The Lion King GEN

by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

Product Features

• Genre: Action
• Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective, Platform, Side-Scrolling
• Developed by: Westwood Studios, Inc.
• Released: 1994

Product Details

• ASIN: B00002ST75
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.6 x 0.6 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,375 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

You think you want to be King? Get real. You're starting life as Simba the cub. To survive and grow into a powerful adult lion you must perfect your savage pounce reckless roar and master fighting with all four paws. If you survive the challenge you'll grow into a strong ferocious adult lion. So prepare to scrap with hyenas. Blast through an elephant graveyard. Battle an in your face stampede of trampling wildebeests. And you'd better quit hanging with slackes like Timon and Pumbaa unless you want to be scarfing bugs the rest of your life! Are you sure you want to be King? Then it's time to cut loose in the deadliest one on one brawl ever. Defeat your evil Uncle Scar. Recapture the Pridelands. And reclaim your rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome!!, December 21, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Lion King GEN (Video Game)

Unlike many video games based on movies, The Lion King for Sega Genesis really follows the plot of the movie. You start out as young Simba in the pridelands. Battle through six different levels (and one bonus level) and then Simba grows up. Levels include "Elephant Graveyard," "Exile," and "Stampede." In the last level, you must find Scar on Pride Rock and throw him into the fire. (which is pretty hard the first time) Once you get the hang of it, many of the levels are easy (Willow Cascade is probably the most difficult) and the game is easy to beat in about an hour or so. I would reccomend this game to fans of the movie and people who love action games. There is also a cheat code! In the main menu, go into options, then press right, A, A, B, Start and then you will get to go to any level in the game including bonus levels!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So what if it's not 3-D blood and gore?, February 28, 2003

By 

Sheerah (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lion King GEN (Video Game)

This is a classic. You are Simba making his way through various challenging levels, each of which represents a different event from Disney's The Lion King. Every level has creative challenges Simba must overcome (you'll find that you often must avoid being squashed by a rolling boulder). Your main opponents are hyenas and hot lava, your health comes from bugs, the evil mastmermind boss is (of course) Scar, the graphics are absolutely charming, and you even see Simba's age progression when he suddenly appears with a mane.

It's a simple, well-done, happy little game, and definitely more than worth your [$].

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best sega game of all time, November 12, 2007

By 

Carol Lark "lax2190" (carmel CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lion King GEN (Video Game)

I grew up playing this game...i've never beaten it, but have come very close....It requires such focus and concentration....jumping side to side up the wall with the green acid slime thing chasing you, the stampede (I have all the rocks memorized...i can go through that level with my eyes closed...)jumping up the waterfall on the falling logs,but most importantly trying to get the roll just right so you don't get crushed by the rock....it keeps you trying and trying, but rewards well with a new level all with different looks, music, and challenges....you even grow up and get a bunch of new moves...and it all definitely follows the storyline of the movie...you even see muffasa in the clouds at one point...and battle scar in the end...
I would totally recommend this game to anyone....while it's not as high-tech with all the effects of all the new games, it has much more substance....most of the sega games can't be topped..like lion king, alladin, paperboy, mickey mouse, the barenstein bears, sonic the hedgehog, and many more....but espesially the lion king one....