![]() Third, I mentioned that the MS-DOS vesion has support for only two players, while theĪrcade version has support for four. Second, the graphics are not as great as the arcade version, as they were done in EGA. The sound effects are also crap, and not the best that they could be. The only music I liked is the music while you're entering your name in the high scores. Music was done in MID format, and it could have been better if it was in Sound Blaster and used the WAV format. First, all of the music sounds terrible in the game. The Simpsons is only available for MS-DOS, and I'm afraid that it is not quiteĪs good as the arcade version. That way, you won't get sore fingers if you're going to handle more than one enemy. It is recommended that The Simpsons is played with another person. The second has you hit yourself on the face as many times as you can.Īs with the energy meter, you can restore it to its fullest if you manage to pick up a In the bonus stages, you compete with three other CPU players, and the first bonus stage has you blowing up a balloon so hard that it is bigger than the rest of the balloons. The only way that you can get an extra life is by winning two bonus stages. If you get hit by an enemy, your energy is reduced, and once the energy meter is depleted, you'll lose one of your life. You start each new game with three lives and there is a meter right next to the number of lives to tell you how much energy you've got. Rather than using your default weapon, you can also get weapons along the way like hammers and slingshots, either lying on the ground or from someone else offering it to you. For example, in stage one, you can pick up bus stop signs and letter boxes and throw them mostly at enemies with blue suits. While knocking down enemies, you can also pick things up and throw it at them, and more often than not, they will go down in just one shot. You have to knock down people that get in your way stage after stage after stage, and fight the end-of-stage boss. There are eight stages in The Simpsons, and involves you chasing Smithers around the place. Marge, for instance, will say "How's my hair?" and Bart says "Who are hell are you?" Furthermore, they have their own quotes, which you can read if you stand there doing nothing for five seconds. I personally play Marge, since her vacuum cleaner can pack a mean punch. For example, Marge uses her vacuum cleaner to knock down enemies, Lisa uses her skipping rope, Bart the skateboard, and Homer only his fists). As a result, Maggie is kidnapped by Smithers, and it's up to the Simpsons to rescue her.Īs the player, you can choose to rescue Maggie as Marge, Homer, Bart, or Lisa, but since The Simpsons supports two players, you can only play with one other person (the arcade version has 4-player support). It flies in the air and lands in Maggie's mouth. ![]() In downtown Springfield, a jewel heist involving Homer and Smithers goes wrong when Homer bumps into him while Smithers is carrying one of the diamond. Konami brought us Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game, now they've brought us The Simpsons. Well, you've seen the hit TV show, you brought the figurines, now play the video game. Burns in a robotic outfit.īetween levels, the player can compete against the other characters in two mini-games to be first to complete a task (inflating a balloon and waking up their character). There's also the showdown finale against Smithers and Mr. End level bosses are the wrestler Professor Werner von Brawn, a hot air balloon shaped like Krusty the Clown, a pair of bouncers, a drunk at Moe's Tavern, a henchman in a bear suit, an imaginary, gigantic bowling ball, and a martial arts sensei dressed like a kabuki actor. Each level ends with a boss whose speed and strength will increase after taking a certain amount of damage. The game's levels are Downtown Springfield, Krustyland, Springfield Discount Cemetery, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Gorge, Dreamland, the Channel 6 studio, and the Power Plant. Other weapons such as hammers and bowling balls are also available to use. Homer, who punches and kicks Marge, who swings her vacuum cleaner Bart, who wields his skateboard and Lisa, who uses a jump rope as a whip. The player can choose to play as each of the four Simpson characters. The Simpsons is basically a side-scrolling beat-em-up featuring the characters from The Simpsons TV show. Burns has tons of henchmen, who want to prevent the family getting their daughter back. The Simpsons decide to go after him, but Mr. ![]() Maggie catches it in her mouth, prompting Smithers to grab her and run off. While trying to make a getaway, he crashes into Homer, which knocks the diamond out of his hand. Waylon Smithers has just stolen a diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr.
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