M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E……yes America’s favorite little rodent is getting reviewed today for what I believe is a classic game if you are a person who can get past the difficulty of games and still enjoy them. This game was released in October 1994 for the Genesis in the North American region and believe it or not was one of the only games for the system that actually had more content than its SNES counterpart (Yea suck that Nintendo….OK I am a huge fan of Nintendo too but I owned a Genesis first.) The SNES version was missing an entire stage, and hell it was missing one of the best graphic showcases that the game even had so basically what I am telling you is that this game kicked the SNES versions ass like it was its bitch. The SNES game took a dive like Butch in the fifth. Nevertheless this game has so many reasons for being awesome so why not hop to them.
This game is a classic, look at Mickey he is swinging away from the Mad Doctor with that smile beacuse he knows Minnie is about to get plowed.
First off this game features a badass named Mickey Mouse, he is the biggest cartoon icon in the world. He is so recognizable that anyone can see his picture from any country and automatically know who he is. That is enough to get people to play and buy this game but the thing is this game is actually good….really good. This game was developed by Travelers Tales, with the help of Sony Imagesoft Sony Imagesoft at the time had a little known man named David Jaffe, and this was his first game that he did any work on. Why does this matter? Maybe you heard of his “God Of War” series of games for the Sony Playstation, this game was his jump off that propelled him into the developer he is today and thank the lord that it did. This game graphically is amazing. The stages are all based off of old Mickey Mouse cartoons and start off with the infamous Steamboat Willy which was made way back in 1928. They even have Mickey meet Willy and from that point the game comes at you with amazing colorful graphics (not the first stage because cartoons were black and white back in those days.) throughout the entire game from start to finish.
Mickey meets Steamboat Willy, nothing beats nostalgia.
With that being said let me explain something I am a huge fan of games and also believe that just because a game can be difficult does not mean that it is a bad game. I love Battletoads and that game is the hardest game that I have ever played. This game kicks your ass and lets you have it constantly, it would honestly be easier to do an abortion in a back alley blindfolded and one handed than beat this game. I swear to you that I have been playing this game since it was released way back in 1994 and I have not made it past the third world which would not seem so bad had their not been seven stages total. Let me explain how this game lets you get your ass kicked. At times you will be facing crazy ass enemies such as skeletons that when hit will explode….when they explode their bones can hit you causing damage and when you only have four hits and then you are dead, you will find yourself constantly killing and then running away from your fallen enemies. Some of the jumps in the game would be difficult to make if you were on the fucking moon so you basically have to wait until you are falling to your death before you go and hit the jump button. Another difficult part of this game is the fact that sometimes the hit detection is not the best to the point where you can blatantly hit your enemy….and somehow miss them. I know what you are thinking is that this game has to be broken but to me it is not broken to the point of completely making it a bad game or even a great game. The second stage of this game is a real bitch. The Mad Doctor level has you in the doctors castle trying to basically survive the barrage of random shit tryting to kill you. There are so many enemies and jumps it really tests you no matter how good of a gamer you are. I actually played this a few months back with a couple of people at The Ohio State University and it took us 3 hours to get to the third level…and that is with us all watching our mistakes and trying to correct them constantly. I will say that with this stage being so hard there is one part that makes up for it when they integrated 3-d’ish graphics while you ran up a tower avoiding bolders. This game even has puzzles intergrated into it, they may be simple but hey they tried at least.
This is a level that I have never and will never get to nor do I care…fuck Jack and the Beanstalk.
Sound wise this game actually does a great job taking music and sound effects from the different cartoons they take place in, which can be a great thing when you are like me and grew up on the mouse on VHS and wore the tapes down untill they started to fade terribly. To be honest this game is not the best thing I have ever played but it is alot better than most the games this console had to offer and it is disappointing that alot of people still have no idea about this game and alot of people also hated it for being so hard. I really think that this might be the best Mickey game on any system which is saying something due to Capcom kicking ass with Mickey’s Magical Quest. Consider yourself a gaming idol if you can deal with even half the shit this game offers you due to difficulity, on the other hand even if you are not the best gamer ever and you have the opportunity you need to play this or buy this because of how much fun it can be just be aware that you will die, you will continue, you will die again, you will start over…rinse, lather, repeat.
Martyr, this is why you my boy.
Although my disdain for that blasted rat bastard knows no bounds, this is a really fun game.
This game is easily one of the best, if not the best, Disney game title to be released on cartridge. A close second would be that Donald Duck game that I can’t remember the title of. But I know you remember it, so you should review that soon. Getting off topic…
Mickey Mania is a bitch of a game, but with this title they seem like they were ACTUALLY trying to make a good game instead of pasting Mickey’s face on the box.
I remember getting pretty far back in the day, but I also remember not having anything to do other than play that game… which can give you the edge… not having a life…
Aladdin for the Genesis would be the best, I just realized.
No rom? I really want to play this game again; the only time I ever did was when I was over at a friend’s house a long, long time ago.