World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Also known as: I Love Mickey & Donald: Fushigi na Magic Box (JP) Developer: Sega Publishers: Sega (JP/US/EU), Tec Toy (BR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: December 18, 1992 Released in US: December 17, 1992 Released in EU: December 19, 1992 Released in BR: 1992 This game has unused areas. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

World of Illusion is the third game in Sega's Illusion series. Notable for having three unique sections in each round depending on whether you're Mickey, Donald, or playing in a two-player co-op game.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Area

A small chunk of the first area of Round 2-M (to the right of the cavern entrance) is unused. This section was used in the prototype before ultimately being discarded.

Unused Graphics

Graphics	Address	Comments
	0x02F656	A just-in-case placeholder image that would be used for unfinished picture book cutscenes.
	0x0A911C	Text for a Character Select that uses the same font style as the Password and Continue options in the Game Over screen.
	0x0BA160	Graphics for an unused enemy, the King of Hearts carrying his head around in a picture frame. This is loaded in the intro section of Round 5-M, which has no enemies whatsoever.
	0x0BAB02	A smaller version of the rolling rocks found in Round 2-M. These might have been used in the crushing ceiling section of that round.
	0x0BDF94	An alternate Spade-suited version of the Heart card enemies. This is used just once in the prototype, but is completely unused in the final version.
	0x0D9174	A button label for a "Magic" action. This was used in the prototype, but it's replaced by a more useful "Run" button in the final game.

Mickey's hurt animation is five frames long, but only three frames are used in the final game.

Used	Full

Maybe these frames weren't used because of how goofy they look? That's lower case 'g' goofy, by the way.

Used	Full

The Round 3 boss, Glut, is below the floorboards most of the time, so his bottom half is hidden from view.

Unused Text

All four magic spells have earlier texts in the ROM. These earlier drafts use the in-level dialogue tileset, and as such are in all-caps.

Address	Text (Early)	Text (Final)
0x02F85F	“ IF YOU SAY THE MAGIC WORD, ’ALAKAZAM’ AND PRESS A BUTTON, A FLYING CARPET WILL APPEAR. IT IS EASY TO CONTROL: HOLD DOWN THE C BUTTON TO FLYING UP. IF YOU DON'T PRESS THE C BUTTON, YOUR CARPET WILL COME BACK TO THE GROUND.”	“If you say the magic word, ’ALAKAZAM’, and then press any one of the buttons, a flying carpet will appear. To control the carpet, hold down the JUMP button to fly up. If JUMP is not pressed, the carpet will descend. Use the direction pad to control your movement.”
0x02F9C1	“ IF YOU SAY THE MAGIC WORD, ’ALAKAZAM’ AND PRESS A BUTTON, A MAGIC BUBBLE WILL APPEAR. IT IS EASY TO CONTROL: HOLD DOWN THE C BUTTON TO FLOAT UP WHERE YOU ARE IN WATER, AND USE THE D BUTTON TO CONTROL YOUR DIRECTION. IF YOU DON'T PRESS C BUTTON, YOU AND YOUR BUBBLE WILL SINK DOWN.”	“If you say the magic word, ’ALAKAZAM’, and then press any one of the buttons, a magic bubble will appear. To control the bubble, hold down the JUMP button to float up, and use the direction pad to control your movement. If JUMP is not pressed, the bubble will sink.”
0x02FBB3	“SAY ’ALAKAZAM’ AND PRESS THE A BUTTON, THEN YOU CAN WARP TO ANOTHER BOX.”	“If you say ’ALAKAZAM’, and then press any one of the buttons, you'll be transported to another box.”
0x2FC99	“IF YOU SAY THE MAGIC WORD ’ALAKAZAM’ AND PRESS THE A BUTTON, YOU CAN COMMAND CARDS."	“If you say ’ALAKAZAM’, and then press any one of the buttons, you'll be able to command cards.”

In-Level (0x02FC47)	Cutscene (0x02F44E)
“----SO, WITH THIS MAGIC WE CAN CONTROL THE SCARF WITH OUR MAGIC WAND.”	“. . . So, with this magic we can control the scarf with our magic wand.”

This out of place dialogue doesn't appear in an in-level dialogue box or in a cutscene, though it's formatted for both. There aren't any scarves or magic wands in this game.

Level Selects

Code for a round select and a stage select still exists in the game, and can be enabled with the use of Game Genie codes.

Round Select

Enable one of the below codes (depending on region), then press C to play a specific track in the sound test (listed below), then press Start to go to the corresponding round. Note that playing a sound test entry higher than 6 will crash the game.

US	Europe
9AST-FCS0 02ST-FHH2	9AST-FCSW 02ST-FHHY

Sound Test Entry	Round Number
1 or 2	1
3	2
4	3
5	4
6	5

Stage Select

Enable one of the below codes (depending on region), then highlight Controller and press Right. Every time Right is pressed, a beep will be heard, and the number of times Right is pressed denotes the stage to go to. Press Start to go to the chosen stage.

US	Europe
52JA-F96E AJST-EA96 REJT-E6WT	52JA-F96A AJST-EA92 REJT-E6WN

Master Code

If a red screen appears while any of the above codes are enabled, enable one of the below codes (depending on region) to fix it:

US	Europe
RYCA-A61A	RYCA-A606

(Source: Original TCRF research)

(Source: Tony H (EU codes))

Regional Differences

International	Japan

The layout for the first candy level was changed in the Japanese version, with the most noticeable change being the additional wafer platforms in place of the much easier cake platforms. The circular biscuits don't drop in the Japanese version, but in the International version they drop shortly after Mickey touches them.