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Original Video Games on The Simpsons
Real Video Games on The Simpsons
Game Systems & Companies on The Simpsons
Notes & Contributors!

On several occasions video games have played an important role in Simpsons Episodes, and games have appeared in episodes even more frequently. This list is an attempt to catalog not only the original game titles, but also the many appearances of established video game franchises such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros.

Games are listed in alphabetical order, usually followed by a production code for the episode in which they appeared [in square brackets], and the game's location or owner (in parentheses). Some games have appeared more than once, but traditionally not every appearance was currently listed, something we are in the process of "correcting". Feel free to drop a line to note any appearances (or games!) we might have missed. The parodies are usually obvious, but we specifically note them primarily to make them easier to search for.

SA stands for Simpsons Arcade, the arcade game.
 (Simpsons Arcade was also released for the IBM PC, Commodore 64/128 and cell phones!)
[VS] stands for Virtual Springfield, the computer game.
HR stands for Simpsons Hit & Run, the video game.
 (Released on Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and for PC's.)
A '@' after an entry indicates that the game was cut in syndication.

Original Video Games on The Simpsons


 

Alien
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [3G01] (Noiseland) {p}

Aliens
- [SA] (Moe's Tavern)

Angus Pogordny's Caber Toss
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save) {pr}

Assassin's Creed Summer of Love
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Astro Blast
- [4F11] (At the Cockamanie's novelty store)

Aunts vs Zombies
- [PABF06] (Testoster-Zone)

Babyblast
- [MOVIE1] (Bart playing Game Boy type handheld in church)
   ("Baby Blast" on label on handheld)

Bar Brawl 4: Final Fracus
- [JABF22] (Bart's)

Billy Graham's Bible Blaster
- [BABF10] (Rod and Todd's)

Bloodstorm
- [3F07] (Gavin, the spoiled brat has it)

Bloodstorm II
- [3F07] (Gavin's)

Bonesquad
- [3F07] (Gavin's)

Bonestorm
- [3F07] (Adv't on televison, Android's Dungeon, Milhouse's, Try-N-Save)

Bowling 2000
- [8F18] (Homer plays a Game Boy like hand-held game while Marge rehearses)

Canasta Master
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Capt. K[rusty?]
- [7G06] (Noiseland)

Cat Fight
- [5F03] (Kwik-E-Mart)@{hl}

Celebrity Autopsy
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Cereal Killer
- [KABF18] (Bart playing a Game Boy)
   (We see him shoot Captain Crunch, Trix rabbit, The Froot Loops Toucon)

Chevy Chase Foul Play
- [JABF08] (Pinball in Simpson's basement) (with Score 031791)

Click Clack
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Coffee Fiend
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)

Comic Shop
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)

Cosmic Wars
   (parody of Star Wars)
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Dance Dance Evolution
   (parody of Dance Dance Revolution, aka DDR) (Zii is parody of Nintendo Wii)
- [MABF13] (Moe's) (Game System Zii) (with music from Lady Gaga's Let's Dance)

Dance Fever '97
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Dance Revolution
   (parody of Dance Dance Revolution, aka DDR)
   (Marge: ..and everyone's very worried about Milhouse!
   Bart: He's been playing Dancing Revolution for hours but the TV is off.)
- [SABF10]  (at Simpsons')

Dash Dingo
- [AABF03] (Bart's)

Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories
- [JABF09] (Psychiatrist's Office on PlayStation) (Bart refers to as DKCIIDKS)

Devil's Advocate
- [BABF17] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [CABF20] (Homer's garage)
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Dig Dug Revelations
   (parodying sequels with theoretical sequel to Dig Dug)
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Disembowler IV
"The game where condemned criminals dig at each other with rusty hooks."
- [2F06] (Ashley Grant's)

Dougie Houser: The Game
- [VS] (Noiseland) {ms}

Driver's License 2: License to Drive
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Earthland Realms
- [JABF10] (Marge, Bart, and various other people play it on their home PCs)

Eat My Shorts
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [7F03] (Noiseland) {ri}

Electronic Biathlon
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Escape from Death Row
- [9F06] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [2F19] (Arcade)

Escape from Grandma's House
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [7F03] (Noiseland) {ri}{m}

Escape from Grandma's House II
- [7G06] (Noiseland)

Freeway!
- [7G06] (Noiseland)

Frosty the Hit Man
- [SABF01] (at Simpsons Bed & Breakfast)

Fruit Shoot
- [NABF22] (Noiseland)

Furious Flyers
   (Not electronic) (parody of Angry Birds)
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

grand theft scratchy
   (parody of Grand Theft Auto)
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Grand Theft Walrus
   (parody of Grand Theft Auto)
- [MOVIE1] (At Eski-Moe's in Alaska)
- [PABF07] (Barney's Bowl-A-Rama)
- [RABF12] (Kwik-E-Mart)

Great White Hunter
- [9F01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F06] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F13] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [3F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [5F01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [5F19] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [AABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [DABF14] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [EABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [FABF20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [KABF13] (Kwik-E-Mart)

Halloween Hit and Run
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Hockey Dad
- [EABF22] (Bart's on PlayStation I at home)
- [RABF12] (Kwik-E-Mart)

The Iceman Killeth
   (name is parody of Ice Man Cometh movie)
- [MABF01] (Bart's on Xbox at home)

Itchy vs. Scratchy
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [7F03] (Noiseland)
- [LABF15] (In classroom on personal device)

Kevin Costner's Waterworld
- [3G01] (Noiseland)

Kick the Can
- [9F08] (80's arcade) {bd}{mr}

Killer Joe
- [9F21] (Kwik-E-Mart)

Krusty's Carnival of Kash
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Larry the Looter
   (Assumed parody of Larry Laffer of Leisure Suit Larry games)
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [2F19] (Arcade)
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)
- [VS] (Noiseland)
- [HR] (Kwik-E-Mart)

Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge
- [3F07] (Android's Dungeon and during closing credits)

Let's Make a Baby
- [5F13] (Springfield Knowledgeum)

Low-BlowBoxing
- [MABF13] (Moe's)

[Mugo?]
- [7F06] (Noiseland)

Mixed Martian Arts
- [RABF07] (Bart playing at home)

Monkey Kong
   (name is parody of Donkey Kong)
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Mumblety PEG
- [9F08] (80's arcade) {bd}{mr}

My Dinner with Andre
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [1F08] (Playland)
- [3G01] (Noiseland)

Nature Canada
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Nuclear Winter
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Nuke  (or Nuke I)
- [9F01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F13] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [3F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [3F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [5F01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [5F19] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [AABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [BABF17] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [DABF14] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [EABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [EABF04] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [FABF17] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [KABF07] (Kwik-E-Mart)

Nuke Canada
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Nurse
- [7F23] (Noiseland)

Operation: Rescue
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Pac-Rat
   (name is parody of Pac-Man)
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)

Pac-Rat II
   (name is parody of Pac-Man II)
- [7G06] (Noiseland)

Pachinko
- [4F16] (Bart's)

Pack Rat
   (name is parody of Pac-Man)
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Pack Rat Returns
   (name is parody of Pac-Man sequels)
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)

Panamanian Strongman
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [3G01] (Noiseland)

Pffox
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)

Ping Sooo
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Plague Station 3
- [RABF07] (Bart playing at home)

Polybius
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Pong  (also listed here for the sake of the entries below)
- [7F04] (Alien Spaceship)
- [CABF18] (Bowl-A-Rama)

Pong 85
- [FABF19] (Bowl-A-Rama)

Pong 95
- [PABF07] (Barney's Bowl-A-Rama)

Pong 5000
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Prince of Persia: Beverly Hills
- [NABF22] (Noiseland)

Razor Fight II: The Slashening
- [2F19] (Arcade) {bk}

Remington Steele: The Game
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Robert Goulet Destroyer
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [7F03] (Noiseland)
- [7F23] (Noiseland)

Robot Stampede
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Rocky III vs. Clara Peller
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Satan's ..[?]
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

Satan's [Castle?]
- [1F06] (Noiseland)

Satan's Funhouse
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)

Save Hitler's Brain
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Shark Bait
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)
- [DABF13] (At BetterThanTV.com office)
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)

The Simpsons
- [SA] (Moe's Tavern)

SimReich
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

SimSandwich
- [BABF04] (Home Computer)

Smite of the Bumble Bee
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Snowboarder
- [PABF06] (Testoster-Zone)

[?Spa]ce Eye
- [2F17] (Milhouse's Dressing Room)

Space Mutants
- [Butterfinger commercial] (Super market)

Space-Tac-Toe
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Springfield Racers
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)

Stickball
- [9F08] (80's arcade) {bd}{mr}

A Streetcar Named Death
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Super Slugfest
- [7G06] (Bart's)
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Swim Meet
- [3F07] (Try-N-Save)

Tandem Bike Ride With Your Mom
- [GABF20] (Bart's)

Terminator
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [3G01] (Noiseland)

Test Your Strength
- [PABF06] (Testoster-Zone)

Time Waister  [SIC]
- [2F10] (Bowl-A-Rama)

Time Waste
- [7G06] (Noiseland)

Time Waster
- [7G06] (Noiseland)
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)
- [9F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [2F19] (Arcade)
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)
- [EABF02] (EFCOT Center)
- [FABF19] (Bowl-A-Rama)
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)
- [JABF20] (Bowl-A-Rama)
- [PABF06] (Testoster-Zone)
- [PABF07] (Barney's Bowl-A-Rama)
- [VS] (Noiseland)

Touch of Death
- [7F23] (Noiseland)
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)
- [1F06] (Noiseland)
- [5F22] (Family Fun Center Arcade)
- [NABF04] (Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)

Toxic [?]
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)

Triangle Wars
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)
- [NABF22] (Noiseland)
- [PABF06] (Testoster-Zone)

Unipede
- [HABF20] (Captain Blip's Zapateria)

Video Boxing
- (see Super Slugfest)

Video Poker
- [GABF03] (Kirk Van Houten playing Video Poker handheld game)

View Master
- [1F06] (Noiseland)

Waltz Waltz Revolution
   (parody of Dance Dance Revolution)
- [RABF13] (At home at OFF's)

Whack the Weasel
- [8F11] (Wall E. Weasel's)

Word Jammers
- [LABF15] (In Springfield Elementary on ancient PC) (Ages 6 to 12) (on 5 1/4 floppy)

World of KrustCraft
   (parody of World of WarCraft)
- [NABF20]  (E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Zap!
- [CABF09] (BlockoLand)

Unnamed games
- [8F06] (Bart shows Grandpa how to play a spaceship video game)
- [9F09] (SNPP employees gave up health insurance for a pinball machine in the lounge)
- [FABF16] (Computer game at the unemployment office)
- [GABF02] (A kid at the library is playing a computer game)
- [GABF14] (Bart plays a handheld Itchy & Scratchy game at the barbershop)


Real Video Games on The Simpsons


Appearances of or references to real video games on The Simpsons.

  Asteroids
- [EABF12] (Meaux's Tavern in a flashback scene)

Baseball
- [MABF03] (at Springfield Retirement Home, ZiiSports)

Bowling
- [MABF03] (at Springfield Retirement Home, ZiiSports)

Boxing
- [MABF03] (at Springfield Retirement Home, ZiiSports)

Breakout
- [LABF15] (In classroom on personal device)

Donkey Kong
- [3G01] (Throwing barrels outside the Noiseland Arcade)
- [3F07] (Telling Bart to steal the Bonestorm video game)
- [GABF02] (Homer tossing barrels at Mario, exactly like Donkey Kong)
- [RABF06] (Burns names Donkey Kong in song "High To Be Loathed")

Frogger
- [RABF11] (Hundreds of frogs crossing river imitating Frogger replete with music)

Golf
- [MABF03] (at Circuit Circus)

- [MABF03] (at Springfield Retirement Home, ZiiSports)

Mario Bros.
- [3F07] (Telling Bart to steal the Bonestorm video game)
- [GABF02] (Mario avoids Homer's attacks, much like in the game Donkey Kong)
- [GABF09] (Skinner: Since the middle ages had no compact discs or
   Super Mario men, people found entertainment...)
- [PABF12] (Royalty Cruises Fun Schedule includes: Human Super-Mario Brothers)

Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man
- [8F10] (Mr. Burns playing Ms. Pac-Man)
- [BABF20] (Homer asks The Who to play "Pac-Man Fever")
- [GABF02] (Super Bowl XVI features marriage of PacMan and Ms. PacMan)
- [NABF07] (We see a Ms. PacMan arcade game at an internet start-up company.)

Pong
- [7F04] (Alien Spaceship)
- [CABF18] (Bowl-A-Rama)

The Simpsons: Tapped Out
- [RABF19]  (Homer playing: Your Credit Card Has Been Charged $300)

Sonic the Hedgehog
- [3F07] (Telling Bart to steal the Bonestorm video game)

Space Invaders
- [2F20] (Willie gets arthritis from Space Invaders in 1977)

Tennis
- [MABF03] (at Springfield Retirement Home, ZiiSports)
- [MABF14] (at OFF's, and on a Zii)

Tetris
- [EABF04] (Homer efficiently packs the sale stuff and family in the car by treating them    like Tetris blocks)

- [PABF12] (Royalty Cruises Fun Schedule includes: Real life Tetris)


Game Systems & Game Companies on The Simpsons


Appearances of or references to Game Systems or Game Companies on The Simpsons. In parodies of game systems and game companies, it isn't just a similar name but the identical logo and/or physical game system that makes the parody.

  ActiVision
- [NABF20]  (ProtoVision at E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Atari
- [NABF04] (Atari symbol framed on wall at Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)

EA Electronic Arts
- [NABF20]  (EC Electronic Crafts at E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

Game Boy
- [8F18]  (Homer plays a Game Boy like game running Bowling 2000)
- [MOVIE1] (Bart playing Game Boy type handheld in church running Babyblast)
- [KABF18] (Bart playing a Game Boy running Cereal Killer)

Konami
- [NABF20]  (Norami at E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)

PlayStation
- [AABF03]  (Marge gives a sick Lisa Bart's Playstation to play in bed)
- [EABF22] (Bart's plays PlayStation I at home running Hockey Dad)
- [JABF09]  (PlayStation in Psychiatrist's Office)
   (Bart plays Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories, which he refers to as DKCIIDKS)
- [PABF12]  (Royalty Cruises Fun Schedule includes: Xbox with PS3 controllers)
- [RABF07] (Bart playing game Plague Station 3 which parodies PlayStation 3)

Wii
- [MABF03] (Game System Zii at Circuit Circus)
- [MABF03] (Game System Zii and ZiiFitness at Springfield Retirement Home)
- [MABF13] (Game System Zii at Moe's running Dance Dance Evolution)
- [MABF14] (Game System Zii at OFF's running Tennis)

Xbox
- [HABF06] (Jeremy, son of Snake, to Bart: Do you like Xbox?)
- [MABF01] (Bart's at home playing Xbox running The Iceman Killeth)
- [NABF20]  (YBOX and YBOX 360 at E4 Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo)
- [RABF12] (Royalty Cruises Fun Schedule includes: Xbox with PS3 controllers)


Additions and corrections to this list will be gratefully accepted, and all submissions will be duly credited (or accepted anonymously, as desired).

Contributors:
{bd} Bill Donovan {bdonovan@execulink.com}
{ri} Robert Ingram {rnigma@cbiinternet.com}
{pr} Primeval Reckoning {spetofal@direct.ca}
{ms} Mike Smith {mjsmith@brightok.net}
{mr} Mark Aaron Richey {c670008@showme.missouri.edu}

{m} {melcocha@aol.com}
{bk} Brendon Kirk


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