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:
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
UK
T-81218-50
Sega Game Gear
AU
FITC00SGC
OFLC: G
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

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Cartoon 1: Jurracid Bath

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Cartoon 2: The Medieval Dead

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Cartoon 3: Mutilation on the Bounty

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Cartoon 4: The Magnificent Severed

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Cartoon 5: A Site For Sawed Eyes

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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

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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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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]
Sega Game Gear
52
Based on
4 reviews

The Itchy & Scratchy Game

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Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, AU
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Manual
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


The Itchy & Scratchy Game

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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)