The Simpsons Hit & Run

The Simpsons Hit & Run
Studio	Radical entertainment
Publisher	Vivendi Universal Games
Erstveröffent- lichung	September 16, 2003
platform	Windows , PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Xbox
genre	Action game and racing game
Game mode	Single player
control	Keyboard and mouse , gamepad
medium	CD-ROM , DVD-ROM
language	Audio: German
Age rating	USK PEGI

The Simpsons Hit & Run is a computer game for game consoles and the Windows operating system , which was released in September 2003 and is based on the US television series The Simpsons . The title was developed by the Canadian company Radical Entertainment . It appeared at the same time for the three then current game consoles Playstation 2 , Xbox and GameCube as well as with a short time lag (November 2003) for the PC.

Game description

In the role of various Simpsons protagonists, the player has to complete various tasks in a mixture of racing and jump 'n' run games and can move freely in a 3D model of the fictional city of Springfield . This basic concept is partly reminiscent of the Grand Theft Auto series.

The game is divided into seven levels, in each of which you control a person known from the series in a certain district, whereby the number of possible characters is limited to five and there are only three different districts, which are sometimes very varied . Each level ends with a short video that continues the game story.

As an extra, "trading cards", each alluding to a scene from the series, were built into the game. There are seven such cards in each level. If you collect all the cards in the respective level, you get a multiplayer mini-game. In addition, you get a ticket for an Itchy and Scratchy short film in the Aztec Theater in Level 3, if you have found all 49 trading cards in the entire game at the end. In addition, many gags from the series were adopted.

In England, the game received the Diamond Award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) for at least one million units sold.

Web links

• The Simpsons Hit & Run at MobyGames (English)
• Entry The Simpsons Hit & Run on Call of the Simpsons

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (Engl.)