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The Simpsons Hit and Run

The Simpsons: Hit & Run
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North American box art
Developer(s) Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Vlad Ceraldi
Designer(s)
  • Darren Evenson
  • Chris Mitchell
  • Joshua Mitchell
Programmer(s)
  • Cary Brisebois
  • Nigel Brooke
  • Darren Esau
Artist(s)
  • Vincent Chin
  • Jaroslav Chorny
  • Anshin Chu
Writer(s)
Composer(s)
Platform(s)
Release GameCube, PlayStation 2 & Xbox
  • NA: September 16, 2003
  • EU: October 31, 2003
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: November 11, 2003
  • EU: November 21, 2003
Genre(s) Action-adventure, racing, Grand Theft Auto clone
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Review scores
Publication Score
GC PC PS2 Xbox
AllGame N/A N/A N/A 4.5/5 stars
EGM 7.17/10 N/A 7.17/10 7.17/10
Eurogamer N/A N/A 5/10 N/A
Famitsu N/A N/A N/A 31/40
Game Informer 8.5/10 N/A N/A 8.5/10
GamePro N/A N/A 4/5 stars N/A
Game Revolution B N/A B B
GameSpot 8.3/10 8/10 8.3/10 8.3/10
GameSpy 4.5/5 stars 4.5/5 stars 4.5/5 stars 4.5/5 stars
GameZone 8.7/10 8.6/10 8.6/10 9/10
IGN 8/10 8.1/10 8/10 8/10
Nintendo Power 3.8/5 N/A N/A N/A
OPM (US) N/A N/A 4/5 stars N/A
OXM (US) N/A N/A N/A 8.8/10
PC Gamer (US) N/A 78% N/A N/A
The Cincinnati Enquirer 4/5 stars N/A 4/5 stars 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B N/A B B
Aggregate score
Metacritic 79/100 82/100 78/100 81/100

The Simpsons: Hit & Run is an action-adventure video game based on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It was released in 2003 for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The story and dialogue were crafted by writers from The Simpsons, with all character voices supplied by the cast.

The game follows the Simpson family, who witness many strange incidents that occur in Springfield: security cameras, mysterious vans, crop circles, and a "new and improved" flavor of the popular soft drink Buzz Cola, which causes insanity. When the family takes matters into their own hands, along with the help of Apu, they discover numerous shocking secrets, and soon realize these incidents are part of a larger alien conspiracy, caused by Kang and Kodos.

Upon release, the game received generally favorable reviews from video game critics, with praise particularly focused on the interpretation of The Simpsons television series as a video game and its parodical take on Grand Theft Auto III, while criticism mostly surrounded some aspects of gameplay. The game received the award for Fave Video Game at the 2004 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards. As of July 2007, over 3 million copies of the game have been sold.


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