Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 23 Disney Games (8-Bit Edition)
81Once upon a time in a far away kingdom, Disney was quite the video game force. Between Mickey’s many adventures, movie adaptations and even games based on the Disney Afternoon, the mouse house was responsible for a lot of great gaming moments in the 1980s and 90s. With all this talk about Steamboat Willie going into the public domain, it made me wonder what Electronic Gaming Monthly thought of Disney, specifically the 8-bit games. Which beloved character did they love the most?
As it turns out, EGM reviewed a total of 23 Disney games on 8-bit consoles, including the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System, as well as handhelds like the Game Boy, Game Gear and Game Boy Color. This includes most of the movie and TV tie-ins and even the franchise titles from companies like Sega, Ubisoft and Activision. There are a few Disney adventures that EGM either missed or wasn’t around for, such as Mickey Mousecapade, but I don’t think that’s going to spoil the fun. What we’re going to do today is countdown the best and worst 8-bit Disney games using Electronic Gaming Monthly’s own words and scores. There’s no editorializing here, we’re just going to focus on what the critics said back when these games first came out. So get your mouse ears ready and don’t you dare say a bad thing about Goofy, because this is EGM Ranks Disney’s 8-Bit Era.
0:00 – Introduction
1:42 – Commercial: Mickey’s Speedway USA (U.S.)
2:13 – Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove (GBC)
2:48 – Disney’s DuckTales 2 (GB)
3:16 – Mickey’s Dangerous Chase (GB)
3:40 – Mickey’s Speedway USA (GBC)
4:22 – Disney’s The Jungle Book (GG)
4:49 – Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge (GB)
5:22 – Disney’s The Little Mermaid (NES)
5:48 – Disney’s The Jungle Book (NES)
6:22 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure (GBC)
7:02 – Disney’s DuckTales 2 (NES)
7:29 – Disney’s Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers 2 (NES)
7:50 – Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (GG)
8:20 – Commercial: Genesis & Game Gear with The Lion King (U.S.)
8:54 – Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (GBC)
9:33 – Disney’s Tarzan (GBC)
10:16 – Disney’s Aladdin (GG)
10:48 – Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (GG)
11:19 – Disney’s The Lion King (GG)
11:51 – Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (GG)
12:15 – Disney’s Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers (NES)
12:38 – Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (GG)
13:03 – Disney’s Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers (GBC)
13:39 – Disney’s DuckTales (NES)
14:02 – Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (SMS)
14:33 – Commercial: Disney’s DuckTales (U.S.)
15:04 – Question of the Day
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