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Disney doesn't "make" video games, they license their characters. The Aladdin game on the SNES was made by Capcom. Another great SNES game is The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, which was also made by Capcom. No shocker there; Capcom makes great video games.

The Sega Genesis version of Aladdin was actually made by Virgin Games.

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Hmm, for some reasons I remember the SNES version and the Sega Genesis are identical.

Nah they weren't the Genesis version is generally accepted as the better version.

Yep, exactly. Even the designer of the SNES version (Shinji Mikami - who became most famous for his work on Resident Evil) preferred the Genesis version because Aladdin used a sword in the Genesis version and not in the Super Nintendo version.

Apparently from what I understand Sega secured the license for Aladdin and enlisted Virgin Games to do the development. At the same time I guess Capcom owned the general rights to publish Super Nintendo games with Disney characters, so they developed the own Aladdin game.

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