Well, what can you say in favor of this particular licensed cash-in? Well for starters it features mostly recognizable Simpsons characters and landmarks for you to play in, and the gameplay and graphics are cartoony and cute enough to make you forget about the fact that a a bald, greasy old man can grab a little girl like Lisa from behind and hold her while a guy in a suit punchs her in the stomach. and of course: "The Simpsons: The Arcade Game" made by one of the two leading companies in the market: Konami (the other one being obviously Capcom). So you had the TMNT, The Punisher, X-Men, Batman, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Robo Army, King of the Dragons, etc. If you didn't have a Final Fight clone that beared your name then you were nothing. Remember those days when the 2D sidescrolling beat em-ups were king of the arcades? Every videogame maker worth a damn had at least one title that fitted the description, and the same went for every marketable series, comic or motion picture out to make a quick buck. Burns in a robotic outfit.Ä«etween 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. the voice overs are from the actual Simpsons cast, so you can hear bart say, "Who the hell are you?" and all the other banture that makes the simpsons fun to watch (and play.Waylon Smithers has just stolen a diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr. It also features all the characters from the series, one way or another, just as Groening "demands". and provides some leverage in the gameplay. It's very fun alone, but with 4 players, you can team up and lift heavy things. when you get two together, they can team up and perform combo actions. The game itself is a quarter-popping, multiplayer rush, featuring the entire family (except the baby. Just too bad all the other Simpsons themed games suck hard cheese. konami has already used some lisensed material (Tmnt, anyone?) and is no stranger to making a brawler with characters someone else made. Matt Groening Figured out the formula for cartoon invincibility years ago: Sell out! I'm just glad he choose Konami as the masterminds for this arcade sensation.
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