The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. It is a beat 'em up based on the cartoon series of the same name. more...

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The voice actors of the immediate family (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith) provide their talents for their respective characters. It uses the same engine and therefore has similar overall gameplay as the very popular 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, also made by Konami.

Plot

The plot, like that of many similar arcade games, is simple. After stealing a giant diamond from Springfield Jewelers, Waylon Smithers bumps into Homer Simpson, whose family was conveniently walking down the street. The encounter knocks the diamond out of Smithers' hand, and Maggie Simpson snatches it in her mouth (in place of her pacifier), prompting Smithers to grab Maggie and run off. The Simpsons must give chase, but hundreds of goons in matching suits stand in their way.

Gameplay

The player chooses from one of the remaining four Simpsons: Homer, who punches and kicks; Marge, who swings her vacuum cleaner; Bart, who wields his skateboard; and Lisa, who uses a jump rope like a whip. They must fight through the employees and chase Smithers as he escapes through various Springfield landscapes. The game's levels are based on the streets of Springfield, Krustylu Studios, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Gorge, a graveyard, a dream world, the Channel 6 studio, and the Power Plant. Each level ended with a boss whose speed and strength would increase after taking a set amount of damage.

Bosses included Professor Werner von Brawn (a professional wrestler from the episode "Bart the Daredevil". Oddly, many people mistook him for Barney Gumble), a hot air balloon shaped like Krusty the Clown, a crowd of zombies, a pair of bouncers, a drunk at Moe's Tavern, a bear from the episode "The Call of the Simpsons", an imaginary gigantic bowling ball and a martial arts sensei dressed like a kabuki actor. After each boss was defeated, Smithers would briefly appear with Maggie and narrowly escape. Smithers wears a cape through the entirety of the game, which he had not done at any point in the cartoon. In addition to using the cape as a shield and a makeshift weapon, in the final battle, he also draws handheld bombs from beneath it, which ultimately backfire on him. The game eventually leads to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, where Smithers battles to protect Burns and ultimately Montgomery Burns awaits to defend his prize.

Although the game is one of many beat 'em up produced after Final Fight, it contained many innovations, including the option for two players to team up and attack enemies in tandem, with the exact attack differing slightly depending on which two characters were being used. Food could be used for healing, and various weapons and items could be obtained for use for a short time or for a one-time projectile attack. These items were often brought into the game by other Simpsons characters, and the Simpsons' own pets could be used as thrown weapons at various points in the game. The Japanese version of the game also included small scale nuclear bombs that, when thrown, clear all on-screen enemies, as well as a life bar that can be doubled by eating food when your character's health was full.

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