List of The Simpsons video games

The Simpsons video games are a line of official video games that use the characters from the animated television show The Simpsons. The popularity of The Simpsons motivated the video game industry to turn to the characters and world of Springfield. While critical and public reaction has generally been mixed, several of the Simpsons games did very well commercially, most notably Konami's arcade game The Simpsons and Acclaim Entertainment's The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants.

Due to its longevity, The Simpsons has currently 22 official video games that span many genres and systems, including The Simpsons Hit & Run, The Simpsons Road Rage, The Simpsons Skateboarding, The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield, The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts and Krusty's Super Fun House. Recent games have been more well-received by the general public and critics, starting with Hit & Run (which is based on Grand Theft Auto): There have been two Simpsons pinball games; one released after the first season and the other still available.

Vivendi Universal Games, the publisher of recent Simpsons games, announced shortly after the release of The Simpsons Hit & Run that there was a sequel in the works. However, no news or any development has been announced since then. The plans by Vivendi to create a sequel were no doubt cancelled when Electronic Arts announced in November 2005, that they would purchase the exclusive licensing rights to publish future Simpsons video game titles, including a potential tie-in to the upcoming Simpsons feature film, as Electronic Arts has successfully overseen many film-to-video game projects.^[1]

In May 2007, EA announced the release of the then new title (and the most recent Simpsons game to date), The Simpsons Game, expanding the franchise to multiple platforms including the Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3.^[2] Also in May 2007, Microsoft announced the release of a limited-edition The Simpsons Xbox 360. According to The Simpsons Channel, Microsoft only gave away 100 units of the promotional system.^[3]

List

Title	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Platform(s)	Release date(s)	Genre
The Simpsons Arcade Game	Konami	Konami(DOS) Electronic Arts(iOS)	Arcade Commodore 64 DOS iOS	NA March 4, 1991 NA 2009 (iOS)	Beat 'em up
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants	Imagineering Arc Developments	Acclaim Entertainment Ocean Software	NES Atari ST DOS Commodore 64/128 Amiga ZX Spectrum Amstrad Sega Master System Sega Game Gear Mega Drive/Genesis	NA April 25, 1991	Platformer
Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly	Imagineering	Acclaim Entertainment	Game Boy	NA November 1, 1991 JP February 26, 1993 EU 1993	Platformer
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World	Imagineering	Acclaim Entertainment	Amiga Atari ST Game Gear NES Sega Master System	NA December 31, 1991 JP February 26, 1993	Platformer
The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness	Distinctive Software	Konami	DOS	NA 1992	RPG
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts	Imagineering	Acclaim Entertainment	Game Boy	NA 1992	Action
Krusty's Fun House	Fox Engineering Audiogenic	Acclaim Entertainment Virgin Games	Amiga NES IBM PC Sega Master System Game Gear Game Boy SNES Mega Drive/Genesis	Amiga INT 1993 DOS NA 1992 EU 1993 Game Boy NA 199301January 1993 Game Gear INT 1992 Mega Drive INT 1992 NES INT 199209September 1992 Sega Master System INT 1992 SNES INT 1992	Puzzle
The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man	Imagineering	Acclaim Entertainment	Amiga Game Gear NES	NA 1992	Platformer
Bart's Nightmare	Sculptured Software	Acclaim Entertainment	Mega Drive/Genesis SNES	NA October 12, 1992 JP January 9, 1993 EU January 9, 1993 AUS 1993	Platformer
Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness	Beam Software	Acclaim Entertainment	Game Boy	NA November 1, 1993	Sports
Virtual Bart	Sculptured Software	Acclaim Entertainment	SNES Mega Drive/Genesis	NA September 26, 1994	Platformer
The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk	Software Creations	Acclaim Entertainment	Game Boy	NA 1994	Platformer
The Itchy & Scratchy Game	Bits Studios	Acclaim Entertainment	SNES Mega Drive/Genesis Game Gear	NA March 22, 1995	Platformer
The Simpsons Cartoon Studio	Bip Top Productions	Fox Interactive	Windows 95 Mac OS	NA June 1, 1996	Computer design program
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield	Digital Evolution	Fox Interactive	Windows Macintosh	NA September 2, 1997	Adventure
The Simpsons Bowling	Konami	Konami	Arcade	NA October 16, 2000	Sports
The Simpsons Wrestling	Bip Ape Productions	Fox Interactive Activision	PlayStation	PAL March 22, 2001 NA April 12, 2001	Sports
The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror	Software Creations	THQ	Game Boy Color	NA March 26, 2001 PAL April 20, 2001	Platformer
The Simpsons Road Rage	Radical Entertainment Altron	Electronic Arts THQ	PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Game Boy Advance	PlayStation 2 NA 20011124November 24, 2001 PAL 20011130November 30, 2001 Xbox NA 20011201December 1, 2001 PAL 20020322March 22, 2002 GameCube NA 20011217December 17, 2001 PAL 20020517May 17, 2002 Game Boy Advance PAL 20030627June 27, 2003 NA 20030630June 30, 2003	Racing
The Simpsons Skateboarding	The Code Monkeys	Fox Interactive Electronic Arts	PlayStation 2	NA November 13, 2002	Sports
The Simpsons Hit & Run	Radical Entertainment	Vivendi Universal Games	PlayStation 2 GameCube Xbox Windows	NA September 16, 2003 PAL October 31, 2003 JP December 25, 2003 Windows NA November 13, 2003 PAL November 21, 2003	Action-adventure
The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown	G5 Entertainment	EA Mobile	Mobile	NA 20070701July 1, 2007	Action
The Simpsons: Itchy and Scratchy Land[4]		EA Mobile	Mobile	NA 2009	Action
The Simpsons Game	EA Redwood Shores (PS3 & X360) Rebellion Developments (PS2, PSP & Wii) Amaze Entertainment (DS)	Electronic Arts	Wii PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PlayStation 2 Nintendo DS PSP	Xbox 360 & PlayStation 2 NA 20071030October 30, 2007 EU 20071102November 2, 2007 AU 20071108November 8, 2007 PlayStation Portable NA 20071106November 6, 2007 PlayStation 3 & Wii NA 20071030October 30, 2007 EU 20071108November 8, 2007	Platformer

References

1. ^ 'Simpsons' to become year's top-seller?
2. ^ "EA's The Simpsons Game Unveiled Alongside The Simpsons 400th Episode". http://www.ea.com/simpsons/news.jsp. Retrieved 2007-05-09. 
3. ^ "Limited Edition Simpsons Xbox 360". http://www.simpsonschannel.com/#newsitemEEZllZEypFWQcseqQo. Retrieved 2007-05-11. 
4. ^ "The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land". http://www.eamobile.com/Web/mobile-games/movies-tv/the-simpsons-itchy-and-scratchy-land. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 

External links

• The Simpsons Game official site at EA
• Minutes to Meltdown official site