Each time you progress a little farther in a level, then die, you must repeat the entire annoying sequence again and again from your last continue point - and it's just no fun after the second time. Once you've figured out these areas, they're exactly the same when you replay them. In the Can't Wait to Be King level, for instance, Simba leaps across some giraffes' heads, solves a monkey puzzle, rides an ostrich across a plain, climbs a stack of animals, and then solves another monkey puzzle.

So what's the problem? Most levels offer little more than the repetitive, tedious game play that drives gamers nuts and has nominal replay value. Some gamers might find this abrupt shift frustrating, but it's an innovative and challenging idea. Midway through the game, from cub to grown lion, with a new repertoire of moves. Since Simba can take only a few hits before dying, this control imprecision will make you tear your mane out. For example, when young Simba battles the hyenas, the success of the pounce attack is a unpredictable - Simba can pounce in and get a hit, but the sluggish controls don't always enable you to leap away in time to avoid taking damage. Mastering the fairly straightforward moves is not a problem, but the somewhat imprecise controls are. Adult Simba slashes, mauls, and even tosses enemies like cheetahs, hyenas, and, of course, Scar, in wild Kingdom-esque fighting scenes. As a cub, he roars, rolls, and pounces on predators like hyenas, hedgehogs, and lizards.

Simba's defensive tactics mature as he ages. Nice details, like the sound of drums pounding and some digitized voices (which aren't as good as their SNES counterparts), finesse the entire effect. With 'Just Can't Wait to Be King' and 'Circle of Life,' you won't turn off this soundtrack. It's always better when developers can use the real tunes from the movie, and they've used'em all here. The adult Simba in particular looks just like a real lion as he fights his way through the game's later levels. Disney created original cels just for this game, and its animation expertise shows throughout. In addition to the spectacular scenery and backgrounds, the sprites, especially Simba, have incredible animations. Lion King looks pretty enough to make you roar. Sometimes, if you jump as a beast is bearing down on you, you'll avoid damage. During the Wildebeest Stampede, jump from side to side across the screen.Grab it, and you can visit Timon and Pumba at the end of the level. A blue bonus bug sits atop a tree in the upper-left comer of the Pridelands.The easiest path is leaping to the right, then grabbing the left ledge, which gives you a head start for your climb. Move quickly when you reach the cliff with the rising green water in the Elephant Graveyard.Take the far-right cave in the first cave room in Simba's Return.After you touch it, leap clear to avoid damage. When you touch a small blue bug in the Pridelands, it'll explode.In Simba's Exile, the biggest danger you encounter is falling rocks.Jump the hippo, then immediately jump again. You must double jump whenever you run into an obstacle with a hippo and nests. The ostrich ride's double jumps are tricky.Munching blue bugs enables Simba to go to special bug bonus rounds that star Timon and Pumba, and I-ups and continues are abundant as well. Fortunately, bug-shaped power-ups are everywhere, and the feisty feline can use them to up his Life and Roar strength. Once he's used it, though, he must wait for it to replenish. Simba must monitor both his Life Bar and his Roar Meter since, in a very clever touch Simba uses his roar to scare off other critters. The moves are fairly easy to pull off with the three-button Genesis control pad, though occasional glitches and imprecise jumps will make you snarl. Simba defends himself with an authentic repertoire of moves, including pounces, rolls, and snarls as a cub, and clawing, mauling, and a gigantic roar as an adult. In addition to Uncle Scar, Simba battles the hyena crew from the movie, as well as buzzards, assorted reptiles and bugs, cheetahs, and other jungle flora and fauna. The gorgeous scenery reflects the movie's animations, and each level is fraught with perilous and very creative obstacles - such as the animal stack in Can't Wait to Be King and the bone-breaking Elephant Graveyard. Climb up and across and avoid all that tail-swingin' stuff.Д®ach level mirrors a scene from the movie, including the race through the Elephant Graveyard, Simba's exile away from home, and the final battle with Scar. At the left-hand edge of the stack, leap and grab the blue hippo's face. ProTip: In this version of Lion King, you can skip across the animal stack the easy way.

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