Beauty and the Beast (1995 video game)

Beauty and the Beast is a bootleg Iranian videogame by Maham Samanpajouh.^[1] Based on the homonymous Disney movie, it was published for Commodore 64 in March 1995,^[1] being the first Iranian videogame in history, as it predates Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves of Bagdad by eight months.^[2] Some sources claim the game was indeed released in 1996.^[1]

It was developed by Maham Samanpajouh, with graphics by Reza Shamsian; who were 16 at the time.^[2] With music taken from different places,^[3] the game also copies the gameplay and takes various assets from the Last Ninja series, especially the third installment.^[1] Never meant for commercial release, according to the developer, it was released around March 1995 in some Iranian computer stores,^[1] selling less than 230 copies.^[2]