The Game NO ONE Can Beat - Lion King (SNES)

[@nor4205]

My mum was the first one to beat this game! She figured out the strategies and threw Scar off the cliff to applause... that was her first taste of gaming and what followed was a fire in her to complete Alladdin and then all the Mario games on the Mario All-Stars cartridge. She played my Snes more than me! It all started with The Lion King 😂

[@IanMijares]

W mom bro

[@mahuk.]

That's awesome dude lol

[@YunxiaoChu]

Wow

[@ltjon1924]

Aladdin was a good freaking game. One of the games that I remember having to have my mom help me on was the chemical plant zone on Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I really struggled with the moving platforms, leading up to the boss. It was the fact that I suck so bad at the moving platforms on that level that I discovered the infinite lives glitch on that level. Everything else in the game was pretty easy up until the Labyrinth of the Air Fortress.

[@ArtisChronicles]

I dunno who the first truly was, but that's a pretty cool story.

[@moxxy3565]

I'm 33 and despite owning this game for my entire childhood, watching this video is the first time I've ever seen the elephant graveyard 😅

[@Gashnaw]

i made it to the elephants graveyard, but never past it.

[@orchideqvinox765]

25 and grew up with the Genesis version of this game. I could never figure out the second level until I was in my tweens I swear 😭

[@orchideqvinox765]

(And I only ever played on easy mode and I even had the manual fwiw)

[@nightshade6433]

I never got to that level through gameplay, but if you left the starting screen on long enough it would show gameplay of the different levels. I remember seeing aged up simba and getting so excited to make it to that level. Never did tho...

[@rommie557]

Dude same, I'm 37

[@ChargeQM]

I remember watching my uncle beat Scar at the end, and it was one of the most liberating feelings... like watching David kill Goliath. This game was my Dark Souls when I was 8.

[@Amy_Dunn]

YES! My dad beat the game in Sega Genesis back in the day after I had given myself several stress headaches trying to beat the first few levels on my extended family's communal game gear and watching him beat Scar was so satisfying. 😂

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

I love how Dark Souls has become the go to thing to compare to any game that's difficult, when it doesn't even scratch the surface in difficult gaming.

[@RyanREAX]

I beat the whole game at 8 years old… anyway, whats funny is you can throw scar off the cliff before the final segment and then the game just stays idle until u reset it xD

[@IIDeadlyDownie]

@@yeahyeahwowman8099 Do elaborate cause dark souls genre is notorious for how hard it is and there are thousands if not millions of rage clips of people trying to beat those games, it revolutionised gaming hence why there’s so many copy cats lol. Every game I have played since the first dark souls all the way to Elden ring, feels like an easy walk through with someone holding my hand. The games ruined all the other narrative driven games for me now 😂

[@SilvesterBoots]

@@IIDeadlyDownie Those were somewhat different types of difficulty. Dark Souls is notorious for ambushes and traps. Old era games were very specific in their tie of mechanics, controls, and _lives_. Some games mitigated it with password system, i.e. semi-save.

[@Phantom77_]

90s games were great but very brutal with their precise mechanics and the fact that many had no saving, it was zero hand holding

[@Mortiorchist]

The game gear’s battery life was a special kind of hell. I spent my childhood trying to beat Ristar, which was my favorite game and I had every level memorized, but the game was so long that by the time I’d get to the final boss, the batteries would die and I’d have to start over. I never did finish it. The game gear took 6 double-A batteries and my parents weren’t happy about the expense. 😅

[@quinnhaynie7767]

@@MortiorchistAC adapter ftw

[@owenb8636]

Always felt like this was meant to stretch out their play time without adding more content

[@devinchi1]

I read an article about this game: because video game rental was so insanely huge at the time disney intentionally made their games hard(if anyone else remembers Aladin) because nobody would be able to beat them in the 1-2 days given for the rental so they would rent them continously and when they got tired of trying it was just given to someone else, continuing the cycle of disney getting money.

[@pmangano]

I dont remember aladdin being that hard, i've beaten it a lot of times but lion king not even once.

[@LuxeLuminaSoaps]

Aladdin WAS hard. I never beat it 😭

[@ShangaziPanda]

SNES Toy Story and Mickey Mania were pretty hard but nowhere near Lion King.

[@glaxb17]

I never managed to get past the second level, at the time streamers didn't exist, imagine that a child knew that he had to roar at that monkey to reverse the direction of the throw... (I suppose that 80% of players was stuck right there)

[@ElysetheEevee]

I got way far into Aladdin, and I believe I beat it once ever (the differences with the Jafar snake between systems always fascinated me as a kid, haha). Never again after that. I've beaten Lion King tons of times growing up, preferrably through the SNES versus Genesis. The Aladdin and Little Mermaid games were absolute HELL to play.

[@thomasbotts5815]

For my best friend's wedding, the night before, we stayed up all night trying to beat this on a sega genisis emulator . When we finally did (at 4 am) we were screaming. My best friend put it on his linkdin profile that he beat the second level, and we nearly got kicked out due to noise complaints. My best friend isn't around anymore, and I met my wife that night. It will forever be the most important night of my life. Thank you for the videos, poo. I cant beginin to describe what a ride watching this video has ben.

[@austinjrb]

Those are the casual moments that make life worth living, I can imagine how hype you guys were 😭🤣 This story is awesome. Cheers to you and your bestfriend, and cheers to you and your wife 🫂💯

[@Wr41thgu4rd]

Fake

[@fullname3861]

​@@Wr41thgu4rdshit felt like a fake ass reddit tts lmao

[@rubyherring]

man, how did you meet your wife when you stayed up playing games with your friend all night?

[@Cappyboom]

@@rubyherringhe seemingly was playing with multiple people

[@Its109TheGamer]

The animations and art in this game for it's time is very well done. They did a lot when it came to art direction

[@JCarlito19]

Too bad so many never saw all that work since no-one could get far enough to see 99% of it.

[@Mortiorchist]

Yeah, as someone who grew up playing this, I was always a little sad when I’d get to the level where Simba aged up because his adult form was less cartoony and expressive, and it took some of the fun out of it.

[@sharkkbyte585]

Literally, those animations are gorgeous im in awe at all of them

[@NathalieCwiekSwiercz]

Yeah really beautiful game!!

[@SlmGrrn_01]

Both this and Aladdin were specially made to have been animated by animators over at Walt Disney Animation Studios so no doubt it would be amazing. I recall they even got praise from the public just due to that reason alone.

[@1slayer959]

2:25 "oh I'm into this level" Literally everyone who's played this game. Convulsing with war flashbacks

[@Nicholas_Steel]

Except for the hippo tail hitbox bullshit, that level is pretty great.

[@1slayer959]

@Nicholas_Steel yeah it wouldn't be so bad if those hippos bothered to exist in the same dimension as the player lol

[@JayOBuddz]

I can't remember if it was my cousin or my step brother, but when he finally got to Scar, the whole family gathered to watch the fight, amazed anybody got that far.

[@Mortiorchist]

Lion King was like a lot of games from this era. You had to play them until you had them literally memorized, which could take weeks or months depending on how long it was. The level design was intentionally unfair and unpredictable because that was how they made it challenging. It was so satisfying to finally be able to beat these games that I’d play them from start to finish over and over again without getting bored. Not saying it’s “good” game design by today’s standards, but I did enjoy them a lot as a child.

[@Mkultra_isReal]

All the people who got their ass handed to them playing this in that era can now rest easy that it was just a hard game and your a better gamer than you give yourself credit for

[@jungofett]

This game was savage

[@asterv843]

This is real, somehow most games given to me as a kid were weirdly hard, Lion King being a major contender. I didn't know this and grew up thinking I was just bad at video games, and didn't try very hard any more. It is indeed very vindicating to see that this is a common experience. Moment of silence for the discouraged little gamers of yesterday.

[@Surikoazimaet]

The game was also on purpose overtuned so kids couldn't beat it over a rental weekend in the first place...

[@TheGoose2012]

Only beaten this game twice in my life. Once as a kid (still no idea how) and once as an adult (again, no idea how). My nephew boasted a couple years back that he was great at video games, so I introduced him to The Lion King. Told him he could only call himself a true gamer if he beat it. Even with the rewind feature on the Switch, he has yet to conquer this madness.

[@DylbyllSecretChannel]

Dang, you should’ve said he can only call himself an epic gamer if he beat the lion king. not true gamer. Being an epic gamer is way more hip, yo

[@primateboogaloo]

I beat it as a kid, I remember it taking me forever to work out how to defeat Scar. No way I could achieve it now

[@Dreweybaby]

🤣💀🤣 @ had no idea how as an adult lmaooooo

[@jimbob8519]

Absolute comedic gold. As someone who played this game as a kid and only finally beat it in my 30s, watching a kaizo master miss tail jumps was absolutely hilarious. Thanks Poo

[@pawsitive6558]

Same here. As a kid, I managed to get to the last level, but never figured out the scar fight. And then, somwhere in my 20s, my ex-fiancé would boot this game out of nowhere from an emulator and I was FINALLY able to beat it.

[@Marconel100]

I beat it after trying enough times, me and a friend were competing to beat him xd

[@TheStevedie]

Same here lol.

[@BonazaiGirl]

I still remember those stupid monkeys tossing me around to this day. There’s a visceral rage I feel whenever I remember that level and how long I spent on it until I FINALLY didn’t die.

[@Ultrox007]

9:30 seeing that single jump immediately after the double jump made every part of my retro gamer reflexes tense up to hit the button. Unfortunately I was not holding a controller, but my nightly tea. Which is now spilled.

[@dabluflcn]

I distinctly remember renting this one, playing it for a couple of hours, not getting anywhere, then just finding something to do outside for that weekend.

[@Necrotechian]

i think every one of these episodes should end with him watching the speed run record for the game afterwards (note to self: don't comment to popular videos too many comment notifications :P)

[@GrandPOOBear]

Will think about it

[@turbo8628]

I'm not about react videos, but i think that has potential to be great content. Poo is on the waldo leaderboards after all 😏 No joke though, i played through cuphead blind and then watched the speedrun immediately afterwards and it's definitely an experience. Anyway, i never rolled credits on lion king (never got past the penultimate stage), so this is going to be cathartic.

[@MC-ep8cu]

I would watch

[@khajiithaswares7336]

​@@GrandPOOBear it'd be self depreciating but admittedly very funny

[@silkyz68]

100% needs to do one Speedrun of the game after, not going for WR, just a good first try

[@shawnheatherly]

The fact that the second level is just a dramatic jump up from the first really makes the dev's intentions clear to me.

[@noremac7216]

The second level is honestly one of the hardest in the game lol Like you memorize the pattern and get it just right, the rest of the game isn't so bad. It's not free but that second level is always the biggest roadblock for me

[@Zeratultheking]

@@noremac7216 Its the obtuse game design of the monkey and the bam battletoads racing bike section, with no indication of how to avoid it(which even battletoads didn't even do), just makes it stupidly hard. The rest of the game isn't that bad honestly

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

The fact in an alternate timeline, cub Simba dies while singing his own song about being king one day.

[@dcastgaming6506]

I don't recall having an issue with the second level. My roadblock as a kid was the stampede for long time, then one of the stages as adult simba gave me trouble. Furthest i got was the second to last level but I couldn't find the damn exit.

[@lagg1e]

Yeah, this game is a well known example of some exec telling the devs to make it so it can't be beat in a weekend.

[@vladimirbmp]

This game was a big part of my childhood, I remember both the frustration and anger for failing over and over again but also the excitement and joy whenever I would reach a new level I previously wasn't able to. Seeing you fail in all the same places and miss all the insane hitboxes that I used to cry over as a kid was kinda therapeutic haha. I replayed it some time ago as an adult and almost beat it in the first try because all the 'tricks' are still engrained deep in my mind 20+ years later. As a kid I was never able to push Scar off the cliff though, I got to the very end of that level many times but never got to the actual ending of the game.

[@andrewhenke3353]

"WHAT IN THE INDIANA JONES AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!" had me rolling. 😀

[@masterN8]

Speaking of Indiana... the SNES 'Trilogy' game should be one he plays its so much like this one and came out at about same time if I recall lol

[@____chris]

Had the Genesis version. Ostrich jumping sequence hit boxes make no sense. Once you learn the throw move, fighting as an adult Simba is way easier. Also as a kid I never knew you had to roll back the coconuts at the gorilla. I had to go to my local Barnes and Noble to look through gaming magazines to learn that

[@xninja83x67]

You were better than me, I could never beat the level that comes after the stampede, I could do great up until that point and lose everything there. I also had the genesis version...it was a pack in with my model 2 that Christmas.

[@MrYDKJacko]

I beat this game without guides as a kid once on my model 2 genesis and I never felt like doing it ever again. The jank hit boxes drove me crazy on top of the log jumping section at the waterfall level is usually where my playthroughs end.

[@michaelsodomora5439]

You don't have to roll back the coconuts. You just have to dodge them + you can't be on the ground when he slams the ground, so you just have to jump when he slams the ground and land on his back. He can't slap you and slam the ground at the same time. That's how I used to do that boss when I was about 10. I used to play through this game practically every weekend on hard. My cousin and my best friend told me it was impossible and I loved proving them both wrong. After you learn all of the patterns it's next to impossible to die except if you hit x and you're too far from Scar to throw him. The Jaguars instantly become able to be thrown off the map if you roar at them and the hyena's have the magic range that you can hit them and they can't hit you. I just think this game got it's reputation from the fact that it requires so much patience. That's something that kids today lack more than back when this game was made. In addition the information about the bugs that heal you, don't and unlock the mini games comes in the book that came with the game. On easy mode you start with max lives and hyenas only take one hit to kill as a cub. On normal difficulty hyenas take 2 hits to kill as a cub and I think you start with 3 lives.

[@prismaticpaul]

for real man, even when i kept pausing the video i legit could not see what did he hit after double jumping at the ostrich section. I used to think it was maybe a specific branch? makes zero sense even today.

[@michaelsodomora5439]

@@prismaticpaul At the Ostrich section you can't hold right when you do the double jump or you will always bump. That why sometimes he died and sometimes he didn't.

[@Esponn]

I remember the part in the movie when Simba died while singing "I Just Can’t Wait to Be King". That scene was so unexpected, I cried for hours afterwards.

[@runspencerun]

Playing this back on when i was 9 on my friends sega genesis in the late 90s....i was never able to get passed simba as a cub. I had never seen the stampede....a small part of my childhood has just been laid to rest. I do not have words right now to describe this....Thank you for beating this and sealing a dark chapter in my life, i feel like i can move on now. I truly didnt know i needed to see this beat until now.

[@LightsolP]

Genesis version is actually easier than the SNES version; you jump slightly higher and the platform catch is more forgiving. SNES version has sections that are pure hell because of how janky the platform catch can be (see the part in "Can't Wait To Be King" where you have to jump between the hippo's tails to get to the other side).

[@gunkanjima3408]

I made it to adult once maybe twice as a kid, definitely never beat it. Honestly I don’t think I ever completed it later in life either. I tried relatively recently and gave up on the 2nd level

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

@@LightsolP Yeah, I remember beating it on Genesis. tried playing my friends Snes version a year or so later and it was a lot harder, but I could never understand why.

[@LightsolP]

@ Yeah, a good example of the jank I mentioned is with that aforementioned hippo section in "Just Can't Wait". In the SNES version, you have no choice but to make it across that collision jankfest and hope it works, whereas with the Genesis version you can jump up to the hippo facing the camera and skip the whole thing. The SNES version does look and sound a lot better, though.

[@LightsolP]

@ Bought the PC Aladdin & Lion King combo, beat Aladdin S on Normal no problem; started Lion King N and gave up on the second level. Jank was just ridiculous.

[@docknives3792]

I feel like I made every single one of those exact same errors as a kid. This games difficulty is in having to memorize the entire pattern sequences and parts. Insanely good video for my nostalgia thank you!

[@PhyloGenesis]

and figuring out that roaring turns the monkeys 🤬

[@CidZero]

Storytime. So I was obsessed with lion king as a kid. This game was new, and I got it for my birthday. I at first struggled with the game for a week. The stampede was my biggest struggle. A friend then told me to focus on the pattern of the rocks, and I finally figured it out. I was 9. It wasnt until 3 months later, that I finally finished Lion King for the snes. I was SO happy. It took so long to understand that one maze level near the end. The easiest level was the very last level - to me. Music slaps too.

[@ThunderdomeDoc]

The adult simba pounce and punch is a heavy hitter for the hyenas and big cats. Jump on them, hold down and it’ll make a success noise and then you get a few free punches in. Also, you underutilized the adult roar, the upper left meter is roar. When it’s full it stuns most things and kills others. Great video

[@bmenrigh]

Thank you. I was painfully watching him struggle in this video. I remember making heavy use of the pouncing and mauling enemies. You could also stun-lock Scar doing this where you jump on him, maul, jump back, repeat. If you got the timing and jump spacing just right he'd never hit you and you could bully him to death super fast.

[@fabricebacquart]

this guy is a huge noob. Even 90s kids beat lion king easy lol.

[@revyhavoc1386]

Would always use the pounce. Was a game changer. Would fight every hyena I could just to get the pounce on 😂

[@MaddMrTinyEyes]

My favorite series on KZbin.

[@ninjaguyYT]

It's terrible. There are some games on the list that I beat, so he's lying.

[@codydoodles2]

@@ninjaguyYTit’s for the clicks bro calm down. Not that deep.

[@prufrock5150]

@@ninjaguyYT Have you considered the alternate interpretation, and that instead it means you're a nobody? ;)

[@ninjaguyYT]

@@prufrock5150 that's a fair assessment

[@Gomez1mike]

I refuse to play these old games without save states. You are a hero, friend.

[@GodSkul]

I refuse to play without rewind. Makes it even cheesier.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

​@@GodSkul hero? More like insane 😂 (i do the same, the games i play are not THIS hard tho)

[@abraham3673]

@@GodSkul rewind is just a fancier, cheesier version of save states.

[@TheBigDer]

No. This is exactly the FIRST game I think of! I just clicked on the video after reading the title and am thinking, “Finally, someone said it!” I still have the giraffe stage burned into my memory.

[@malachihormel7994]

I love these videos. Perfect mix of nostalgia, the vindication of even a kaizo player acknowledging their difficulty, and the empathy of watching someone struggle at the same jank from 30 years ago.

[@TrueWolves]

This is probably the only "never beaten" childhood game so far that I have beaten!... eventually as a teen. Difficulty also affects the health of enemies, like the Hyenas. So good job on hard!

[@ZakisHereNow]

“What are we doing here? I don’t know what this level is or how this level works… WTF was that shit?!?” is the best summary of this entire game and my memory of playing it as a child.

[@demontamerbf18]

24:27 EXCUSE ME, YOU CAN DO THAT?!?!?!?! I've played this game since I was 8 years old and I had never realized you can roll onto the coconuts and hit the gorilla with them, wow, still discovering new things after all this time, really cool video btw.

[@Mnemo85]

So many dormant memories unlocked. So many moments of "Ah yes, you have to grab the ledge in that one very specific way" in my muscle memory.

[@Tsunami-]

It's rare for me to drop everything and watch a video all the way through without multitasking, but I've done that for every video in this series. Really great commentary/reactions, you make my day every time, thank you!

[@Murdoc_rusche]

This is very nostalgic for me, because while I did beat this as a young teen, I did so after many hours on normal mode. I have massive respect for you finishing this hidden monster of cheap deaths on hard mode. Great video.

[@joeypizza2761]

I haven't played this game since I was a kid and it was new, and that sad music when you lose a life activated me like I'm a sleeper agent or something

[@HashimotoDatsu]

That and the "It starts" from Timon. Heard that a lot as a kid lol

[@joeypizza2761]

@HashimotoDatsu oh my god absolutely. I had so many rage memories about that hippo level lmaoo

[@pundemon9659]

This game's difficulty would have been nightmare fuel to kid-me's brain! I grew up with the Genesis version, but despite loving video games I had like a strange audio-based phobia of things when I was a kid, and I vividly remember that this game's death screens used to make me cry. It drove my poor older sisters insane, one of them even sang the game over jingle at me when I pissed her off 🤣can't say I didn't deserve that, seeing as I insisted on watching them play despite knowing that's gonna happen!

[@zebatov]

13:59 “Wait. What did this get me?” **dies** I lost it.

[@syeblaize]

Just to add to those posting their "where I got stuck". It was definitely the bone pits. I remember seeing that, no lives (obviously I wasn't playing on hard, I just ran out), and saying "what the heck am I supposed to do!?". Thanks for beating this one for all of us

[@joshuazaback7310]

Love this series. Interestingly, this was the 1st video game I ever beat! Fun to see it here :)

[@veen6847]

19:31 "I'm moderately angry, i can control my emotions" The next clip:

[@JcoleMc]

20:51 He's so angry he doesn't even say " cool " anymore

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

HOOOWWW-

[@veen6847]

Lmaoo​@@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399

[@snoozin2]

Glad to see so much success with this series! As someone not alive when this game came out it still has so much notoriety in the gaming community. So glad to finally see someone beat it ;) I was also pleasantly surprised by the graphics and relatively smooth animations at times, really not a bad looking game.

[@ElderDrazi]

ive watched a few and I'm totally blown away to not see Super Ghouls and Ghosts not on the list on games in this series it is the hardest SNES game of all time. That is the realest challenge

[@williamcortes985]

Long time GPB subscriber. Never thought this would be the content I needed. Awesome series! Also, can’t wait to see you play Silver Surfer NES. That’s my vote!

[@louisroy4911]

Now we’re entering my era! We have indeed rented this game multiple times and never beat it

[@insertname4959]

I played the heck out of this game when I was a kid, and it took me years to finally complete it. It was so funny to see you take a shot at it-it reminded me of the pain! The part at 10:48 really made me snort. xD When you finally reached Simba’s Destiny level, I thought, 'This guy is gonna quit with so many hard, frustrating levels ahead.' That’s when I realized I was only halfway through the video. xD Hats off to you, sir. You brought me so many laughs and reminded me of so many great moments from my childhood.

[@luciferdemandsmuffins3377]

Omgg this game was my childhood!!❤ took a long while to figure out the controls for fighting/throwing as adult Simba.. but my brother and I replayed this game so many times, one of my faves❤️

[@DungeonMaster6]

I played this game as a kid and couldn't beat it- glad to see what the whole game looks like now and that I wasn't alone in my struggle!

[@mcghost2057]

Listen my bro I’m on Old School SNES gamer and man to man your a seriously good gamer this game is one of the most frustrating and difficult games from from the 90s….

[@bleachigo990]

It’s really not though. It just is one that takes patience. Also he never used roar which made the game significantly easier.

[@mcghost2057]

@ I’m really impatient so that’s probably why I struggled with it myself tbh, the platform jump mechanics would drive me up the wall 😂🤯😤

[@bleachigo990]

@ I think Mega Man helped me in the precision department because the platforming in that game required patience and……. Well precision. Lol some of the jumps in those NES games are just not ok.

[@mysteriousmaverick7461]

Wdym? Megaman 1 and 2 for NES are easy

[@bleachigo990]

@@mysteriousmaverick7461 I literally didn’t say anything about the games difficulty level. I said it had precise platforming and took patience. Please read my comment again sir.

[@jarekcarpenter1639]

I had this game on the Sega as a kid, pro-tip...when swinging on the tails in the second level, the hit box to grab the hippo tails (and even ledges for that matter) is on his front paws. So counterintuitively you don't want to be on it but just in front of you. Btw I did beat it but it took me years lol

[@jeffmartin540]

Watching you struggle so hard in a game I loved as a kid is a nice change of pace lol

[@Kmoes]

The real song is "I just can't wait till Dad dies", as brought to you by Honest Trailers.

[@epiccomiccomedy]

My dad has kept a lot of consoles from his childhood, including the sega genesis (which, btw, was the other console that lion king was released on). I remember starting this game a while back, and going through living hell trying to beat it 💀💀. It was super entertaining watching you also beat this game. Great job on the triumph! :D

[@turbo8628]

I gave up on this game when i was a kid, found out decades later watching a speedrun to finally see it get beat that i had got to the penultimate level. What makes this series so great is the familiarity with old games being janky and unforgiving, but having the sheer will to keep inching closer towards the end playthrough by playthrough. This series would fall apart if it used save states cos it takes away from the experiences we all had with these games growing up. The timer is also great not vos we see how long it took to roll credits, but cos we see how long it takes to get back to where the previous wall was.

[@smatherton24]

I was waiting for this one. So much nostalgia for this game. Came back years later and beat it by the skin of my teeth

[@maianicolas]

As a kid, i never found the way to throw Scar, i played it hundred times to the last fight just to Die again and again… watchin you struggle this much filled me with determination

[@wild1234]

Me and a friend had the exact same problem. Could get all the way to the end over and over but if Scar pounced on us it was game over. I threw him off of me once but could never do it again. We finally managed to beat him without getting pounced on. It was a wonderful feeling!

[@KairuHakubi]

it's a rare case of the source material being required to finish the game.. because you see that move and you go OH that's what he did in the movie

[@Ralabougres]

Same, I had a cracked version on PC so no manual to go with and never managed to find the command to throw enemies despite seeing it on hyenas in the demo sequence running when you afk on title screen. Even worse, if you hit Scar enough, he loses all combativity and basically becomes a vaguely dismissive training dummy. Still couldn't figure out how to end him so I gave up there :/.

[@RyanREAX]

I beat the whole game at 8 years old… anyway, whats funny is you can throw scar off the cliff before the final segment and then the game just stays idle until u reset it xD

[@KairuHakubi]

@@RyanREAX oof, all this difficulty AND a softlock on top of that

[@Rrrarai]

Such good memories! I haven't thought of this game in ages and just watching you play it reminded me all my "hacks" to beat the game. And at the begining of the video I was thinking "cmon, this is not that hard", but the more I watched, the more I remembered HOW F HARD IT WAS!! I knew the levels pretty well, I could make a speed run and not take a hit. Utill I reach the lava one. The only reason i knew that well the levels was because I didn't know what to do, so i was stuck there for a really long time, and I have to do the entire game till that section. Since my copy was not original, it was comon that you couldn't save your game, so I don't know if this game allows originally you to save your progress. When I beat the lava section, and got to Scar... another problem; didn't know how to beat him! So i spend even more time there but once I discovered how I was so extatic! Now, everytime i played the game, I was determinated to beat it now that I knew how. It was a fun childhood. Thanks for this reminder :)

[@ChronoMoogle]

That was really fun to watch, great editing! I remember really struggling with this game as a kid (and didn’t attempt it again, since I hatet it so much lol) Actraiser 2 is really dope in terms of presentation and mechanics, but considered unbeatable by many. So that would be my recommendation! (Sorry if you’ve already did this one in advance 😅)

[@Marky_Mark__]

I tried this game again a few years ago one Christmas with my cousin. We only got slightly further than we got as kids

[@Hobbsy187]

Some of the best memories of my life are Saturdays as a kid, playing this with my sister for hours and getting nowhere 😂 love you Stef, miss you

[@_chrisbuzz]

I vote for Zombies Ate My Neighbors. It's a fun game, but it's definitely hard to beat

[@onkylonky7719]

Came here to say this. Game was infuriating

[@nicholasdevereux8692]

I also came here to say this :)

[@JohnBLZ]

Oh yeah, the ending was infuriating. The last level with its go-through walls and the boss had way too many Hit points...

[@Boniparteboni]

Yes❤

[@Lefty248]

Bruh, I beat this over 20 years ago, by myself with no internet back then. You got this.

[@aspieotaku3580]

Its not that hard its easier final levels as adult simba.

[@RetroHunters]

Found your channel recently and I love it! This game was tough back in the day!

[@dropofthebass5625]

You deserve more than a million subs man, great content as always.

[@Humblemumble7]

I love this plan backfired on their greed. Most people like me rented it once, had zero fun, got super disappointed at the wasted weekend rental, and never touched it again. Not because it was "challenging" or too difficult, but because it simply wasn't fun at all

[@GigaBoost]

What are you smoking? This game was massively popular

[@Humblemumble7]

​@@GigaBoostWho tf said it wasn't? It's fking Lion King for fks sake, of course it was popular fkface. It was a slap in the face at best. It's was not a fun game, it is not a good game. Popular... when has that ever been worth anything?

[@davidsenra2495]

Unfortunately, a lot of people did rent the shit out of this game. But not me, I pirated it off a floppy disk, so I'm good.

[@lmnisop5516]

This game was actually a ploy to uncover those fit enough to join Kane's inner circle. The Brotherhood of Nod has exacting standards

[@Purplesubmariner]

32:46 it said "SFX", it was a little Easter egg from the Special FX team that animated that shot. Also, the priest in the Little Mermaid, it's his knobbly knee, you can see it before/after the infamous shot, and the son called "take off your clothes" from Aladin is the biggest stretch. There are not enough syllables to even come close to what people are saying it is. You can hear a "go off" or "get off" as he's shooing Raja away, and really it's just "off" that is actually heard clearly, so everyone assumes it's correct.

[@bass-tones]

Hey I subscribed to your channel after seeing this video. It’s really cool that you’re playing these old games the way they would have been played at release. It’s a fun way to re-experience something I remember playing when I was very young, in a way that players using save states don’t capture at all.

[@KyleHorseman]

I never committed to games, left so many barely touched. Then one day I decided I would finish Skyrim. I finally learned to love games again. It’s because this is the type of game my parents bought me when I was a kid. I swore off them for like 20 years because of this. This video is unlocking memories of levels of this game I made myself forget.

[@TainakaRicchan]

i came SO close beating lion king as a kid, I got into the last level several times, but just didnt get that I had to throw scar off the stage to finish the level-

[@MichaelMichael-kv4gp]

I'm just going to say it guys. This video is COOL!

[@JcoleMc]

COOL!

[@nicolekuhn]

10/10 edit of the video. Everyone say thank you weskillnow

[@krowdctrl7182]

I struggled so hard as a young kid trying to play this game! Glad I'm not the only one, I'd love to give it a go as an adult.

[@StonerBaer]

Ugh, this game was INFURIATING to try and play when i was a kid. You did the impossible, sir. ❤

[@coreygravely6]

I’ve preached since this game came out how it’s the hardest game I’ve ever played.

[@matt_the_ogre6834]

This series is great. You should try Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the snes. It's such a fun and difficult game.

[@Oxzide92]

Bro I've been loving this series, Very well edited and even those games that don't sound like they'll be enjoyable to watch (Waldo) are great!.. Keep it up dude.

[@lisapearson5324]

The hours I spent on this game as a kid, loved it. Memories coming back I'm screaming at the screen what he needs to do

[@JeiJohnson]

Glad you showed it could be beaten. For the longest time, I didn't even believe he had an adult form. Lol.

[@kiwi_savetf2]

Hey Poo if you ever want a real unbeatable game just play the Shadow of the beast trilogy for the Amiga If you manage to finish those games without cheats you are a GOD in gaming

[@pedromata9450]

I also think every episode should end with Poo giving a Difficulty and an Enjoyability rating out of 10

[@KueiJinDeathMachine]

I've always been the most patient person I know of. Then I started watching Poo. I could not do a fraction of what he does. To make yourself keep repeating something so frustrating is nothing short of amazing.

[@seabunnyvoyager3524]

One of my fave SNES games! Thanks for playing it, brought back fond memories (memories of being stuck on that dumb lava level…not knowing what to do at the end…)

[@j.kidder7063]

This makes me feel much better about fully ragequitting this game when I was a kid. Great video!

[@mcghost2057]

PLEASE try to complete Castlevania - Dracula 😂 or Zombies Ate My Neighbors

[@mcghost2057]

#snes

[@fabricebacquart]

Or contra, hagane, ghsts & goblins... these guys have never played a hard game, i swear lol

[@mcghost2057]

@@fabricebacquart Ghosts & Goblins was ridiculously hard bro 👊

[@JoanMendoza]

43:26 and as we all know, more money, more better.

[@TanabiGoat]

I'd beaten this game several times as a kid, so when I first saw this, I thought ... what's he on about? It's no big deal. But I think the real thing is, I was a lot more persistent as a kid.

[@ElverpigenM]

I wasn't very old when I played this game. I couldn't even boot it myself, I had to have my dad help me start it. I remember DOS and a floppy disk. And I had not learned any english yet. But I remember everything. This game was so hard that I only ever beat 1 or 2 levels. And I don't know how I found out that you could cheat to get to the next level, but if you typed "DWARF" on the menu screen, you could skip forward. Besides "yes" and "no", it was the first english word I learned, haha 😂 I got to see all the levels 😅 I am very impressed you beat it. And I understand now why I couldn't as a... 3-5? year old 😵‍💫

[@Ultrox007]

Never got past the elephant graveyard level, and watching the rhino tail jumping I can't help but think I HAD to have used some sort of cheat to even see the graveyard, holy crap.

[@Thedog-e9f]

Well done for sticking it out Jesse. Walter would be proud.

[@MDMart]

Good memories. Loved playing this game and all the frustrations that came along with it. I never figured out how to throw Scar on purpose, but if you hit him enough times, he runs to the edge and jumps off himself. Took forever though, fighting Scar was def the least fun (and most tedious) part about the game.

[@mlpfanceline2420]

Oh this gives me memories. I was a very impatient child and remembering trying over and over again and just rage quitting. I do, however, remember beating the second level at least two times, so that definitely was a plus and got me very excited. Haven’t played it in forever, since the Super Nintendo, where I played it at, is at my big brother’s upstairs. I haven’t gotten it down in my room yet since I have the Wii and PlayStation 2, so I have literally no room. This makes me want to play it again xD. I also remember that my parents bought me this game because I just loved the movie so much.

[@universaluniverse8780]

It took me days as a kid to beat this damn game. My cousin and I spent hours on a weekend passing the controller back and forth trying to beat it till my cousin got so pissed he threw my controller at the TV, then stomped out of my house to go home. (He lived next door) So four or five days later, I finally beat the game and the first thing I did was call my cousin who ran over from next door just in time to catch the last bits of the credits. The look of awe on his face was worth it.

[@fantanoice]

Loving this series Poo! Played this at my cousin's when I was little and got no where lol. A couple of NES games I never beat were Rollergames, Hook and RoboWarrior. Did manage to beat Bart Vs Space Mutants + World tho.

[@matchstick_prison]

I remember playing this on the Sega Genesis when I was a kid. Glad to witness someone finally beat it!

[@bapho-p]

I somehow beat this game as a kid, but it took me actual months. You have unlocked cursed memories for me. Gonna inflict this game on my husband soon.

[@HHGamingOfficial]

The Lion King video game is a certified hood classic. Happy it's getting attention.

[@dinaurians]

i am convinced, CONVINCED that they made an easier and more educational version of this game for the v-tech v-smile. like, the "cant wait to be king" level is unlocking core memories for me and ive literally never played a lion king game for the snes or nes ever

[@arnold66]

Those good old memories. It took my nephew and I three days to complete the game, besides school, of course at the expense of Friday and the Weekend. 😅 For me, one of the most difficult SNES games from the 90s was Ecco the Dolphin, which is still one of my old favorites, perhaps because my Hungarian compatriots were also involved in the development of the game which I am sincerely proud of.❤