The Simpsons: Road Rage
| The Simpsons: Road Rage | |
|---|---|
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Radical Entertainment Altron (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) |
Electronic Arts THQ (GBA) |
| Distributor(s) | Fox Interactive |
| Composer(s) | Marc Baril |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Game Boy Advance |
| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Review scores | ||||
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| Publication | Score | |||
| GBA | GC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| AllGame |   |
N/A | N/A |  |
| EGM | N/A | 4/10 | N/A | 3.67/10 |
| Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/10 |
| Game Informer | 2.25/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A | |
N/A |
| Game Revolution | N/A | N/A | C+ | N/A |
| GameSpot | 5.9/10 | 6.2/10 | 6.2/10 | 6.2/10 |
| GameSpy | |
67% | 39% | N/A |
| GameZone | 5.5/10 | N/A | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| IGN | 7.5/10 | 5.8/10 | 5.1/10 | 6.4/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 2.7/5 | 4.6/5 | N/A | N/A |
| OPM (US) | N/A | N/A | |
N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.2/10 |
| FHM | N/A | N/A | |
N/A |
| Maxim | N/A | N/A | 8/10 | N/A |
| Aggregate score | ||||
| Metacritic | 55/100 | 67/100 | 64/100 | 61/100 |
The Simpsons: Road Rage is a 2001 video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is part of a series of games based on the show. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. A Game Boy Advance version was released later.
The game stars Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa, as well as Mr. Burns and several other characters from the show. The Simpsons: Road Rage is similar to the game Crazy Taxi by Sega, in that the main objective is to drive picked up passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible. These similarities led to Sega suing Radical Entertainment and Electronic Arts for patent infringement though it was settled before going to court.
The Simpsons: Road Rage is based on the animated television series The Simpsons. In the story of the game, Mr. Burns has bought all transit systems in Springfield and has begun to create radioactive buses that threaten the public health. Because of this, the citizens of Springfield must use their own cars as a means of safer public transport and earn money in an attempt to pay back Burns to get rid of the radioactive buses and return the town back to normal.
The citizens of the city (controlled by the game player) earn the money by driving around a vehicle for a given amount of time, picking up passengers and taking them to their destinations. The player receives money upon successfully dropping off each passenger, and bonuses are obtained when they are transported in a short amount of time. Players have to avoid certain hurdles, such as other vehicles and Burns' nuclear transit buses. The game contains seventeen different collectible vehicles, six starting locations, and ten different missions. In order to collect the vehicles and unlock starting locations, players must earn progressively more money for each vehicle or starting location they want to get. In order to complete missions, players must do certain things (such as protecting Krusty the Clown from a fan mob by driving him away, and getting Homer to his workplace unnoticed).
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