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Dunno why, but this game scared me...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: April 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Poor graphics. It's scarily similar to the SUPER-CRAPPY Powerpuff Girls GBC games. It also scared me somehow, in a nightmarish way.
Don't buy it. It ain't worth the money.

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THQ's latest Game Boy Color release, The Simpsons: Night of the Living Tree House of Horror, is seven levels of spooky action ripped straight out of a decade's worth of Halloween specials. The family's souls are trapped in Bart's tree house, and the only way to save them is to guide Bart, Maggie, Lisa, Homer, and Marge safely through each of his or her own uniquely nightmarish scenarios. As can be expected from a TV license, this particular Simpsons product is an action game. However, unlike the usual fare of repetitious platform-jumping rehashes, Night of the Living Tree House of Horror packs seven different side scrollers into a single game. Each level borrows its name from a specific Halloween episode and has its own unique gameplay gimmick. In the first scenario, Bad Dream House, Bart must explore each room of the Simpsons' house, vanquish haunted creatures with his slingshot, leap across sludge pits, and collect enough keys to save the family dog from a demonic broom. Level two, Maggie-Fly, sends you soaring through the air as a fly-mutated Maggie and tasks you to navigate her safely across a bug-infested kitchen. Things really heat up in level three, Plan 9 from Outer Springfield, a top-down shoot-'em-up starring family mom, Marge Simpson. Presented in a style reminiscent of Konami's Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Marge is a bubble-blaster-packing zombie hunter who'll have to get through hordes of possessed Springfield denizens and zombie versions of Apu, Moe, Mayor Quimby, and Krusty if she wants to make it home safely. Later levels cast Homer as a vampire hunter in a Castlevania-style mansion romp, a Homer robot as a toxic-waste purifier with a heart, Lisa as a Solid Snake-inspired operative in a stealthy school rescue, and the apelike King Homer in a Rampage-style wrecking frenzy. Each level in The Simpsons: Night of the Living Tree House of Horror is a game unto itself, which makes for a rather pleasing and varied experience. Surprisingly, though, each scenario is also a nice example of the particular genre it lampoons. Bart's initial jump-happy scenario lends a nod to Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., while other levels pay glowing tribute to Sega, Konami, and Atari releases such as Kolibri, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and Rampage. The game is not entirely free of flaws, however. The game uses an unwieldy password system, making it unnecessarily tedious to continue a game. The game itself is incredibly short and can be completed in less than three hours. Also, nonhuman enemy sprites are limited to poorly animated spiders and bees, which makes them jarringly out of place when compared with the rest of the game's sprites. Despite a few ugly spiders, the majority of the action in The Simpsons: Night of the Living Tree House of Horror is colorfully drawn, highly detailed, and smoothly animated. Bart, Maggie, Lisa, and the rest of the family all have their own trademark body characteristics, as well as at-rest animations that include Bart's patent shrug and Maggie's clumsy pacifier drop. The rest of the Springfield menagerie is present as well. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Monty Burns, Waylon Smithers, Groundskeeper Willy, Principal Skinner, and a whole host of recognizable characters gives the game the kind of satisfaction that only familiarity with a phenomenon can offer. The Simpsons' house, the Burns' mansion, and the Springfield streets are also re-created as well as can be expected on a 3-inch color screen.
Don't let the standard GBC MIDI fool you either--this Simpsons game sounds good too. Although there aren't any Bart speech samples or Homerisms, Night of the Living Tree House of Horror is deep with a wide array of series-inspired sound effects and music. It's no Mario Advance, but Simpsons fans will smirk with glee when hearing the Simpsons theme twisted asunder in a dark horror re-creation of itself. Re-creation is exactly what The Simpsons: Night of the Living Tree House of Horror is all about. No matter how you pronounce it, THQ has managed to re-create a decade of Halloween specials into a single GBC game that's bound to give series fans hours of recreation.

WOW! A SIMPSONS GAME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't know how long I've owned this game but, I think it's been a really long time, there's 7 levels of non-stop fun, the levels get harder and harder, but, I have a book that will let me go to any level, well anyways I'm glad they made this game it's really fun well bye!!!!!!!:)

The Simpsons Rock

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a really cool game that is based on The Simpsons Halloween episodes.there are 8 levels and in each one you are a different Simpsons charactor.In the 1st level you are Bart and your in a haunted house looking for Santas Little Helper.The second has Maggie in the body of a fly.You have to get her to the transporter which will make her a baby again.Its very easy.Then you Marge and you have to kill zombies with a be be gun. its very very hard.In the next your Homer and your in Vampire Burns(Mr. Burns) castle. Its pretty hard.Then you are a Homer-Robot searching for your body parts.its not very hard at all.In the 7th level Lisa walks through the school freeing kids that are to be eaten by teachers. pretty easy.Finally, in the last level your are King Homer(King Kong) and you battle planes and tanks looking for Marge.I hope you enjoy the game.

The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am probablyy the biggest Simpson fan you will run into, but this has to be the worst game I have ever played. The characters look so horrible they move to slow and you can only start on level one which is pretty hard there are no extra features except the Homer one you have to un-lock. ... And in conclusion there is just such a lack of effort put in this game [...]!It is just sooo horrible!! If you are a simpson fan don't buy it it is embrassing.

I LOVE THE SIMPSONS HALLOWEEN EPISODES BUT...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: June 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...I don't like this. I'm sorry, but this game sucks. I only gave it two stars, because I like the halloween theme to it, and because it is The Simpsons. I was excited, because it was a Simpsons game boy color game that was based on the halloween episodes, which I love. But, i'm sorry, this game didn't really do it for me. The characters move to slowly. In the 3rd level, where marge has a gun so she could kill everyone, the difficulty level is WAY HIGHER than the 2nd level. It seems uneven. I love the Simpsons, but for the people that haven't bought it, RENT IT FIRST TO SEE IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. If I hadn't of rented this, I would've wasted a lot of my money. Spend your money on Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. Now that's a quality game.

Great Simpsons game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. It is so cool. IT is just like the halloween episode when bart and lisa are telling scary stories. This is a must for all simpsoms fans.

The Simpsons Rule!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a challenge but it still is fun! You play as Bart in the first level and you get a time limit. You get to play as Homer 3 times Bart 1 Maggie 1 Lisa 1 and Marge 1 time . Its hard but you can find codes on many websites!

If you like the simpsons, you'll like this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game. Sure the graphics are not all 100% perfect but it is good for a gameboy color console. Some of the levels are hard but once you get used to them, you'll have fun. The game is mainly based on Simpson's Holloween special episodes like the episode where Mr. Burns is a Vampire, in this game Homer has to find him and kill him. Note if you want a little chuckle or a little laugh in that level,you don't press anything and wait, and a few seconds later you see Homer either yawning or scratching his bu[m]. I really like Marge's level where she goes around Springfield with a bazooka and shoots zhombies. Also I really like it when you go through a puddle in that level and then when you shoot, 3 instead of 1 bazooka bullets come out.
Believe me, This is a good game!!!!!!!!!

Gameboy Color Explorer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I purchased this game I figured that it will be a very exciting game. The problem is that the characters move too slowly. Even when they jump it is very slow. With Bart's stage you cannot really aim well enough with his slingshot. Also, in Marge's level you would be unable to go back once you passed certain places. Plus once you made it near the end and died, they put you all the way back to the beginning. That was pretty lame! That level also comes with four different major enemies to beat...Apu, Moe, Principle Skinner and Krusty the clown.

The easiest stage would have to be Bart's and Lisa's. Marge and the two stages of Homer were not even a little easy to achieve. Personally I like the original simpsons game that four people could play. This game was not that great. It was not what I expected when I first played it. I just simply got tired of it. I mean even in Homer Kong stage. If you were killed off by the first boss then they would put you back to the beginning also. I believe that only in Lisa and Homer Frankenstein you would be able to go back to the same place you were in when you died.

Homer vs. Dracula was difficult too. The first part was a little easy to pass but then it became more and more difficult. Well, I would buy this game used if I were you so you would be able to return it...

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