Current Events > Streamer gets f'n wrecked playing The Lion King

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https://youtu.be/bKgKfgr1hDw

She didn't know you had to start from the beginning of the game once all of her lives were used up

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That game was hard as balls

I remember renting that game, getting the hakuna matata stage and not being able to jump up some rock.

Everyone got fucking wrecked playing that game.

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treewojima posted...

That game was hard as balls

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The second level (designed to prevent players from beating the game as a rental) is where 70% of the difficulty can be found. The rest of the game is much easier.

The SNES version also has a glitch where there's an invisible branch you have to jump over in the ostrich section of the second level.

Young me would struggle to beat the first 2 or 3 levels

treewojima posted...

That game was hard as balls

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I had to use cheats to finish that game. 2nd level is way too hard

I've played and beat Aladdin on the SNES, but never even played The Lion King.

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I beat the Genesis Aladdin after countless tries. The Boulder level always got me. I cant remember what Lion King level I always got stuck on but I remember beating it once then finally getting to the last level and not being able to beat scar before rage quitting the game for life.

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VipaGTS posted...

I beat the Genesis Aladdin after countless tries. The Boulder level always got me. I cant remember what Lion King level I always got stuck on but I remember beating it once then never finally getting to the last level and not being able to beat scar before rage quitting the game for life.

Scar was hard even with cheats. I made Simba immortal but the final battle still took forever cause I didn't have internet and didn't understand what I was supposed to be doing. I remember being confused on the mechanics of the fight

I couldnt get past the second stage. The only way I'm playing it is with save states.

My most vivid memory of the game was trying to find out how to turn into adult Simba in the second level (I hadn't seen the movie yet, and thought he could just turn into a giant lion), and it glitched and actually happened.

I roared and turned into adult Simba, and ran around for like 5 seconds before it crashed.

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Future_Trunks posted...

who is the streamer? she's hot af

I don't know. I saw this video on WS and lol'ed and had to share it. I agree, though. She's very pretty.

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FortuneCookie posted...

The second level (designed to prevent players from beating the game as a rental) is where 70% of the difficulty can be found. The rest of the game is much easier.

imagine friendly firing your consumers to fuck over renters

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ModLogic posted...

imagine friendly firing your consumers to fuck over renters

They did that alot back then. One of the Ninja Gaiden games on NES was artificially made more difficult in the US version because of rentals. The Japanese version is way easier because renting games isn't a thing in Japan

Earlier this week I saw this video and TIL'd (then I learned) that the game was made by Westwood Studios. RIP

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VipaGTS posted...

I beat the Genesis Aladdin after countless tries. The Boulder level always got me. I cant remember what Lion King level I always got stuck on but I remember beating it once then finally getting to the last level and not being able to beat scar before rage quitting the game for life.

My experience was pretty much the same. Took me years to beat Aladdin, but that game was awesome so it was worth it. The Lion King wasn't nearly as good, so not worth the trouble.

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I think the lady was faking confusion.

She had zero lives then died. No one should be confused on a mere game over screen after that.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

I think the lady was faking confusion.

She had zero lives then died. No one should be confused on a mere game over screen after that.

This.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

I think the lady was faking confusion.

She had zero lives then died. No one should be confused on a mere game over screen after that.

I don't think she's old enough to understand the concept of having X lives left in a game, tbh

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a streamer exaggerating their reaction??

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FortuneCookie posted...

The SNES version also has a glitch where there's an invisible branch you have to jump over in the ostrich section of the second level.

What the fuck

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This wasn't that hard. The second level was a bit of trial and error, but it wasn't hard. The gauging the frames is nbd compared to a lot fo games.

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I was able to beat the second level without much difficulty as a kid but I'm 90% sure I never actually beat the game.

I was toying with this game a few weeks ago, and failed to beat the second level even with save states. I didn't roar at the monkeys properly, couldn't get it right and said to hell with it.

pretty ridiculous they did that for rental purposes. I mean you have a pretty fun lion king game here and you can't enjoy it because all you do is play the second level constantly. I guess if you don't suck like I do you'd be able to enjoy the rest of the game.

FortuneCookie posted...

The second level (designed to prevent players from beating the game as a rental) is where 70% of the difficulty can be found. The rest of the game is much easier.

The SNES version also has a glitch where there's an invisible branch you have to jump over in the ostrich section of the second level.

That ostrich part was really funky for sure, with or without the invisible branch. I rented genesis version. It was hard to figure out what the rules on that sequence even were. I'd just die over and over again on the jumps and not be able to figure out why.

Really the whole young simba part after the first level was fairly difficult. But got easier once you became adult simba and could wreck enemies.

Same as everyone else. Remember getting that on SNES, didn't get far at all.

Aladdin (Genesis) was just about the right difficulty
Lion King was just comically brutal for a game meant for kids

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How was this game hard? I could bitch slap that game in no time back in the day.

Edit: watched the video...she did that on purpose. She knew what she was doing.

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FortuneCookie posted...

The second level (designed to prevent players from beating the game as a rental) is where 70% of the difficulty can be found. The rest of the game is much easier.

The SNES version also has a glitch where there's an invisible branch you have to jump over in the ostrich section of the second level.

Eh dunno if I agree with that. There's a lot of the game that's designed solely for trial and error.

You've got the acid fountains in Be Prepared that require a specific type of timing to be fast enough

You've got the Stampede level (this is the level that phased out my Dad/older family members from helping frustrated child me)

Simba's Exile is a tough level with falling rocks and instant kill boulders

Hakuna Matata has a tough waterfall to jump up (this is where kid me tapped out) and then the gorilla Boss

Simba's Return has a maze with respawning enemies

The lava level has some tough platforming sections where you need to keep up with the rock floating on the lava

The final level has a really obtuse method to beat Scar

Nearly every level has some trial and error bullshit that's designed to churn through lives.

I beat it for the first time without save states when the new re-release came out. But that was after a playthrough where I used save states and knew everything that was coming. That's basically the trick or the game. But that takes a lot longer to do when you constantly have to replay the game.

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The waterfall stage with the monkey boss is ridonkulus.
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cuttin_in_farm posted...

I think the lady was faking confusion.

She had zero lives then died. No one should be confused on a mere game over screen after that.

I don't know. We're getting to a point where most gamers have not grown up in an environment where losing all your lives means you have to start the whole game over.

Even "permadeath" games these days have become more forgiving allowing you to make gradual progress as you start over after a death.

The fact that most people these days think "Dark Souls" is hard says it all really.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

I don't know. We're getting to a point where most gamers have not grown up in an environment where losing all your lives means you have to start the whole game over.

Even "permadeath" games these days have become more forgiving allowing you to make gradual progress as you start over after a death.

The fact that most people these days think "Dark Souls" is hard says it all really.

Not to mention The Lion King is still a popular franchise. I can see someone who doesn't have much experience with older games still giving that one a go.

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ModLogic posted...

imagine friendly firing your consumers to fuck over renters

It worked. The only reason I purchased the SNES Aladdin is because I couldn't get past the magic carpet level on limited access.

kawalimus posted...

That ostrich part was really funky for sure, with or without the invisible branch. I rented genesis version. It was hard to figure out what the rules on that sequence even were. I'd just die over and over again on the jumps and not be able to figure out why.

Really the whole young simba part after the first level was fairly difficult. But got easier once you became adult simba and could wreck enemies.

Yeah. It is unusual for a game like that to get easier as it goes along, but the adult Simba levels were easier for sure.

Do Mario games not have lives? I dont think the concept of lives is foreign.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

Do Mario games not have lives? I dont think the concept of lives is foreign.

They do but I don't think they've hard a hard 'Game Over' that makes you start the game from the beginning since SMB2 maybe?

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I thought the NES version of Super Mario Bros. 3 had a hard Game Over. No?

I had the All*Stars version as a kid. By the time I played the NES version, I was good enough to not get Game Overs.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Do Mario games not have lives? I dont think the concept of lives is foreign.

Ever since SMW getting a game over just increases the feel bad counter by 1 and gives you 5 more lives and you lose zero progress.

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FortuneCookie posted...

I thought the NES version of Super Mario Bros. 3 had a hard Game Over. No?

I had the All*Stars version as a kid. By the time I played the NES version, I was good enough to not get Game Overs.

Pretty sure it throws you to the start of the current World.

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Darmik posted...

They do but I don't think they've hard a hard 'Game Over' that makes you start the game from the beginning since SMB2 maybe?

Tyranthraxus posted...

Ever since SMW getting a game over just increases the feel bad counter by 1 and gives you 5 more lives and you lose zero progress.

She started being confused because the game over screen appeared at all. Thats why I think shes faking. She didnt even wait to notice she lost her progress.

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