==================================================================== The FAQ/WALKTHROUGH for CASTLE OF ILLUSION, v0.9 Based on the Sega Master System version Written and maintained by Torro (aka SubSane) Last Updated August 26, 2004 ==================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Game Details 1.2 Story 2.0 BASICS 2.1 Game Start 2.2 Status Screen 2.3 Controls 2.4 Items 3.0 WALKTHROUGH 3.1 The Woods 3.2 Toy Land 3.3 Candy Land 3.4 Giant's Den 3.5 Clock Tower 3.6 Witch Tower 4.0 CODES & SECRETS 5.0 LEGAL / MISC. 5.1 Version History 5.2 Guide Credits 5.3 Contact Information 5.4 Legal Stuff ==================================================================== ===== 1.0 INTRODUCTION ============================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Game Details -------------------------------------------------------------------- Developed and released by the Walt Disney Company and Sega. Released in 1990. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 Story -------------------------------------------------------------------- Once upon a mouse... Welcome to Vera City, where life is joyful, and everyone lives in peace. All but one, that is. One who is jealous of Minnie's beauty and popularity - the witch Mizrabel... who one day came on her broom and swept Minnie away. Mickey was taken by surprise. He did the only thing he could. He chased after the witch Mizrabel, all the way to the Castle of Illusion. Mickey ran into a wise old man outside the castle, who advised Mickey to find the seven gems so that he could have the power to defeat the witch. However, each gem is guarded by one of the masters of illusion. Mickey bravely entered the castle to face the masters and save Minnie. ==================================================================== ===== 2.0 BASICS =================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Game Start -------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice ======== Here you can play through the first three stages and avoid fighting the witch at the end. Consider this the Easy mode. Normal ====== This is the full game at normal difficulty. You'll have to complete all seven stages and fight the witch at the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.2 Status Screen -------------------------------------------------------------------- Power ===== Mickey's health. One hit will take away a star, and one try is lost when all the stars are gone. The maximum can be increased by finding red stars. Tries ===== The number of available lives in the game. You lose one life when all the stars are gone. Score ===== The score for the game. Get points by killing enemies and collecting items. Time ===== The remaining time for the stage. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.3 Controls -------------------------------------------------------------------- Command | Action | Other ---------------------------------------------------------------- Start | Pause | Select in menus Left | Move left/throw left | - Right | Move right/move right | - Up | Climb up ladders | - Down | Climb down ladders | - 1 button | Grab items/pounce enemies | - 2 button | Jump | - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.4 Items -------------------------------------------------------------------- Item | Purpose ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cake | Refill all stars Cake slice | Refill one star Mouse ears | One extra try Coins | 500 to 2000 points each. 1 extra try per 10,000 Red star | Raises the max power stars by one M jars | Reach higher areas and hold buttons Chests | Reveal items Key | Needed to open doors in Toy Land and Witch Tower Gems | Collected throughout the six stages ==================================================================== ===== 3.0 WALKTHROUGH ============================================== IMPORTANT NOTE: This walkthrough is based on Normal mode. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1 The Woods -------------------------------------------------------------------- Door #1 on the first floor. The Woods is a pretty basic first stage. Make your way to the right and a small tree will appear. There are two ways to kill enemies in this game: jump and press 1 to bounce on them, or throw rocks and other objects. Use a bounce to kill that tree and continue. Walk up to the rock and press A to pick it up. Now you can carry it around or throw it, and keep in mind that you can't bounce on enemies while holding an object. You can use the rocks and objects to throw and kill enemies. Further ahead you'll see some rocks and a treasure chest. Chests are just like any other rock or object, so bounce on it or pick it up to open it. You'll get a slice of cake for your troubles, which returns one star to the power stars. Watch out for the flowers' shots and use it to bounce up on the ledge to the right. Kill the next flower and keep going. Ignore the ladders until you get to a dead-end on the far right. Jump up in the pit and some chests will appear in the air. Bounce them for some sweet coin action. That's it for the surface, so make your way down the ladder. Kill any enemies and collect all the items in the first room, then go down the ladder to the next floor in the cave. Go to the right and use the centipede to bounce up over the wall on the right. Get the coins and return to the left. There will be some holes in the ground, and the only way to get past them is to jump on the black bats that fly in the middle. Simply wait for them to drop and bounce on their heads when they fly back up. Stop when you get to the rolling boulder and remove the rock on the right. Let the boulder roll into the hole and keep going left. Grab the chests on the left and head down the ladder to leave the cave. Go to the right to face a series of pits. Avoid the bees and caterpillars and use the leaves to get from one pit to the next. You'll quickly get to the next area at the end. Boss: Old Tree ============== The tree boss has a real simple pattern. It will spin around first, then it will release three leaves to attack. It will then spin again and move across the screen a few times before stopping to attack. To attack it's best to wait until it throws the leaves. Wait to the side, then quickly jump in just as the leaves are released. Bounce on the tree's head when you're clear to do so. It only takes four hits to kill the boss and get the red gem. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 Toy Land -------------------------------------------------------------------- Door #2 on the first floor. Hey, a toy land! A classic stage for any Mickey game. Make your way to the left and use the blue platforms to cross the pits. You'll have to duck on the second blue platform or you'll get knocked down into the pit. Head left until you reach the juggling clown and blue ball. Use the ball to kill the clown and climb up the ladder on the left. This will lead to a room with some toy planes and a remote. The planes can't be destroyed with balls, but they will shut off if you hit the remote control. Do so and move on up the ladder. Same thing here. You can just ignore everything for now and get up to the top room. Here you'll find the first red star in the game, which raises your maximum power stars by one. Pick it up and head back down to the floor with the toy train. Kill the clown with the M jar, then use that same M jar to jump up onto a toy train cloud. That will take you over to the right where you can grab the stairs and go up. Grab the M jar in this room and head to the right. Use it to kill the knight (as in chess) and then jump up to the ladder. This will lead to yet another room with another M jar and another knight. Get through that and place the jar on the red button to the left to open the door. Up the next ladder. Grab the jar and use it to block bubbles. Keep it with you because you'll need it. Continue to the right until you see a wall of bubble shooters. Place the jar at the bottom and use it to jump over and continue. Get through the clowns and their raining balls and fall into the pit on the right. Head right from there to find some more chests with a cake and coin, then return to the left. Kill the blue knight and run down the hill but DO NOT fall in the hole. Jump into the top path on the left to get a chest, then jump into the path just below it. Then, DO NOT simply walk left. Jump over the third block from the left or you'll fall and have to return to the top of the hill. Climb down and down again to enter a large room with green genies floating around. Head to the right and use the jar to access the chests on the left, then head left and bounce on the genies to cross the pits. You can bounce on the genies as many times as you like without a problem. Get rid of the ball on the box to reveal a spring. Use the spring to get up to ladder on the right, and keep going up. Ignore the car, kill the blue knight on the floor above, and then grab the key on the left side of the top floor. Jump down and head left to find the door that opens with that key. Boss: Toy Monkey ================ The toy monkey will simply jump around, and with each bounce it will shake the ground and cause balls to fall from above. They're quite easy to avoid. And, it's just as easy to kill the boss. Bounce on it's head four times to get the orange gem. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.3 Candy Land -------------------------------------------------------------------- Door #3 on the first floor. I've realized something now that I'm here on the third stage. EVERY Mickey game has to have a forest stage, toy stage, and giant food stage. It just wouldn't feel right without them... Anyway, we're now in the candy land. The stage starts off moving to the right, so you move to the right as well. The floating dark cookies will fall after you step on them, so quickly jump off. Make sure to wait on the third cookie or you won't reach the platform along the bottom. Keep going until you see a chest. Pick up that chest and run to the right, then toss it at the next chest. You'll have to get through this tunnel by picking up and quickly throwing cupcakes, or you'll get crushed by the moving screen. Next up is the pink peanut butter cup. Jump onto it to start it up, then jump over that platform ahead and back onto the pink cup. Bounce on the green candies to get to the end and fall into a pit. Now continue to the right and look out for the hole above. A giant donut will fall from above, so wait for it to drop and jump onto the platform with the chest. Look out for the almond in the ground. Now run to the bottom path and head right to escape another donut and fall in a pit. Now you'll be in a sea of milk. Jump onto the space on the right and do a bounce in the air to reveal a hidden chest. A slice of cake will be your reward. Head left from there and bounce on the jelly bean dolphins that are in the milk. Same as always, just keep going left. You'll reach a chest covering a ladder, so bounce it and head down. Go right and look out for the chocolate drops, then drop down to the next area. Look out for the giant donut and then use the M jar to reach a ladder up in the air. It will lead to several chests full of all kinds of goodies. Head left and avoid the rolling donut by grabbing the ladder. Climb down the ladder on the left to reach the boss. Boss: Giant Chocolate ===================== This guy's not that tough. Wait for the falling blocks and pick up the one without eyes. Quickly run to the other side of the giant chocolate BEFORE the blocks finish falling. You don't want to get caught in the middle when the blocks start moving from one side to the other. Launch the block when the face appears. Repeat that four times to defeat the evil candy and get the yellow gem. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4 Giant's Den -------------------------------------------------------------------- Door #1 on the second floor. Another land of giant stuff. Head right and kill all enemies along the way, then jump up to the first ladder at the top. Run left from there to find a giant tea cup. Use the spoon catapult to shoot up to a room at the top, then climb down that next ladder to fall into the tea cup. That'll lead to a bonus world in which Mickey has to swim through an ocean of tea and collect items. So... swim right and collect all the chests and avoid the sugar cubes. You'll return to the normal stage when you reach the end of the tea ocean. Now you're at large pit with some floating platforms. Use the first bee/wafer platform to reach the ladder at the top and get some of that sweet coin action. Return to the bee platforms when you're ready to continue to the left. Jump from one platform to the next by bouncing on planes until you reach the ladder at the end. Climb up and kill those two caterpillars, then use the M jar to get up to the next ladder. Dude, it's the light green gem! No boss, either. Pick it up from the left and continue walking to the right. Eventually you'll reach a pit with two breakable blocks. You can jump into the gap on the right to continue with the stage, or fall in the hole if you want some extra items and another go through the tea cup. There won't be anything new in the tea cup if you already went through it, so skip going down there if you already did the tea cup. Get through the piano keys, but watch out for the falling notes from above. One bounce kills the black balls. Get to the right and pick up that M jar, then fall in the hole. Head left and toss the M jar next to the wall so you can reach the top, and then go down the next ladder. Head down the ladder on the right and get that chest item, then head down the ladder on the left. Run to the right to reach another chest and another ladder (dude, I'm so sick of typing the word "ladder"). The next area will only have a ladder, but if you jump left it will lead to a secret room with an extra life and a large coin. Go back and fall down to the boss room below. Boss: Large Book ================ This one's real simple. The book will release a large letter, one at a time. Use these letters to bounce up onto the top of the book. Six hits is all it takes to kill off the book. That'll teach it to spread the written word... The dark green gem will be your reward. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.5 Clock Tower -------------------------------------------------------------------- Door #2 on the second floor. Now Mickey is in the innards of a large clock tower. Head right across the spinning rods and look out for those green cylinders. Just bounce on them to continue to the ladder at the end. The purple gem will be on a platform in the top-right corner, but you can't get it yet. Just head left and take care of any gears that get in the way. Get over the pit by using the pendulum, and climb up the next ladder. Head right and get use the platforms to cross the pits. At the end of the path will be two ladders: one at the top, one in the ground. Climb down the ladder on the right to fall into a room with a red star and a chest. Grab both and then go left to get the purple gem. Now get back to the top and climb up the ladder you skipped before. Pick up the screw in the ground and run left, using the screw to kill off the gear along the way. Make your way through the conveyor belts and duck when the ceiling gets low. Get up to the next floor and use the screw on the left to kill the floating bird on the right. Then wait for the platform to roll up and make your way across the pit by jumping from platform to platform. Kill off the cuckoo clock and climb down the ladder. Use the pendulum to cross yet another pit and kill off the next cuckoo clock. Go down the next ladder when you're set. Jump over the spinning rods and use the screw to kill that gear ahead, then kill two more and fall down the hole. If you can make it to the chest on the left it will lead to a hole in that wall. Run through the tunnel to get an extra life, then fall in the hole to get to the boss. Boss: Grandfather Clock ======================= The clock's face will float left and right across the screen, and there will always be two gears rolling around on the ground. Every 15 seconds or so the face will swoop down, and that's when you have to bounce on it. Bounce on the clock's face five times to get the blue gem. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.6 Witch Tower -------------------------------------------------------------------- Climb up the ladder, then if you have all seven gems you'll gain access to the witch's tower. So then, the final stage! Head left and bounce on the knight if you wish, though it will only reassemble a few seconds later. Avoid that blue weight and grab the M jar. Use it to get through the gray blocks and climb up the ladder on the left. Avoid the spider and walk right. The room will suddenly become very dark, but if you hold the lantern ahead you can light the room again. Get to the right and DO NOT touch the first chest on the ground. Let it bounce out and then you bounce on it's head. Get the good chest on the right and then use the lantern to get up to the ladder. The next part involves an acid pit and a moving platform. Hop on the platform to get it moving, then head left and get the chest open. Break the two gray platforms and go right again to start the platform again. Jump left and hop onto it again, then duck. Now there's some moving to do. Climb up the ladder and open any chests in the way, then grab the key on the right. Jump back down and head left across the acid pit, then use the key to open the door. Kill off the fake chest and avoid the weights as you head to the right. Bust the single gray block on the left to get the chest, then head right and break through the group of four blocks. Hop into the hole and use the key on the next door on the right. Now the screen will be moving, much like candy land. Keep heading right and use the ghosts to bounce over the pit. Duck down when you get to the small gap and wait for the screen to push you through, then quickly pick up the gray blocks and throw them out of the way. Don't wait too long for the ghosts ahead or you won't be able to make it across the pit. Just quickly bounce from one to the next. Swim through the short section of water, break through the gray blocks and chest, and use the M jar to jump over the next wall. Wait for the ghost to pass before you get to the door at the end of the area. Head right through the knight and climb up to the next floor. Run left from there and up through the top area to find an extra life and other goodies. Return to the main floor and head right. Now, there are two ways to go. You can head down the second ladder in the floor and head through a short dark section. You would then get up to the ladder and climb straight up a long ladder. OR, you can head right on the main floor to find a brown wooden structure with a knight and two ghosts. You can use the top ghost to bounce over the wall on the right and get straight to that same long ladder. Bounce through that knight and get to the three doors. Go through the middle door to meet the boss. Boss: Evil Dragon ================= Bounce through the gray blocks at the far left to fall in a hole and meet the dragon. The dragon's sole attack is to fire three blue fire balls, but it can turn it's head to shoot you wherever you stand. Quickly pick up the M jar and jump on the platform to toss the jar at the dragon's head before it starts firing. Go and pick up the jar and run to the left to use the platform as cover. Now, here's what I did to easily defeat the boss. Run under the dragon and it will shoot straight down. If you start running left just as the dragon is going to shoot down, you'll have some time to hop on the platform and throw the jar at the head. Quickly run and pick up the jar as the dragon shoots left, then repeat the process. Five hits will destroy the dragon for good. Walk to the right to face the final boss. Final boss: Mizrabel the Witch! =============================== Mizrabel isn't all that complicated. She'll fly around across the top of the screen while two rocks bounce around the screen. Pick up the lantern to light up the room, then throw it at her. Avoid the rocks and keep tossing the lantern to defeat her and finally save Minnie. Watch the cutesy ending, and... THANKS FOR PLAYING!!! ==================================================================== ===== 4.0 CODES & SECRETS ========================================== Red star locations ================== No, Mickey is not a commie. :) Red stars increase the maximum number of power stars by one, and there are two to be found in the game. Red star #1 in Toy Land: Head left from the small toy train and climb up the ladder. Keep going up from room to room to find the red star at the very top. Red star #2 in Clock Tower: There will be an area with starlit windows and two ladders. Head down the ladder on the right and you'll fall right on top of the red star. It's on the way to the purple gem. ==================================================================== ===== 5.0 LEGAL / MISC. ============================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1 Version History -------------------------------------------------------------------- August 26: Version 0.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - Castle of Illusion is n the bag. Score! -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.2 Guide Credits -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to... 1. Disney and Sega for creating this game. 2. Wilson Lau, whose Bart vs. the Space Mutants guide inspired me to write video game guides. 3. Masamune3 and the rest of the SMS-lovin' cats. Keep it up. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.3 Contact Information -------------------------------------------------------------------- The address is: darksub01@yahoo.com The issue of too many e-mails isn't a problem, so I'll most likely respond to any questions (for now). But, I do delete e-mails without a subject. Put 'Castle of Illusion FAQ' or something similar in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.4 Legal Stuff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. "Castle of Illusion" is copyright © 1990 Disney and Sega. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and all other Disney characters are property of the Walt Disney Corporation. 2. This guide copyright © 2004 Torro (AKA SubSane). This guide may be distributed freely as long as it remains in it's ORIGINAL and UNALTERED form. It is only for private use and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes. If I should discover that this guide has been altered in any way and is being displayed publicly, I reserve the right to have the guide removed from that location. 3. The following sites will always have the latest version: GameFAQs: http://www.gamefaqs.com IGN FAQs: http://faqs.ign.com