😡 The Simpsons Arcade 2 - The Awful Lost Sequel...😡 

There was a Simpsons Arcade machine at a local department store when i was a kid. My mom once made the questionable decision to leave me with a dude who legit looked like Comic Book Guy who was playing the game while she shopped. He had a giant jug of quarters that he shared with me and we made it to the end of the game together. He was my hero that day.

The fact that there hasn't been a Homer Vs. George H.W. Bush fist fight as a boss battle in any of these games is such a wasted opportunity.

Kid: "I want to play The Simpsons Arcade" Mom: "You've already got The Simpons Arcade on your phone."

The game industry wants to get RID of "game preservation" unless they can keep directly profiting from it. They like to be able to force people to move on to the next thing and remove old things at will.

The animation and quality of the sprites makes this look like a fan project that's not the worst thing ever but lacking polish. As Mr Burns said about Martin Prince's power plant design despite its ability to generate real power, "but where's the heart?"

After delisting this game, EA focused on The Simpsons Tapped Out and still has

Wow I can't believe today is The Tracey Ullman Show's 35th anniversary. Congratulations to the show that will be forever known as... that show The Simpsons originated from.

They really should have gotten a sequel. If shredders revenge is good that team should do a Simpson game next. BURNS REVENGE!!

Recently Simpsons (now owned by Disney) was used to advertise Star Wars and Lisa sing praises about Disney...

I'm honestly hoping with the return of Scott Pilgrim, the upcoming Cowabunga Collection and Rise of Shredder, that we get an actual viable Simpsons Arcade sequel this time.

I feel very lucky to have been a pre-teen/teen/young adult throughout the best years of the Simpsons. Like all parents, my mom initially didn’t want me watching the show because of the subversive hysteria, but not only was a lot of it baseless, it’s proven to have stronger moral ground than shows people claim to remember from their youth. I’ve really appreciated the comprehensive commentary tracks included on the seasonal Simpsons DVDs that have kept me collecting them long past the time I watched them, because even the worst seasons have interesting stories behind their development. I only wish they kept making them, as I don’t trust completely digital media given the ease of removal, as you rightly pointed out (and has been proven with the removal of the Michael Jackson episode Stark Raving Dad, which I do not agree with regardless of the documentary’s veracity or lack thereof). I wish there was a comprehensive collection of the Tracy Ullman era shorts (or even if the Tracy Ullman Show itself; it’s a show I found in syndication that I initially watched for the Simpsons shorts but grew to love on its own). Even if the Simpsons has long been terrible more than it’s been great , no amount of terrible seasons can undo the greatness of the Simpsons at its best (and I personally include the Ullman shorts and seasons 1-2).

The writers and influencers behind the scenes involved during The Simps golden era were different including head writer Conan O’Brian. The show was still trying to prove itself. That made a big difference!

I think it's funny that you showed footage of Simpsons Road Rage while talking about hit and run. Road Rage was the Simpsons attempt to clone Crazy Taxi, and it got Fox sued by Sega. It was a pretty big deal, since it reminded people that certain game mechanics were copyrighted. Game companies just love to stifle the creativity of their competitors.

That name again is Mister Plow!!

The Disney Plus anniversary special they did shows exactly why The Simpsons can never return to what made it good. Even in later seasons when the edge was shaved off they still made fun of Fox, but their Disney jokes went from calling them an evil corporation to "look! Disney characters at Moe's bar! LOL!" And then having Lisa break character by singing about how 'amazing' Disney Plus is. So sad.

Loving this channel more and more! Didn’t even know there was a sequel.

The issue with the Simpson is that they got rid of too many well received characters from the past in place of throwing loads of celebrity cameos every episode Before they're actually used to be a story now it's just gimmick

Did this require an almost complete history

Even if the latest seasons and their new shorts that's been released on Disney+ are dump, it's still a great show if you only pay attention to the golden age, especially the fact the show was such a fortune teller.

A lot of people blame modern Simpsons unfunniness on poor writing but it's got a lot more to do with the animation looking too clean and sterile, voice cast basically just phoning it in etc.

Huh... It's rare when a Top Hat Gaming Man video shows you something new. A few more of these and I might resubscribe. Good shit.

“No tv and no beer make Homer go something something.”

Great video!.. it took me a few years of vacations as a kid in the Arcades of Las Vegas i finally beat this game with tons of quarters.. the most fun arcade beat ‘‘em up of the 90s, and a great childhood memories.

Played the original arcade game, completing it with my 6-year-old daughter and she loved it Brings back many fond memories ,shame the Simpsons became soulless, safe and boring

Top Hat Gaming Man, in a future video, you should definitely review The Simpsons Game!

I was always surprised at how successful the simpsons arcade was despite the fact that it came out so early in the series lifespan that there was really no material to compile for use in the game. It would have been an infinitely better experience if they actually worked in some clever jokes and memes and stuff from the series into the game instead of another tmnt game with a simpsons skin. It could have been far better. I would have thought the sequel would have been far better. Goes to show!

always heard about this one, but never played or felt intrigued enough to seek out info on it. does look pretty meh...and only being able to play as homer? C'mon!

Call Mr Plow, that's my name. That name again is Mr Plow

Married with Children was part of the same FOX TV successes.

12:14 that game itself looks kinda cool. Only it's shame you had not many options with combo's or characters.

Excellent video, and the slow decline of the Simpsons brand being mirrored to the brand in the video game arena is spot-on.

"I'm soaring like a candy wrapper in an updraft" - Homer J Simpson

NGL, I had this Simpsons Arcade mobile and I enjoyed the hell outta it. Definitely wasn’t better then the OG but still liked it

The best part of the Simpsons was when they took down Cosby.

I like that the original Simpsons arcade game has been re released in stores.

I remember downloading this on my iPhone when it came out expecting it to be the proper arcade game and being SUPER disapointed lol

I’m amazed that you found this!!!!!😱🙀

Man, I love that Krustyland theme so much from the Arcade game.

I had no clue this sheight existed... Today was an enlightening day.

“Call Mr. Plow, that’s my name; that name again is Mr. Plow!”

I started watching the Simpsons at 7 years old in 1989, still watching it sort of today. But yeah season 32 was a bit tedious.

+4:05 "I'm Mr.Plow, that's Mr.Plow, that name again is..." Oh I always forget that last part

The animation of the "sprites" is so stiff, much like the modern Simpsons show.

Wow I didn't know there was a sequel that whole time I always thought it should since the first arcade was during the first few seasons so not much when it came to memorable characters especially moe don't even look like moe Ps thank you for making these videos I'm a xelinal soo by time I was around most arcades where irrelevant and ps2 and xboxs where in. With games being 80+ hours nowadays I reverted back to old school and making a series on these old classics from what I studied thanks to arcade one up and you all for teaching me so I can teach others

The Simpsons visually lost all its life when they standardized its characters appearance and animations. They must've had a meeting and were like "how can we make all our characters the most boring possible versions of themselves". Anyway I won't be testing that game because, like the TV show, I will induce vomiting to get myself out of the room. Tried and was still watching every episode 4 years ago but it was going nowhere fast. I'd rather go to school than watch a new episode.

I want to try it. You intrigued me. I didn't know about its existence. Oh, boy! It's an iOS exclusive and my mobile phone runs on Android!

Really needed a 5 minute retrospective on the franchise

There is so much padding in this video. I'm glad for the interest in Simpsons games, but do we really need a history lesson of the show? It's not until halfway through the video before we get to the titled content. Sigh...

Oh, Simpsons Wrestling... Kang and Kotos: I'M HUUUUURT!

Back in 1991, when Do the Bart Man was regularly played on the radio, my family would keep a local small town Chinese takeaway in business in after they put in a Simpsons machine, without spending a cent on Chinese food.

As far as my favourite Simpsons cartoon memories, most are from the first ten seasons, it was hit or miss for me after that. As for the video games, the Konami arcade game will always be my favourite, followed by Bart's Nightmare for SNES, Itchy and Scratchy for the SNES, Virtual Bart for the Mega Drive/Genesis and the 360 game made after the movie simply titled The Simpsons Game.

Coolest thing about the Simpsons Arcade Game is the Streets of Rage 2 hack which ports the yellow family over to a far superior brawler.

It would have been cool if there were online coop. Let's hope there will be a proper updated remaster release of the original arcade or a proper sequel

This one passed me by. Don't remember seeing anything on this one

Hit and run is a crazy taxi clone, not GTA. I think they even got sued about it

10 years in the future "Top Hat Gaming Man's channel is like modern The Simpsons."

Should have been called "Homer And The Quest For The Forbidden Donut"

The music is fitting when the video gone in when it started to go down hill.

I will never understand why they couldn't have made The Simpsons Arcade game for Snes. What a missed opportunity.

7:40 The Simpsons Game that came out for consoles in the 2000s wasn't popular!? I guess that's one game I haven't really spoken with anyone, as it doesn't really come up, but as you pointed out, it captured the show quite well and it's honestly the funniest game I've ever played. I'm not used to outright laughing at a game, before or since, as I had with that Simpsons game, and it really kept me wondering where it was going to go next.

I love the Simpsons 0:53 yes I am aware of this, mobile phone The Simpsons Arcade game 🕹 🎮 The best Simpsons mobile 📱 Phone game is The Simpsons Taped Out

My opinion of the second "arcade" Simpsons game released on mobile in 2009: That happened, and we all let it happen.

Art style is flawlessly faithful, but the graphics REALLY needed more work.

I remember getting this on a 2015 3G pre-paid phone. Same game but the graphics were downgraded to GBA pixelated, with the arcade cabinet as the border. The touch controls were on the "cabinet" itself, and some features were removed.

I hate mobile gaming, but this doesn't look nor appear to play, badly. Homer has an impressive repitoire that shames the OG arcade game, which was always light on technique. This should be brought to consoles with multiplayer support + a zoomed-out camera. With some smoother animation and unlockable characters added, this could actually turn into something, glorious 👍. Too bad Disney owns it all now.... they are soulless. Thanks alot for the video THGM.... love your work.

I was 13 when the Arcade game came out. I tried all the characters, but also always played as Homer, imagining having to save my future daughter.

I grew up watching The Simpsons and playing the original arcade game. We beat the oriiginal arcade game with 4 players a few times in my childhood and I remember running around kid play centers and restaurants convincing kids or parents to put quarters in it. I had thought for a long time the show had gotten dry, but recently I got a television antennae and started watching broadcast tv for the new episodes premieres with my family and we think the last few seasons are "excellent" as Mr. Burns would say and Sunday nighs have become a Simpson tradition again which I love.

I would love a proper remake/sequel of the Simpsons Arcade game. I'm glad I didn't know about this one.

They should really stop this show already

The cow stampede thing is clearly an homage to another completely unrelated Konami classic multiplayer game that is called Sunset Riders.

It's a crime the original was never ported.

Homer really wanted the bat.

I enjoyed the cunning fox executives chittering about and pointing at pie charts. If not a reference to a classic Simpson's gag, worthy of one.

I played the first game a lot. Did the sketch ever make it off the Tracey Ullman show?

I had this game on my iPod back in the day. I liked it, but the attention span just wasn't there for me to finish it. Because of this video I would have to agree with you on what you're saying. I'm accustomed to the arcade game so I held it to a standard I wasn't suppose to do.

“Why, you little…!” **strangles developer of this awful game sequel**

in my top 5 favorite arcade games of all time. used to beat it with my brother back in the day for about 10-15$ in quarters

Reagan was awesome

I actually really liked this game. Especially when you play with a controller it’s not bad. I recently set up to be playable on my stand up arcade cab at home. It’s pretty fun.

I never enjoyed the Simpsons Arcade game. It was one of those titles that lived on the licence. Had it been a game with generic characters it would have been long forgotten. It's not bad. Just meh. But I always appreciate being in the age group getting to live through the 90s as a kid. Simpsons is one of my all time favourite shows.

I remember playing this on my cousin's phone as a kid. I thought it was alright. Though I was also 12 so.

Can honestly say not seen a new episode since the 1st of the HD ones, often put a classic one one didnt know they was still going, loved Hit and Run as a kid but never played a mobile game since buttons disappeared off phones pressing a screen dosnt do it for me

Sounds to me like what happened to the Simpsons was the same thing that happened to Pizza Hut.

The Simpsons Arcade 2 should've been called Homer Adventures lol

The Simpsons arcade game inadvertantly gave us one last laugh if you wanted to download the mod. At least, the emulators I've been able to find, they're terrible with four player games as such that you automatically got the first player slot, which is the far left character. Luckily for me, the character on the far left in the Ninja Turtles arcade game is Leonardo, but the character on the far left for the original Simpsons is Marge. Hope ya like swinging that vacuum cleaner rather than having a skateboard! Maybe it was advertent! Maybe this was intended all along to punish modders.

"I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T. I mean S-M-A-R-T." - Sir Homer Simpson

Had to REsubscribe for some reason , I thought u had retired due to not seeing your videos up for a while . Thought you had passed the touch on to your wife due to this. Just thought I'd let you know incase others have also been unsubbed to the channel by youtube

I remember seeing massive protests in South America (Bolivia I think) to put the Simpsons back on the air when it was taken off the airwaves.

Bart: Dad! YOU KILLED ZOMBIE FLANDERS! Homer: He was a zombie? Me: 😳.........Dayum Homer....🤭😆😆😆

Big Daddy, how about doing a video on Nickelodeon All Star Brawl. But you can wait until the DLC content comes barreling in. But you can also do a retrospective on the Kart Racers games.

I'm disappointed not seeing stupid Flanders as one of the level bosses

A proper HD re-release of the original with sprites like that would be nice. Just need a few more frames to smooth them out.

The reason it sucks is because Konami didn't make it. Look at how well Konami produced the TMNT games, when they had the license!

It's a shame iOS emulation isn't much of a thing - that would help game preservation for things like this and WrestleFest, which was at least in the works on the 360 and maybe we'll get an unofficial Goldeneye 007 remake-style release later.

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. How about you do a video on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game in a future video?

I miss this game won’t let me download on my new device

I dunno. It doesn't look too bad.

I still have this game on an old iPod touch however even though it is installed; it won't work when I try to play it. I understand somewhat if we have something purchased but not downloaded onto our device not being available because it was delisted but it definitely doesn't feel right when you have it installed on your device. Anyways, the only thing awful about this game in my opinion is that it is not a remake or port of the original. However, on its own merits or if there was no Simpsons Arcade game to compare it to, I'd like to think it would be overall better received. It's disappointing that it is only 1 player and you can only be Homer but considering this was made by EA, it's a minor miracle that it wasn't anchored down with microtransactions. I miss the days where you can purchase a game and you..actually get all of it, just like that. There may not be a slew of replay value but everything this game does; in terms of graphics, gameplay, sound and control is very good. As a beat-em up, it's pretty standard fare but as you mentioned, Homer has a respectable amount of attacks beyond just punches, kicks & jumping. The auto scrolling levels are weak compared to the side scrolling ones but I'll give credit for varying up the gameplay. While it may be unfair to compare since the actual arcade game came out in 1991 and this in 2009, at least this game includes more recognizable characters to both interact with and beat up. The original arcade had you facing well drawn but unknown characters with no history or ties to the show. If this game came out within the last few years, I can only imagine what EA would have done with it as all their mobile games now are little more than microtransaction gacha apps with broken gameplay and some of the worst, unresponsive controls imaginable. To call this game awful I think is a reach but this is just my opinion. Your videos are always a delight to watch so thank you for all the awesome content you provide us with.

and the moral is ................. beware of anyone who puts out anything just to make money and for no other reason

I do remember another phone simpsons arcade game, but it was for smaller phones and i think it was a completely different game from this, I don't remember the auto scroller level. Or that the enemies looked like that.