Castle of Illusion is the kind of Sega-Disney title that works well on both 8-bit and 16-bit. It may not be like it's 16-bit brother on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, but it's a wonderful adventure in its own right.
Welcome to Vera City, where life is joyful, and everyone lives in peace. All but one, that is. One who is jealous of Minnie's beauty and popularity - the witch Mizrabel, who one day came on her broom and swept Minnie away. Mickey was taken by surprise. He did the only thing he could. He chased after the witch Mizrabel all the way to the Castle of Illusion...
To enter a door, walk up to a door, come to a complete stop and press Up in front of the door.
Left and Right let you move around. Pressing 2 lets you jump, and pressing 1 while in mid-air lets you perform a butt bounce. If you are not performing a butt bounce, you will not hurt the enemy.
If you walk up to an item such as a block or chest and keep holding the Control Pad towards it, Mickey may stand still and put his hands on it. From there, if you press 1, you can pick it up, and you can press 1 again to throw it.
From left to right on the bottom of the screen, you have your Power (which acts as your health), the number or lives that you have (or tries, as the game calls them), your current score and the amount of time you have to get through the stage.
Practice Mode
Here, you'll be looking for three gems which, when put together, will allow Mizrabel to see her inner beauty and leave poor Minnie alone.
The stages here are really easy.
In the first stage (the one on the left), you can butt bounce on the tree enemies as well as the flowers. The flowers spit out two projectiles, but other than that, they're not so hard. The Red Gem is at the end.
In the second stage (the one in the middle), you'll be doing a bit of platforming. Take the ball and throw it at the clown, then take the barrel to the right of the train and use it as a way to get onto the steam clouds the train produces. Ride one to the red platforms to the right, then climb up. You can break the chest to get some cake and refill some of your Power if you have to, then go to the right for the Orange Gem. Butt bounce on the chess knight that bounces around to defeat it
In the third stage (the one on the right), you'll be auto-scrolling in Candy Land. If you can hit the chest at the start, you can get a 1-Up, which is signified by a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. Be careful on slopes, because you will move faster on those. After some basic platforming, you'll get the Yellow Gem.
After completing all three stages, go up to the ladder that shows up and you will be able to get Mizrabel to admire her reflection in the gems and get Minnie back and leave Vera City in exchange for the gems. Now it's time to go to Normal Mode...
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