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Disney's Aladdin (1993)

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Originally Recorded/Aired On July 30th, 2022

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Disney's 1992 animated classic, Aladdin, so to celebrate this occasion on #SuperOldGameSaturday, Nocturne wanted to play the 1993 Sega Genesis adaptation from Virgin Games for us, so she came back to the show to do just that. Also, she made for a very unique and well thought out show by choosing to show off the Game Genie video game enhancer to accompany it (and as a backup policy) and, given how well she played this terrific playing, looking, and sounding game, pulling out her Retrobit collector's copy of Mega Man: The Wily Wars as a nice bonus and as a little bit of a preview to when we get to playing that one in the future. So, if you recall how Aladdin's motto in the movie was "I'll improvise", Nocturne did the same, as did I, much to the delight of the chat, which resulted, as always, in great discussions and explorations of this game, its totally different Super Nintendo counterpart (which we'll also play eventually), all the movies in this franchise, our favorite and not so favorite Disney animated films, our adventures in do it yourself video game repair/troubleshooting (which is why there's a hissing noise for the first half of this program) and discussions about the Game Genie, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, our experience with Mega Man and other Capcom games and, in a first for this show, an addition to the guest list for a future show. Aladdin was the 3rd best selling game on the Sega Genesis, if you didn't know and, with this play, Nocturne showed us exactly why and why it's still seen as one of the pinnacles of movie to video game translations with its animation (worked on by Disney animators), its great atmosphere and the fantastic music by Tommy Tallarico and Don Griffin. I once again thank Nocturne for joining the show and guiding us through this one (and through the extra items we showed), as well as the chat for making for another great program to celebrate this 16-bit staple. Hope you enjoy our play of this one (and if you like what you see here, stop by https://www.twitch.tv/captainditrag each Saturday at 7 PM EST to see these streams live and join the conversations on what we play each week)!

Also, here is the Link List, with all the links and/or chat brought up on this show:

The song "Welcome to the Forty Thieves" from Aladdin & the King of Thieves, referenced by me and courtesy of Baby Music on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNToL4dfYag

The song "There's a Party Here in Agrabah" from Aladdin & the King of Thieves, referenced by me and courtesy of JCH 007 on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdI9iEpx8W4

The song "Dance Through the Danger", which was the opening theme of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, sung by Cristina Vee, referenced to/provided by ElecVerse and courtesy of Cristina Vee on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71lLnE8gJnU

A cover of A Whole New World from Aladdin by Cristina Vee and Marinette Chang, referenced to/provided by ElecVerse and courtesy of TheRealLadyBlog on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCjulYoB5U

An interview with Tommy Tallarico, who was involved in the music for Aladdin on Genesis and includes interesting tidbits on how the music was made/written with the GEMS audio driver, courtesy of RetroGamer.net:

https://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/developer/tommy-tallarico/

The Console Wars episode on Aladdin, which was their very first episode back in 2011, referenced by me and courtesy of Console Wars on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md2ebQhaofY

The latest (and quite surprising) Console Wars episode on Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, referenced by me and courtesy of Console Wars on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9mTrjUXb5c

A link to Cristina Vee and Christine Marie Cabanos singing the Teen Titans theme at Nan Desu Kan in 2010, referenced by ElecVerse and dug up by me (because their original video performance of it was copyright blocked by YouTube in the US by SME), courtesy of TeanKun on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_R6aqeSzZY

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