that came out in the 90's, specifically for SNES, Genesis, Game Boy and Game Gear. I rented Disney games here and there back in the day, and I remember that some of them (particularly Capcom's) were pretty fun. Now that I've seen Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion for 3DS in action, I want to go back and find out about the best Disney games from the 90's.



I've done some homework on this, so I'm looking for confirmation that I got it right, and any suggestions on best versions or games to avoid.

"Illusion" series:
-Castle of Illusion (Genesis)
-Land of Illusion (GG)
-World of Illusion (Genesis)
-Legend of Illusion (GG)

Donald Duck games:
-Quackshot (Genesis)
-Luck Dime Caper (GG)
-Deep Duck Trouble (GG)

Movie and TV-based games:
-Pinocchio (SNES, Genesis)
-Fantasia (Genesis) - I hear this one is bad and probably not worth it
-The Jungle Book (SNES, Genesis)
-Ariel the Little Mermaid (Genesis) - I hear this one is bad
-Beauty and the Beast (SNES)
-Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest (Genesis)
-Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast (Genesis)
-Aladdin (SNES) - More of a jumping platformer
-Aladdin (Genesis) - Different than SNES, platforming with a sword (I have this one)
-The Lion King (SNES, Genesis)
-Goof Troop (SNES)

The Magical Quest series:
-The Magical Quest (SNES) - ported to GBA, with Minnie and save feature added
-The Great Circus Mystery (SNES, Genesis) - ported to GBA as "Magical Quest 2", save feature added
-The Magical Quest 3 (SFC only) - ported to GBA

And then there's all the versions of Mickey Mania. I hear the SNES version is the weakest, and that the Genesis or Sega CD version is preferrable. And there's Mickey's Speedway USA for N64, which I understand is made by Rare, so I'll definitely have to check that out. When I eventually get an NES, I'll of course be tracking down DuckTales and Rescue Rangers.

What game is that image from?!  Those look like the enemies from the Mega Man games!

[soundwave925]

All copies of Mickey Mousecapade should be shot into the sun.

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[TyrannicalFascist]

@mariocaseman - It's from Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion that's coming out for 3DS as a companion to Epic Mickey 2 on Wii. It's a semi sequel to the Illusion series as it turns out.

[wiggy]

All copies of Mickey Mousecapade should be shot into the sun.

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My new best friend

[soundwave925]

haha for sure dude, great minds think alike.