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Passagem Secreta Presents
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>>Rafael Fernandes: From the best games released for the Mega Drive,
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always enters in the list at least one of these two classics released in the early life of the console:
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Castle of Illusion, with Mickey,
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and QuackShot, with Donald Duck.
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These games are not only examples of how to do a good platform game,
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but also of how to use a license in a decent manner,
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which at that time was not a very common thing.
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However, there is another little known game that is also as good as these two,
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called World of Illusion, starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
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Developed by AM7,
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that is the subdivision of SEGA that made Streets of Rage, Golden Axe,
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the Shinobi series and these games from Disney,
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the game is a platform game that puts you in control of Donald or Mickey,
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and the story is roughly like this:
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while they were training for a magic show,
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Donald finds a mysterious curtain.
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While entering it to mess around,
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he ends up falling inside of it and disappearing.
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Mickey then goes right behind his friend,
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and so the two end up getting into another dimension.
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And then a mysterious voice challenges them to leave this place using their magical powers,
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then it is when the challenge begins.
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The game gives you the possibility to choose between Mickey or Donald,
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in single player mode.
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While the stages of both adventures are similar,
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there are some differences between them, such as this one in the third stage:
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Donald can not pass because he have a very large tail,
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then he has to go back and go over the place where Mickey went.
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The stages of Donald Duck are much harder,
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and the enemies are smarter and extra stages require a little more agility from the player,
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as you are seeing there.
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Even so, you can finish it with at least half an hour with each character,
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if you are very skilled.
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The controls are very simple: C jumps,
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B casts the magic spell, and A runs,
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an essential command for stages that sometimes get a little longer if you walk at normal speed.
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But there is no use in running like a maniac,
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since there are multiple enemies and platforms to jump over the stage.
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>>Donald Duck: Wow!
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>>Rafael Fernandes: Although it seems very short,
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I still need to talk about the two-player mode.
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When playing with a friend, the game expands,
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and there are a greater number of stages, which increases the difficulty to favour the exploration.
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Furthermore, the design of these stages change,
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so the players can help each other in a cooperative manner,
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like in this part where Mickey has to throw the rope to Donald climb,
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or in this one, when you have to pull Donald because of his fat tail.
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The experience becomes very fun and ideal for playing on the emulator online,
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since the game has a slower pace that favors the exploration and reasoning instead of action.
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The graphics are fantastic, in the level of previous games from SEGA.
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All sprites are well animated, and with an excellent level of detail.
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The only setback is that some scenarios seem to have the colors a bit washed out,
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but this can be easily compensated by the high level of detail that they have.
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Unfortunately, the slowdown is present at some times during the game,
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especially for two players,
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but it's nothing that comes to bother.
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The sound is also very good; There are only two voices in the game,
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when Mickey and Donald use their magic tricks.
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>>Mickey: Alakazam!
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>>Donald: Alakazam!
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>>Rafael Fernandes: The sound effects are quite common, and the songs are very inspired,
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easy to go around whistling the themes.
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Furthermore, World of Illusion could be considered a classic as much as QuackShot or Castle of Illusion,
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but unfortunately turned out to be overshadowed by other Mega Drive games that were released in the same year,
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like Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage.
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Despite being a bit short,
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the game entertains for several plays, even after finishing it.
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It is a game mostly recommended for children,
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because of its difficulty and the cooperative mode.
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