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A List of Video or Other Electronic Games
Appearing on the Simpsons



Version 3.3                   Updated April 2012

Zii Dance Dance Evolution

Created by Kevin Bowman
Contributions from Alex Thurlow and Vic Rome
Maintained by Bruce Gomes

Note: Real Simpsons Games are listed on our Simpsons Games List!

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. The list is undoubtedly incomplete.

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 not every appearance is currently listed. Feel free to drop a line to note any appearances 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}

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

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

Babyblast
- [MOVIE1] (Bart playing Gameboy 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 GameBoy 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 Gameboy)
(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)

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)

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)

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}

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)

Fruit Shoot
- [NABF22] (Noiseland)

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

Great White Hunter
- [9F01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F06] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [9F13] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [3F20] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [5F01] (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] (Epcot)

Hockey Dad
- [EABF22] (Bart's on Playstation I at home)

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 Water World
- [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] (Epcot)
- [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)

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] (Epcot)

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)
- [AABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [BABF17] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [DABF14] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [EABF01] (Kwik-E-Mart)
- [EABF04] (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] (Epcot)

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] (Epcot)

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

Pong
- [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] (Epcot)

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] (Epcot)

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] (Epcot)
- [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)

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)

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


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

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)

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...)

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)

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

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

Tennis
- [MABF14] (att 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)

Miscellaneous References
Note: Many parodies of game systems are referenced above
- [HABF06] (Jeremy, son of Snake, to Bart: Do you like Xbox?)
- [NABF04] (Atari symbol framed on wall at Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade)

Additions and corrections to this list will be gratefully accepted, and all submissions will be duly credited.

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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