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A [[Platform Game]] based on [[Disney]]'s ''[[The Lion King]]'', developed by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Interactive in 1994. The game has ten levels loosely following the plot (and the soundtrack) of the movie, the first six with Simba as a cub and the other four with the adult Simba.
 
The game appeared on a variety of platforms, including both the [[Sega Genesis]] and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]; unlike with ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the two rival 16-bit consoles got what was essentially the same game, and telling which version was better [http://www.retro-sanctuary.com/Comparisons-The-Lion-King.html could be] [http://www.animationsource.org/lion_king/en/articles/The_lion_king_Official_Game_1994/81739.html a very close call]. Other versions tended to leave stages out.
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=== Tropes occurring in the game: ===
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* [[Bottomless Pits]]
* [[Collision Damage]]
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]: [[Nintendo Hard|Horribly,]] ''[[Guide Dang It|horribly]]'' subverted by the second level, "Can't Wait To Be King". Figuring out just which way the pink monkeys have to be facing in order to get flung into the right direction is an exercise in patience.
* [[Game Over Man]]: Rafiki in the SNES and Genesis versions; the 8-bit versions have Scar instead.
* [[Heart Container]]: African red bugs.
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* [[Ledge Bats]]: These appear in the [[Lethal Lava Land|lava level]]: at one point you have to ride a river of lava on a floating rock. A very small rock. Any wrong move, and you fall in the lava. As you float further across the river, several bats awaken and try to hurt you. Being hurt pushes Simba back by about a meter, which is more than enough to make him fall into the lava.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Level 8, "Be prepared". Especially [[Egregious]] as the level is not based on any scene in the movie. Yes, there is lava during the song of the same name in the film, but Simba doesn't appear in it, and it happens muche arlier.
* [[Luck -Based Mission]]: In the DOS version, the fountain of acid that Simba needs to escape (by climbing), seems to be bugged. It either starts rising or not. When it does rise, [[Fake Difficulty|it is too fast to escape even by frantically mashing the jump button.]]
* [[Made of Explodium]]: Be careful when killing the rhino beetles or you could get hurt. Yes, the rhino beetles ''explode'' upon dying.
* [[Magical Mystery Doors]]: "Simba's Return."
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