![]() Each level, their enemies and bosses, could easily have been taken out of a Disney cartoon and icons in each level help out with points, extra lives, energy refill and various projectiles to throw. The game features incredible animation, graphics, music and sound effects. Replay value is good, as quality of the graphics (by 1990 standards of course), draw the player though each of the neatly constructed worlds.Ĭastle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse is a wonderful single player, platformer game. ![]() Whilst being ideal for younger players, the game is fairly easy and can be easily completed within an hour. Levels, which each have a boss at the end, include a forest, a cake/candy world (patrolled by clockwork soldiers) and the eponymous Castle of Illusion. Mickey borrows Mario's trademark 'bum bounce' move as well as having the ability to lob apples at his enemies, who all had a cute, cartoony feel. The game sees Mickey Mouse trying to rescue Minnie Mouse from the clutches of an evil queen with gameplay typical of the side-scrolling platformer. A remake of the game by Sega Studios Australia was released for PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC in September 2013.An early game to demonstrate the graphical prowess of the Genesis (Mega Drive in the UK) - the levels which saw Mickey leap from leaf to leaf in front of gorgeous multi-parallax scrolling backgrounds were a joy to behold. It was re-released in 1998 in Japan as part of the Sega Ages: Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck for the Sega Saturn, which features both Castle of Illusion and QuackShot. It was the first game in Sega's long-running Illusion series of video games starring Mickey and was also a part of the second wave of games initially released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis which helped seal the console's reputation within the period until the release of Sonic the Hedgehog.Ĭastle of Illusion was very well received by critics, especially the original 16-bit version. The game follows Mickey Mouse on a quest to save Minnie Mouse from the evil witch Mizrabel. ![]() An 8-bit version of the game, known as I Love Mickey Mouse's Castle Illusion (アイラブミッキーマウスのキャッスル・イリユージヨン Ai Rabu Mikkī Mausu no Kyassuru Irūjon?) in Japan, was later released for the Master System and Game Gear. The game also was on a cartridge entitled 'Disney Collection' bundled with QuackShot in 1996. The game was also criticized for its lack of difficulty overall as well as its lack of speech samples, which several other Genesis games of the time had.Ĭastle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, known in Japan as I Love Mickey Mouse: Great Mysterious Castle Adventure (アイラブミッキーマウス ふしぎのお城大冒険 Ai Rabu Mikkī Mausu: Fushigi no Shiro Daibōken?), is a platform game developed by Sega and released for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) in November 1990. However, QuackShot was criticized for its controls, being described by IGN as 'float-y' and making certain segments of the game unnecessarily difficult. The game was universally lauded for its graphics, with magazines like Sega Pro describing them as 'some of the best graphics around.' The game was also praised for its music and puzzles, as well as their clever use in the game. ![]() QuackShot was released to mostly positive reviews from video game journalists. QuackShot stars Donald Duck and his three nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, as treasure-hunters, and is part of a series of games published by Sega that were based on Walt Disney cartoon characters. The game was released in Europe in 1991, in North America on Decemand in Japan on December 20, 1991. QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck, known in Japan as I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (Japanese: アイラブドナルドダック グルジア王の秘宝 Hepburn: Ai Rabu Donarudo Dakku Gurujia Ō no Hihō?), is a 1991 platforming video game developed by Disney Interactive Studios and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. ![]()
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