Here’s a reminder that the best video game based on Disney’s Aladdin came from Virgin on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Who can’t resist tapping along with Prince Ali (Agrabah Market level), One Jump Ahead (Agrabah Rooftops level) Arabian Nights (Sultan’s Dungon level) A Whole New World (ending and menu) and Friend Like Me is, naturellym played during the Inside the Lamp level. Actually I prefer the SNES version of A Whole New World over the Genesis one mostly because Capcom shows the magic carpet ride while Virgin only has Aladdin kissing Jasmine which was animated very smoothly just like the rest of the game.
For those wondering, there are ways to download music from Youtube. I used Free YouTube to MP3 Converter to get some instrumentals from my Youtube favorite list.

The PC MS-DOS version of the Virgin Aladdin video game was by far the best of all the  ports to inferior consoles. It had higher resolution, something like 480 x 320, better graphics with more detail, smoother animation some of inbetweener’s that worked on the film contributed to the game a first in video game history and the game had stereo 44 kHz 16-bit sound with a bigger wavetable (pre-recorded music notes) than any of the consoles. Worth noting that at the time, we’re talking early 90′s, the PC was still developing itself into a game system and so things like soundcards weren’t yet integrated into the mainboard like today’s modern systems. Most common where Creative Sound Blaster 2.0 or Pro compatible cards.

Mario meets Aladdin. Did I ever told you I love classic Nintendo games?

A Whole New Super Mario World by ~PairOfKoopas on deviantART

The game music from the Capcom Aladdin video game appeared online yesterday. DJVendetta5 uploaded 20 videos spaning the entire soundtrack of the Super Nintendo game.

Jasmine’s StainedGlassWindow by ~Akili-Amethyst on deviantART

I downloaded the short 1-minute intro music used in the Amiga and Personal Computer versions of the Virgin Aladdin video game dating 1992. It came with a second track but that’s not worth listing to.
Intro music Aladdin video game for PC and Amiga

Cubex uploaded a recording of him playing the Amiga Aladdin videogame longplay style, meaning played from A to Z a regular gamer would do without light speeding through levels.

I recall seeing this version at a friend’s house well before I got the SNES version myself. It’s a port of the popular SEGA Genesis version but with better sound effects, fluid in gameplay, scrolling is normal compared to the GEN rom I play which is much faster. I also noticed additional sprites like text when reaching High score.

Prepare for a long sit because at 1:17:10 the video runs almost as long as the movie it’s based on.

A month ago a watched this YouTube’r review Aladdin on the Super Nintendo. I didn’t pay attention to him here because he’s an annoying idiot with no valid point why the game sucks, these guys act horrible. Now I found Tuvaborg’s defence why the game is great and fun to play and basicly the best Aladdin game ever made. Check it out.

Heather reminded me that the Disney trivia console game “Disney Think Fast” came out today. I recall mentioning this game sometime ago but had forgotten about it complely until today. IGN has the press release. “Disney Think Fast” is out on the Wii and PS2 and is hosted by an odd looking CG Genie.

IGN editor Levi Buchanan sat down to review this old and best ever videogame based on the classic Disney feature. With a solid 8 out of 10 Aladdin Genesis hold’s up fine after 15 years of video game evolution.

Hosted by the Genie from Aladdin, the game will feature 15 rounds packed with Disney trivia and peppered with competitive mini-games (ranging in locations from films including The Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmatians and Lilo and Stitch). Swapping text for visual answers, Th!nk will be packed with some 5,000 questions.

Disney Th!nk Fast will be released later on this year.

The game is 3D and there’s no word as of yet on the voices, if any but it’s not expected that Robin would reprise his role for a simple video game. My hunch is that Dan Castellana will reprise his Genie from the series and Return of Jafar.

Disney's Th!nk fast hosted by Aladdin's genie

Youtube’r, Sims fanatic and Disney fan sims2action retold a couple of Disney films in the Sims 2. The Aladdin clip set on the French Un nouveau monde includes the main characters, Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Jafar, Abu and Carpet though the latter is nothing more then an ugly rectacle with stripes. Also check out Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King retold with Sims.

Heather spotted an an article at FamiconWorld on hacking a pirate NES Aladdin game. The game origins on the Super Nintendo by Capcom in 1993 as the loved Disney’s Aladdin licensed by Nintendo. That same year the Nintendo Entertainment System 8-bit system got an ugly port of the Sega Genesis hit game pirates felt they could do better and hacked the SNES game porting it to the NES.

Jedi QuestMaster (FamiconWorld staff) felt there was room for improvement by replacing Aladdin with Popeye changing the title (back?) to Popeye II: Travels in Persia.

I found a fun little mini game at Disney.co.uk tonight Princess 12 is a card game where the goal is to get 12 points by playing Disney Princess cards. Each of the six girls has five cards with numbers 2 – 6 on them. If you play the card that adds up to exactly 12 you get points but you play a card that makes more then 12 you lose the difference in points. Earn bonus points by playing a card with your princess making the 12 point total. You win the round by playing your hand empty the game is won by the with the most points.

I’m Jasmine. (of course)

Sims are talking about magic lamps since the Sims 2 came out three years ago and thanks to some creative fans Sims could dress up as genies, street urchin and Arabian princesses but their searches for the mythical Cave of Wonders always ended up at death ends. Sure some Sims made it their job to hunt for ancient relics in the Adventurer career that was added trough an expansion pack but the magic lamp seemed lost forever.

However from February 26, 2008 on genie’s lamp is within their reach. That’s when The Sims 2 FreeTime hits the streets it contains a magic lamp that summons a purple Genie Sims ready to grant wishes. The Genie can grant just one wish at the time it’s up to the Sim to choose.

Wealth, Beauty, Cheat Death, Longer Life and unlike Aladdin’s genie this being can bring people back from the death.

How to get a Magic Lamp with the genie?

Some sources say that the household needs a total 16 hobby points for the gypsy woman to drop you a lamp while others say there’s a 2% chance every day your household receives a lamp and that chance can be increased when Sims have many hobby points prefer a full hobby bar or 2.
My families in the Seasons neighborhood, descents of a pre-made household, are big Nature lovers with greenhouses and all… plus one teenage girl is in Platinum mood ever since she filled her music and arts hobby bar fully but still no gypsy with magic lamp.

Cheating seems the only other way to get the lamp, typ boolprop testingcheatsenabled true call the gypsy and spawn the lamp by shift+click and select spawn->genie lamp. If you thought that you can sell the lamp from the Aspir family in Desiderata Valley by opening a public store on a community lot, forget it! The lamp can’t be priced.

Credits: SnootySims