A Beauty and the Beast (Disney) game by Probe Entertainment and Hudson Soft, based on the 1991 animated film and released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. An 8-bit version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe.
The game follows the plot of the movie, mostly from the point of view of the Beast. The player controls the Beast in a 2D side-scrolling action game, as he explores various levels with the mission to find his true love and break the spell before his rose withers. Explore the castle and the woods, the magical library, battle fierce enemies, and search for Belle in the castle. Can you help the Beast break the spell before its too late?
The game is a 2D action platformer where the player controls the Beast through levels based on settings from the movie. Beast has many tools at his disposal, he can use his brute strength to battle foes, climb objects, and a powerful roar that reveals objects and stuns enemies in place, allowing the Beast to jump on them to reach higher areas.
The game features renditions of the movie's soundtrack, and many of the film's recognizable characters.
This game contains examples of:
- Adaptational Badass: In the last stage, LeFou appears in some tower windows to shoot at the Beast with a blunderbuss.
- Cranium Ride: Enemies frozen with the Beast's Roar can be leaped upon and used a platforms.
- Demoted to Extra: Belle isn't overly involved in this game, appearing in just a few stages, as well as the bonus round.
- Disney Villain Death: Defeating Gaston involves punching him until he falls from ledges, with the final ledge finishing him off for good.
- Flunky Boss: The Gray Wolf sends Wolf Mooks at the player to distract them while it teleports around the room.
- Hearts Are Health: The Beast's health meter is measured by a single heart split into four. It also doubles as his lives counter.
- It's All Upstairs From Here: In the last stage, the Beast has to climb up the rooftops of his castle to reach Gaston.
- The Lost Woods: Stage 2 takes place in the snow-covered woods, where the Beast must jump over ravines and giant tree branches.
- Magical Library: After the castle dungeons and the dark forest, the Beast enters the castle library and fights living books.
- Mighty Roar: The Beast can use his roar as a special attack that activates objects and paralyzes onscreen enemies.
- Our Gargoyles Rock:
- The game's first boss is a grey gargoyle that comes to life and attacks the Beast with sweeping maneuvers.
- The gargoyle returns as the boss for the library section.
- Prison Level: The first stage has Beast traverse the castle dungeons.
- Savage Wolves: The second boss is a large wolf with gray fur. It can teleport and summons some brown wolves as Mooks to trouble the player.
- Snowball Fight: The bonus level is based on the Belle and Beast's snowball fight, where your mission is to catch the snowballs Belle throws at you.
- Super Drowning Skills: As soon as Beast falls into a pond in stage 2, he dies.
- Timed Mission: The player has a time limit to complete stages, measured by the magical rose, which withers with passing time. Though it resets when you enter new stages.
