The Simpsons: Bart's Escape From Camp Deadly
Game by Accrap um, Acclaim
Reviewed by Josh Nickerson
joshnickerson@hotmail.com
Size: 1 Meg
Save: Nope
Released: 1991
Works with: All systems

Opening Snide Remarks: Bart Simpson in his first game for the GameBoy?
Excited? You shouldn't be.

Gameplay: Bart is at camp. Bart must escape camp. Lisa helps out by giving
him power ups. Bart tosses spitballs and boomerangs at camp bullies for six
long levels. That's about it. This game is a bland sidescroller with
virtually no variety and repeating levels. Oh, yeah, and there is no
continues.

Graphics: Bart and Lisa look OK...as long as they stand still. When Bart
walks, it looks like he's just tapping his toe to get around. He has a measly
two frame walk. The other characters in the game are just as warped. The
backgrounds are awful and bland. The screen scrolls rather choppy, which
often makes you mess up and lose a life and with no continues, that is just
wrong.

Sound: The sound effects are terrible. I counted about five different sound
effects in the entire game.

Music: The Simpsons theme sounds good, but all the music is the same theme
only at different tempos.

Play Control: The play control is stiff and unresponsive, often making you
miss easy jumps. This is really annoying considering that this game has no
continues.

Final Analysis: This game is a prime example on why TV show games aren't
that welcome. Instead of repeating over and over that this game stinks, let
me ask why there was never a home version of the Simpsons Arcade Game? That
was a million times better than any other Simpson game (probably because that
game was made by Konami rather than Accrap...uh, Acclaim!). Did I mention
that this game has no continues?

Score
Gameplay: *
Graphics: *
Sound: 0
Music: *
Play Control: *
Total: 4

Final Score: 16%

Currently Known Codes:
Pause the game and press A to toggle the music on and off.

(Editor's Note: That Code sounds like it may just be the most useful code
ever devised... he he he.)