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GamePro reviewed the SNES version, commenting on outstanding graphics and voices, but "repetitive, tedious gameplay that's too daunting for beginning players and too annoying for experienced ones".
They particularly noted the imprecise controls and highly uneven difficulty, though they said the "movie-quality graphics, animations, and sounds" were good enough to make the game worth playing regardless of the gameplay.
Next Generation rated the SNES version four stars out of five, and stated that "even though the game is much harder than Aladdin, it's never unfair or frustrating".
In 2009, GamesRadar ranked the game seventh on its list of the seven best Disney games, saying "Every intricate level was designed with all the grace and detail of a classic Disney background, plus they managed to make a coherent game that stuck to the plot of the film".
In 1996, GamesMaster listed the Mega Drive version 4th in its "The GamesMaster Mega Drive Top 10".
They particularly noted the imprecise controls and highly uneven difficulty, though they said the "movie-quality graphics, animations, and sounds" were good enough to make the game worth playing regardless of the gameplay.
GamePro wrote that the graphics are not as good as those of the SNES and Genesis versions, but agreed they are exceptional by Game Gear standards, and praised its much more gradual difficulty slope than the earlier versions.
Next Generation rated the SNES version four stars out of five, and stated that "even though the game is much harder than Aladdin, it's never unfair or frustrating".
In 2014, game director Louis Castle revealed that the reason why the game was made difficult, especially in level 2, was due to pressure from Disney so that people would not be able to complete it during the rental period at Blockbusters.
The Super NES version of The Lion King had 1.27 million copies sold in the United States.
More than 200,000 copies of the MS-DOS version were sold.
In 2002, Westwood's Louis Castle remarked that roughly 4.5 million copies of The Lion King were sold in total.
It was originally developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Super NES and Sega Genesis, and was ported to MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Gear, Master System, and Nintendo Entertainment System; the Amiga, Master System, and NES versions were only released in the PAL region.
The 1995 European NES version was that console's last official release in all regions.
The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised the Game Gear version as having graphics equal to, and controls vastly improved over, the SNES and Genesis versions.
GamePro wrote that the graphics are not as good as those of the SNES and Genesis versions, but agreed they are exceptional by Game Gear standards, and praised its much more gradual difficulty slope than the earlier versions.
It was originally developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Super NES and Sega Genesis, and was ported to MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Gear, Master System, and Nintendo Entertainment System; the Amiga, Master System, and NES versions were only released in the PAL region.
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