The idea of Mickey Mouse walking around with a minigun is so funny.

Mickey: "Hiya there pal! Let's rip and tear some demons! Oh boy!"

"I sent Disney a demo with Mickey shooting a minigun to shock the execs" "This game was canceled for some reason" 🤔🤔🤔 I'm just kidding Jon. I love this! Great behind the scenes look.

Fascinating, this kinda feels like showing off one of those defunct Disneyland attractions. That empty part where the stampede was supposed to be especially, like the animatronics that were meant to be there were scrapped a long time ago.

DooMickey is amazing, love the facial expressions :D

the "doom mickey" looks exactly like the mods we played back then. i had simpsons, barney, zombies, aliens, and various disney theme ones. these mods would completely change texture files and sounds to make the game look like a completely different game with the doom map layout

Out of curiosity, would Mickey Mania 2 have been released before the PS1 port of the original? Was the PS1 version released in lieu of the cancellation of the sequel? Just seems odd Sony gave it completely diferent title.

The fact that there was a planned sequel to Mickey Mania that never came to fruition keeps me up at night. What a legendary opportunity missed. Love your work, sir. Thank you!

developers then: developers now: use a 3D engine plus a gazillion shaders then put a pixelate effect on top to make a retro looking game

Pigsy's Retro Game Dev Tutorials is working on a port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the Sega Genesis. His progress so far is quite remarkable.

Can’t say I’m surprised the DOOM tribute was rejected. They still don’t want characters like Mickey Mouse in fighting games which is why Dissidia, which was intended to be Kingdom Hearts game, was changed to be a Final Fantasy one and why Sora didn’t have any references to the Disney characters sans the Kingdom Key when he was included in Smash Ultimate. Even Epic Mickey was toned down from its initial darker tone to fit more with Disney’s mandates

Video title: "Dark Secrets of Cancelled Mickey Game - Why did Disn..." Video thumbnail: Doom engine looking game with Mickey Mouse shooting the gatling gun at Pete Me: Indeed, I wonder why they cancelled it? 🤔

Nice to see this in fully! Micky Mania 2 would have been a lovely addition to the Mega Drive library.

Challenge: Name a Travelers Tales game for the genesis that doesn't have the Toy Story skew effect or the tile rotation effect

That firefly thing sounds like a Donkey Kong Country-style hazard. Like, these bugs follow you around, steadily growing angrier while there's no light source on the screen, and if they get mad enough they swarm and attack you.

This is insane, love how you got the water outside the windows for free (a sentence that doesn't make sense in any other context).

Hi Jon. Do you have a build of MM with my original soundtrack? The one before Disney asked for it to sound "more organic"?

Mickey Mania, The Illusion series, Magical Quest, we're sorely missing some Mickey Mouse platformers nowadays.

Wow, it's been a while since you last made a video. I hope everything is ok.

I absolutely love that you totally copied the Doom UI down to the changing facial expressions and stuff. So hilarious and wonderful

Such a shame it was cancelled. Would have loved to have seen both levels fully finished. Love all the little details you put into your games, such as the fireflies. Thanks for sharing.

I really love that trick of the floor scrolling, it just begs to be used in more games!

lost disney game media shared by a developer. such a treat

wow that level was amazingly well designed! that would have been a fun game! are the rights such that you can change the character and release your own version?

I love seeing this stuff. You guys really pulled off amazing effects rarely seen in games on the genesis. I wish Disney would do a rerelease of Mickey Mania and Toy Story similar to the Aladdin/Lions King games. (Throw Pocahontas on there too!)

I would love to see a remake of these games, they would not only look great but they could do so much with Mickey's history nowadays

Rare: We shocked Nintendo by giving Donkey Kong a shotgun. Jon: Amateurs...

While it's generally accepted that the SNES was more powerful than the Megadrive, clever developers did some really cool things with the hardware.

5 month no new content ... can't wait to see more - these videos are pure gold! keep them coming :)

Please upload another episode soon. Its really fun to hear how these games are made and all the smart tricks that push the games graphics beyond the limits.

Pete: * antagonizes Mickey.* Mickey: * pulls out gun.*

Irregardless of how some Traveller's Tales were reviews there was no denying that the technical mastery in each of them is nothing short of amazing. It's also amazing that you've hung onto all of these old builds. If you haver anything kicking around for the planned A Bug's Life Saturn port I would love to see even a rough build.

Hey pal, I hope you're well. It would be great to see new uploads from yourself.

Missed opportunity to have Mickey carrying a "Minney" Gun

The trick to get the color fade for the 3d lines is brilliant!

Nooo! Why did you stop uploading? I really like these videos!

Surely Mickey is holding a "Minnie" gun :P

I wonder when this channel is gonna come back

mickey doom is the future we needed

Everything you’ve done whether ‘normal’ techniques or the exceptional limit pushing ideas hasn’t ever seem to have compromised the frame rate which is really impressive and commendable. I feel like many devs just don’t care about that aspect enough!

I hope all is well, been quite a few months since this video, looking forward to the next Coding Secrets video!

Awesome video! I'm subscribing now, and it's nice to hear from someone who was actually coding for the 16 bit systems. I still love those systems today.

You know if the assest are still around, you can make "Mickey Mania 2" from scratch. With help from fans, and maybe have Minnie as a secondary playable,optional character too.

Missing coding secrets! Hopefully one day you can release more content!

Who did the art work? It’s amazing. Can you do an interview with the guy or gal or who did and ask them techniques and software please? X

Super cool. Mickey Mania 2 was a missed opportunity. That sidescroling level looks even better than Toy Story level you did (though that was cool too). That doom level though, oh how I want a Disney x Doom game now!

I like how Mickey comes complete with the "Mean-mugging Doomguy faces"

Amazing! That reminds me. Back in the 90s I replaced the baron from hell with Aladdin. He came out good. He was throwing Abu to defeat the player. Which was Lemming.

Now that the original Mickey Mouse is public domain, you should make a Mickey FPS.

Watching these videos makes me sad that Jon Burton and his team didn't put this amount of effort into the Skywalker Saga.

I would really like to know how that impressive swinging rope effect works, it looks so smooth! I have an idea of how it'd work but it'd be great to hear it from the source

Its so facinating to watch someone go into such detail about a game they worked on.

I really wish I could see Disney's reaction to your demo. Great and hilarious video man

I'm not a programmer, but I absolutely love your channel. The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness top level programmers employ is truly impressive and up there with the most remarkable engineering achievements in the physical world. My hat is off to you and your cohorts.

Toy Story is a core memory of my childhood; Thank you.

Can’t imagine why Disney didn’t want a Doom clone starring Mickey. 🧐

It would be cool if all of these fun effects were present in Sonic 3. I think it would fit well there!

Man, Mickey Mania looks neat. What could have been... Say Mr. Burton, could you give us some secrets on your 3D games? I’d love to see some of your secrets on A Bug’s Life. I love that game.

Oh, that's awesome, you basically did the PS1 Megaman X style tilted perspective floor sprites, but then had them skew. The spiral stair stages in the X games really could have benefitted from that trick. What you had was basically a whole console generation of 2D graphic design ahead of its time.

Puggsy was one of my favourite games on Amiga growing up, I was always fascinated by the unexpected depth and cleverness (especially in the world of platformers!) of the object interaction system, I would love to learn more about how it was implemented and especially if those act/react triggers were hardcoded in each level or if you had implemented some sort of scripting system for the trigger logic.

Do you plan on making a Toy Story Directors Cut

That's a lot of work you've showcased!! :D Thanks for sharing!! It all looked awesome!! :) The fireflies were a great touch!!! Thanks again for another terrific video!

I have loved your videos for a long time, just as someone who enjoys video game history. I am not the biggest retro-gamer, but, I do appreciate learning about how systems were pushed to their limits. My son has actually started learning to code for the purpose of making video games. He has enjoyed games since he was little, and now wants to start making his own. I have introduced him to your channel, and I can see gears turning in his head while he watches your videos. Great content. Much appreciated from the casual viewer, such as myself, and the potential future game developer, such as my son!

With so many new Mega Drive games being released nowadays it would be great to see you raising funds with a Kickstarter for finishing this game or just creating something new.

the shading used for the ceiling and the floor actually ends up being seen in Toy Story as well, as the hole you discard the aliens into is massive, allowing you to see the shading mixed with the graphic of the aliens that are already inside the machine

There is an in-progress Genesis port of 8-Bit Guy's Attack of PetSCII Robots. It would be extremely interesting to see a live code review of that project. With the original author's permission of course. Kind of like how John Carmack used to do live code reviews for VR projects to help people write better games.

What you did with the holes in 3:20 is amazing, especially the central touch with the water!

More content!

In the first toon, in the first filmstrip, when the cartoons first lengthened, one stood. He chose the path of perpetual brand recognition. In his ravenous expansion, he found no equal, and with boiling blood, he scoured the legal fields, seeking vengeance against the copyright infringers who had wronged him. And those that tasted the bite of his Keyblade named him…the Goof Slayer.

Absolutely love this channel. I love "tricks" and things you've come up with to do truly amazing graphics. Really nice.

The level transition is fantastic!!

The fireflies are so cool looking, and adds a lot to the atmosphere

That floor ceiling effect is so cool… it’s also interesting how much particle and pixel related effects you can achieve on a megadrive… little clever piece of hardware

What could've been... "Thanks" to the suits who deprived us of Mickey Mania 2...

Hey Mr. Burton! I'm a big fan of your channel, but I've been thinking about Sonic 3D Blast recently, and I have some questions that I was wondering if you could answer... Firstly, do you know if the Sonic model used in 3D Blast was also used in Sonic Blast for the Game Gear? And secondly, do you still have that Sonic model saved anywhere?

The Wolfenstein level with Mickey wielding a chainsaw won't stop being funny. I can imagine Disney sending back a suggestion to turn the chain gun into a key gun. Speaking of funny, those old school movie posters advertising that they're in "shocking black and white!" are just amazing. Clearly Disney had a sense of humor about their lack of color at the time.

"I sent a video of Mickey Mouse with a minigun to Disney" 😂😂😂

Pete running for his life in that thumbnail.

Congratulations for the 100.000 subscribers

what happened to this channel, it was allways very Informative, is it now dead

Hey, Jon! Can you do a video on The Lawnmower Man for Genesis? There's a bunch of cool effects and I'd love to see you figure out how those effects work.

Bummer this title was cancelled. So many fascinating ideas within the demos. I wonder if someday it could be released.

The fireflies remind me of Castlevania Rondo of Blood. There is a stage where flying insects (moths?) cluster around lights and items but when there are none on the screen they cluster around you. Was pretty impressive for an 8-bit console.

That's actually really cool that they based this level on such an old Mickey cartoon short.

Perhaps if you designed the hud and the gun in the 3d part differently, more in the mickey mouse setting, some more 2d billboard props to warm the room up, it would get a different reaction at disney instead of pouring a doom sauce on it haha.

That could be a very epic game tho Imagine shooting people as Mickey mouse

Taking apart that floor graphic to make it that 3D is impressive skills, man! You should work for Disney! I don't know much about this stuff actually, but it impressed me. Can't help ya with Disney, I'm afraid.

Given how Zero Tolerance performs on the genesis as a shipping rom, the performance on your Disney DOOM segment is incredible. Even better than what we got from the actual DOOM for 32x.

Brutal Mickey Mouse WAD when?

Would love to hear explanation on rights for something like this. I'm sure it falls under Fair Use, but were there terms in the contract you had with Disney that you couldn't share any info on the game you worked on for 20 years or something like that? Really fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.

The Only Thing They Fear Is Disney’s Legal Team.

You're a better man than I, Gunga Din. If I had the skills you had, I would've lied and said that the gattling gun was in there from the start, and that it was brought in by one of the devs one day and that's how the game got cancelled.

Imagining disney executives play doom with their beloved family friendly™ mascot is tok funny to me

I know Jon Burton is retired, but how cool would it be, now with new Mega Drive games being made with SGDK, if he teamed up with some other legends (I'm thinking Yuzo Koshiro or people from Treasure) to make the DEFINITIVE Mega Drive game. If I ever win the lottery, I'm sure I will try to hire him to do something 😂

WHAT?! This is the most unexpected thing I've seen this year.

The effect of colors and background appearing at the start of the stage really impressed me. It is a shame this game was not made, I love mickey mania.

This DᵒᵒM demo should've been based on A Goofy Movie, because that film had so many guns in it.

Always love your MegaDrive videos...its a damn shame you arent still making MegaDrive games as an Indie Dev because, while Mickey Mania 2 might be 25 years old, it really is a stand-out work for the console. Thanks Brother!

Now chaingun Mickey in Doom Eternal needs to be a thing.

You are so talented. I love this content so much. Thank you for all the fun games that made my childhood!