The Simpsons arcade game remains one of my favorite arcade beat-em-ups of all time. Not only that but the show the game is based on still remains one of my favorites of all time as well. The first time I ever played the game I was 5 years old and saw it in my Local Chuck E. Cheese. Since then it has remained one of my favorite games of all time.


The Simpsons arcade game was developed and published by Konami (you know, before they went downhill) and released to North American arcades March 4, 1991. In Japan the game saw release there on August 11, 1994.


I'm going to say right off that I recommend this game. That said I could just stop the review right now and be done with it. But I wont. So that said lets see why I recommend the game in my review of The Simpsons.


Graphics 10: The graphics are very bright and colorful. The characters are very detailed and the backgrounds look amazing. Not once did I ever get tired of looking at the game as I was playing through it.


Sound 10: What good is a video game without sound? Not a very good one I bet. Luckily this game has amazing sound. The music is fun and catchy to listen to and never gets old. The sound effects from the attacks to the characters voices are also great to listen to.


Addictive 10: Oh boy is this game addicting to play through. I ended up playing through the game 5 times prior to writing my review because I was having so much fun with it. It is one of those arcade games that once you pick up you wont want to stop playing.


Story 9: The story is kind of a down note for me. The story goes the Simpson are walking through Springfield where they bump into Waylon Smithers who ends up kidnapping Maggie after she accidentally mistakes a diamond he had just stolen as her pacifier. They then take off after him in hopes of rescuing Maggie.


Depth 9:The game boasts of 9 different levels with a boss fight at the end of all of them. Not only that but the games controls are real easy to understand as well. One button attack and the other jumps. Pressing both the attack and jump buttons together will cause the characters to do a sort of special type attack. Unlike most special attacks in other beat-em-ups the ones in The Simpsons will not drain your health.


Difficulty 5: The game is middle of the road in terms of its difficulty. With it being an arcade game you just add more credits and continue right where died from. So in essence the game is either as hard or as easy as you make it out to be.


Rating 8.3: As I said in my opening paragraph the game remains one of my favorites of all time. I said it then and I'll say it now: I totally recommend playing through this game. It is so much fun and addicting. Easy to pick up but hard to stop playing.