The Simpsons: Hit & Run Producer Says It'd Be "Wonderful" To Work On A Remake

Freaking loved that game on PS2

So fond of this game. I had it on GameCube myself. Even played it to 100% to get the dumb little Itchy & Scratchy cartoon. I popped it in recently only to find my save data was corrupted, so I didn't have access to all those ridiculous vehicles to play around in. But just running around Springfield is still plenty of fun

I remember this game well, but I don’t watch The Simpsons anymore on any channel or platform, after they made the ridiculous decision to pull their classic Michael Jackson episode Stark Raving Dad... and I certainly wont buy their game 🤷‍♂️

Huh. Missed out on this one. So The Simpsons beat 'em up arcade game wasn't their best title afterall?

@MartyFlan They what?! I love that ep!

Gosh this game was so much fun to play! Haven't watch the show in probably a decade but I would welcome a remake of this!

@Riderkicker they removed that episode, they made the ridiculous decision to pull it in response to propaganda hoax Leaving Neverland: The Movie. Mute him I mute you so I haven’t watched an episode since.

@Riderkicker I remember that arcade game by the way I could have just WATCHED it being played for hours, loved it

Had this on GameCube. I would love to go back to this.

The Simpsons is dead! Nobody cares about it anymore..

I had it on PS2 and it was si good that I would double dip on it!

Now, this is a game worth remastering! It was great fun back in the day, even if it leaned a bit too much on the racing aspect for my liking.
I'd go for a remaster rather than a remake, because a remake would probably mean including in the game the Crazy Cat Lady, the Rich Texan, and the rest of the lazy stereotypes disguising as characters that they introduced in later seasons of the show.

Myself and my sons would burst if they brought this back!! So many memories. ❤️

Ah, the good old days when a game like this gets a G rating in Australia. Seriously, a G. No objections on my end either. The ratings board has become so strict in more recent years it's absolutely ridiculous. The irony is that they were far, far more lenient when there wasn't an R18+ rating.

I've never finished it, but I had fun with it (I have the PC version). The Simpsons Game could also use an update, albeit with overhauled controls. The Wii version was a disaster (I still persevered and completed it) and they should also throw in the side-scroller DS version as well, which was probably the most iteration version of the game overall, and shouldn't be overlooked over its console brothers.

@MartyFlan : Yup, I did the same with the Simpsons. I fortunately purchased the DVDs for the first 7 seasons years ago and can always watch MJ at my time and choosing.

Hit and Run was fantastic. But Disney now owns the Simpsons, so I dont expect any remake. Maybe they'll pursue a live action movie or theme park similar to all the other properties they've damaged.

Eww, it never occurred to me that Disney owns the Simpsons now.....that's so wrong in so many ways.

We need a better mouse trap.

@MartyFlan
What a stupid decision, haven‘t heard that before. As if people wouldn‘t be able to watch it anyways.
I don‘t watch The Simpsons regularly anymore and if so, I got with the classic episodes. They really ruined the characters in most newer episodes, Lisa being overly political and Bart somewhat arrogant.

But back to the topic, the game was huge fun back in the day, kind of like GTA set in Springfield and of course less violent.

@Edgeofsoul So, of course I'm not trying to say that your opinion is invalid by any means... but... seeing as though this game was pretty decent all things considered, are you by chance confusing this game with the OTHER Simpsons car game Road Rage?
Because that one was absolutely some hot garbage.

@Cyberbotv2
Universal still has the exclusive theme park rights for the Simpsons, Disney mostly bought Fox to inflate the content pool for Disney + anyway.

My heart skipped a beat seeing this article. Please make that happen!

I would be ok with this

Yes how bout just release a Simpsons Game Collection which includes these four games: The Simpsons Arcade Game, The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Simpsons: Road Rage, and the Simpsons Videogame.

Loved this game back in the day, played it on GameCube. I would love to see a remake/remaster for Nintendo Switch!!!

I would buy this game again in a second.

I've also hired Lionel Hutz for legal representation before, and I would hire him again in a second.

Yeah I played this all day long on Gamecube. I'd do it again on Switch.

Wow this is really cool and I hope this can happen. I loved this game so much and still have it. Great great game.

I don't know if I liked this game or not, but I remember running around in my underwear and kicking things over, laughing my onion off the whole time.

@Duffman92 It’s a bandwagon that many, many people have jumped on for ratings, clicks, attention, to sell their book, tickets or whatever... I would have hoped The Simpsons would have known better, they have a fantastic episode called Homer Bad Man which absolutely nails false allegations and media hysteria. But hey, big as they are and as much as I adored them most of my life... they’re not too big to drop. Like I said, mute him I mute you 🤷‍♂️

I 100% this one, also back in the day! I remember one Itchy Scratchy card being really elusive in the third area, but other than that it was great fun. I have the GC version, although I never actually played it on there, just ps2.

@Cyberbotv2 I must have missed that episode of Disney owns everything, darn. Well, I thiught there was supposed to be some sort of block on one parent company owning too many others, as that actually slows the flow of the economy, usually. I guess, not that it really has worked as there are a few families out there that own a majority of capital in Europe, the West and even parts of Asia.

@Jayofmaya : I don't know if you're from the U.S., but there have been a few major mergers lately, with Disney acquiring Fox, and Warner Bros and At&t merging. I see alot of folks cheering on this stuff because all of Marvel's properties are under the Disney Umbrella. But the ramifications are much worse in the long term, with streaming costs likely to rise, and lack of creativity driving it's way forward.

@mist Classic Simpsons is timeless
bit like spongebob it just needs the right writers to make good modern episodes

While some of the mechanics and general structure has aged in a bad way, the game is actually still quite fun to play. With a slight remaster of the general mechanics, this game could very well be a massive hit. I'd certainly pay for the privilege!

@Cyberbotv2 No, I'm from the UK, but I used to read up on what Disney acquired when they bought Lucas Film, Marvel Studios and then tried to buy Hasbro. Yeah, it's never good to put a lot of money in one place in any capacity, it may lead to some job security when one company buys another that is on the verge of bankruptcy, but they don't do that as it isn't an instant earner. So, a lot of profits will go into pockets of CEOs or such which like to just have numbers in the bank, they may buy a mansion and a number of cars and some holiday homes, but when a company has such a big revenue, they earn enough that it just keeps piling on and doing nothing. Doesn't make sense.

@mist Just because you're not wrong, it doesn't mean you are right.

It was still released in the Bronze Age of 2003, Season 15, where the show already jumped the shark and was declining in quality, but wasn't the zombie we know today and the episodes were still tolerable.

Also, it had a lot of references to the Golden Age episodes of Seasons 1 to 9.

@ClassSonicSatAm SpongeBob managed to become good again, but it's much harder to make the Simpsons good again.

Simpsons is still a relic from the 1980s and early 1990s, many of the characters and concepts don't fit with the current year, Krusty the Clown was already something outdated when the show started.

@victordamazio A relic from the 1980s and early 1990s?
First proper episode debuted 1990. And pretty much the entire 1990s is considered the good age of the show.

I'd rather see a remake of the awesome arcade scrolling beat 'em up--actually a proper sequel done in basically exactly the same style of gameplay and camera angle and stuff except in full HD so it looks exactly like the cartoon art in the show.

LOVED this game. Really hope a remaster happens......or dare I say a sequel??

It was a great game, but the final levels upped the difficulty level pretty high like if you screw up even once in a timed race, you're going to fail for sure. The Super Beard Bros playthrough of the game reminded me that still was the case.

If there was a Remaster, maybe add a few more seconds to those final levels' missions at least? Just to balance it out to a more fair challenge, not the rage quitting level it currently is.

@Cyberbotv2 We have seen many a retro Star Wars game get a rerelease on modern systems in the last few years and a promise of more for the Switch, so I don't see why Disney won't want to do the same with Classic Simpsons games and other FOX properties that have beloved retro games.

@KingMike https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheArtifact/TheSimpsons

@victordamazio "Simpsons is still a relic the 1980s and early 1990s," Not really, how is the american family a relic? the simpsons has changed it's world to keep up with the times, heck by the mid 90s it was a totally different show to the early seasons

All it needs is just good plots and funny clever gags like it used to have in the golden era, not force messages,celebrities,jerk ass homer and dumb humor just to keep up with Family Guy

It's the same problems spongebob had really bad plots, alot of the characters were just jerks/sadistic and lacked the clever jokes soon as the original writers came back it improved alot

@victordamazio Have to say I can actually remember that. While it may have been technically made in the '80s, it is hard to believe people had heard of The Simpsons before the 1990 premiere, at which point it became an instant phenomenon.
As the show itself has poked fun at, The Simpsons was definitely the show the gave the Fox Television network the name power to compete with the dominant three networks. Though at that time it could barely be called a network, scheduling only a couple days a week and perhaps having to settle for affiliating itself with smaller local TV stations in some cities. (or not at all, I remember when Warner and Paramount tried to follow in the mid '90s, in some places they might have had trouble finding affiliate stations.
On '90s startup TV networks, I'll bet nobody even remembers the short-lived PAX network. That had nothing to do with online comics.)