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Better Than Expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: April 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's pretty much standard practice for game developers to try and cash in on successful franchises. Usually the games are poorly constructed and will often have little or nothing to do with the TV show or movie that they were "inspired" by. Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror is a pleasant surprise and is actually worth playing. As a fan of the series since the beginning I have grown accustomed to being disappointed by cheap products. During the past year or so things have been improving and this game is no exception. Purists will try to tell you that it's a bad game because some liberties have been taken with the episodes that the levels were based on, but I'm here to let you know that the game is fun and challenging. Looked at from the view point of a gamer there are a few problems with it. The worst one being the password feature and how infrequently you can save. However, in exchange for this we get a Game Boy color game with excellent color. Simply put, the game looks great! Also, I would rather be challenged by a game than have everything handed to me with automatic saves everywhere. Although it defeats a game's purpose to be so hard that you can't even play it, it also defeats the purpose to be so easy that you're done in a day. The developers of this game knew that and found a nice compromise between the two. They have also provided two different difficulty levels based on your preferences. If you're a fan of the series and you're a gamer (casual gamers may be in over their heads) I say ignore the whining of the "fan boys" (who are always upset about something) and give the game a chance. I believe that you will be pleasantly surprised.

Better Than I Expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: May 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game turned out better than i expected, as i have always been a Simpsons fan and virtualy buy anything to do with the show, so naturaly i bought this game, the prolblem was i knew nothing about it. When i got into the game i actually started to enjoy it. The game is based aroud the halloween episodes of The Simpons with you the player taking on the role of any of the main 5 characters. You have to battle past possesed characters from the show like Mr Burns, and while doing so earn the right to play the bonus level featuring Homer. This is a good game and a bit of a challenge so i would recommend it to anyone

Another lackluster Simpsons game for Game Boy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: March 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I wanted this game to be good, but it just isn't. I love the Simpsons which is probably the reason I keep buying the games they put out for Game Boy but The levels for this game are just too simplistic and uninspired. Also in order to prevent playing the early levels each time you turn on the game you need to input an 11 letter code which is a annoying. I will probably play with it for about another day or two, then put it away to be forgotten. The two stars are mostly just for the Simpsons name. I would have given it more, but not after paying ...

The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: April 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game I wasn't so sure it was going to be a good game, but when I first played the game I loved it! There are only seven levels but it is a great game! The levels and graphics are harder and better than what I expected. If you are a Simpsons fan, you'll love this game! I've had the game for a while and I still haven't beat it. If anyone has played the Game Boy Color game: Rugrats the First Movie, this game is a little like that but a lot better. This is the best Game Boy Color game I've played!

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!!!!!!!!!

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.

HELP!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Is anyone else besides me stuck in Level 4 of this game, the one in which Homer goes through the castle after Mr. Burns the Vampire? When I get there, I can't destroy him because for some reason the garlic-press shooter (triggered with the A button) stops working when I get to the basement. I wonder if my game cartridge is defective (which would be too bad 'cuz I tossed out the receipt--bad move). If I should be so lucky that it isn't, and you know how to finish off Burnsie the bloodsucker, please email me. Thank you!

LOVE THE SIMPSONS HATE THE GAME

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The simpsons game for gameboy was NOT a very good game for game boy color. The characters move to slowly, it takes forever for you to throw a weapon, and you are timed [NOT ENOUGH TIME]on each level. Please do yourself a favor and do not buy this game.

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.

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.

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