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Young Simba just can't wait to be king. His father is the current King of the Savannah and the young prince is able to frolic the lands at will; jumping on and around other subjects of this animal kingdom. When King Mufasa is killed and Scar takes over the kingdom, Simba is banished from the lands of his birthright and has to grow up fast, honing his skills, for the day of his return.

Help Simba achieve adulthood and reclaim the Pridelands in The Lion King. Start life as Simba the lion cub, and try to survive long enough to become The Lion King. Play through the action of the movie in 10 levels of adventure and puzzles. Naturally, Simba will face a number of enemies including hyenas and wildebeasts. Master moves like the pounce and roar. With hand-drawn graphics by Disney animators and all nine musical selections from Elton John and Tim Rice.

The graphics in this game was truly excellent and some of the best the Genesis had to offer. To the facial expression that young Simba showed, when he roared and when he had that adorable youthful look on his face. The bugs that you fought as a cub were truly detailed as well. When the Hyenas barked, and scratched they had seen realistic as it gets. When Simba became a full-grown cub, he was very life like, and he moved and ran actually resembled a real lion. The way he would scratch and fight the panthers and other animals in the jungle kingdom seems very realistic. The backgrounds were beautiful a lot of colors were used and put into them. All of them looked much like the movie and were very plush and life like, they resembled the beautifully music pictures to a Tee. Some in particular was Hakuna Matata and the original Prime Rock, with the beautiful water falls, and greenery resembled very much the movie Hakuna Matata scenes.

These songs sound exactly like from the movie. All the classics were here like Circle of Life, Just Can't Wait to be King, and Hakuna Matata. Each one sounded quite similar to what was heard in the movie. The sound effects were equally as good. With the snarl of young Simba to the gigantic Roar of full grown Simba. The voices used like Timon and Pumbaa was great as well, and they said some of their phrases from the movie, which all sounded equally as good. Then the other sound effects like the bark of Hyenas and the separate roar of the Panthers you fight as a full-grown Simba. Together both music and sound made this game quite a treat to watch and listen to, and gave you a great atmosphere of what was in stored in the later parts of the game.