The Simpsons: Road Rage

The Simpsons: Road Rage
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)Radical Entertainment[a]
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts[b]
Fox Interactive
Director(s)James "Vlad" Ceraldi
Producer(s)
  • John Melchior
  • Cam Weber
  • Matt McKnight
Designer(s)Carey Du Gray
Programmer(s)
  • Joel DeYoung
  • Darren Esau
Artist(s)
  • Yayoi Maruno
  • Glen Schulz
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Christopher Tyng
Tomoyoshi Sato (GBA)
SeriesThe Simpsons
Platform(s)
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: November 19, 2001[1]
  • EU: November 30, 2001
Xbox
  • NA: December 1, 2001
  • EU: March 22, 2002
GameCube
  • NA: December 19, 2001[2]
  • EU: May 17, 2002
Game Boy Advance
  • EU: June 27, 2003
  • NA: July 3, 2003[3]
Genre(s)Vehicular combat
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The Simpsons: Road Rage is a 2001 racing video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is part of a series of games based on the show. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. A Game Boy Advance version was released in 2003.

The game stars Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa, as well as Mr. Burns and several other characters from the show. The Simpsons: Road Rage is similar to Sega's 1999 video game Crazy Taxi, in that the main objective is to drive picked up passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible. These similarities led to Sega suing developer Radical Entertainment and publishers Fox Interactive and Electronic Arts for patent infringement, though it was settled before going to court. The game was met with mixed reviews from critics, many of whom pointed out its bare-bones Crazy Taxi mimicry and poor graphics. A spiritual successor and a standalone sequel, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, was released in 2003 and also developed by Radical Entertainment.

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  2. ^ Torres, Ricardo (December 19, 2001). "The Simpsons Road Rage ships for the GameCube [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on February 3, 2002. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Calvert, Justin (July 3, 2003). "THQ ships two for the GBA [date mislabeled as "July 7, 2003"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2021.


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