Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King Announced for NS, PS4, X1, PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2019 / 2,915 Views
Publisher Disney Games, distributor Nighthawk Interactive, and developer Digital Eclipse have announced have announced Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC. It will launch this fall for $29.99.
View the announcement trailer below:
Here is an overview of the game:
Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King will include the fan-favorite versions of each original title, featuring upscaled graphics to support high definition displays and additional upgrades to enhance playability on current consoles. The collection also includes a brand-new “final cut” of Aladdin and an original Aladdin “tradeshow demo” that has not been publicly available since 1993.
Fans will be able to revisit these beloved games and take advantage of a variety of modern support options, including instant save states, a “Rewind” button to jump back up to 15 seconds, level select, invulnerability, infinite lives, and an “Interactive Game Viewer.” The Interactive Game Viewer enables players to view full game playthroughs, with the ability to skip forward, jump in, and start playing at any point.
In addition, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and the Lion King features:
- Authentic Game Content with Modern Improvements – Fans old and new can enjoy the original game builds, upscaled graphics, customizable controls, special filters for visual enhancement and more.
- Variety of Game Versions – The collection includes multiple playable platform versions of the games including their Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and Super Game Boy releases, as well as The Lion King Super Nintendo Entertainment System version.
- A Helping Hand – Players who want to experience the Disney magic in true “Hakuna Matata” fashion can use the Interactive Game Viewer, Rewind feature and cheat codes to aid gameplay progression.
- Curated, Explorable Museum – A treasure trove of behind-the-scenes development assets including interviews, an art gallery and a music player shares the rich history behind the Aladdin and The Lion King 16-bit games.
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Why the SNES version of Lion King and not that for Alladin? As far as I know, Lion King was near identical on both Genesis and SNES (though I do enjoy having both to see the small differences), where Alladin in SNES was a completely different game.
They each had a different developer and publisher, so they must've only gotten the rights to the Genesis version.
Seeing as how Disney got rid of Capcom's Ducktales Remake off of PSN/Wii U recently, we shouldn't be surprised that Disney wouldn't include Capcom's Aladdin SNES game either. Which is unfortunate because the Aladdin SNES game was so much fun!
I think most people prefer the Genesis version but regardless it would've been nice if they had included both.
I'll finally be able to beat Lion King. Damn that game was tough.
All Disney sells is nostalgia. That being said the extras seem awesome and innovative for remasters.
lol $29.99? These games can be had for $10-$15 pretty much anywhere that sells the original carts. I've seen loose carts go for as little as $5 a few years ago.
Well seeing as how there's like 5-6 games in the bundle (3 different versions of each game) that's like $5-6 for each so that's not a bad deal actually. Also I (as well as others) can find the carts for these games too but then I need to buy an old SNES, Genesis, Gamboy to go with it, and likely it wont play as nice on my HD TV whereas this new version has 1080p enhancements. So technically this new bundle doesn't sound like a bad deal at all.
It doesn't make sense to pay for all three versions. That's like buying a PS4 copy and an XB1 copy of the same game. A Genesis goes for $30. If you like older games it is well worth the money. HD TV doesn't matter at all. 16 bit is 16 bit. HD can't improve something that has a natural resolution lower than the TV you are using. If anything it makes the game look ugly, because back in the day developers relyed on how the old tube TVs made games look. So you aren't getting the original experience at all.
So you're saying instead of paying $30 for this game I should spend +$30 to buy an old system and the game just to only play one of the versions? lol Well I wouldnt necessary consider the Sega and Gameboy games to be equivalent as a PS4 and XB1. Back then, Gameboy versions were hardly ever the same as the home console versions, and were never considered in any way a port of the home console version. And I dont expect to get the original experience, I expect to get the enhanced experience (as stated in the trailer...). Either way for $30, is fairly standard price, but the fact that they gave multiple versions is a very nice thought. They couldve just put in one version and called it a day. And for those that played these games likely have only played one of the versions so it could've been upsetting for some if Disney decided to just put in just one version when others may have preferred the other version instead. Games back then weren't as identical as they are today. Personally i've only played the Sega version of The Lion King so im interested to see how the SNES and GB version is like. But I'm not going to go out of my way to buy a SNES and a GB and both copies of the game when I can just buy this and have it all. (This probably all sounds redundant but I think you get my point)
Buying a Genesis just to play a single game is stupid. But not as stupid as doling out $30 for a couple of games that take only two hours to beat. At least when you buy the Genesis and two games you get a piece of history, and something that retains value. Gameboy versions of games back then were utterly inferior to the console versions. There is absolutely no need to play three versions of the same game. This collection will bomb on Opencritic/Metacritic because it is grossly overpriced.
Been meaning to play these again. Price sounded a little steep at first, but it also sounds like this will be a pretty thorough remaster.
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