Young Simba just can't wait to be king. His father is the current King of the Savannah and the young prince is able to frolic the lands at will; jumping on and around other subjects of this animal kingdom. When Simba's father, King Mufasa, is killed and his evil brother Scar takes over the kingdom, Simba is banished from the lands of his birthright and has to grow up fast, honing his skills, for the day of his return.

The Lion King, based on the famous Disney movie, is a platform game where you control Simba - initially as a young cub, and later as an adult lion. The plot of the game follows the plot of the movie. Each of the levels represents a part of the movie.

As young Simba, you can fight various beasts, such as lizards, by jumping on them. You can also roar to scare some creatures into submission, though every time you roar, you have to wait for your "roar meter" to charge.

As an adult lion, you can still roar and jump, but now you fight enemies by slashing at them with your claws (if you're skillful enough, you can also grab them and toss them off the screen).

The game features no in-game save function, and it needs to be replayed from the beginning every time.

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Alternate Titles

"O Rei Leão" -- Brazilian SNES title
"Le Roi Lion" -- French title
"El Rey Leon" -- Spanish title
"Der König der Löwen" -- German title
"ライオンキング" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	The Lion King	SNES	$3.49
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User Reviews

Great Game But Hard	Trey Barrow (3)
A good game if you're looking for a challenge	darthsith19 (65)
Beautiful graphics	r h (15)

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The Press Says

Entertainment Weekly	Nov 25, 1994	A	100
Game Players	Nov, 1994	96 out of 100	96
GameFan Magazine	Nov, 1994	89 out of 100	89
Super Power (Sweden)	Dec, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 19, 2010	16 out of 20	80
The Video Game Critic	Dec 07, 1999	B	75
All Game Guide	1998		70
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Dec, 1994	7 out of 10	70
GamePro (US)	Nov, 1994	3 out of 5	60
Total! (Germany)	Dec, 1994	4.25 out of 6	35

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Trivia

Amiga version compared to 10-levels DOS version contains 7 levels only. The missing levels are Level 2 - Roar at Monkeys, Level 6 - Hakuna Matata and Level 9 - Simba's Return. Examine all 4 Amiga floppy disks and you'll find these files: Level1, Level3, Level4, Level5, Level7, Level8 and LevelA. As you can see 3 files are missing: Level2, Level6 and Level9. Even the front cover has a sticker with following information: "Please note: Amiga version contains seven levels". My opinion is that publisher of Amiga version didn't want to finance more than 4 disks version so developers were forced to throw away those mentioned levels.

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