The Simpsons Arcade Game (1991) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Simpsons Arcade Game

The Simpsons is basically a side-scrolling beat-em-up featuring the characters from The Simpsons TV show. The player can choose to play as each of the four Simpson characters. Homer, who punches and kicks…

58 4 March 1991

What The Simpsons Arcade Game is

The Simpsons Arcade Game is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1991. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Waylon Smithers has just stolen a diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr. Burns. While trying to make a getaway, he crashes into Homer, which knocks the diamond out of his hand. Maggie catches it in her mouth, prompting Smithers to grab her and run off. The Simpsons decide to go after him, but Mr. Burns has tons of henchmen, who want to prevent the family getting their daughter back.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the The Simpsons series

The Simpsons Arcade Game is the fifth of 47 entries we hold in the The Simpsons series. The next entry was Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly in 1991. Its critic score of 58 is 4 points below the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is Scene it? The Simpsons: Deluxe Edition at 80.

See all 47 The Simpsons games in release order →

How it was received

The Simpsons Arcade Game holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 10 points below the year average. Players rate it 64, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

The Simpsons Arcade Game launched on 4 March 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings and Fortified Zone. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Lemmings, Fortified Zone.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Simpsons Arcade Game yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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