The Itchy & Scratchy Game
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a Sega Game Gear action game based on The Simpsons franchise.
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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 | |
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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
Magazine articles
- Main article: The Itchy & Scratchy Game/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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256kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ File:TIaSG GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 125
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 8
- ↑ https://www.smspower.org/forums/6851-RumouredGameGearReleases (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-13 03:25)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 83
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 133
The Itchy & Scratchy Game | |
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Main page | Magazine articles | Reception |
The Simpsons games for Sega systems | |
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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) |
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