A playthrough of Sega's Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse as it appeared in the 1998 Sega Saturn title, Sega Ages: I Love Mickey Mouse.

This version of the game was never released outside of Japan, so I am playing a copy that's been patched to English. If you'd like to check it out for yourself, you can find the patch at https://segaxtreme.net/resources/sega...

This entry in the Sega Ages lineup features ports of two the first two games in the "I Love Mickey Mouse" Genesis/Mega Drive series: the classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (   • Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mo...  ) and its direct sequel, QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (   • QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (Genes...  ).

Castle of Illusion was easily the best Mickey game yet when it showed up at the end of 1990. Mickey Mousecapade for the NES (   • Mickey Mousecapade (NES) Playthrough  ) was good, but this was some nextlevel stuff. It took full advantage of Sega's 16bit hardware to deliver graphics closer to cartoon quality and more saccharine sweet than had been seen before in a console game, and the gameplay nailed the flow and feel of triedandtrue 80s hopnbop action.

The Saturn release didn't do anything to update the original, but the port is faithful to the point of being indistinguishable from the Genesis game. It runs smoothly, the controls are spoton, and the FM music and sound effects are accurate it's not at all wonky like Sega's later Genesis rereleases from the Dreamcast onward that relied on subpar emulation.

But on any platform, as far as Mickey games go, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse sits right up there with Capcom's The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (   • The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mou...  ) at the top of the pile.
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