The Itchy & Scratchy Game

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For the unreleased Sega Mega Drive version, see The Itchy & Scratchy Game (Mega Drive).

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The Itchy & Scratchy Game
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer:
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Spain (ES), Sega-Ozisoft (AU)
Licensor: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Action[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
US
$44.9544.95[2] T-81218
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Game Gear
EU
T-81218-50
Sega Game Gear
PT
Sega Game Gear
UK
T-81218-50
Sega Game Gear
AU
FITC00SGC
OFLC: G
Non-Sega versions

The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a Sega Game Gear action game based on The Itchy & Scratchy Show, a "show within a show" in the animated television series The Simpsons.

Gameplay

The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a side-scrolling platforming game with an emphasis on fighting. The player controls Itchy (the mouse), who must hunt down and hurt Scratchy (the cat) by depleting his health meter. Scratchy, who is controlled by the computer, attempts to do the same and deplete Itchy's health meter. Health meters appear as bomb fuses (Itchy's is yellow and in the top corner, and Scratchy's is red and in the bottom corner), and an arrow points the way to Scratchy when he is not on-screen.

Scratchy only appears in certain parts of the level. Levels contain items to help Itchy, including a variety of weapons, as well as lesser enemies, called "Scratchlings," that can harm Itchy. High falls also harm Itchy. Levels are timed. The player can pause the game with  START  and view the number of lives remaining with 1 or the time remaining with 2. The level ends when Scratchy is defeated. The game ends if Itchy runs out of health or time, but it can be continued an unlimited number of times. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard).

Itchy moves with Left and Right and jumps with 1. He jumps higher when the button is held longer. He uses his weapon with 2. Both Itchy and Scratchy carry mallets as their standard weapons, but various other weapons, coordinating with the theme of the level, can also be found and used. He can enter doorways with Up or climb ladders with Up and Down.

Items

Items are collected by attacking them.

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Weapon
Arms Itchy with a weapon. Each level has a different selection of weapons that both Itchy and Scratchy can use, which do more damage than the standard mallet but only last a limited time. Several weapons have unique animations for Itchy and Scratchy when they are hit by them.
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Shield
Temporarily makes Itchy invincible.
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Cheese
Causes Itchy to run, which lets him escape Scratchy. He can also run into enemies to hit them.
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Itchy
Refills some of Itchy's lost health.
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Clock
Increases the amount of time remaining.

Cartoons

The game is divided into six "cartoons," with themed after different movies.

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Jurracid Bath

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The Medieval Dead

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Mutilation on the Bounty

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A Site for Sawed Eyes

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The Magnificent Severed

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The Disassembly Line

History

The game was once scheduled to be published in Japan under the name Itchy & Stratchy Guriguri Daituseki (イッチー&スクラッチー グリグリ大追跡).[4]

At the time of release, only a very small handful of Itchy & Scratchy shorts had been shown in The Simpsons, so much of the game's material can be traced back to early seasons of the show.

Production credits

  • Developed by: BITS Corporation
  • Programming: B O'Shaughnessy, J Cox, S Clark, T Prosser
  • Graphics: J Baker, A Grier, E Pieri, L Roberts, J Stephenson
  • Music: G Hadjineophytou, S Ahmad
  • Testing: J Taylor, S Cox
  • Production: C Lazouras, T Hull, G Sheinwald, J Cox
  • Executive Producer: F Katan
  • Acclaim Grey Team
Source:
In-game credits[5]


Magazine articles

Main article: The Itchy & Scratchy Game/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

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Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
50
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GamePro (US) NTSC-U
43
[2]
Todo Sega (ES)
65
[9]
Top Consoles (FR)
50
[10]
Sega Game Gear
52
Based on
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The Itchy & Scratchy Game

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Game Gear, PT

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 44e7e2da
MD5 63bb5a1a959cdc79bfbe05b022f64ebf
SHA-1 2d0c2be09b977cc68a7e8f0fc415d8783ad7f8ae
256kB Cartridge (US/EU)

References


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The Simpsons games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) | Krusty's Super Fun House (1992) | The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (1993) | Virtual Bart (1994) | The Itchy & Scratchy Game (unreleased)
Sega Master System
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) | Krusty's Fun House (1993) | The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (1993)
Sega Game Gear
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) | Krusty's Fun House (1993) | The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (1993) | The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (1994) | The Itchy & Scratchy Game (1995)
Sega Dreamcast
The Simpsons: Bug Squad! (unreleased)