The Lion King
The Lion King brings to life the majesty and mystery of Africa through the tale of Simba, a lion cub faced with the challenging transition to maturity. Believing himself to be responsible for his father's…
The Lion King is a platform developed by Westwood Studios, released 4 November 1994 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga.
What The Lion King is
The Lion King is a platform game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1994. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Lion King is a 1994 platform game based on Disney's 1994 animated film of the same name. It was originally developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Super NES and Sega Genesis, and was ported to MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Gear, Master System, and Nintendo Entertainment System; the Amiga, Master System, and NES versions were only released in the PAL region. The game follows Simba's journey from a young cub to the battle with his uncle Scar as an adult.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Disney series
The Lion King is the 79th of 516 entries we hold in the Disney series. The next entry was A Year at Pooh Corner in 1994. Its critic score of 80 is 14 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts III at 90.
How it was received
The Lion King holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 249 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/ 256 MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
The Lion King launched on 4 November 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country, Super Punch-Out!!, Killer Instinct and Samurai Shodown II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country, Super Punch-Out!!, Killer Instinct, Samurai Shodown II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Lion King yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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