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** ''Bart vs. the Space Mutants'' and ''The Simpsons: Bart vs. The World'' were [[Nintendo Hard]] platformers with annoying controls that lead to a lot of [[Fake Difficulty]] and mediocre graphics. To spare explanation, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnl0CvfeLs check out the Angry Video Game Nerd's review of the games.]
** ''The Simpsons Wrestling'', for [[Playstation]]; “Worst [[Fighting Game]] game ''ever''!” is what the Comic Book Guy would likely say if he played it. This is practically a documentary on how ''not'' to design a licensed game, it plays poorly, has little actual content, and an [[Excuse Plot]] that has almost ''nothing'' to do with the source material. Basically, you just pick a character, and then fumble with ''really'' bad controls to fight another character, that’s it. The controls are so bad that you have a better chance to win a match via [[Button Mashing]] than any actual strategy; there’s not even a block option! (This game was made in 2001, long after game developers figured out blocking was an essential part of Fighting Games). It has the ''worst'' 3D animated models, ''and'' the worst flat 2D images! The one thing it had going for it was a few funny quotes made by the series’ actual VAs, plus characters interacting differently depending on who the opponent is (a feature ahead of its time) but that wasn’t nearly enough save this train wreck.
** ''[[Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly]]'' for ''[[Game Boy]]''. The title of this game might suggest the show’s season 4 episode “Kamp Krusty”, but the only real similarity is, both take place at summer camps run by villains (in fact, the game was released about a year before that episode). [[Excuse Plot| The “plot’ of this game]] involves Bart and Lisa trapped at a camp run by Mr. Burns’ sadistic nephew Ironfist Burns (and no, this guy is not in the cartoon) who [[For the Evulz| wants to kill them for… reasons]]. The game suffers from bad controls with input delay, and there’s a lot of [[Artificial Difficulty]] and [[Trial and Error Gameplay]] involved; some enemies can OTK Bart, and there’s no way of even knowing that until they actually hit him. The graphics are poor, even compared to other Game Boy titles released in 1991, and the scenery is very bland, without much to differentiate one level from the next. Sound effects are weak, and the only music is the cartoon’s theme, playing over and over. Worst of all, if you actually make it to the ending, [[A Winner Is You| all you get is a picture of the family and the closed camp, that’s it.]]
* The NES game based off ''[[Terminator|The Terminator]]'' deserves a more detailed description, awful sound, stiff controls, and ugly graphics. The first level is the ONLY level you have a gun and grenades (Unlike, well, EVERY other version.), as soon as you get to the past you have nothing but your fists (you can kick too, but whats the point?).
** The SNES ''Terminator'' game could use some mention too, the levels are brutally long (the 2nd level is INSANE) Sound Effects tend to drown out all two of the music tracks in the game, and it was just [[Nintendo Hard|cruelly difficult]].
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