The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare

Bart has to stay up late and write a paper for class tomorrow. For once, he is determined to get a good mark. However, very quickly, he falls asleep. Nightmare after nightmare haunt his subconscious, and it is…

12 October 1992

What The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare is

The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare is a platform game developed by Sculptured Software and released in 1992. It was published by Acclaim. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bart Simpson falls asleep while studying and dreams of a strange universe where TVs and fairies roam the streets. The player must find Bart's lost homework and progress through the various levels to keep the homework pages and eventually wake up.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Simpsons series

The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare is the 13th of 47 entries we hold in the The Simpsons series. The next entry was The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man in 1992.

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What it launched against

The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare launched on 12 October 1992, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Star Wars, Shin Megami Tensei and Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge.

Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Star Wars, Shin Megami Tensei, Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge.

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