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The Lion King 1½ (video Game)
''Disney's The Lion King 1½'' (known as ''Disney's The Lion King'' outside North America) is a platform game based on the The Lion King 1½, film of the same name, the third and final traditionally-animated film in The Lion King (franchise), ''The Lion King'' franchise. It was developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Disney Interactive, whilst THQ distributed the game in Europe. The game was released worldwide for Game Boy Advance on October 7, 2003. Gameplay The game puts the players in the role of Timon and Pumbaa in a quest to find Hakuna Matata. It features three modes of gameplay which are Solo, Cooperative and Team mode. Solo mode lets the player play only as either Timon or Pumbaa in a platforming gameplay completing levels. In Cooperative mode, players alternate between both characters to solve puzzles and complete tasks. In Team mode, players use both characters with Timon riding Pumbaa in chase sequences where they have to make sure they do not hit any obstacles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicarious Visions
Blizzard Albany (formerly Vicarious Visions, Inc.) is an American video game developer based in Albany, New York. The studio was acquired by Activision in January 2005. After releasing its last game as part of that company, ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'', Vicarious Visions became part of Activision's sister company Blizzard Entertainment in January 2021 and was merged into it in April 2022, thereby being renamed Blizzard Albany. History The studio was founded by brothers Karthik and Guha Bala in 1991 while they were in high school. In the late 1990s, Vicarious Visions appointed Michael Marvin, an Albany-based investor and entrepreneur, and founder and former CEO of MapInfo Corporation; and Charles S. Jones, investor, who sat on the boards of various software and industrial companies including Geac and PSDI, to its board of directors. Under their leadership, a sale of the company was negotiated to Activision, earning the original investors over 20x their initial investment. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
