The Simpsons (video game) Mr. Burns, who attacks them in a plutonium-powered mech. After managing to defeat Burns, the Simpsons rescue Maggie and head back home, while Homer breaks the fourth wall by throwing the diamond right to the player. "The Simpsons" is a side-scrolling beat 'em up for up to four players, with each one playing as a member of the Simpsons family: Marge, who swings her vacuum cleaner; Homer, who punches and kicks; Bart, who wields his skateboard; and Lisa, who attacks with a jump rope. Along with the standard array of jumping and attacking, two players can team up to form
The Simpsons: Hit & Run television series, and called it the most accurate representation of Springfield ever put into a game. "Official Xbox Magazine" said that the game did the show justice, and "Play" felt that it was "essentially the show in real time", summing up its review by calling the game a "truly great cross-over product". GameSpot thought that the humor that the game offered included many excellent self-referential jokes, and TeamXbox concluded its review by predicting that the game would be extremely appealing to gamers, especially hardcore "Simpsons" fans. Entertainment magazine "Variety" surmised that "Hit & Run" was the first "Simpsons" game to