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]