The Best Disney Games Of All Time

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Disney has some of the most recognizable characters in the world, and it's regularly putting out new movies and TV series that immediately create pop culture icons. The likes of Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy have been progressively joined by a wide variety of other great and memorable characters, whether it's from TV shows like Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles or its prestige array of big-screen fairy tale adaptations like The Little Mermaid and Cinderella. And where there's valuable, beloved characters, there will be adaptations into other mediums like books, toys, and of course, video games.

There have been countless Disney video games produced through the years, so a look back shows a microcosm of game development as a whole. Though the House of Mouse's game output has slowed from its heyday during the 8- and 16-bit eras, there are still gems to be found, and more coming all the time. Here are some of the best Disney games of all time, listed from oldest to newest.

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One of Disney's earliest licensed games is also one of its absolute best. Ducktales (awoo oo) was one of several Capcom games based on popular Disney movies and TV shows. While all of these games were at least pretty good, Ducktales is still the crowning achievement of this partnership. Scrooge's suite of abilities--the cane pogo and ability to whack static boxes and ricochet them into other items--was unlike anything else on the market and felt naturalistic and satisfying like a Mega Man game. On top of that, the music was absolutely