The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

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Master System
Game Gear

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Flying Edge (US/EU)

Acclaim Entertainment (JP)

Developer: The Black Team

Arc Developments

Santos

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: Twentieth Century Fox, Gracie Films

Original system(s): Nintendo Entertainment System

Developer(s) of original games: Imagineering

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1993-09^[4]		MK 27053-50
UK	1993-09^[4]	£29.9929.99^[5]	MK 27053-50
AU	199x		FBAR04SEC
BR	1993		027210
JP	1994-07-29^[3]	¥4,5004,500	T-81077
US	1993-10^[6]	$39.9539.95^[6]	T-81098
EU	1993-05-26^[7]		T-81098-50
PT	1993		GG81098
UK	1993-09^[4]	£29.9929.99^[8]	T-81098-50
BR	199x		075410

Non-Sega versions

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World, known in Japan as Bart World (バートワールド), is a game based on The Simpsons that was released for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. It is the sequel to The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants.

Story

Bart Simpson wins an art contest. The prize is a Worldwide Krusty the Clown Treasure Hunt for his entire family. However, the contest has been rigged by Mr. Burns and his assistant, Smithers, in order for Burns to rid himself of the Simpson family for all the trouble they have caused him over the years.

Gameplay

Map

The game is a side-scrolling platform game played as Bart Simpson, who travels to four locations: China, the North Pole, Egypt, and Hollywood. Each location consists of two levels and one or two minigames, which can be played in any order from the map screen (though the first level must be completed before the second level can be played). The goal of the levels is to collect items and reach the "Map" sign at the end. After both of the levels have been completed for a location, Bart can fight the boss by selecting the "Exit" sign from the map screen, who is always a distant relative of Mr. Burns bearing a striking resemblance to him. Other Simpsons cast members sometimes make cameo appearances in the levels. The minigames are optional but award Krusty Collectibles when completed (which are worth an extra life after fifteen have been collected). The player can exit any minigame by pressing . There is no penalty for losing a minigame, and they can be attempted again if lost.

Bart walks with and and ducks with . He jumps by pressing and "super jumps" farther by pressing + while moving. He can run by holding while moving. He can attack by throwing firecracker balls at enemies by pressing (though these are limited, so he must first find a bag of firecrackers first). He can climb things (such as the masts in the Junk level or the Sphinx in the Egypt levels) with and .

Bart has four health points, depicted as balls in the top-left corner, and he loses a health point when he is damaged by an enemy. The number of health points is carried over between levels. Bart loses a life when he loses his last health point and must restart the level from the beginning. The game ends if the player runs out of lives.

Items

In addition to these items, each location has unique "One-of-a-Kind Krusty Items" that are worth 2,000 points.

	Grape Squishee
	Replenishes all of Bart's lost health points. Worth 300 points.
	Bag of Firecrackers
	Gives 10 firecracker balls to Bart, which he can throw at enemies by pressing .
	Small Diamond
	Worth 100 points.
	Big Diamond
	Gives the player an extra life. Worth 500 points.
	Cheap Krusty Collectible
	Collect 15 to earn an extra life at the end of the level. Worth 100 points.
	Jebediah Springfield Head
	Makes Bart temporarily invincible. Worth 200 points.
	Bartman Cape and Cowl
	Transforms Bart into his superhero alter-ego Bartman, who can fly by pressing . He starts to flash when he is about to change back into Bart. Worth 500 points.
	Map Sign
	Touching this sign ends the level. Worth 10,000 points.

Levels

China

	The Junk

	The Great Wall

	Sliding Puzzle
	This is a sliding puzzle game where the player tries to unscramble the picture by arranging the fifteen pieces into the right order. The pieces are numbered to help. A piece can only be moved by shifting it into the blank space. The D-Pad moves the cursor and moves the piece into the blank space (if it is adjacent to it).
	Card Match
	This is a matching game where the player flips over a card, then tries to complete the pair by finding the same card. Finding the right card removes both cards from the board; finding the wrong card flips both over, and the player tries again. The D-Pad moves the cursor and picks the card. The game is won if the player makes pairs of every card without making 5 wrong guesses.
	Fu Manchu Burns

The North Pole

	The Ice Cave

	The Frozen River

	Igloo Shell Game
	This is a shell game. A Cheap Krusty Collectible is hidden under one of the igloos, then the order of the igloos is shuffled. After the igloos are done moving, the player chooses the one that contains the item by moving Maggie in front of it with and and pressing .
	Sliding Puzzle
	This is a sliding puzzle game where the player tries to unscramble the picture by arranging the fifteen pieces into the right order. The pieces are numbered to help. A piece can only be moved by shifting it into the blank space. The D-Pad moves the cursor and moves the piece into the blank space (if it is adjacent to it).
	The Abominable Snow Burns

Egypt

	The Valley of the Kings

	The Sphinx

	Sliding Puzzle
	This is a sliding puzzle game where the player tries to unscramble the picture by arranging the fifteen pieces into the right order. The pieces are numbered to help. A piece can only be moved by shifting it into the blank space. The D-Pad moves the cursor and moves the piece into the blank space (if it is adjacent to it).
	Ramses Burns

Hollywood

	Soundstage 1

	Soundstage 2

	Moe's
	Bart stands on the bar while Moe, the bartender, slides mugs, glasses, bottles, and Cheap Krusty Collectibles down the surface. Bart must jump over the beverages and collect the items. The game is lost if Bart is hit by a mug. He moves with and and jumps with .
	Find the Bats
	Bart must open each coffins in the right order, which is randomized. When a coffin is opened in the correct order, bats escape from it. The game is won if the player opens all three coffins in the right order, releasing all of the bats; otherwise, the game is lost if the player opens the wrong coffin. The player chooses a coffin by moving Bart in front of it with and and pressing .
	Eric von Burns

Production credits

Programming: John Barber, Stuart Middleton, Byron Nilsson
Graphics: Paul Walker
Music: Andi McGinty
Acclaim Development by The Black Team: Mark Flitman, Donn Nauert, Mike Arkin, Tom Rademacher, Joe Allocco, Linda Spelman, J.J. Mazziotto

Source:

In-game credits^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

BR print advert

Print advert in (US) #61: "February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

Print advert in (US) #0501: "February 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(FR)

PAL

69

^[10]

(FR)

PAL

74

^[11]

(UK)

PAL

44

^[12]

(UK)

PAL

80

^[13]

	67
Based on 4 reviews

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[14]

(UK)

PAL

55

^[15]

(US)

NTSC-U

68

^[16]

(JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[17]

(US)

NTSC-U

62

^[18]

(US)

NTSC-U

58

^[6]

(GR)

50

^[19]

(FR)

PAL

77

^[20]

(FR)

PAL

75

^[21]

(NL)

70

^[22]

(UK)

PAL

54

^[12]

(DE)

PAL

64

^[23]

	60
Based on 12 reviews

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT
Cover
Cart Manual EU Manual

Game Gear, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	f6b2370a
MD5	cba2ec2940619956359801618e7aab17
SHA-1	038920e63437e05d8431e4cbab2131dd76fb3345

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	da7bd5c7
MD5	b71c156bb1fcfa6c3c48924a7b3747ff
SHA-1	256672261c9a2d35e10eb06e990e8ebc46fb35c1

256kB

Cartridge

References

↑ File:BvtW GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ File:BvtW GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 34
↑ Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 20
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 194
↑ GamesMaster, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 18
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-15), page 100
↑ File:Bart vs the World SMS credits.pdf
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 162
↑ Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 117
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 76
↑ Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 18
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 23
↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Famitsu, "1994-08-05" (JP; 1994-07-22), page 41
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68
↑ Gamer, "Dekémvrios 1994" (GR; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 129
↑ Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 116
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 62
↑ Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 110

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[:File:SegaPro_UK_24.pdf_p34-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 34

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_06.pdf_p20-5] Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p194-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 194

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_006.pdf_p18-7] GamesMaster, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 18

[:File:CVG_UK_145.pdf_p100-8] Computer & Video Games, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-15), page 100

[:File:Bart_vs_the_World_SMS_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Bart vs the World SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p162-10] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 162

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_039.pdf_p117-11] Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 117

[:File:SegaPower_UK_51.pdf_p76-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 76

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_06.pdf_p18-13] Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 18

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-08.pdf_p23-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 23

[:File:CVG_UK_149.pdf_p78-15] Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_052.pdf_p50-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50

[17] Famitsu, "1994-08-05" (JP; 1994-07-22), page 41

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0703.pdf_p68-18] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

[19] Gamer, "Dekémvrios 1994" (GR; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p129-20] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 129

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_039.pdf_p116-21] Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 116

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_006_199401.pdf_p62-22] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 62

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-02.pdf_p110-23] Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 110

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The Simpsons games for Sega systems
	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)
	The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) \| Krusty's Fun House (1993) \| The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (1993)
	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)
	The Simpsons: Bug Squad! (unreleased)

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Levels

China

The North Pole

Egypt

Hollywood

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Master System version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References