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{{Short description|1994 Game Gear video game}}
{{About|the 1994 game|the Genesis game|Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|the SNES game|Disney's Aladdin (Capcom video game)}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Aladdin
|image = Disney's Aladdin.jpg
|caption = Cover art for the North American ''Sega Game Gear'' version
|developer = [[SIMS Co., Ltd.|SIMS]]
|publisher = [[Sega]]
|designer = 
|composer = Yoko Wada
|engine =
|released = {{collapsible list|title=February 1994|'''Game Gear'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|February 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf&page=8|title=''Sega Force Special'' pg. 08|date=January 1994|publisher=Sega Retro|accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref>|JP|March 25, 1994<ref name="Sega titles - Sega JP">{{cite web |title=Software List (Released by Sega)|url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html |website=セガ 製品情報サイト |publisher=Sega |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>|NA|May 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:GamePro_US_057.pdf&page=78|title=''GamePro'' #57 pg. 76|date=April 1994|publisher=Sega Retro|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref>}}'''Master System'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|April 1994<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-18/page/n89/mode/2up |title=Master System Review: ''Aladdin'' |magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]] |issue=18 |date=April 1994 |pages=90–92}}</ref>}}}}
|genre = [[Platformer]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|series = ''[[Aladdin (franchise)|Aladdin]]''
|platforms = [[Game Gear]], [[Master System]]
}}
'''''Aladdin''''' is a 1994 [[platform game]] developed by [[SIMS Co., Ltd.]] for the [[Game Gear]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aladdin|publisher=JeuxVideo|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/game-gear-g-gear/00025067-aladdin.htm|accessdate=July 13, 2014|language=fr}}</ref> and [[Master System]].<ref name="Guardiana"/> Based on the 1992 animated film [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|of the same name]], ''Aladdin'' is a [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] platform game in which the [[player character]] is [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disney's Aladdin|author=Kyle Knight|publisher=[[AllGame]]|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17178|accessdate=July 13, 2014|archive-date=November 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114131017/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17178|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Genesis game]] differs markedly from the 8-bit game on the Game Gear and Master System.<ref name="Guardiana">{{Cite web|title=Test Aladdin|publisher=Guardiana|url=http://www.guardiana.net/Tests/Game%20Gear/118-Aladdin.html|accessdate=July 13, 2014|language=fr|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626234426/http://www.guardiana.net/Tests/Game%20Gear/118-Aladdin.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Development==
[[The Walt Disney Company]] gave [[Sega]] a license to create ''Aladdin'' games for both the Game Gear and the [[Sega Genesis]] because of Sega's previous successes with other [[List of Disney video games|Disney video games]], such as ''[[Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse]]'' and ''[[QuackShot]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Design: Disney's Aladdin|publisher=Sega-16|date=March 11, 2014|author=Ken Horowitz|url=http://www.sega-16.com/2014/03/behind-the-design-disneys-aladdin/|accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
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==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| EGM = 30 / 40<ref name="EGM"/>
| GamePro = 14.5 / 20<ref name="gamepro58"/>
| rev1 = ''[[:fr:Consoles +|Consoles +]]''
| rev1Score = 88%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Plus/consoleplus_numero031/Consoles%20%2B%20031%20-%20Page%20142%20(avril%201994).jpg|title=Consoles Plus|website=www.abandonware-magazines.org|access-date=2015-09-04|archive-date=2016-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514160332/http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Plus/consoleplus_numero031/Consoles%20%2B%20031%20-%20Page%20142%20(avril%201994).jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2 = Guardiana
| rev2Score = 89%<ref name="Guardiana"/>
| rev3 = ''[[:fr:Joypad (magazine)|Joypad]]''
| rev3Score = 86%<ref>''Joypad'', issue 30, page 113</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[:fr:Player One|Player One]]''
| rev4Score = 88%<ref>{{cite web
|title=Player One
|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player%20One/playerone_numero041/Player%20One%20n%B041%20(Avril%201994)%20-%20Page%20104.jpg
|access-date=2015-09-04
|archive-date=2015-06-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623232552/http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player%20One/playerone_numero041/Player%20One%20n%B041%20(Avril%201994)%20-%20Page%20104.jpg
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''
| rev5Score = 85%<ref>''Sonic the Comic'', issue 23, pages 10-11</ref>
| award1Pub = ''[[GamePro]]''
| award1 = [[List of Game of the Year awards|Best Game Gear Game]] ([[Consumer Electronics Show|CES]])<ref name="gamepro57"/>
| award2Pub = ''[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment|VideoGames]]'' (1994)
| award2    = Best Game Gear Game ({{nowrap|runner-up}})<ref name="VG74">{{cite magazine |title=VideoGames Best of '94 |magazine=[[VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine]] |date=February 1995 |issue=74 (March 1995) |pages=44–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_74_March_1995/page/n45/mode/2up}}</ref>
| award3Pub = ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
| award3 = 25 Greatest Handheld Games of All Time<ref name="Complex"/>
}}

In the United States, it topped the Game Gear sales charts for three months in 1994, from June<ref name="EGMAug1994">{{cite magazine|date=August 1994|title=EGM's Hot Top Tens|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/6/66/EGM_US_061.pdf|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|pages=42}}</ref> to August 1994.<ref name="EGMSep1994">{{cite magazine|date=September 1994|title=EGM's Hot Top Tens|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b5/EGM_US_062.pdf|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|pages=44}}</ref><ref name="EGMOct1994">{{cite magazine|date=October 1994|title=EGM's Hot Top Tens|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/1/1c/EGM_US_063.pdf|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|pages=48}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was the top-selling Game Gear game in April 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/df/CVG_UK_151.pdf |title=All the Charts on All the Formats |magazine=[[Computer & Video Games]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |issue=151 (June 1994) |date=15 May 1994 |pages=126–128}}</ref>

''[[GamePro]]'' named ''Disney's Aladdin'' the best Game Gear game at the 1994 [[Consumer Electronics Show]], remarking, "Gorgeous background graphics and detailed, quick-moving sprites make this a magical adventure, indeed."<ref name="gamepro57">{{cite magazine|title=CES Showstoppers|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=57|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=April 1994|pages=74–81}}</ref> Their subsequent review of the game was more critical. Though they maintained that the graphics are exceptionally good, they criticized the controls and the beginner-level challenge, commenting, "It would have been better to spend less money on the animated sequences and more on putting better game play into the cart."<ref name="gamepro58">{{cite magazine|title=ProReview: Disney's Aladdin|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=58|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=May 1994|page=128}}</ref> Four reviewers from ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' wrote reviews of the game, with Ed Semrad giving the game a 9/10 rating and the other three (Danyon Carpenter, Al Manuel, [[Sushi-X]]) giving it a 7/10 rating.<ref name="EGM">{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|title=Aladdin|page=40|issue=58|date=May 1994}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In 2013, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' listed the game as one of the 25 best [[handheld video game]]s made, arguing that it combines elements of two other [[List of Disney's Aladdin video games|''Disney's Aladdin'' video games]]: the [[Disney's Aladdin (Capcom video game)|Super Nintendo Entertainment System game]] and the [[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Genesis game]].<ref name="Complex">{{Cite web|title=The 25 Greatest Handheld Games of All Time|url=http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/the-25-greatest-handheld-games-of-all-time_560405/disneys-aladdin|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]| first=Rich |last=Knight|date=June 10, 2013 | accessdate=January 17, 2016}}</ref>

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==External links==
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