MionaAladdin was one of my favorite platformers in the Mega Drive days. The music certainly played a role in that. ☺️
🎶 Aladdin - Agrabah Market ~Prince Ali~
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Jordi (Tubal Hippy)That game was so good.
Ness@miona The music's interesting—It sounds like the MIDI files I'd expect to hear on a DOS computer
(I've never gotten far on Aladdin, so no comment there
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(I've never gotten far on Aladdin, so no comment there
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JTO is Typing@EscGoat @miona Aladdin would have been made after GEMS was created to allow for MIDI instruments to be used more directly. Game Soundtrack Channel did a video on GEMS.
How to make Sega Genesis music (in 1994)
@JTO_is_Typing Thanks! That was really enlightening. Funny that it does run on DOS. X)
I wasn't aware of software at that time that could bridge the gap so nicely between MIDI and Genesis. Sounds like it made things a lot more accessible to many more composers
@miona Rug Ride was almost as big of a show stopper for me as the barrel in Sonic 3. What I remember musically, though, was before you even entered the Cave of Wonders, you learn that they put "Prince Ali" too early in the game, since you hear "One Jump Ahead" on the return to Agrabah Market. But, an excerpt of "Prince Ali" works well for the level complete screen, so they needed to introduce it earlier.
https://vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Disney%27s_Aladdin_(GEN)