The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Game)

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

GAME » on September 16, 2003

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It's up to the Simpsons cast to save Springfield in this open-world driving game.

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Overview

The game features iconic Simpsons locations.

The Simpsons Hit and Run is an open world action/adventure game based on the hit cartoon series The Simpsons (Franchise). The game was developed by Radical Entertainment, published by Vivendi Universal and released for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2 (Platform) and PC (Platform) on September 16th in North America and October 24th in Europe. The voice cast of the television series all reprise their roles as the residents of Springfield (Location). The game received generally positive reviews upon release, with experts commending its fun gameplay and visual representation of the Simpsons universe.

The game is entirely backward compatible with the Xbox 360 (Platform), with emulation only suffering from slight "screen tearing" at times.

Story

The story was penned by the writers of the television series and includes five different playable characters: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Apu. The player is tasked with discovering the root of the mysterious events happening in Springfield; as a swarm of robot wasps are unleashed upon the city.

Gameplay

The game employs an 'open-world' style of play, with many play elements borrowed from the Grand Theft Auto (Franchise) games, albeit with significantly more family friendly overtones. For example, instead of car jacking, the player simply gets in the vehicle with the driver.

Collectibles

Costumes

Players can don costumes from to the show.

Over the course of the game, the player collects coins that can be spent in a variety of ways. One way of spending these coins is to buy additional outfits for the different characters, many of which are referential to specific episodes of the show.

Homer

Homer Casual
Homer Muumuu (King-Size Homer, Season 7)
Homer normal
Homer Chosen One (Homer the Great, Season 6)
Homer Dirty
Evil Homer
Donut-Headed Homer

Bart

Bart Tall (Radioactive Man, Season 7)
Bart Ninja
Bart Normal
Bart Football (Bart Star, Season 9)
Bart's Good Twin Hugo
Bart Cadet
Bartman

Lisa

Lisa Cool (Summer of 4ft 2, Season 7)
Lisa Floreda ($pringfield, Season 5)
Lisa Hockey (Lisa on Ice, Season 6)
Lisa Normal

Marge

Marge Normal
Marge Classy (Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield, Season 7)
Marge Police (The Springfield Connection, Season 6)
Marge Intimate

Apu

Apu Army
Apu American (Much Apu About Noting, Season 7)
Apu B-Sharps (Homer's Barbershop Quartet, Season 5)
Apu Normal

Vehicles

Players will see vehicles from the Simpsons universe.

Like the clothing, many of the vehicles in Hit & Run can be purchased using coins. However, others are unlocked by winning races and completing character specific side missions both of which have one of each located within each of the games levels 7 levels.

The vehicles unlockable at each of the game's 7 levels are shown below:

Level 1

Family Sedan
Electaurus
Duff Truck
Surveillance Van
Plow King (Mr. Plow, Season 4)
Pickup Truck

Level 2

Honor Roller (Saturdays of Thunder, Season 3)
Sedan
Limo
Fire Truck
Mr. Plow (Mr. Plow, Season 4)
WWII Vehicle

Level 3

Malibu Stacey Car (I Love Lisa, Season 4)
Book Burning Mobile
Nerd Car
Donut Truck
School Bus
Principle Skinner's Sedan

Level 4

Canyonero (The Last Temptation of Krust, Season 9)
Clown Car
Krusty's Limo
Curator
Tractor
Kremlin

Level 5

Longhorn
El Carro Loco
Cola Truck
Police Car
Car Built For Homer (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Season 2)
Hover Car

Level 6

Ferrini Red
36 Stutz BearCat
Armoured Truck
Chase Sedan
Globex Super Villain Car (You Only Move Twice, Season 8)
Bandit

Level 7

70s Sports Car (The Way We Was, Season 2)
Open Wheel Race Car
Hearse
Hover Bike (Lemon of Troy, Season 6)
Zombie Car
Mr. Burns' Limo

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