“Aladdin on Sega” — the very Disney’s Aladdin for the Mega Drive/Genesis, the one that kicked off real couch adventures for so many. A side-scrolling platformer steeped in bazaar spice and oven-hot sand: you spring across canvas awnings, sprint over the rooftops of Agrabah, apples arc through the air, and the sword sings in your hand. The Cave of Wonders is here, a magic-carpet flight to familiar melodies, sly Iago, and treacherous Jafar ending in that cobra boss duel. It’s rare 16-bit sorcery: Disney’s hand-drawn animation frames, a juicy palette, and that carnival feel that had us slotting in a cartridge and losing all sense of time. How it became a legend — you can revisit in our history — but the heart of it was always that fairy-tale touch at your fingertips.

This Aladdin is beloved for its character: it doesn’t bury you in rules, it just ushers you along a classic route — market, jail, Cave of Wonders, rolling lava, the palace, and the finale. The controls are clean and tight: the blade for up-close scraps, apples as little lifesavers at range. The soundtrack drops you straight back into the film, and every set piece feels like a movie frame. No surprise “Disney’s Aladdin,” “Aladdin: Adventures in Agrabah,” or simply “the game with the genie and the carpet” still pop up whenever Sega nostalgia hits. On Wikipedia you can dig up dates and sales, but players remember something else: the warm glow of the lamp, the sand crunching under the hero’s feet, and that satisfying click when a jump lands just right.

“Aladdin on Sega” hooks you from the first leap. The cadence is springy: a stroll through Agrabah’s bazaar, a run-up, straight up onto a canopy, rebound into a rope grab; the sword sings, apples arc through the air. Disney’s Aladdin never rushes you, yet the soundtrack and screen-to-screen flow keep egging you on. Mistakes don’t kill the vibe — a fall often just bends your route, and in a beat you’re back in the flow, skimming along awnings. It’s a joy to toy with lines: pop off a tent, catch a ring, rip the fabric and sail onward. The controls are snappy, every move stitched into a dance: roll, jump, cut off a guard, tumble — and go. You feel the hero’s weight, and every clean jump lands like a tiny victory.

The tempo swells, then breathes. Tight rooftops give way to the fiery breath of the Cave of Wonders; the flying-carpet stage turns your heart into a metronome. The sword is short but trusty; apples are your safe ranged bet. Along the way: glittering gems, lamp checkpoints, secrets behind rugs and inside jars, bonuses flashing Genie’s grin. Call it what you want — Aladdin, the movie tie-in, 16‑bit Aladdin, even the cartridge classic — the feel is the same: a living parkour run through Agrabah, where beating Aladdin on Sega (Mega Drive/Genesis) feels like an inviting challenge. A vizier waits somewhere, but the tension springs less from bosses than from street rhythm and lava nipping at your heels. A breakdown of tempo, jumps, and handy tricks lives in the gameplay section.