Bart's Nightmare
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| Developer(s) | Sculptured Software |
| Publisher(s) |
Acclaim Entertainment (Super NES) Flying Edge (Genesis) |
| Distributor(s) |
Fox Digital Entertainment Throwback Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Flying Edge |
| Platform(s) | Super NES, Genesis |
| Release |
Super NES Genesis |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score |
| Mega | 35% |
| Super Play | 91% |
The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare is a 1992 video game developed by American company Sculptured Software based on the television show The Simpsons. It was released on the Super NES and the Genesis.
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.
The game is split in two parts. The first is set on a street (probably Evergreen Terrace, but referred to as Windy World). Bart walks around and has to find pages of his homework while avoiding enemies such as living post boxes and various characters from the show. Bart can collect his skateboard, which acts as a power-up and temporarily increases the player's speed as well as restoring and extending Bart's health bar the longer he is on the skateboard. Jimbo and his gang would coerce Bart into strolling with them, causing Bart to lose control of his movements and have to move with them, even having to take damage. Lisa Simpson with pixie wings would sprinkle fairy dust on Jimbo and his gang and transform them into rats, freeing Bart. However, if Bart is by himself, the Lisa pixie would turn him into a frog, where the frog Bart could not attack. If Bart caught a kiss blown to him by an old lady, it would revert him to his human form. Bart would also have to use bubblegum to blow a bubble to repel enemies as well as collect floating Zs to restore health.
Principal Skinner occasionally appears and tries to dress Bart in his Sunday school suit. If the player walks into Skinner, Bart will change appearance and become very slow and not be able to fire at enemies; however, the suit will also protect Bart from losing Z's from all enemies (save Jimbo and his gang).
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