The Lion King

The Good
1. The fact that they put just enough diversity in the different levels to make each one it's own. Through the first 6 levels you focus alot on jumping and grabbing onto ledges, but in the last four levels the mood seems to shift to focusing on combat not that you don't still jump, believe me your gonna be jumping through the entire game. When you grow into adult Simba you get many more attacks.

2.The graphics are incredible for a 16 bit console. Vibrant colors will entertain your eyes until you stop playing

1. They stuck to the locations well, they even made a level for the classic Hakuna Matata song and I Just Can't Wait To Be King.

2. The soundtrack is straight from the movie and the quality is beyond the games of it's day.

3. The game is actually very hard making it a game for adults as well.
   
   The Bad
   1. They didn't seem to back the storyline up very much, You don't have a clue why you go into exile, you never see Mufasa die, you don't realize that Scar is the enemy till the last level. and Timon and Pumba only appear in mini games,No Nala, even the other version of the game on GBC had you fight her before you recognize her, she is quite an important part of the story.

4. The game is too hard for younger kids who may be attracted to the characters and story.

5. Not enough types of enemy's.
   
   The Bottom Line
   Very fun game but if your getting a SNES don't pick this out as your first game.

The Good
I loved the animation, graphics and music. You almost forget that you're playing a SNES with an 8-bit sound processor. The music is straight from the movie and sounds almost just as good. Simba and all his enemies and surrounding's look incredible for side scroller action, the best SNES has to offer, along with "Donkey Kong Country". Beating the game is more than a challenge for even the must hardcore gamers! It may seem like a kid's game but trust me, it's just the opposite!

The Bad
Sometimes Simba doesn't jump when you press the B button. The levels can get frustrating and when you get game over you have to start over at the beginning. On one level there's small rocks falling from the sky and at one point a big rock rolling down a slope behind you and you have to out run the big rock and if one of the small rocks falls from the sky and hits you while your running flat out you get hurt and stop running for a second and then you can't escape from the big boulder which is extremely frustrating - making a game hard is one thing, making it impossible is another thing.

The Bottom Line
If you find it and are a hard-core gamer, buy it! If you've never played a SNES before and your buying one used don't pick this as your first game, get something a bit easier, like Super Mario World or Super Bomberman.

The Good
Everyone knows the disney film, and many can also remember the action game which was released on many platforms. It was a platformer, and a fun one too! You played the part of Simba, who starts off as a cub before becoming an adult in the later levels. He is very easy to control, so even beginners will enjoy the experience

The graphics, like many other disney games, are very colourful, making use of the AGA chipset. The sound and music is also faithful to the movie.

The levels are also well-design, some of them having the odd boss in some parts of the level.

The Bad
About a quarter of the game was taken away in the amiga version. Three levels were taken out (Levels 2, 6 and 9). Even worse is that all the bonus games with Timon and Pumbaa were taken out. All this meant that the lastability had been greatly reduced! Another thing that was taken out were all but one cut-scene (the only cut scene in the amiga version is the one where Timon says 'It Starts')!

These weren't taken out because of technical limitations (the amiga was powerful enough to handle all the other versions of this game's features), but it was because... well, Virgin Interactive didn't say anything! It was probably because the game came on four floppies. When you think that the AGA version of Rise of The Robots came on 13 disks you couldn't have cared less!

The Bottom Line
A big disappointment. Play one of the other versions.