The Lion King is a video game based on Disney's popular animated film. The title was published by Virgin Interactive in 1994.

The game is a side-scrolling platform game, with the controlled character having to leap, climb, run and descend from platform to platform. There is an exception during the level The Stampede, where Simba is running towards (or in the NES and Game Boy versions, running with the camera looking straight down on top of him) the camera dodging wildebeest and leaping over rocks.

In most versions of the game two bars appear on the HUD. To the left is the roar meter, which must be fully charged for Simba's roar to be effective. To the right is the health bar which decreases when Simba is hurt. At the bottom left of the screen is a counter showing how many lives Simba has remaining. Health can be restored by collecting bugs which come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some rare health-damaging bugs also exist.

The player controls Simba (first as a cub, then later as an adult) in the main levels and either Timon or Pumbaa in the bonus levels.

Disney's The Lion King brings to life the majesty of Africa through the tale of Simba, a lion cub faced with the challenging transition to maturity. Driven into the wilderness by his evil uncle Scar, Simba finds salvation with Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the Meerkat, and his education begins.

The game is a side-scrolling platform game, with the controlled character having to leap, climb, run and descend from platform to platform. There is an exception during the level The Stampede, where Simba is running towards the camera dodging wildebeest and leaping over rocks.

Based on the blockbuster animated feature film, Disney's "The Lion King" brings to life the majesty of Africa through the tale of Simba, a lion cub. Using animators from the Disney Studios and music from the movie soundtrack the videogame takes you to Pride Rock.

Fight your way through 10 levels as Simba to the ultimate battle with the evil Uncle Scar. Tackle heinous hyenas in the Elephant's Graveyard, avoid the wildebeests' hooves in the side-scrolling version of the movie's stampede scene. Play the bonus levels as Simba's friends in exile, Pumbaa the Warthog and Timon the Meerkat.

The partnership of Disney Software and Virgin Interactive Entertainment combine with Sega to make this game the new standard in animation and interactive entertainment.

An excellent license with superbly detailed graphics and lots of involving platform gameplay. A very good Master System adaptation

Now you can experience the magic and wonder of the movie, in which Simba the lion must come of age and regain the rule of the Veldt, unlawfully usurped by his conniving uncle. Based on the hit animated Disney feature film, which was an unabashed in-your-face direct rip-off of the classic anime movie Jungle Emperor (i.e. Kimba the White Lion) by legendary Japanese anime sensei Osuma Tezuka.

Excellent animation, with your choice of two characters to play (cub and later adult Simba). Potentially frustrating in later rounds, and the ending isn't worth the effort - except in saying that you beat this game.

The game is a side-scrolling platform game, with the controlled character having to leap, climb, run and descend from platform to platform. There is an exception during the level The Stampede, where Simba is running with the camera looking straight down on top of him dodging wildebeest and leaping over rocks.

In most versions of the game two bars appear on the HUD. To the left is the roar meter, which must be fully charged for Simba's roar to be effective. To the right is the health bar which decreases when Simba is hurt. At the bottom left of the screen is a counter showing how many lives Simba has remaining. Health can be restored by collecting bugs which come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some rare health-damaging bugs also exist.

Fan made Lion King game.

Fan made Lion King game.

The game is mostly a side-scrolling platform game with occasional levels where the camera is top-down. The gameplay is very similar to the first The Lion King video game, in which the player takes control of Simba and must leap and run between platforms while fighting enemies and avoiding pit-falls. During levels Simba can collect star-shaped tokens which add to the overall score.

This video game is packed with five games which are Jungle Pinball (self explanatory), Burper (a shooter type game, using Pumbaa to belch gas), Hippo Hop (identical to Frogger), Bug Drop (based on Puyo Puyo) and Slingshooter (a slingshot game) accessible directly from the menu. The object in this game is to have fun while Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King entertain the player with glimpses of jungle living, especially when certain mini-games require the player to consume insects.