The Lion King is a video game based on Disney's popular animated film. The title was published by Virgin Interactive in 1994, and was released on SNES, NES, Game Boy, PC, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Master System and Game Gear. It followed Simba's journey from a young carefree cub to the battle with his uncle Scar as an adult. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (640x908, 92 KB) box art This image is cover art for a computer or video game, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the games publisher or developer. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. ... 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Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling platform game, with the controlled character having to leap, climb, run and descend from platform to platform. There is an exception during the level The Stampede, where Simba is running towards (or in the NES and Game Boy versions, running with the camera looking straight down on top of him) the camera dodging wildebeest and leaping over rocks. ... A simple platform sequence from the game Wonder Boy Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. ... “Gnu” redirects here. ...

In most versions of the game two bars appear on the HUD. To the left is the roar meter, which must be fully charged for Simba's roar to be effective. To the right is the health bar which decreases when Simba is hurt. At the bottom left of the screen is a counter showing how many lives Simba has remaining. Health can be restored by collecting bugs which come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some rare health-damaging bugs also exist. Screenshot of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1-up (or 1UP, 1-UP, etc. ...

The player controls Simba (first as a cub, then later as an adult) in the main levels and either Timon or Pumbaa in the bonus levels. love you all!!! Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional meerkat and warthog duo first introduced in Disneys popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. ...

Cub Simba

Cub Simba can roar (fairly weakly, similar to the roar he uses in the film), jump on enemies and roll. All three are used to combat enemies and have different effects. Rolling can also be used to access hidden areas and dodge attacks.

If cub Simba is left alone for a while then a small white butterfly will fly past, catching Simba's attention. At first he watches it fly by. The second time two butterflies fly by. Simba crouches and then pounces on one of them, before letting it go and then chasing it in a circle.

Adult Simba

Adult Simba is stronger and can slash and maul instead of defeating his enemies by jumping on them. He also has a more formidable roar, but can no longer roll.

Adult Simba constantly moves while not being controlled, alert to his surroundings.

Console differences

The sound and graphic quality of the game varied greatly due to the differing capabilities of the consoles.

The Amiga version omitted the Can't Wait to be King level, the bonus levels and the cutscenes, presumably to save disk space as the media was presented on floppy disks.^[1] The music for some levels was also remixed slightly differently.

The NES version omitted content even further, with only the cub Simba levels present and the removal of the short Death Tag piece of music that plays when Simba dies. The level music continues on instead. Levels were also shortened considerably.

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Graphics and sound

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Levels

Due to differing space on the various formats that the game was presented, certain levels were either omitted or shortened. Level information provided is for consoles that were able to run the full version of the game.

The Pride Lands

The Pride Lands level on various consoles

Music (Sega Mega Drive): This Land (sample) (help· info)

Music (NES): This Land (sample) (help· info)

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Can't Wait to be King/The Mane Event

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Can't Wait to be King! (sample) (help· info)

A fast paced level with a colourful and stylized design based on the song I Just Can't Wait to Be King from the film. It has no enemies, and Simba only needs to leap along heads of rhinoceros, giraffes and hippos, be thrown by monkeys and ride ostriches. Image File history File links TLK_-_Can't_Wait_(video_game). ... The opening of I Just Cant Wait to Be King. I Just Cant Wait to Be King is a stylistic musical number from Disneys popular 1994 animated film, The Lion King. ...

This level was omitted entirely from the Amiga version of the game. In the NES version it was renamed The Mane Event and shortened.

The Elephant Graveyard

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Be Prepared (sample) (help· info)

Inspired by the scene in which Simba and Nala visit the elephant graveyard. Simba must swing on bones, bounce on elephant skin and evade geysers while avoiding and battling vultures and hyenas. He must also scale caverns with ledges as climbing rocks. The end of the level comes once Simba battles with several hyenas, causing a column of bones to collapse and provide access to the exit. Image File history File links TLK_-_Be_Prepared_(video_game). ... Nala is a fictional lioness character who first appeared in Disneys popular 1994 animated feature film The Lion King. ... According to popular myth, older elephants instinctively leave their group when they reach a certain age, and direct themselves toward a special area, known as the elephants graveyard. ... Orders Falconiformes (Fam. ...

The Stampede

Music (Sega Mega Drive): To Die For (sample) (help· info)

Music (Amiga): To Die For (sample) (help· info)

Based on the stampede scene of the movie, Simba must dodge rapidly approaching wildebeest and avoid crashing into rocks. In the PC, SNES and Mega Drive versions, it is played in a pseudo-3D view similar to games such as F-Zero. Image File history File links TLK_-_To_Die_For_(video_game). ... Image File history File links Tlk-amiga-stampede. ... Pseudo-3D is a term that means that something uses 2-d graphics to simulate three dimentional graphics. ... F-Zero is a fast-paced futuristic racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ...

The music used for this level on the NES version is the same used in The Pride Lands level.

Simba's Exile/Exile

Music (Sega Mega Drive): King of Pride Rock (sample) (help· info)

Simba runs away from the Pride Lands at the insistence of his Uncle Scar. Set in the barren area where Simba runs from the hyenas after the stampede in the film, it features the same enemies of the first level and various tumbling rocks (including large boulders which kill instantly.) Image File history File links TLK_-_King_Pride_Rock_(video_game). ...

Hakuna Matata

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Hakuna Matata (sample) (help· info)

A slippery, fast-paced level, set in the jungle where Timon and Pumbaa live. Simba slides down wet, grassy slopes and ascends logs floating down a waterfall, while battling spiders and frogs. At the end of the level a gorilla throws coconuts at Simba and must be defeated or avoided to finish the level. Image File history File links TLK_-_Hakuna_Matata_(video_game). ... love you all!!! Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional meerkat and warthog duo first introduced in Disneys popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. ...

In the NES version of the game, the game ends after this level.

Simba's Destiny

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Under The Stars (sample) (help· info)

The first level played as adult Simba. Based on the scene where Simba follows Rafiki to Mufasa's supposed location, the level features vines, rocks and enemy cheetahs and monkeys. Image File history File links TLK_-_Under_The_Stars_(video_game). ... Rafiki is an anthropomorphized mandrill who first appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film The Lion King. ... Mufasa is a fictional lion who first appeared in Disneys popular 1994 animated feature film The Lion King. ... Binomial name Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) Type species Acinonyx venator Brookes, 1828 (= Felis jubata, Schreber, 1775) by monotypy The range of the Cheetah The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is an endangered member of the cat family (Felidae), a poor climber that hunts by speed and stealth. ...

Be Prepared

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Continue Long (sample) (help· info)

A level set in an area of high volcanic activity, based on the scene featuring the song of the same name from the film. Simba has to dodge lava drips and ride floating rocks along rivers of lava, avoiding hyenas, cheetahs and bats. Image File history File links TLK_-_Circle_of_Life_Remix_(video_game). ... “Chiroptera” redirects here. ...

This is the only level which is not factually or chronologically consistent with the movie, since the Be Prepared scene occurs long before Simba is an adult.

Simba's Return

Music (Sega Mega Drive): Hoo Hah Remix (sample) (help· info)

Simba must defeat the hyenas and pass through a maze of caves before he can reach Pride Rock and confront Scar. This level shows the state of drought that the Pride Lands have descended into during Scar's tyrannical reign. This is the only level that is not included in the Gameboy version. Image File history File links TLK_-_Hoo_Hah_Remix_(video_game). ...

Pride Rock

Music (SNES): Return to Pride Rock (sample) (help· info)

The final level of the game is loosely based on the final scenes of the film, where Simba battles his uncle Scar. Simba must battle with Scar three times as well as ascending Pride Rock, fighting hyenas and avoiding lightning, which sets the ground ablaze. Image File history File links Tlk-snes-rtpr. ...

In the Game Boy version of the game, the method used to defeat Scar changes. Instead of Simba grabbing him and throwing him off the cliff, Simba roars, sending Scar reeling backwards in fright off the cliff edge.

Bonus levels

Bonus levels featured Timon and Pumbaa and an opportunity to receive extra lives and continues. The levels were omitted from some versions of the game, such as the Amiga version. Bonus stage from Super Mario Brothers 2 (in Super Mario All-Stars) A bonus stage (a. ... love you all!!! Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional meerkat and warthog duo first introduced in Disneys popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. ...

Bug Hunt

Music (SNES): Bug Hunt (sample) (help· info)

Players control Timon as he runs around a level collecting bugs. Collecting a "bad bug" (i.e. a large spider) ends the level. Image File history File links Tlk-snes-bughunt. ...

Bug Toss

Music (SNES): Bug Toss (sample) (help· info)

Timon throws bugs down from above. The player controls Pumbaa and has to catch the bugs before they hit the ground. The game finishes if the player either misses a "good" bug or collects a bad one. Occasionally extra lives and continues are dropped. Image File history File links Tlk-snes-bugtoss. ...

Reception

The Lion King received good reviews, including an 810 from Electronic Gaming Monthly, and sold well, including 1.27 million units of the SNES version in the United States.^[3] However, it receives criticism from players due to its difficulty.^[4][5] Electronic Gaming Monthly (often abbreviated to EGM) is an American video game magazine. ...

Other The Lion King video games

Other two games inspired by The Lion King were released: Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games (1997) by Virgin for SNES and PC, The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (2000) by Activision for the PlayStation and Game Boy Color. Also, a game inspired by The Lion King 1½ was released in 2003 by THQ for the Game Boy Advance. Timon & Pumbaas Jungle Games is a Super NES game for young children. ... Activision, Inc. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States. ... The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries outside the United States) is an animated film, a part prequel/part midquel (or in-between-quel according to the films teaser trailer) to 1994s The Lion King, made by The Walt... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... THQ Inc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

References

1. ^ Amiga review on MobyGames
2. ^ OZ: The Other Side of the Rainbow
3. ^ US Platinum Videogame Chart. The Magic Box. Retrieved on August 13, 2005.
4. ^ Sega-16 review (Genesis)
5. ^ Video Game Critic review (SNES)

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External links

• The Lion King (video game) at MobyGames