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{{sub-stub}}'''''The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man''''' is a platform game based on ''The Simpsons''. It was released, among other consoles, for the [[Sega Game Gear]] exclusively in North America.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a platform game based on ''[[:Category:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]''. It was released for the [[Sega Game Gear]] exclusively in North America in 1994.
  
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==Production Staff==
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==Story==
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'''Programmed by''' Nick Pelling<br>
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{{ScreenThumb|Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Introduction.png|width=160|Introduction}}
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'''Music composer (uncredited)''' Mark Van Hecke<br>
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Bart Simpson is reading his favorite comic book, ''Radioactive Man'', late at night in his treehouse, but notices that Radioactive Man is absent. Bart wonders who will save Radioactive Man when Fallout Boy, Radioactive Man's sidekick, suddenly appears. Fallout Boy tells Bart that he must venture into the comic book universe in order to save Radioactive Man, who is being held captive at the black hole-orbiting prison Limbo Zone.
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'''Music arranger (uncredited)''' Matt Furniss<br>
 
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'''Sound programmer (uncredited)''' Shaun Hollingworth<br>
 
  
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==Physical Scans==
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==Gameplay==
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The game is a side-scrolling platformer played as Bart Simpson in his superhero alter-ego "Bartman." It is divided into four chapters. In the first three chapters, Bartman must defeat three super villains that have stolen Radioactive Man's powers: Swamp Hag, Dr. Crab, and Lava Man. After collecting these powers, Bartman must find Radioactive Man and team up with him to defeat Brain-O the Magnificent, the mastermind behind the evil plot, in the final chapter.
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Bartman moves with {{left}} or {{right}}. He ducks with {{down}} and jumps with {{1}}. He attacks by punching and kicking with {{2}}. He can obtain Mighty Powers that give him enhanced abilities, such as the ability to fly or shoot lightning bolts from his eyes, by collecting power-ups. Mighty Powers only last for a limited amount of time or number of uses.
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In some levels, Bartman flies as the screen autoscrolls like a shoot-'em-up. In these levels, he moves in any direction using the D-Pad and punches with {{2}}.
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Bartman has five health points and loses one if he takes damage from an enemy. He loses a life if he loses all of his health points and loses the game if he loses all of his lives. He restarts at a predetermined checkpoint in the level after losing a life. The game can be continued a limited number of times.
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===Items===
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Items can be collected by touching them or by attacking them.
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| title=Radiation Symbol
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Restores one health point.
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| title=Exclamation Point
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Collect 20 to earn an extra life.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Radioactive Man #1
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Gives the player an extra life.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=112 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Warps Bartman to the Limbo Zone.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=21 | crop_x=144 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Goal at the end of the level.
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}}
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}}
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====Mighty Power====
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Only one of these Mighty Powers can be active at a time.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Laser Bolt
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=80 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Gives Bartman the ability to shoot laser bolts from his eyes with {{2}}, which replaces his usual punches and kicks for 20 lasers.
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}}
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| title=Ice Crystal
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=96 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Gives Bartman the ability to belch ice breath projectiles with {{2}}, which replaces his usual punches and kicks for 5 breaths.
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====Super Mighty Power====
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| title=Tornado
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Causes Bartman to spin in a tornado for a duration. He is invincible and moves faster while this effect is active. He starts flashing when the effect is almost over.
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| title=Bartman Flying Icon
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| sprite={{sprite | Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Causes Bartman to fly. He can walk again if he lands, then fly again with {{1}}. He starts flashing when the effect is almost over.
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}}
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}}
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===Levels===
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====Swamp Hag's Junkyard of Doom====
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| title=The Subterranean Pipe
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 2.png
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| desc=
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{{InfoRow
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| title=The Swamp
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 3.png
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| desc=
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Swamp Hag's Hideaway
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 4.png
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====The Water-Logged Lair of Dr. Crab====
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| title=The Sea Bed
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 5.png
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| desc=Bartman can swim by moving the D-Pad in any direction.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=The Crab Walk
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 6.png
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| desc=
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{{InfoRow
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| title=The Inner Wall
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 7.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=More Crab Walk
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 8.png
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| desc=
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| title=The Boiler Room
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 9.png
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| title=Dr. Crab's Lair
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 10.png
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====20,000 Miles under the Earth====
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| title=The Sunken Volcano
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 11.png
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| title=The Underground City
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 12.png
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| desc=Bartman can enter doorways by pressing {{up}} when standing in front of one.
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}}
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| title=Lava Man's Lava Pit
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 13.png
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====Brain-O the Magnificient====
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| title=Final Boss
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| screenshot=Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 14.png
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| desc=
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}}
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}}
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===The Limbo Zone===
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{{ScreenThumb|Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Limbo Zone.png|width=160|The Limbo Zone}}
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Some levels contain an icon that warps Bartman to the Limbo Zone if he touches it. If Bartman can survive 60 seconds in the Limbo Zone, he skips to the next level; otherwise, he returns to the same level. If he stands in one spot for too long, the screen shakes and he is knocked off the platform.
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==History==
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A [[Sega Master System]] version was planned but ultimately cancelled, reportedly as the system was viewed as obsolete.
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==Production credits==
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*'''Programmed by:''' Nick Pelling
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*'''Music arranger (uncredited):''' [[Matt Furniss]]
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*'''Sound programmer (uncredited):''' [[Shaun Hollingworth]]
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==Magazine articles==
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==Promotional material==
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 5 August 2024

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The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Flying Edge
Developer:
Licensor: Twentieth Century Fox
Original system(s): Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer(s) of original games: Imagineering
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
US 		$34.9934.99[1] T-81168
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Non-Sega versions

The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man is a platform game based on The Simpsons. It was released for the Sega Game Gear exclusively in North America in 1994.

Story

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Introduction.png

Introduction

Bart Simpson is reading his favorite comic book, Radioactive Man, late at night in his treehouse, but notices that Radioactive Man is absent. Bart wonders who will save Radioactive Man when Fallout Boy, Radioactive Man's sidekick, suddenly appears. Fallout Boy tells Bart that he must venture into the comic book universe in order to save Radioactive Man, who is being held captive at the black hole-orbiting prison Limbo Zone.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling platformer played as Bart Simpson in his superhero alter-ego "Bartman." It is divided into four chapters. In the first three chapters, Bartman must defeat three super villains that have stolen Radioactive Man's powers: Swamp Hag, Dr. Crab, and Lava Man. After collecting these powers, Bartman must find Radioactive Man and team up with him to defeat Brain-O the Magnificent, the mastermind behind the evil plot, in the final chapter.

Bartman moves with Left or Right. He ducks with Down and jumps with 1. He attacks by punching and kicking with 2. He can obtain Mighty Powers that give him enhanced abilities, such as the ability to fly or shoot lightning bolts from his eyes, by collecting power-ups. Mighty Powers only last for a limited amount of time or number of uses.

In some levels, Bartman flies as the screen autoscrolls like a shoot-'em-up. In these levels, he moves in any direction using the D-Pad and punches with 2.

Bartman has five health points and loses one if he takes damage from an enemy. He loses a life if he loses all of his health points and loses the game if he loses all of his lives. He restarts at a predetermined checkpoint in the level after losing a life. The game can be continued a limited number of times.

Items

Items can be collected by touching them or by attacking them.

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Radiation Symbol
Restores one health point.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Exclamation Point
Collect 20 to earn an extra life.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Radioactive Man #1
Gives the player an extra life.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
Warps Bartman to the Limbo Zone.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
Goal at the end of the level.

Mighty Power

Only one of these Mighty Powers can be active at a time.

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Laser Bolt
Gives Bartman the ability to shoot laser bolts from his eyes with 2, which replaces his usual punches and kicks for 20 lasers.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Ice Crystal
Gives Bartman the ability to belch ice breath projectiles with 2, which replaces his usual punches and kicks for 5 breaths.

Super Mighty Power

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Tornado
Causes Bartman to spin in a tornado for a duration. He is invincible and moves faster while this effect is active. He starts flashing when the effect is almost over.
Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Items.png
 Bartman Flying Icon
Causes Bartman to fly. He can walk again if he lands, then fly again with 1. He starts flashing when the effect is almost over.

Levels

Swamp Hag's Junkyard of Doom

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 1.png

The Junkyard

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 2.png

The Subterranean Pipe

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 3.png

The Swamp

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 4.png

Swamp Hag's Hideaway

The Water-Logged Lair of Dr. Crab

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 5.png

The Sea Bed
Bartman can swim by moving the D-Pad in any direction.

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 6.png

The Crab Walk

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 7.png

The Inner Wall

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 8.png

More Crab Walk

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 9.png

The Boiler Room

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 10.png

Dr. Crab's Lair

20,000 Miles under the Earth

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 11.png

The Sunken Volcano

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 12.png

The Underground City
Bartman can enter doorways by pressing Up when standing in front of one.

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 13.png

Lava Man's Lava Pit

Brain-O the Magnificient

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Stage 14.png

Final Boss

The Limbo Zone

Bartman Meets Radioactive Man GG, Limbo Zone.png

The Limbo Zone

Some levels contain an icon that warps Bartman to the Limbo Zone if he touches it. If Bartman can survive 60 seconds in the Limbo Zone, he skips to the next level; otherwise, he returns to the same level. If he stands in one spot for too long, the screen shakes and he is knocked off the platform.

History

A Sega Master System version was planned but ultimately cancelled, reportedly as the system was viewed as obsolete.

Production credits

 This article needs a list of production credits, either from the game itself, a manual, or other reliable source.
  • Programmed by: Nick Pelling
  • Music composer (uncredited): Mark Van Hecke
  • Music arranger (uncredited): Matt Furniss
  • Sound programmer (uncredited): Shaun Hollingworth


Magazine articles

Main article: The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #61: "February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Mega Play (US) #0501: "February 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

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VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
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Sega Game Gear
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The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
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CRC32 ffa447a9
MD5 5f263de21f316a2a318dd6d5f732b2c8
SHA-1 9dd99ca1b28dbb16f5f118e2729613d1452aba73
256kB Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 142
  2. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
  3. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 61
  4. ↑ VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79


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