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Video Tutorial

Why run Aladdin (GEN)?

• Sub 30-minute run, with WR in the 10:xx
• 3 difficulty settings
• Any% and all stages categoriesVirtually no RNG involved (Genie balloons RNG Inside the Lamp)
• Great pixel art and animation
• Access to licensed Disney music
• A break after the half-mark of the run with the Rug Ride (any% only)
• Variety of button inputs and actions needed
• Each stage feels significant
• Good difficulty scaling
• Affinity with retro, Sega, 16bit, Genesis and Disney subgroup communities
• Appearance at AGDQ 2011, SGDQ 2014, AGDQ 2021, and Blast the Process 4 (2020) marathons

Basic

Aladdin

• HP: 9 hits
• Takes 1 damage from enemies and non-lethal hazards
• Instantly killed by bottomless pits, water, lava, and boulders
• Zero counts as a life

Movement

• Sliding is faster than running
• Variable speed and x-value and y-value for jumps

Scimitar

• You can slash or thrust to receive items increasing horizontal and vertical reach
• Slashes and thrusts can be deflected by certain enemies
• Slashes can be used to grab cancel
• Jump slash can be used to grab Genie balloons early (Inside the Lamp)
• Slashes have invincibility frames that let you by pass hazards (ie: wrecking balls, spikes)

Apples

• Apples are a projectile that arcs and have limited distance
• Apples are a finite resource
• Apple count carries between levels
• Apple throwing has faster animation than slashing
• Apple count returns to 5, 10, or 15 based on difficulty level after dying

Speed Tech

• Slide - release forward after 2 cycle of run animation to slide forward, use whenever possible
• Screen scroll - press up or down while stationary
• Grab cancel - slash sword while falling or jumping to cancel grabbing
• Apple toss - projectile, primary method of damaging bosses except Shiva-Monkey
• Slide jump - slide into jump
• Short hop - light press of jump (can be used while running)
• Sword jump - extend horizontal jump (Dungeon yoku blocks)
• Sword i-frames - slash to avoid hazards
• Sword grab - extend reach to grab items using scimitar and balloons (Inside the lamp)
• Rope quick grab - fall or jump onto magic rope (Rooftop)
• Palace guard hitbox dodge - hitbox is only around palace guard (pole and scimitar) weapons
• Fast climb - jumping up ropes
• Camel superjump - press jump and slash on camels to get extra height (Agrabah streets)
• Flagpole superjump - fall and press dash and slash on flagpole to get extra height (Rooftop)
• Flagpole slashbounce - press jump and slash flagpole to get increased vertical and horizontal velocity (Rooftop)
• Genie superjump - press jump off a Genie head to get extra height (Lamp)
• Genie quick flick - slash a genie hand to get flicked early (Lamp)
• Flamingo walk-off - walk off of flamingo to quickly reach next platform
• Bonus Jafar - land Jafar to end bonus game

Stages

1 Agrabah Market

• Camal skip (major): perform a camel superjump to bypass genie token and grab rope
• Falling platform walk-off: land on left side of first falling platform to walkoff to second platform

2 Desert

• Palm trees: jump off of skeletons skip first palm tree to quickly traverse palm trees
• Wide jump: after the first palm trees, jump to the tunnel without touching another platform
• Early palm tree jump: jump off the first palm tree (after the tunnel) to reach the top platform early
• Scarab grab (method 1): perform a crouching thrust to grab second scarab through wall
• Scarab grab (method 2): stand close to the wall and throw apples to grab the second scarab through the wall

3 Agrabah Rooftop

• Flagpole skip (major): perform a flagpole superjump to skip large portion of stage
• Rope quick grab: fall off platform to quickly grab rope
• Gap Slide Jump: slide jump across gap without grabbing onto the long vertical wooden pole
• Swagpole 1: flagpole slashbounce after knife juggler to bypass rope
• Swagpole 2: flagpole slashbounce to reach to reach platform
• Double apple: hit Razoul with 2 apples each jump

4 Sultan's Dungeon

• Sword Jump: sword hop from second yoku block to wooden platform
• Yoku cycle 1: screenscroll up to make it onto both platforms during single cycle
• Gap short hop: jump past gap following swinging iron balls
• Yoku cycle 2 (major): screenscroll to make it to both platforms to quickly reach top platform
• Magic platform 2 (major): jump slash to reach the second to last rope early
• *Hint: watch for cycles for yoku blocks on this stage

5 Cave of Wonders

• Platform quick raises: land jumps on raising platforms in one try
• Rope regrab: regrab rope after hitting final Shiva Monkey statue
• Boss quick hits: damage as soon as hitbox is available
• Boss skip (difficult only, major): with 2 HP, get hit by boss when first appears to skip boss
• Carpet skip: jump off carpet following bossfight to get to horizontal platform
• Water skip (major): jump off horizontal platform to reach final climb
• Final climb: make cycles on all moving platforms

6 The Escape

• Genie token skip 1: short hop to jump below genie token but reach platform
• Platform walk-off: walkoff first platform to reach sinking foothold
• Grab cancel: grab cancel off of final jump in second lava section to avoid grabbing onto upper platform
• Long jump: slide jump to reach tunnel before final lava section
• Short hop: Short hop to avoid genie token off of first sinking foothold in final lava section

7 Rug Ride

• Quick finish (major): die 3 times and skip level

8 Inside the Lamp

• Genie superjump (major): perform a genie superjump before A column to skip vertical jumping section
• Sword grab RNG: scroll screen right, return to cushion 3 and perform a sword grab to quickly grab a low balloon
• Genie quick flick 1: perform a genie quick flick to quickly scale 3 genie flick vertical section
• Genie hand walk-offs 1: walk off genie hands to reach next platforms
• Genie hand jump off: jump off of first large genie hand to land on genie head
• Genie hand walk-off 2: walk off genie hands to reach next platform before final Genie quick flick 2
• Genie quick flick 2 (major): perform a genie quick flick to land on column before end of level

9 Sultan's Palance

• Flamingo walk-off 1: first flamingo
• Flamingo walk-off 2: second flamingo
• Flamingo walk-off 3: fourth flamingo
• Flamingo walk-off 4: fifth flamingo
• Flamingo walk-off 5: sixth flamingo
• Flamingo walk-off 6: eighth flamingo
• Rope quick grab: delay jump ump off of carpet onto first vertical rope
• Balcony walk-off: walk off of balcony instead of jumping onto second carpet
• Palace/Iago skip (major): jump slash off the second carpet to skip palace floor
• Rope skip: fall on the left side of the final rope
• Barrel jump: jump to barrel to reach platform behind Iago

10 Jafar's Palace:

• Fast fall: fall without landing on platforms on first vertical section
• Carpet walk-on: walk off the first platform before the Genie Jar to ride the first carpet (it looks like you will fall but you won't)
• Carpet early jump-off: jump off of carpet early to reach platform with Palace Guard (knives)
• Fast fall 2: fall without grabbing rope on last rope
• Carpet walk-on 2: walk onto last carpet without jumping
• Carpet early jump-off 2: jump off of carpet early onto final pillar before Jafar
• Apple snipes: throw apples off of pillar to hit Jafar (up to 3)

Difficulty differences

Practice

• Start with 5 lives
• Start with 15 apples
• Heart heals 3

Enemies

• Palace Guard (Scimitar) and Palace Guard (Pole) take 1 scimitar hit

Cave of Wonders

• No fish
• No boss skip

Inside the Lamp

• Genie hands always platform

Sultan's Palace

• No fish

Normal

• Start with 3 lives
• Start with 10 apples
• Heart heals 2

Enemies

• Palace Guard (Scimitar) and Palace Guard (Pole) take 2 scimitar hits

Cave of Wonders

• Fish enemies present
• Boss skip present

Inside the Lamp

• Genie hands alternate sizes

Sultan's Palace

• Fish enemies present

Difficult

• Start with 2 lives
• Start with 5 apples
• Heart heals 1

Enemies

• Palace Guard (Scimitar) and Palace Guard (Pole) take 2 scimitar hits

Cave of Wonders

• Fish enemies present
• Boss skip present

Inside the Lamp

• Genie hands alternate sizes

Sultan's Palace

• Fish enemies present

Tips

• Slide whenever possible
• Jumping is slow for horizontal movement
• Jump to climb faster vertically
• Most important tricks are Camel skip (stage 1), Flagpole skip (stage 3), and Palace skip (stage 9)
• Route to avoid Genie tokens
• Enter final boss with at least 32 apples
• Watch your HP

#Enemies Order of appearance

Palace Guard (Pole)

• Stage: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Normal: 2 hits (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 2 hits (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Notes: Can deflect scimitar hits

Palace Guard (Scimitar)

• Stage: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 hits (camel spit)
• Normal: 2 hits (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 hits (camel spit)
• Difficult: 2 hits (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 hits (camel spit)
• Notes: Can deflect scimitar hits

Knife Juggler

• Stage: 1, 3, 4
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 deflects
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 deflects
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple), 2 deflects
• Notes: Can slice apples

Palace Guard (Knife)

• Stage: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple), 1 hit (camel spit), 1 deflect
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple), 1 hit (camel spit), 1 deflect
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple) 1 hit (camel spit), 1 deflect
• Notes: Apple can whiff and lower pants, can slice apples

Pot Thrower

• Stage: 1, 3
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)

Basket Thief

• Stage: 1, 3
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar). 2 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Notes: Steals apples, cannot damage

Rolly Snake

• Stage: 2
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 3 hits (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 3 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 3 hits (apple)

Iago's Cousin (Flying)

• Stage: 2, 3, 9, 10
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Notes: Always respawns, appears on horizontal ropes and carpet rides

Snake Charmer

• Stage: 3
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)

Bat

• Stage: 4, 5, 6
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar). 1 hit (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar). 1 hit (apple)
• Notes: Hangs from ceilings, will respawn if killed by apples

Exploding Skeleton

• Stage: 4
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Notes: Must be killed quickly or self-destructs

Fish

• Stage: 5, 9
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple), 1 deflect
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple), 1 deflect
• Notes: Jumps from water, shoots projectiles

Shiva Statue

• Stage: 5, 10
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 2 hits (apple)
• Notes: Must be facing away to make hurtbox appear

Ghost Turban

• Stage: 5, 9
• Practice: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Normal: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)
• Difficult: 1 hit (scimitar), 1 hit (apple)

Bosses

Gazeem

• Stage: 3
• Practice: 11 hits (scimitar), 11 hits (apple)
• Normal: 11 hits (scimitar), 11 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 11 hits (scimitar), 11 hits (apple)
• Moveset: Roll, knife toss

Razoul

• Stage: 3
• Practice: 10 hits (apple)
• Normal: 10 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 10 hits (apple)
• Moveset: Barrel roll, knife toss
• Notes: Can be hit twice with single jump

Shiva Monkey

• Stage: 5
• Practice: 10 hits (scimitar)
• Normal: 10 hits (scimitar)
• Difficult: 10 hits (scimitar)
• Moveset: Teleport, fireball, helicopter scimitar

Iago

• Stage: 9
• Practice: 11 hits (apple)
• Normal: 11 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 11 hits (apple)
• Movement: Lightning (summons Ghost Turbans)

Jafar (Human)

• Stage: 10
• Practice: 11 hits (apple)
• Normal: 11 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 11 hits (apple)
• Moveset: Magnet staff

Jafar (Snake)

• Stage: 10
• Practice: 21 hits (apple)
• Normal: 21 hits (apple)
• Difficult: 21 hits (apple)
• Moveset: Surface fires

Softlocks

Sultan's Dungeon

• Yoku block can disappear after Exploding skeleton and Genie bottle (cause unknown)

Jafar's Palace

• Snake Jafar can despawn if killed too quickly (cause unknown)

Misc.

The Desert

• If you go to the first tree and move all the way left, a 1-up will appear in the middle of the 4 apples
• Underneath the clothesline, if Aladdin's idle animation lines up so it looks like he is wearing the Mickey hat a 1-up will appear