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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: Bits Corporation, The Grey Team

Licensor: Twentieth Century Fox

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995	$44.9544.95^[2]	T-81218
EU	1994		T-81218-50
UK	1994-09^[3]		T-81218-50
AU	1994		FITC00SGC

Non-Sega versions
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The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a Sega Game Gear action game based on The Simpsons franchise.

Gameplay

The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a side-scrolling action game where as Itchy (the mouse) your task is to hunt down and hurt Scratchy (the cat) until his life meter is depleted. Computer-controlled Scratchy's task is to achieve the opposite - to deplete Itchy's health meter. There are a number of weapons and hazards that can be used in each of the stages, and between levels Itchy has to fight Scratchy as a "boss".

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.

Cartoons

	Cartoon 1: Jurracid Bath

	Cartoon 2: The Medieval Dead

	Cartoon 3: Mutilation on the Bounty

	Cartoon 4: The Magnificent Severed

	Cartoon 5: A Site For Sawed Eyes

	Cartoon 6: 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]

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

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[5]
Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[6]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

43

^[2]

Todo Sega (ES)

65

^[8]

Top Consoles (FR)

50

^[9]

	52
Based on 4 reviews

The Itchy & Scratchy Game

Game Gear, US
Cover
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Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	44e7e2da
MD5	63bb5a1a959cdc79bfbe05b022f64ebf
SHA-1	2d0c2be09b977cc68a7e8f0fc415d8783ad7f8ae

256kB

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

The Itchy & Scratchy Game
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

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)

[:File:TIaSG_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:TIaSG GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:GamePro_US_068.pdf_p125-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 125

[:File:SegaPro_UK_36.pdf_p8-3] Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 8

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20210613032535.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.smspower.org.2Fforums.2F6851-RumouredGameGearReleases-4] ttps://www.smspower.org/forums/6851-RumouredGameGearReleases (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-13 03:25)

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p291-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 291

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p47-6] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_30.pdf_p83-7] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 83

[:File:TodoSega_ES_27.pdf_p52-8] Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p133-9] Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 133

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+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.
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+==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).{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210613032535/https://www.smspower.org/forums/6851-RumouredGameGearReleases}}
+==Production credits==
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+*'''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:''' [[Foo Katan|F Katan]]
+*[[Acclaim]] [[Grey Team]]
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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)