The Simpsons: Hit & Run - An Unexpected Masterpiece

I take a look back at one of my favourite childhood games, The Simpsons: Hit & Run!

🎵 outro song: Yotam Perel - Upstaging

💿 tracklist
Harbour Hustle | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Homer's Day | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Main Menu Theme | The Simpsons: Road Rage OST - Christopher Tyng
Springfield Elementary 2 | The Simpsons Skateboarding OST - Christopher Tyng
S-M-R-T | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Blind Bigger Brother | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Flowers by Irene | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Cell-Outs | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Office Spaced | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Ketchup Logic | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Long Black Probes | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Petty Theft Homer | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Bonestorm Storm | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Monkey See Monkey D'oh | The Simpsons: Hit & Run OST - Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, Allan Levy
Here Comes the Money - Naughty By Nature, Jim Johnston

📝 resources

[tamago]

29/04/2024 UPDATE: Hey everyone, YouTube has glitched out on this video and for some reason restored the merch promo I cut out at the beginning, but without restoring the audio and so the entire video is majorly out of sync. I'll be in contact with the support team to hopefully get this resolved soon!

30/04/2024 UPDATE: I've fixed it now! Still have no idea why it happened, but I was able to revert to the original in YouTube Studio and then cut the promo out again. Enjoy :) Also, 5 years?! How time flies...

[kylesmch]

Lisa: “What’s your favorite catchphrase?”

Bart: *”Kissmygrits

[thesinceredevil]

Born too early to explore the universe
Born too late to explore the past
*Born in just the right time to play Simpsons hit n run*

[cricketguy]

“I saw my Daddy shoot a civilian.”; Ralph Wiggum, 2003

[SheerSniper]

Fun Fact: In the final stages of development, the devs were told to change how gravity works because it "just didn't feel right". This, of course, ruined how every jump in the game functioned which is why it's so easy to drive off ledges or crash into walls after getting serious air.

[wildlight]

“Where is the sexy footage?!”


Ahah gets me everytime

[Will-nnpb]

I'll happily pay $60 for a remaster or $30 for just the same game to ps4

[chuckster]

one of my favorite parts about the game is every once in a while when you kicked a person they'd go flying 100 feet vertically, didnt happen often but it was funny af

[suedonnym]

GTA VI leaked gameplay footage (not clickbait)

[ebanksstudios]

They need to remaster this, I'll go for the 100% if they do

[HunterDillard]

How tf did we all have the same childhood

[Patrick-qeci]

Imagine an open-world Simpsons RPG! The amount of characters that could be playable and included in the main story and side quests would be huge and you could travel to others towns like Shelbyville.

[toefleeko]

I loved when I was young and how I wasn’t able to understand anything happening in the game. It just added the fun to it.

[UTBNZ]

yo the no memory card thing hit me in the feels.

[tadpole]

Also did anyone else make up their own "stories" while playing this as a kid? Like I remember playing as Marge and I think you could go into Mr.Berns mansion? And I think you could change her clothes? So I would go in there pretending it was her house and that she was rich and fancy. Or playing as Lisa I would drive all around that sunset area pretending she was a movie star?

Idk, 10 year old stuff.

[DuckSute]

Can we talk about how great the music is in this game? Each level has fucking BANGERS

[NOhomo]

I didn’t even play for the story I just liked driving in cool cars and crashing shit

[bandicootsauce]

If they're not going to remake this, then they should, at the very least, put it on the PS Store and the XBox equivalent for digital download.

[itshuggins]

My top 5 favorite GTA games:
5: Grand Theft Auto: Vice city stories
4: Grand Theft Auto IV
3: Grand Theft Auto V
2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
1: Simpsons hit and run

[Javiergol]

The Lisa level in sunset looks so beautiful. My favorite.