Introduction
   Hello to all those reading my 4th review and this time I've made sure I knew how many this time. This time I'm doing a review for a game I have a lot of history with and that's Aladdin for the Super Nintendo.
    When I was about 6 or 7 years old and living with my mother and her boyfriend, at some point his brothers son came to visit for a little while and he brought some of games with him. Those games were Donkey Kong Country and the other of course was Aladdin. He told me how the game use to make him upset and how his mother didn't like the fact he was getting angry at it. I suppose he was stuck in the cave of wonders which I will speak more of in a moment.
    Anyway after a couple days, I'm not sure if it was on purpose or not, but he left his copy of the game with me and I guess you can say I became the owner of the game from than on out. About 18 years later I still own this game and the Super Nintendo to play this on and every blue moon I still play it for sport. Don't let my play run of the game fool you. I'm a lot better on the home system than playing it on the computer dealing with lag and a stiff controller.[Yes its a very good excuse].

Difficulty
     I gave this game a five in difficulty for a reason. If you have a lot of trouble with this game, not trying to be mean, but maybe you are not simply trying hard enough. Than again, I kinda take that back. The game is a lot more challenging if you lack one key item. The sheet! Which is pretty much a must have item when playing this game, because it gives you so much control over where you fall or jump. To be honest I can't really find myself playing without it as I have a habit of using even when its clear I'm safe and when I don't have it, my play run pretty much falls to pieces quick fast in a hurry. The most noticeable place where its usually needed is, in Genie world stages one to two where you got to get across the bridge and where you have to jump for the genie face box platforms where there's long range between where you need to land and truth be told, your jumping in this game is already horrible. The only other place that's somewhat hard to get pass, is in the Cave of Wonders where you attempt to escape on the magic carpet, while avoiding the lava and falling stones. If you get pass this, the hardest part of the game is over.
    There are very few bosses in this game and they are all super easy. There is the market guy, Jafar and Jafar in snake form. Not sure what Nintendo or the creators of the game was thinking, but this game had so much potential that was never tapped into. Was it out of laziness or was it to go easy on the kids that played it? Can't really say. I mean just look at them...The fact there is only three and they are not even hard, takes down the value of this game.
    The market place boss. Simply stand behind a barrel, let him slash away, quick jump on his head than quickly move right back behind the barrel. This boss hasn't hit me in like sixteen years. Only up to recently he finally managed to hit me, when I was getting use to my online super Nintendo controller. That would have never happened on my home system.
    Than there is Jafar. Ok maybe I have to give him a tiny bit more credit. Hes a challenge when he spams you to death with mobs of enemies. Besides that fighting him is no brain common sense and again the SHEET can be a be factor if you worry about aim. Bounce off his head using the staff, get to the far end of a screen and allow him to fire off his lightening. The mobs Jar spams is not much of a issues either unless they manage to out number you and even than, they can be dismissed pretty fast with the quick throw of a apple.
    Than there is the final boss of the game, Jafar after he transforms into a gigantic snake. Now when most people usually think of the final boss, they think of this epic, hard as heck enemy that you need to beat because its the only thing between you and completing the game. That's not the case at all with this boss as he is as predictable as watching paint dry, so much so a kid could pick up on how to beat him right away because advertises when to attack him and makes it pretty easy too.
I give the game difficulty with out a slow fall sheet, a 7 out of 10, but with the slow fall sheet a 5 out of 10.

Story
    This game is based on the 90's Disney movie Aladdin, so game is pretty much following the exactly same story with a tiny bit extra tossed in to give the player or players a bit more to do.
    As the story goes, its about a homeless kid named Aladdin [nicknamed street rat by the royal guards] whom makes his living in the market place and is on the run from the guards because he steals food. Sometimes for him and other times for those that can't defend for themselves. After helping princess Jasmine whom has run from home because shes being forced to marry men she doesn't love because of a law, he is soon captured finally by the guards and Princess Jasmine is returned home.
    Once there, Jasmine tired to explain the situation of the man whom saved her, but Jarfar had her believe that he was to be beheaded. Little did she know, Jafar had other plans himself for Aladdin, since he learned he was the chosen one whom could enter the Cave of Wonders safely and retrieve the magic lamp. Jafar later visits the dungeons and tells Aladdin about the Cave of Wonders under the disguise of a bum. When Aladdin agrees to enter the cave, Jafar frees him and they head off to the desert.
    Once there Jafar, puts the beetle pieces together and summons the Cave of Wonders. The tiger like head warns Aladdin, he may touch nothing but the lamp. Once inside with his pet money Abu, they find a place full of gold and jewels. Abu is overly fascinated with what he sees and Aladdin has to make sure he behaves himself. They soon meet carpet, that helps guide Aladdin to the lamp. Abu soon has over plans when he sees and falls in love with the biggest red diamond he has ever seen. Carpet tries to hold him back but soon loses his grip of Abu's tail. Abu had broken the one rule on not touching anything but the lamp, and as punishment, the entire cave began melting into lava. With the help of the magic carpet, Aladdin and abu just barely make it back to the surface where Jafar is waiting and demands he gives him the lamp first in return for pulling him to safety. Once Aladdin does hand over the lamp, Jafar attempts to betray him as he takes out a hidden dagger. Abu sees whats going on and bites his hand, causing him to let go of both the lamp and Aladdin.
     Aladdin finds himself being awoken by Abu in hopes hes still alive. Aladdin does but they are all still trapped underground. Attempting to use the lamp as a light source, Aladdin rubs the lamp. Unknowing to him he had become the master of a Genie that was inside the lamp. After explaining the rules to him, Aladdin not wanting to use any of his wishes, tricks the genie into getting them all out of the underground desert. Genie takes everyone to a nearby island where Aladdin once again convinces him without using any of his three wishes, to make him a prince in order to impress the princess Jasmine. Under the name prince Ali, Aladdin barges in to the palace, where Jafar fails to keep him out. Jafar is not happy of the arrival of new competition to princess Jasmine's marriage, because he had to switch to plan b when he thought he lost his only opportunity to power the lamp. As the arguments commence between Aladdin and Jafar with the Sultan, over whom is better suited to take Jasmines hand in marriage, she soon over hears whats going on and makes it clear that shes not a prize to be won.
    Aladdin later on goes back in the middle of the night, still under prince Ali, two woo Jasmine again. This time he convinces her, to take a magic carpet ride with her where they fly over the city in the middle of the night and see it from a view they never could before. As they sit and talk, Jasmine soon notices she has seen prince Ali before, snatching his hat off and confirming that he's Aladdin, whom saved her in the market place. Keeping the lie going, Aladdin tells her he likes to go into town undercover so others won't realize hes actually a prince. After Aladdin takes Jasmine back to the palace and receives a passionate kiss, he sets off into the night with carpet. As he day dreams, hes captured by the guards by the order of Jafar, tied up, gagged and thrown into the bottom of the sea, where Genie has to save him, because he can't save himself.
    Aladdin returns to the palace, and tells Jasmine and the sultan, about how he tired to have him killed and about him controlling the sultan with his staff. Jafar is than removed of his title and thrown out the palace. Jafar soon realizes, prince Ali is actually Aladdin and if hes still alive that means he's been using the lamp the entire time.
    Just before the ceremony to announce Aladdin's marriage to Jasmine, he has a change of heart feeling bad that the relationship was based on a lie. When Aladdin breaks his promise to Genie that he would wish him free, during an argument, he leaves Genie in his lamp under a pillow to go to Jasmine. Iago however watching closely, sneaks in and steals it for Jafar. With Genie now under his command, he uses his power to expose Aladdin for a liar, ends of the earth and taking complete control of Agrabah.
    Out in the freezing cold of nowhere, Aladdin manages to find carpet whom is stuck. After getting it free, he heads back to Agrabah where he gets into a battle with Jafar, who's magic gives him an huge advantage. Aladdin tricks Jafar into telling Genie he wanted to be an all powerful genie himself and earning himself imprisonment within his own lamp. After things settle down, Aladdin apologizes to Jasmine for lying about whom he is. The sultan with a change of heart, changes the law allowing Jasmine to marry whom ever she wants. She chooses Aladdin and they become engaged. Aladdin also finally keeps his promise and wishes Genie free, allowing him to see the world.
I gave the story a 10 out of 10

Depth
    Aladdin is a straight forward game, where you need to simply survive in order to beat the level. I never played the Sega version, but from what I heard, the Nintendo version is a bit longer. The Sega version however does allow you to actually use Aladdin's sword, over throwing lame apples and simply stunning your enemy's. There is however a tiny bit more to the game if you collect enough red jewels, but I'll leave it at that.
I give the depth a 7 out of 10

Addictiveness
    If you need a good time killer, I strongly suggest this game for you. It's not so much fun and has a lot of features to it that will keep to playing over and over none stop, but it's fun enough on it's own to sooner or later call you back, just because you want to get to the ending again. As I said already, I return to the game every blue moon to beat the game for sport, so I'm a witness.
I give the addictiveness a 7 out of 10

Graphics
    The graphics for this game is pretty good. This is the Super Nintendo and games around this time were attempting to step it up on the details. Now if were to judge the sega look and Super Nintendo look however, the Sega is much more superior in terms of details, but that's not enough to keep you away from this game.
I gave the graphics a 8 out of 10

Sound
    This game has good sound and makes you think of the sound of the movie, as each stage has its own certain theme. One example being Genies stage uses a background sound of the song "You ain't never had a friend". The sound effects are right on as well, such as hearing the smack when a apple hits someone or Jafar as a snake hissing when he attempts to strike you.
The sound gets a 8 out of 10

Nice job on this! You had a really good amount of detail, and it seems as though you know what you are doing! You had a good amount of detail, you could have a bit more, and I think that you told just a little too much about the story. None the less, this was a really good review with good detail and it seems as though you know how to do it. I hope to see you keep reviewing, and I want all of your other reviews to be as good as this one! Keep it up man!
~Barathemos