The Lion King

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The Lion King

Developers
	Westwood Studios
Publishers
	Disney Interactive
Release dates
DOS	December 8, 1994
Windows	1996
Windows (DOSBox)	August 4, 2016
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	August 4, 2016
Linux (DOSBox)	August 4, 2016

Disney's The Lion King

Subseries of Disney
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King	1994
The Lion King	1994
Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games	1995
Disney's Hot Shots: Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Pinball	1995
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride - Active Play	1998
Disney's Hot Shots: Swampberry Sling	1998
Disney's Hot Shots: Cub Chase	1998
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumbaa	1998

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/561120/pfx/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/561120/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Level 2 ostrich glitch

On level 2, Simba may fall down beside the ostrich instead of riding on its back. If this happens it is impossible to complete the level. This issue is not fixed in the re-release on GOG.com and Steam.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

DOS

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9+
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D graphics card 256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Linux: Ubuntu 14.04	16.04
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D graphics card 256 MB of VRAM