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{{short description|1993 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Land of Illusion<br>Starring Mickey Mouse
| image = Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse Coverart.png
| caption = Master System cover art
| developer = [[Sega]]
| publisher = Sega
| director = Yoshio Yoshida
| producer = Patrick Gilmore
| designer = Yoshio Yoshida<br>Go Sugai
| programmer = Takashi Shoji
| composer = Tomonori Sawada<br>Keisuke Tsukahara<br>Izuho Numata
| artist = Gen Adachi<br>Takako Kawaguchi<br>Ihsakat Emuk
| series = ''[[Illusion (series)|Illusion]]''
| released = {{collapsible list
 | title = 1993
 | '''Master System'''{{vgrelease|EU|April 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=Prodates |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/SegaPro_UK_19.pdf|work=[[Sega Pro]]|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|accessdate=24 September 2024 |date=May 1993 |page=18}}</ref>|BR|1994}}
'''Game Gear'''{{vgrelease|JP|March 26, 1993|NA|March 1993|EU|1993}}
 }}
| genre = [[Platform game|Platformer]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Game Gear]], [[Master System]]
}}'''''Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse''''', released in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Mickey Mouse no Mahō no Crystal'''''|ミッキーマウスの魔法のクリスタル}} and in Brazil as '''''Land of Illusion Estrelando Mickey Mouse''''', is a [[platform game]] developed and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Master System]] and [[Game Gear]].

==Plot==
When starting up the game, a short movie is shown. Mickey falls asleep with a book of fairy tales in his lap, later he wakes up in a strange village. A girl (looking like [[Daisy Duck]]) comes up to him asking him for help. She says the village's magic crystal' has been stolen by an evil [[The Chronicles of Prydain#Characters|Phantom]]. As a result, the beautiful happiness in her village has been replaced with sadness. Deciding to help the villagers, Mickey sets out to the North Mountains, to find the Princess who knows how to reach the Phantom's Castle in the Clouds.

The game's story has no direct connections to either its predecessor, ''[[Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse|Castle of Illusion]]'', or its sequel, ''[[World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck|World of Illusion]]''.

==Gameplay==
''Land of Illusion'' is a typical [[platform game]], with the player [[Side-scrolling video game|sidescrolling]] his way through 14 stages, trying to retrieve the crystal to the villagers. Mickey can attack his enemies by picking up an item (such as a stone block) and throwing it at his enemies, or he can jump at them in a sitting pose. The stages consist of the Forest, Lake, Blacksmith's Castle, Castle Ruins, Tiny Cavern, Flower Field, Toy Workshop, Palace Ruins, Craggy Cliff, Desert, Good Princess's Castle, Sand Castle, Island, and the Phantom's Castle.

Throughout the game, the player can pick up items that imbue Mickey with new abilities, such as a rope for climbing up walls or a potion that can make Mickey shrink in size. Furthermore, the player can then return to previous levels and utilize these items to gain access to previously inaccessible areas.

Mickey begins the game with two power stars indicating how many hits he can take by enemies. Power stars can be collected throughout the game to give Mickey more health to a maximum of 5. However, there is one power star on every level making 14 in total. Each star collected after collecting 5 gives full health and an extra try. Most of them are in inaccessible areas which require many of the special items collected throughout the game. Upon completion of the game, the number of stars the player collects is tallied. Collecting all 14 stars gives a special score bonus.

==Characters==
Several well-known Disney characters appear in the game:
*[[Mickey Mouse]] – The main character of the game.
*[[The Chronicles of Prydain#Characters|Phantom]] – The antagonist of the game. He is the same Horned King who appears in the Disney animated film, ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' and the ''[[House of Mouse]]'', but is colored differently.
*[[Daisy Duck]] – A villager who asks for Mickey's help saving the village.
*[[Goofy]] – A toymaker.
*[[Horace Horsecollar]] – The blacksmith.
*[[Minnie Mouse]] – The princess and continued love interest of Mickey.
*[[Donald Duck]] – The king.

==Reception==
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{{Video game reviews
<!-- Platforms -->| SGG = true
| SMS = true
| na = true
<!-- Reviewers -->| EGM_SMS = –
| EGM_SGG = 32/40
| rev1 = ''[[Sega Master Force]]''
| rev1_SMS = 92%<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sega Master Force Issue 2 |url=http://www.smspower.org/Scans/SegaMasterForce-Magazine-Issue2?gallerypage=11 |magazine=[[Sega Force#Sega Master Force|Sega Master Force]] |location=[[Ludlow]] |publisher=[[Europress#Europress Impact|Impact Magazines]] |date=September 1993 |volume=1 |number=2 |page=11 |accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
| rev1_SGG = 89%<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sega Master Force Issue 1 |url=http://www.smspower.org/Scans/SegaMasterForce-Magazine-Issue1?gallerypage=37 |magazine=[[Sega Force#Sega Master Force|Sega Master Force]] |location=[[Ludlow]] |publisher=[[Europress#Europress Impact|Impact Magazines]] |date=August 1993 |volume=1 |number=1 |page=37 |accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
| award1Pub = ''[[Ação Games]]''<ref name="Mickey2Acao">{{cite magazine |date=April 1993 |title=Ação Games, Volume 1 |url=https://issuu.com/marcosschneider/docs/a____o_games_32_-_abril_1993 |journal=[[Ação Games]] |issue=32 |page=30 |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref>
| award1 = The Best of No 1
| rev2 = [[Mega Zone]]
| rev2_SGG = 92%<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Waring |first=Adam |date=July 1993 |title=Mickey Mouse 2 Land of Illusion Review |url=https://archive.org/details/megazoneau29/page/n33/mode/2up |journal=[[Mega Zone]] |issue=29 |pages=34–35}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Nottingham Post]]
| rev3_SGG = 88%<ref>{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Fountain|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111838725/evening-post/|title=Now you get it on CD|newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]]|page=10|date=July 7, 1993|accessdate=October 23, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}

The game was generally well received by critics. [[Nottingham Post]] gave the Game Gear version 88% commenting: "The graphics are cute and the game is straightforward and challenging enough to appeal to just about anybody."<ref>{{cite web |last=Fountain |first=Steve |date=July 7, 1993 |title=Now you get it on CD |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111838725/evening-post/ |accessdate=October 23, 2022 |page=10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Disney video games]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/land-of-illusion-starring-mickey-mouse}}
*[http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Sega_Master_System//Manual/formated/Land_of_Illusion_starring_Mickey_Mouse_-_1992_-_Sega.pdf ''Land of Illusion'' Manual]

{{Illusion series}}
{{Mickey Mouse games}}

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[[Category:Video games about dreams]]
[[Category:Fantasy video games]]
[[Category:Video games about magic]]
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[[Category:Side-scrolling platformers]]
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[[Category:Video games scored by Tomonori Sawada]]
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