Disney's The Lion King

[mrpj]

As with Aladdin this is a great Disney platformer for the Mega Drive. The animation and sounds are great. It's a very challenging game though, with some frustrating deaths at times. I found it difficult to get Simba to grab hold of things and time my jumps right, but as you play through the game you do of course get used to the way the game works.

[Hiarcs]

Another excellent game.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I'll never understand the good scores this game gets nor for any other Virgin games for that matter.

[oldmanwinters]

I'll never understand the good scores this game gets nor for any other Virgin games for that matter.

Because they are better than just about every other 16-bit platformer and are the rare examples of solid movie adaptations to boot?

And Virgin really knew how to make some smoothly animated character sprites and great looking backgrounds.

[Duane Dibbley]

Is there some strategy to getting through the second level? For the ostrich part, I can't figure out when I'm supposed to double jump. The only way I've gotten through that one seems to be if I have a perfectly timed single jump, which is about every tenth try. Seriously, how is Simba supposed to be king if running into a bird's nest instantly kills him? Then there's the part with the swinging hippo tails, where I keep missing them and getting more insta-death. I like the first level of this game, but I'm pretty frustrated with the second.

[Mr Smith]

Whenever there are two bird's nests then double jump, also, don't forget you can duck too.

[Duane Dibbley]

Whenever there are two bird's nests then double jump, also, don't forget you can duck too.

When I double jump, Simba winds up running into something in the tree and dying. I can't even tell what is killing him, which is pretty frustrating. The instance I'm talking about is the fourth "round," where the game prompts you with two up arrows, and then there's a pink creature and some birds' nests in the tree.

[Duane Dibbley]

Well, I figured out how to get through that part by watching a video of someone playing it. Damn, this is a frustrating game! I got to the level after the stampede so far. The only reason I'm going to keep playing is because the review here makes it sound like the adult Simba levels are more fun.

[Forgotten Sin]

I always thought the Simba's Exile level was a pain. It's the furthest I've been able to get since I bought the game.

[GameX]

Afting playing, I can beat this level without a lot of problems. However, my record is "Hakuna Matata", the climbing on the damn-waterfall. This is ridiculous, you have the feeling you're getting higher and higher, but it's just an illusion: you're not moving at all.
I got to this level twice, but never beaten that part.

Except the difficulty level, I found this game excellent.

[oldmanwinters]

Well, I figured out how to get through that part by watching a video of someone playing it.

If I remember, the trick is to execute the initial jump a little earlier than you would normally think and then jump again when the ostrich is at its apex. But, yeah, as a kid I usually just tried to get lucky on a single jump. It's amazing how complicated they made that second level! Don't you love it when kid's games break your will to continue?

[Barone]

In the Snes version the soundtrack is muffled, the resolution is lower (sometimes you don't see some platforms) and the roar sounds like a fag cat.
Genesis version FTW!

[Nightwolf]

As much i liked the megadrive, the music in snes is awesome. The chorus at first when you run the game is amazing!! Far, far better than megadrive. But the gameplay and graphics are very similar.

Nice game, but i really liked Aladdin more (Much more difficult, and that's a good thing to me)

[oldmanwinters]

As much i liked the megadrive, the music in snes is awesome. The chorus at first when you run the game is amazing!! Far, far better than megadrive. But the gameplay and graphics are very similar.

Yeah, that SNES music is spectacular, but ironically the Genesis makes better use of sound effects. The SNES's SFX always sound a bit muted to me and Simba says "cool" way too much.

I think the Genesis gameplay is tighter. Simba doesn't jump as high in the SNES which makes it harder for him to grab onto hippo noses in the 2nd level. Although the dreaded ostrich jump is (IMO) even harder on the SNES than it is on Genesis, probably due to the different screen resolution/formats and the jumping mechanic nuances.

Afting playing, I can beat this level without a lot of problems. However, my record is "Hakuna Matata", the climbing on the damn-waterfall. This is ridiculous, you have the feeling you're getting higher and higher, but it's just an illusion: you're not moving at all.
I got to this level twice, but never beaten that part.

Except the difficulty level, I found this game excellent.

You can take a shortcut that will let you start that section almost half-way up.

[Curryman123]

One of the better platform games on the system.

I was annoyed at first, but It's all about memorization and precise jumps.

Not bad at all.

7.5/10