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Name: The Simpsons series (5 titles)
Bart vs. the Space Mutants
Krusty's Super Fun House
Bart's Nightmare
The Itchy and Scratchy Game
Virtual Bart
Author/Vendor: Acclaim
Released: various
Type: various
Language: English
Premise: A series of varied arcade games based on the characters created by cartoonist Matt Groenig (Life is Hell) for the Fox Television Network.
Impressions: Rather uneven, but that's not surprising considering that several different software houses were involved. I'd say it's a tossup between Bart's Nightmare and Virtual Bart in terms of overall excellence, but I'd also give a nod to Itchy and Scratchy for sheer mayhem.
Variations: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992 by Flying Edge, Bart is the only person who can save his home town of Springfield from an alien invasion - the oldest game in the lineup, and it shows)
Krusty's Super Fun House (1992 by Flying Edge, a thinly disguised Lemmings clone in which Krusty the Clown sets out to trap a bunch of rats that are running loose)
Bart's Nightmare (1993 by Sculptured Software, Bart falls asleep while doing his homework and has a nightmare in which he chases his lost homework pages all over a Twilight Zone rendition of Springfield)
The Itchy and Scratchy Game (1994 by Bits, mindless and plotless mayhem in which Itchy and Scratchy do their usual thing of beating each others brains out and trying to find inventive new ways to off one another - loosely based on the "cartoon-within-a-cartoon" shorts as seen on the Simpsons TV series)
Virtual Bart (1994 by Sculptured Software, a collection of several differently themed arcade minigames that depict the daydream fantasies of Bart Simpson - riding a motorcycle, throwing tomatoes at his classmates, living as a dinosaur, seeking ancient treasure, etc.)
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