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Though it is slightly smaller at 17 playable characters, there are 4 special holiday themed duplicate characters playable only on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and New Year’s respectively. Like The Simpsons Wrestling, Road Rage boasts a sizeable and impressive roster of fan favourites. Many Springfieldians decide to fight back against Burns’ desire to control the transit systems of Springfield by making enough money from taxiing people around to buy the buses back. The plot of Road Rage stems again from Mr Burns. A game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by EA, which later saw a GBA version in 2003 (made by Altron). The Simpsons next saw a video game released in the form of the criminally under rated Road Rage, released in November of 2001 for the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube. This game’s main strength lies in the fact that it’s fully voice-acted. I have to say that while this game is objectively bad, unbalanced, and looks pretty hideous it’s still actually a lot of fun to play. To the extent that it made the shortlist of games for my 2001 Game of the Year. Though since I owned this game as a youngster, and it combined two of my favourite things at the time. It is often heralded as one of the worst games ever made. This was the game I was most looking forward to revisiting. These locations include the Power Plant, Kwik-E-Mart and Moe’s Tavern, among others. The game pits 2 characters against each other in a variety of 3D locations that longtime fans of the show will remember. Each character boasts a unique moveset with whacky attributes and a myriad of weapons. Remarkably this marks the first (and only) playable appearance of many fan favourite characters such as Barney Gumble, Ned Flanders and Moe Syzlak. A total of 20 playable characters make up the game’s roster. The Simpsons Wrestling is an atypical wrestling game, with light beat-em-up elements. The game was developed by Big Ape Productions and published by Activision. Akin to the issues that plagued the NES platformers.īart in the “Bad Dream House”, lifted from the first Treehouse of Horror episode.įans didn’t have to wait long for their next dose of The Simpsons in video game form, following the release of Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror in March, The Simpsons Wrestling released in April of 2001 exclusively for Sony’s Playstation. Unfortunately the control system feels significantly dated. While there are some pleasant nods to the show, such as a boss battle against Count Burns. The game utilises a beautiful art style and the sprites are wonderfully animated. Each family member has their own level, though Homer has a total of three! Though oddly, she takes Bart’s role as the Fly in a level which is based on the short “ Fly vs. The game is notable in that it sees Maggie make her sole appearance as a playable character (along with each of the other family members). Following a handful of Windows games published by Fox Interactive, and a Bowling games released by Konami exclusively for the Arcade, The Simpsons made their return on the Game Boy Colour in March of 2001. Side scrolling platformer consisting of 7 levels loosely based on 7 shorts from the popular Halloween themed Simpsons episodes. Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror was developed by Software Creations and published by THQ, it was a Please make sure you revisit the first and second parts before you delve into the third and final Simpsons games retrospective! The Simpsons Games: A History & Retrospective Part 3
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