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The Lion King

Available Platforms: DOS, Amiga, Genesis - Alias: Disney The Lion King

The Lion King is the video game adaptation of the Disney movie with the same title.

Year1994
GenrePlatformer
Rating4

80/100 based on 10 Editorial reviews. Add your vote

PublisherVirgin Games
DeveloperWestwood Studios
OS supportedWin7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated18 February 2021

Game Review

The Lion King is the video game adaptation of the Disney movie with the same title. It was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1994. It was released for multiple platforms including the Amiga and DOS.

You play through the plot of the movie as Simba from cub to king. Just like in the movie, Simba starts out as a cub, the son of the King Mufasa. Simba’s uncle Scar is jealous of his brother ascending instead of him, so he plots to usurp his brother’s kingdom. Scar winds up killing Mufasa (I still cry every time I watch the movie) and casts little Simba out from his home. Little Simba needs to grow up fast and become stronger to one day come back and retake his rightful throne and marry his cousin (yes, Nala is his cousin). Simba starts out able to jump and roar, but as he grows he learns more skills and combat moves. Simba can collect bugs that do everything from heal him to give him permanent power-ups. Be careful, not all bugs offer positive effects. You can also participate in bonus levels playing as Timon and Pumba to gain extra lives. The game isn’t all platforming as there are some puzzle solving elements as well.

The game features graphics drawn by Disney animators themselves and songs adapted from the actual movie soundtrack. This game is truly a classic challenge and requires a good amount of skill. Though many critics complained about the difficulty, the game sold 1.27 million copies and that was just in the United States. It also won multiple awards such as Best Genesis Game, Best Genesis Action Game, and Best Dexterity Game. If you want to relive some childhood magic and think your skills are up to the challenge, give it a whirl.

See Also: A Legendary Game Designer, Writer and Producer: David Bishop

Review by: Tasha
Published: 27 February 2017 8:50 pm


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Latest Comments

  • Maurizio Petta - 2022-07-25 - Reply

    Mmm... Bad as a game. Levels of difficulty calibrated very poorly, in fact, already at the beginning, the game is quite frustrating. Commands that respond roughly. The path of the character is terribly boring, the various enemies you just have to avoid them. Not much, really. If royalties were paid to develop this game, I have to say that it seems like wasted money ...My vote is below the minimum allowed. I arrive at 10/15 percent ... and that's already a lot!

  • Big Biz - 2021-11-25 - Reply

    dos version doesn't pass level 2....as I see Andrea scalezi already commented. simba rolls and dies into water instead passing to next level. can we get a fix for this? as other versions look and sound way inferior ...and I searched the internet for a working dos version for Mac with no success. also genesis version doesn't go fullscreen on my Mac ...

  • Manu - 2021-01-18 - Reply

    Genesis controls must be configured, as written in README: "The first time you play, you have to configure controls. Use
    "Option+Shift+1" to select keys."
    The Amiga version for sure will be updated when a new whdload version is available. Right now this is the latest one. We cannot patch the games, we can only wrap them with emulators.

  • Leah L.A.V - 2021-01-18 - Reply

    Thanks Manu, I was able to configure the controls for Genesis and it works well :)
    Thanks for clarifying! Looking forward to the new Amiga version whenever it's available. Best

  • Andrea Scalezi - 2020-09-01 - Reply

    DOS version has a bug: at level 2, where supposed to pass to level 3, Simba falls into water and you lose.