The Simpsons

aka: The Simpsons Arcade Game
Moby ID: 2111

Commodore 64 version

It had no business to be THIS good!

The Good
It has EVERYTHING! It's the whole arcade game, in 8-bit glory!!! Okay, some minor details may have changed, but it is way beyond in term of C64 arcade coversions. Even the presentational bits and cutscenes are here. And the gameplay didn't get lost amidst all this.

There is 2 player co-op mode! The 4 player mode would have been impossible to implement, so this is as good as it gets.

The audiovisuals... well they are what they are, as a demake. But there is nothing particularly wrong with them. And there is even simultaneous music and sound effects during gamepaly, a rare feature on C64 games.

The Bad
One button Atari-style joystick controls. Not very comfortable, but manageable.

It came way too late in the commercial life of the C64, it's almost like a homebrew game made by enthusiasts (or I could also say it's perhaps for the better).

The Bottom Line
Wow! It's a beat-em-up that completely destroys the pathetic C64 port of Golden Axe!

by 1xWertzui (1135) on March 31, 2024

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