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It's a pity. If you were a Nintendo fan back in the day (because if you were a gamer in the 16-bit days and did not have high discretionary income, you likely only had a SNES or a Genesis, not both), you played an interesting, albeit completely different Aladdin game, made by Capcom instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Aladdin_(Capcom_vid...

Interesting in its own regard for being one of the early projects of Shinji Mikami, the Capcom designer who masterminded Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, and others.

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IIRC the sega version was the superior one, is that true?

Absolutely true.

It was one of the rare games where the Genesis version bested the SNES one. I had a genesis and always felt the sting of having the lesser-than version of everything and could only jealously read about the better SNES versions in gaming magazines.

I played the hell out of my genesis Aladdin cartridge though. Fantastic gameplay.

I think it's debatable. Most people I know say it's the other way around.

I think it's arguable. Laser Time did a video with them playing both side by side. It's a fun watch: https://youtu.be/_GpBHA5_bd0

People say this, sometimes to the point of asserting that the SNES version is just a bad game.

It's not. They're both really good games.

I remember finishing the SNES game something like 2 hours after buying it... It wasn't great...

You remember how long it took you to play through a game 23 years ago???

I wish I had a memory that sharp. When I look at these retro games, I'll sometimes recognize the box art and remember having a fondness for the game, but that's it.

I'm 34 years old for reference.

Also 34, and wouldn't even be able to tell you what games I finished back then, let alone the time it took. Except for Link to the Past... I remember being quite happy beating that.

Personally, I don't remember all of those experiences, but Aladdin was one that stood out. Mostly because of the crushing disappointment of playing the Genesis version at a friend's house then begging to get the SNES version ... which I'd assumed would be the same.

Described my exact experience to a T. I've always wanted to play the Genesis version of this game.

Probably remembers it because he spent so little time on it. If he paid full price for it, that was probably a big disappointment.

37 here.

It took me 2hrs and 37 minutes to beat Sonic 2 on release day. So that’s like... 1992.

Was a little annoyed but it was an incredibly fun ride (and it’s not like I got all the chaos emeralds or anything).

That doesn’t strike me as that sharp of a memory just a factoid that’s stayed around. I couldn’t tell you what I did in school that week for example.

I'm impressed that you got past that no-rings end boss gauntlet on the first try.

Well I didn't do it without losing a life! It was a little more luck than judgement though. I beat him on my last life (and I had quite a few at that point).

I still remember the music from that scene having this awfully jarring "DURRR-DUNNN" tone siren in it that was rather disturbing. Not... Sonic drowning music disturbing, but close

35 yo here. yeah I was quite disappointed by the fact I'd finish it so quickly. And yeah I have a strange memory, I tend to remember few stuff but very detailed

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