VIDEO: Bootleg NES ‘The Lion King’ is pretty much the most morbid thing ever

At this point, it’s hard to be shocked with whatever rom hackers come up with, but everyone once in a while comes something that breaks new ground.

Those intimately familiar with the rom hacking scene know already that there’s a lot of strange, and at times, frankly messed up stuff being done to old NES/SNES/Genesis games. Where I was growing up, there was this one guy who used to rent Nintendo titles at the local super market and then either strip the info contained within the carts, or simply replaced the chips themselves with his own creations.

And what did he replace Mega Man 3 with? Something about killing Jews at concentration camps. Like I said, really batsh*t insane stuff. And the following is right up there: Lion King 5‘s game over screen (another thing about bootlegs is how there’s all these sequels that you didn’t know existed; Super Mario Bros has to be up to part 189 by now, no joke) features Timon, Simba, and Pumbaa, all perishing if you screw up.

Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad, right? Well, they don’t perish because you didn’t stop a fire in time and the like (or whatever peril is illustrated in the movie… to be honest, I’ve never seen it). Nope, they actually kill themselves if your game playing skills sucks…

Talk about the stuff of nightmares. Please keep kids far, FAR away from this one. Though on the bright side, the music sounds pretty rocking, especially for a NES game!

Pirate NES Adaptation Of The Lion King Has Grim Consequences For Failure [GameSetWatch]

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