Why does Mickey Mouse Legend of Illusion on SMS suck so bad?

[vestcoat]

I actually like both Castle of Illusion and Land of Illusion for SMS.

CoI is excellent while LoI is one of the best games on the system. I don't understand how the third game took the series from the pinnacle of the SMS to a wonky platformer with a black bar filling 40% of the screen. I blame the Game Gear.

I also like Sonic 1 for SMS more than the Genesis version.

Sonic SMS is a great 8-bit game. Sonic Genesis is a great 16-bit game. Both versions showcase their hardware perfectly. Can't really compare them.

[DragonmasterDan]

CoI is excellent while LoI is one of the best games on the system. I don't understand how the third game took the series from the pinnacle of the SMS to a wonky platformer with a black bar filling 40% of the screen. I blame the Game Gear.

I've not played Legend of Illusion (I'm guessing this was one of those Nordic country and Brazil only SMS releases). But the first two I found to be excellent on the SMS. And agree with your assessment.

Sonic SMS is a great 8-bit game. Sonic Genesis is a great 16-bit game. Both versions showcase their hardware perfectly. Can't really compare them.

I wouldn't say they showcase their hardware perfectly, but I would agree that they're both great games.

[toymachine78]

Why are you even discussing this? Isn't this the tg16 forum? Where are all the regular haters.... (cough Tats).... that come out of the woodwork to berate a person for posting in the incorrect forum?

[Tatsujin]

me a hater? where so?

[toymachine78]

Why are you even discussing this? Isn't this the tg16 forum? Where are all the regular haters.... (cough Tats).... that come out of the woodwork to berate a person for posting in the incorrect forum?

Oh no.... It just struck me..... I'm becoming one of you... Argh!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...... 

[Tatsujin]

just let the anger flow through you

[nodtveidt]

Better anger than butthurt.

[A Black Falcon]

I actually like both Castle of Illusion and Land of Illusion for SMS.

CoI is excellent while LoI is one of the best games on the system. I don't understand how the third game took the series from the pinnacle of the SMS to a wonky platformer with a black bar filling 40% of the screen.

I already explained why -- Sega outsourced the third game to Aspect.  That's also why the first GG Sonic game is the only great one, since all the others were Aspect games.

[jeffhlewis]

Fantasia looked so awesome in magazine shots - as soon as I fired up the game for the first time I was scrambling for the receipt. Such a turd.

[galam]

Fantasia looked so awesome in magazine shots - as soon as I fired up the game for the first time I was scrambling for the receipt. Such a turd.

100%

[nodtveidt]

Fantasia was the first licensed game I ever saw get universally panned by all the gaming magazines at the time.

[vestcoat]

I already explained why -- Sega outsourced the third game to Aspect.  That's also why the first GG Sonic game is the only great one, since all the others were Aspect games.

Oh, thanks BF. I missed your first post. This makes sense now.

[A Black Falcon]

Oh, thanks BF. I missed your first post. This makes sense now.

Sega must have been able to find some studio not as bad as Aspect... but I guess that'd have cost money, and they obviously wanted to do their GG support on the cheap.  Nintendo wasn't nearly as cheap with its Game Boy games, and it shows...