The main characters retained their voice actors from the show. The Japanese version of the game 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. 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. 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.
Each level ends with a boss whose speed and strength would increase after taking a set amount of damage.Īlthough the game is one of many beat 'em ups produced after Final Fight, it contained many innovations, including the option for two players to team up and attack enemies, with the exact attack differing slightly depending on which two characters were being used. The game's levels are based on various locations from Springfield, including Downtown, Krusty Land, the Graveyard, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Butte, a Dreamland, the Channel 6 studio and the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The player chooses from one of the four Simpsons family members: 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. In the end, Homer throws the diamond away. They celebrate (along with many other characters in the Japanese version). After a long fight, Burns is defeated, and the Simpsons rescue Maggie, who places her pacifier into Mr. Burns breaks through the wall inside a large machine which attacks with bombs, lasers, missiles and pincers, and starts a climatic battle against the Simpsons.
They have a brief battle with a Japanese Kabuki Warrior before hopping on a helicopter to the Springfield Power Plant, where Smithers has taken Maggie.Īt the Power Plant, the Simpsons family confront Smithers, who battles them with bombs. They get in the studio and see a news reporter doing a news report on Maggie's kidnapping. After waking up, they see the helicopter landing on top of the Channel 6 studio. While unconscious, the Simpsons envision themselves in the clouds and in their minds they battle nightmare donuts, saxophones, Power Plant workers, Bart-like imps, and a gigantic bowling ball. Smithers escapes by helicopter and the Simpsons family are sent down a large waterfall and are knocked out. The bear that was chasing Smithers tries to kill the Simpsons, but the family defeats the bear. Smithers is fleeing from a bear and carries Maggie towards a river, and the Simpsons follow his trail, battling woodsmen and bigfoots on the way. The Simpsons later follow Smithers to the Springfield Butte. The Simpsons family then follows Burns' goons into Moe's Tavern, where they encounter several mobsters and a drunk which they are forced to fight. Zombies, rise from their graves and attack the Simpsons family, but the family fights them off. They encounter Smithers in a Krusty balloon and upon his defeat, the balloon pops, sending the family and Smithers falling down to Springfield Cemetery. Burns to stop the family from getting Maggie back and are forced to fight them.Īfter defeating several goons including a wrestler, they chase Smithers into Krustyland, where they are attacked by Clowns and rabbits (from Matt Groening's original cartoon Life in Hell). On the way, they encounter goons hired by Mr. Smithers kidnaps Maggie and runs off with the diamond in her mouth, prompting the Simpsons to pursue him and attempt to rescue Maggie. This sends the diamond flying and landing in Maggie's mouth.
The Simpsons are walking in the street when Smithers, who stole a diamond from a Jewel Shop for Mr. In 2021, Arcade1Up announced that it would be releasing a 30th anniversary edition home arcade cabinet which includes this game, and The Simpsons Bowling. However, Konami only reacquired the license temporarily and the digital versions on both platforms were discontinued in 2014. Backbone Entertainment would later released an emulated version for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 2012 as a digital download. The Japanese game developer had prior success with the 4-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game and attempted to reproduce the same success with a game based on The Simpsons.Ĭonversions of the game were released for MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1991, both developed by Novotrade. subsidiary was located) in December of the same year, a few months before its full release. The game began development in February 1990 and underwent location testing in the Chicago, Illinois area (where the Konami's U.S. It was released in North America on Maand in Japan on August 4, 1991. The Simpsons Arcade Game is a beat 'em up game, produced by Konami in 1991.
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