Castle of Illusion and Magical Quest - Mickey Mouse on the Sega Genesis & SNES / MY LIFE IN GAMING
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- Coury talks about his two favorite games starring Disney's iconic Mickey Mouse: Castle of Illusion and Magical Quest.
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Castle of Illusion, being an early Genesis games, and, released in 1990 just one day before the Super Famicom in Japan, holds a lot of sentimental value to people who used to play it. It was clearly made with a lot of care and was unmatched at the time. The Magical Quest was released two years later, and it was a superior game. It had better graphics (the backgrounds look amazing, even though Mickey's animations look better on Illusion), great music (even though Illusion's soundtrack is even better, a real classic), and better gameplay. But at the time our jaws had already been dropped by other games being released for 16-bit systems such as Street Fighter II, Sonic 2, TMNT IV, Ecco the Dolphin, the whole library of Neo Geo games, and so many others. Magical Quest was just another great game, among other great games released during the peak of 16-bit systems popularity. Even being a better game, it was never going to be as revolutionary as Castle of Illusion was two years earlier.
You should try World of Illusion with your daughter. It's a perfect co-op game for beginners, and it has Mickey in it.
Zebbe I play it with my daughter!
I played and beat it with my son as well
magical quest starring Mickey is my favorites games all time
I was watching this review in the early hours of the morning and your daughters voice at the end made jump. Not for any reason but that it sounded like it was coming from outside my headphones somehow.
+Figgy [Coury] Hahaha, yeah! It really does sound like its coming from the other room.
I read this comment before watching the video and still jumped when it happened
Alright, I'm next to jump out of my chair. I just thought MY kid had walked into the room. This is some serious virtual surround sound.
Great episode Coury! SEGA and Capcom really had a way of making Disney games fun. Thankfully my daughter has gotten passed watching the same show "Mickey Mouse Club House" over and over and you're not far behind. Thanks! This was great.
Game Sack Dave Hey thanks Dave! I knew I wanted to do an episode on these two games for a long time, but didn't really have a "hook" for it. Then I realized one day that i was watching this Mickey Mouse show over and over and over and over.
I love seeing responses from other retro gaming channels. It's like being able to see celebs converse lol
Loved this :-) I have the same memories of these although personally I loved quack shot!
Great Circus Mystery is a fun game and unlike the first one is totally Co-op. It's an excellent platformer and the uses of the costumes are often interesting.
Castle of Illusion for Master System was my childhood, it was so hard i think that's the reason i'm so good at videogames now lol.
personal bias is amazing
This is such a high quality channel, thank you for making it!
Disney games on Mega Drive were always pretty good.
This is the best RUclips gaming channel, period. Your taste in games is shockingly close to mine, with the tech background to match. Not all Nintendo fanboys like most channels; letting the world know that Sega did amazing things back in the day.
Castle of illusion made my youth. What a game, mysterious atmosphere and fantastic music
First game I played on the genesis and a special place in my youth
Magical Quest was and is my favorite snes game. My friends mom gave it to me back in the day when I was sick and I loved it 10/10
Me and my sister spent many hours as kids playing castle of illusion and land of illusion on the sega master system. Both such good games
One of the great things about the Magical Quest sequels is that they can be played in a really newbie-friendly 2-player co-op mode. Great for playing with my little one who likes video games but hasn't got the skills yet. If she gets a game over I can keep playing and she can join back in when we get to the next screen. She's even managed a few boss kills herself.
And yes, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is awful.
There sure were some amazing Disney games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.
Oh my god I have seen Mickey Mouse Clubhouse road rally like a million time too... My daughter went through a phase where she was obsessed with it and it drove me nuts. It's funny to see someone else who went through the same struggle haha.
The toddler asking him to watch Mickey Mouse at the end scared the shit out of me.
My 3 year old also obsessed over Road Rally. He finally gave it a rest when I distracted him with the Mega Man cartoon from the 90s. Most, if not all, of those episodes are on RUclips.
Classic L337 [Coury] Haha! I pulled something similar with "Kirby: Right Back at Ya!" also on RUclips. She looses her mind when the theme song plays.
Thanks for a great video. Castle of illusion was a game I got with my sega mega drive when I was a kid, and its remained one of my favourite games to this day. It's such a beautiful looking game, and the remake was really good too.
TRexSpaceStation [Coury] Yeah! The remake actually came out a lot better than I was expecting. In general, its pretty weird that it even got a remake, but I'm very happy with the way it came out.
Awesome ;)
Love your content! Keep it up!
Cheers from Portugal!
Castle of Illusion (Genesis) and Magial Quest (SNES) were two staples of my early childhood. Two underappreciated gems (though, I'm biased).
I remember my brother renting Magical Quest and thinking "Why did he get this game..." but then after a couple minutes of playing it I was hooked: Great music, tight controls, and a lot of fun.
Mickey's Magical Quest was SUCH a good game. I really have to play the sequel
0:01 You know guys when you made your video regarding your video game set ups in May, 2016; at some point video, TRY states " Well Coury let the cat out of the bag, but yes he did!" and He did, but a good one year before the the publishing of that video. If you look at the left side of the TV, you'll see a Bandridge G-SCART SWITCHER sitting there in plane site.
Castle of Illusion for the Genesis is like the Alex Kidd for the Master System
I recall castle of illusion for the Genesis but i also recall Fantasia
The ending was just precious
Mickey in castle of illusion got that confidence in his strut lol
Good video and thanks for bringing up the Master System/Game Gear title it often gets overlooked for obvious reasons. You clearly are a huge Bionic Commando fan because most reviewers who cover Magical Quest seem to have a hard time adjusting to the controls. You make it look super easy.
You're a good dad to sit down with your daughter and actually watch these shows with her. My dad told me he used to "forget" where he put some of my VHS tapes from time to time so we'd have to watch something different to help his sanity.
YourPalSal [Coury] Yep, I'm a huge Bionic Commando fan - I actually have a series recollection in the works currently, hoping to see a release in a month or so!
I think a lot of what makes it easier to sit and watch these shows with her is the different portable devices we have access to now. I'll be there with her, but i can do other things at the same time. I think I'd go crazy if I had to watch this thing and pay complete attention to it.
Lol! The mickey road rally situation is #relatable
Magical Quest was one of my favorites on SNES growing up, Great episode!
I love how this video is both your life in gaming and your life right now.
I grew up playing those games too. Good times
The best Mickey Mouse games are definitely the Master System game trilogy. Mickey Mania and World of Illusion is awesome as well.
I played the Game Gear version of Castle Of Illusion as a kid and it was pretty solid. Megadrive/Genesis was so good though. There was some great cartoony platformers back then. The Tiny Toon Adventure games were my favourites.
Played a copy of Magical Quest just recently and I was so bad at it. Such a nice game to look at though. Mickey Mania is worth playing too because it takes you through the history of Mickey Mouse cartoons. It's probably the best looking Mickey mouse game from that era.
Castle of Illusion for the Master System is the exact same as the Game Gear version. Like literally, the GG carts rom is the Master System rom.
These are the only two mickey games I've played and they're both great
One of my favorite Genesis games! Great video!! Love love love this RUclips channel!
I have Japanese versions of both games.
Castle of Illusion is known as I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daiboken and Magical Quest is Mickey no Magical Adventure.
I remember playing Magical Quest when I was little but I never got far into the game...
I have yet to play Castle of Illusion but it looks pretty good ^^
I need to play Magical Quest's sequels so much!!
I loved Castle of Illusion when it came out. Mastered that game, and last year I got the HD remake on the PS3. I was a little disappointed when I discovered that some of the time world records for the HD remake were making use of glitches that don't work on every version of the game. But the game itself was very well-made.
God, I hope they release a remake of Magical Quest someday. It's my favorite game of all time and I'd spend as much money as I'd need to in order to buy it!
I was so proud of myself for beating Castle of Illusion when I was like 10. I bought the new revamped version and am halfway through it. Also a fan of Quackshot.
I can relate on watching the same thing with a kid, but I'm glad my two year old prefers the Pixar movies over and over and over. They're still good after a few dozen times.
Castke of Illusion is amazing even today, excelent level design, grafics and sound. I'm surprised you dont feel the same with Quackshot, cuz its is another piece of art by sega.. its amazing too
Pyrons Lair [Coury] I need to revist Quackshot I think - I remember being kinda letdown when it came out, because I loved Castle of Illusion so much. I own Quackshot though, so I'll definitely give it another...ahem...shot.
Please do that, maybe you think that gonna be like a castle of illusion style... more plataformer with jumps attacks... but if you look deeply its inovating gaming... non linear progress, story, upgrades that give you another skills and etc.. look again to him w/o myckey in mind..
The Disney games on the Genesis all seem to have a better sound track over the SNES games, not sure why.
Great video!
Quackshot is just ok? I will choke you. You should try out Mickey's Tokyo Disneyland Daiboken on the sufami, too.
Mzo Thanks! I think I need to revisit Quackshot, I haven't played through it since that first Christmas it came out. I own it though, so I'll make it a priority.
I love the Capcom on Super Nintendo look.
I love the Super Nintendo look.
All the Mickey Mouse games on SNES are simultaneous co-op so they are great for you and your daughter.
Loved the video Coury.
I have to say, I know how it feels to keep watching that Mickey Mouse show. When i lived with my brother, his g/f would bring his son over and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I now know the dance to the Hot Dog song.
As for the games, Castle of Illusion was actually the first game i got for my Sega Genesis as a kid. It was a Christmas present one year. I still enjoy the game, and I actually really liked the remake that they made. I feel like it might have had the distinction of coming out when the Ducktales remake came out...so people gravitated toward that.
I do think that Quackshot was a good game too. I own a cart of that so i pull it out from time to time.
I'd definitely give World of Illusion a look too. It has some flaws but I still find it fun. The cool thing about the game is that depending who you play as, the levels change a bit. So, it gives you an incentive to play it multiple times.
Magical Quest was ok in my book. It has its moments where its just nintendo hard. There was one boss i had alot of trouble with near the end of the game...and then there was the one jump on the rock climbing level that...UGH.
Anywho thanks for the memories. Look forward to your next video.
Paladin356 Thanks! Thats awesome that it was the first game for your Genesis. What a way to introduce the system!
I'll revisit QuackShot a bit more deeply soon. I had several people tell me I should, and I really haven't played it since it came out (I beat it then).
World of Illusion seems OK, I'd like to try it a bit more as well. From the bit of time I spent with it capturing video for this, i wasn't super impressed.
the mega drive mickey looks like sonic the hedghog
another great vid! Take just about everything you said about Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion and reverse them and that's me. I play though World of Illusion pretty much yearly since release but never got into Castle of Illusion enough to finish the game.
Castle of Illusion was one of the best platformers for the Genesis in my opinion, just overall it was a great game. Music was good too which is is probably surprising to most seeing as the Genesis is known for horrible sound. Sometimes they did it right.
I enjoy seeing retro Sega reviews, you just don't see them very often (I know Magical Quest is for the SNES). Great work, thoroughly enjoyed the video!
***** [Coury] Glad you like the Sega stuff! We both laugh about how much Sega content we have - we never expected to do this much. But we both love it. Try didn't even own a Sega system until the last couple of years!
***** It can be hard to find the gems for the Genesis sometimes but they are out there believe it or not. Chakan and Kid Chameleon are some of the lesser knowns that are fantastic platformers as well. Just beware, Kid Chameleon can be painful.
If you like sports titles at all, I found the Genesis had the better batch of games. I still play NHL 96 once and a while.
Yeap Castle of Illusion is the best Mickey mouse game >D and I like a lot Quackshot, also that short moment in KH2 when you can play as King Mickey is epic.
Digital decay
I have to disagree with your opinion of the Magical Quest soundtrack. It's my favorite aspect of the game and truly has some phenomenal scoring that suits the mood of each world. From the Treetops theme depicting the start of a great adventure to Snow Valley's beautiful, twinkling atmosphere. Sure, there are some weaker tracks, but this is one of my personal favorite soundtracks in all of gaming.
That's why I'm gonna try to get my kid hooked on games. Hopefully we won't have the uber-condescending, idiotic children's television we have today.
Yay! Platformer!
Fed lol I pretty much love platformers
I've always heard World of Illusion is also worth a look. Next time I go through a Genesis kick, it shall be done!
Castle of Illusion is the best, but short easy game.
Castle of Illusion is very mediocre, outstanding graphics aside. Magical Quest is the much better game. Vastly superior physics, controls, game mechanics, level design, and boss fights.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I find magical quest to be a much better game than castle of illusion. I still replay magical quest from time to time.
Maybe we are both listening to our nostalgia?
I agree. Magical Quest never gets old every time I boot it up for a quick playthrough.
Not a fair comparison while magical quest is a younger game
[sigh] That was my childhood there, all of those games, and they were all fun. Thanks for reminding me about the good ole days of gaming.
BTW, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is far from the worst kids shows ever. At least you're not watching Barney. Hell, at least the Wiggles was actually good. How do I know these? Because I have a little sister, and we watched this stuff nearly a decade ago...god I feel old now, and I'm 28.
How her the newer Mickey Mouse shorts. Their WAY better.
If you are a cord cutter, you might want to look into Sling TV. for 5 bucks added to the normal price, you can have Disney Jr. and the app is on everything. Live TV plus well, a bit more variation to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.. I still don't know why Netflix doesn't have more episodes than just that one.. *does the hot dog dance*
TheAfroman [Coury] I'll have to look into it. Currently we're doing quite ok with just Netflix, a Roku and one of those Mohu Leaf digital antennas. Thankfully, its looking as though Hot Diggitty Dog is almost done running its course.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
ya know for Castle of Illusion remake you change soundtrack for old time genesis songs
Aww, your daughter is so cute!
Sorry I'm late, did I miss the special surprise? (Yeah, my 2 year old daughter loves road rally too lol)
You should also try Mickey Mania The Timeless Adventures Of Mickey Mouse. It has cartrige and a cd verision for sega genesis/ sega cd, I have both main change is audio, and one new very short area add to the lonesome ghost
Sorry forgot to say that th sega Cd version is with the new audio and new area of the lonesome ghosts., I like the cart audio better, because Mickey does not talk as much.
Mickey mania
Pleae make a video about how you record your video gameplay footage.
I take it that you're not a fan of the Kingdom Hearts games?
Still haven't played either game even though I own Magical Quest. Think I'm going to have to get going on that. Also, I have a 19 month old daughter and she loves Barney. Perhaps I'll do a review of Hide and Seek Barney for the Genesis...lol. Cheers.
DavetheNESGuy [Coury] Oh, I've seen my fair share of Barney too. Its interesting how kids will latch onto certain shows for days or weeks at time, then move onto something else and never even look back.
Yup. The funny thing, I don't mind Barney so much. At least the messages are positive and the world is pretty much the happiest place to be. That said, we can watch many different episodes. Not sure what will happen when it's the same episode over and over and over and over...ah, parenthood!
I prefer the bubbly line heavy pixel art of Magical Quest over Castle of Illusion. It it also looks like it uses the same engine as Demon's Crest. I'm not a fan of graphics, hit detection, and limited continues in Castle of Illusion. Those darn As kept destroying me. I've only played Great Circus Mystery, so I don't know much about the first game.
What about Power of Illusion for 3ds?
why hasnt any disney capcom games released on the virtual console yet?
Jeandiegoconi1582 just like with the rest of the nes and snes tmnt games huh?
I see that 716 on your shirt. Are you from Buffalo NY ?
Aaron Spurlock [Coury] Yep! Actually I grew up just outside of Buffalo, in Jamestown NY. Still have family and friends there, so I go back a few times a year.
Check out Gamehut. He was a dev on the Mickey Genesis games and does some great tech vids
I had the game for the Sega Genesis and later for the Sega Saturn. The Saturn version is better version in my opinion.
Hey!!!!! What about epic mic key power of illusions for 3DS castle of illusions sequel!!!!!
My son was hooked on Mickey Mouse Road Rally on Netflix as well. I guess it is part of a new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series that's on Disney Channel and there are quite a few episodes on RUclips. Now, they are all pretty awful, but at least there are other episodes that she can watch and you won't want to pull out your eyes when every episode starts, as you have probably watched that one episode enough times to foster a deep, burning hatred of Toodles.
Also, the music for all if the episodes were done by They Might Be Giants. Not that it makes the music better, but eh...
Timothy Erbil I've sampled the soundtrack for the show and compared to their other children's albums it's not that good.
Oh, it's absolutely horrible. I was shocked to find out it was them.
Timothy Erbil [Coury] Had no idea bout They Might Be Giants doing the music. Thats some pretty neat trivia - though it still doesn't change my opinion of that damn "Hot Dog" song
I'm sorry, but you are such a Sega Fanboy ;) I have played all 3 Magical Quest Games, and i like them better than the Mega Drive /Genesis Games ;)
716? You from Western NY?
Michael Deshaies [Coury] Yep! Grew up in Jamestown, though I don't live there any more.
Oh cool! I'm surprised to see all the western NY representation on RUclips.
Michael Deshaies Oh there's more? All I know of is Grimsie42
Don't forget Ian from Pat the Nes punk's podcast.
My Life in Gaming oh wow, how did I never notice that
Small world I guess?
no more butt stomp on the remake.
The hell you doing, man?! Letting your daughter watch that silliness?! You mean to say you *didn't* get the Walt Disney Treasures box set with the color Mickey cartoons, or even downloaded them and put them on dvd after they went out of print and got expensive? And now she is hooked on something you can't stand? You must not have thought that far ahead when it comes to considering what you'd be forced to watch when your daughter starts to develop interests! As an animation fan, I chortle at your pain! CHORTLE, I say!!
Aw, but I'm just taking the piss out of you. My parents would often watch stuff with me that they didn't like. It's a good gesture, and she'll remember it. But, seriously, I collect animation, and I'm going to have a good dvd collection of stuff in case anything like that happens to me.
ShogunGin0 [Coury] Oh we definitely have several good Disney movies, my daughter is really obsessed with Bambi and The Little Mermaid right now. But its crazy how kids will just latch onto certain things and just want to watch it over and over, despite if its good or bad.
***** ...Oooh boy, you just had to mention THAT movie to me...
While I may have just been giving you a hard time about the Mickey show, can I speak seriously to you about one thing you just mentioned? Don't let her get into Little Mermaid. You do NOT want your daughter to look up to Ariel in any way. Give her literally ANY other Disney movie to watch. (Except Mulan 2, that's also completely terrible)
I disagree with most people who say that certain cartoons are "bad influences" on kids, but Little Mermaid is the only one that I fear may be. Ariel is the worst Disney princess they ever wrote. Ariel causes every problem in the movie out of selfishness and ignorance, does nothing to fix those problems, goes through no arc to learn from her mistakes, and, in the end, she is given *everything* she wanted, while having done nothing to earn any of it. If it weren't for the fact that the movie was written by two men, I would have guessed that it was some kind of self-insert fanfiction written by some 13 year old girl whose parents don't always give her her way. Ariel is no one for any young girl to watch. Even the direct to video sequel, which is still a bad movie, is better because at least Ariel's daughter is smarter and more capable than her mother, and your daughter may relate to her better.
I'm not an easily offended guy when it comes to movies, but I find myself utterly disgusted with Ariel. I may not be a parent yet, but if I do have a daughter, there's no way I'm letting her see that without at least knowing she's mentally mature enough to realize that it's not a good idea to idolize fairy tales. If she does want more Ariel, give her the third movie, or download the episodes of the 90's Little Mermaid cartoon (they were never released on home video), because Ariel is a far better character in those.
It may sound like I'm overreacting, and I may very well be, but I urge you to take the movie away from her. At least for now. She may hate you for it, but she's, what, three? She'll find other things to latch on to and force you to watch, but at least they won't be Little Mermaid.
Oh my wife and I are well aware of how awful Ariel is. We joke that she falls in love with Prince Eric solely based on his looks, and is just an overall idiot.
Luckily my daughter isn't so much into the character, but more just mermaids in general. She wanted a mermaid doll that last Christmas.
We have large aquarium near us that we have a pass to, that we take our daughter to if the other person needs to get some work done. One day we went and they had people in the tanks dressed as mermaids, and that's where things started.
But as these things usually go, shes already done with mermaids and has moved on to anything with Tinkerbell.
***** But I thought you said she was currently obsessed with the movie. Did she just suddenly shift interests in between our comments?
Well, in any case, that makes me feel better. I take it she's now watching the recent CGI Tinkerbell movies? Kinda funny how Tink went from, well, a bitch, really, who tried to kill Wendy out of jealousy to an adventurer fairy princess.
Maybe she'll like Ducktales or Gummi Bears, if you get the dvds. Maybe even Gargoyles when she's older.
Nah, what I meant was she is obsessed with the movie but obsession has to do with the mermaids in the movie. She likes watching it because theres Mermaids in it, not the characters. All mermaids are Ariel the Mermaid.
The Tinkerbell stuff is fairly new, so I haven't had a chance to take it in yet.
Master System version is the best.
yes i agree that mickey mouse clubhouse is terrible
the teletubbies is way better than mickey mouse clubhouse
mickey mouse clubhouse is more like mickey mouse boring house
Ah crap, my suggestions now are filled with kids videos.
I feel the complete opposite. Castle of Illusion on Genesis has nothing going for it except graphics. Very awkward movement and physics, and average to awful level design (the third stage is outright trash), and lame boss fights with the exception of the witch.