Castle of Illusion(MD) YouTube Rumble Odysee

Join me as we celebrate the entering of Mickey Mouse’s Steamboat Willie, into the realms of public domain, by retrospectively looking back at one of his most influential video games, Castle of Illusion, Starring Mickey Mouse, for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. This was a game I played nonstop back in the 90’s so I’m looking forward to casting a critical eye, and putting it under the microscope.

In this lengthy retrospective, I take a look at all the ports, including the excellent Master System and Game Gear versions, dive into the history of the game, take a look at the magazines of the time for context, break the game down - level by level, and then, of course, I Wrank it. This is the penultimate episode in How Good Was it season one, so I hope you enjoy it, and subscribe to be notified when the season finale is released. Thank you to Mrs. Wranker for voicing Mizrabel, she didn't have to put on the voice :-D

 

 

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Castle of Illusion Staring Mickey Mouse ROM

Console XS #1 - Download from Server

Computer & Video Games # 111 - Download From Server

Manual EU - Download From Server

Manual US - Download From Server

Mean Machines #004 - Download From Server

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RAZE Magazine #005 - Download From Server

Sega Pro #002 - Download From Server

Sonic the Comic #056 - Download From Server

Zero Magazine #017 - Download From Server


Bibliography and Credits

I archive all my sources. All the archives of information used in my videos can be found on my Internet Archive page . As of the publishing of this video, the Internet Archive had been hacked, and therefore, I wasn't able to archive the sources. I will get that done soon, but for now, I have listed the original sources instead, hopefully they all stay up.

 

Disclaimer

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