It should be unsurprising, therefore, that the series of Disney games on the Genesis in the early 1990s capture the mood of classic Disney animation better than any before or since. Unlike the SNES version, the Genesis version was worked on by Disney animators under the supervision of Virgin's Animation Producer Andy Luckey and Virgin animators Mike Dietz and Ian Freedman. Griffin at the request of Virgin's audio director, Tommy Tallarico, who did the Genesis instruments and incidental transition music.
Five original compositions and five arrangements from the movie were composed by Donald S.
The platformer had remarkably fluid graphics for the time through the use of cel animation. That's not how pricing technology works.Aladdin is game for the Sega Genesis designed by Virgin released in 1993, based on the Disney film Aladdin. If we justified prices solely based on inflation then computers today would be so expensive only the five richest kings of Europe could afford them. Their games aren't even priced as high as this rerelease when they're both limited and needing to cover development costs too. Plenty of companies are having cartridges manufactured for various releases, just look to Super Fighter Team or Watermelon Games as some examples. I would assume that this company would just pay an existing manufacturer to make these cartridges for them, rather than start manufacturing everything themselves. These aren't newly developed games, they're just rereleases so they should be cheaper. Manufacturing costs are the cheapest part of a selling price. These were among the best selling games for those consoles, the development costs have been fully paid for 20-25 years ago. These are a limited run where expensive tooling and manufacturing (among other) costs won't get absorbed across huge production numbers.Part of the original price when the games first came out was to pay for the development cost. Inflation calculator says that's $121 in 2019 dollars. My copy of Lion King still has the original price tag of $69.99. That's actually not too far off from original price.
There will be various versions of the iam8bit Legacy Cartridges as well, with Aladdin purchasers randomly receiving either Translucent Ruby Red or Rare Purple Gem Glow-in-the-Dark (1 in 8 odds for an ultra-limited cartridge.) and The Lion King purchasers randomly receiving either Opaque Mufasa Marigold or Ultra Limited Translucent Serengeti Sunrise Glow-in-the-Dark (1 in 8 odds for the rare cartridge.)ĭisney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King will, as previously mentioned, be released next week and will bring forward these classic titles with multiple game versions, an all-new "Final Cut" version of Aladdin, 1080p graphics, In-Game Rewind, Interactive Watch Mode, Save Feature, Museum Feature, Soundtrack, and much more. Pre-orders for both the Retro Retail Editions and iam8bit Legacy Cartridges will begin on Thursday, October 24, 2019, and 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm BST on and, respectively.
Each fully playable cartridge is a limited edition of 4,500, and features "lovingly restored artwork by Jango Snow Art & Design." These cartridges are sold separately and are priced at $99.99 USD and will ship in early 2020. Iam8bit is going one step further and will be offering the Aladdin Legacy Cartridge for Genesis and The Lion King Legacy Cartridge for SNES.
They both will be released on December 10, 2019, for $49.99 USD.
These premium editions also include an exclusive poster and a retro-style manual. Nighthawk has introduced Retro Editions for the Nintendo Switch that features either Clamshell Style (Genesis) or Boxed with Tray (SNES) classic console-style packaging.
Nighthawk Interactive and iam8bit have announced that Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King will be getting special editions, some of which will include playable SNES and SEGA Genesis cartridges.ĭisney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 29, 2019, for $29.99 USD, but Switch and/or retro fans will have something else to look forward to in the future.