Simpsons Road Rage Platinum Hits

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Race as, or against, 25 Simpsons characters as you brave the worst traffic & try to find the back roads
• Avoid killing pedestrians as you race down the back roads of Springfield
• Wreak havoc with your car in detailed neighborhoods pulled directly from the TV show
• Your goal is earn enough money to buy back the transportation company and put an end to commuter hell! Can you do it, or will Homer screw it up?

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005O628
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,249 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

There's road rage, and then there's road rage Simpsons style! "D'oh!" Monty Burns is up to his greedy ways again. He's purchased Springfield's transit corporation and heinously jacked up the fares. Refusing to shell out for the new rates, the rage ensues. You'll take on commuters and jam-packed back routes, all in an effort to help buy back the corporation before time runs out.

More than 25 Simpsons characters climb behind the wheel or wander the streets begging for a ride. Careen through timesaving shortcuts and take on terrain including hills, mountains, and forests. Wreak havoc in five Springfield neighborhoods that include landmarks such as Moe's Bar and the nuclear power plant. Busy traffic and wayward pedestrians confound your rage. However, two-wheel leans, speed starts, power slides, and other cool car physics help you release that rage.

Multiple game modes let you go head-to-head in two-player split-screen action that challenges your opponent in a race for the next passenger, or you can steal his or her passenger midride! Complete up to 60 unique passenger deliveries in story mode, or take a leisurely Sunday drive through the fair Springfield. A bonus system lets you unlock cars and specific characters, while intuitive menus make this game easy to play. As Homer would say, "If it's hard to do, it's not worth doing!"

Product Description

Commuters have had enough in Simpsons Road Rage! Mr. Burns has bought all the public transportation & jacked up the prices, and Springfielders are angry!

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Customer Reviews

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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The makings of A simpsons classic, November 19, 2001

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Craig T. Wilkie "lostaholic" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simpsons Road Rage Platinum Hits (Video Game)

This game has everything in it a simpsons fan could dream of. Although the game has a simpsons theme that doesn't mean you won't enjoy the game if you don't know the simpsons. The game takes the Crazy taxi formula that is so great and makes it better by allowing you to drive more characters up to 30 each with their own lines from the show and every time you pick up someone they respond to who you are. I.E. when your homer and you pick up bart he says "he its the big man" and homer replies with "that's my boy" and every character says 100's of things making this game entertaining and funny. This game is great if you liked crazy taxi get it. If you like the Simpsons get it. This game is hands down the best simpsons game ever made. Also for those of you who have noticed the ps2 and NGC versions of this game this one is the best graphic wise and gameplay wise. Plus no load times during gameplay. BUY THIS GAME

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Game Drawbacks...Read first, December 6, 2001

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John C. Malonson III "mrmalonson" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simpsons Road Rage Platinum Hits (Video Game)

If you are wondering whether or not you should buy this game, please read this first.

The concept of this game is a very exciting one! Simpson's game with a Crazy Taxi concept! Right? Wrong!!

1. The catch phrases and character sayings are very repetitive. You would think they would have recorded more phrases. Hearing the characters saying the same phrases over and over again gets old fast.

2. No System Link. While this may not matter to most people, the only way to play this game against someone is through one Xbox console using a split screen.

3. Annoyances: Picking up and dropping passengers off to only see them again seconds later on another part of the map. Could Professor Frink be going crazy with some kind of cloning machine?

4. There is no method to the phrases the characters speak. They just randomly blurt out sometimes completely irrelevant sayings.

5. Delay in voice responses: If you are fast and drop a character off and immediately pick up a new character, you will still hear the old character talking even though they are no longer in the vehicle.

Bottom line... Rent this one because it gets old fast!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best (Simpsons) game ever, March 6, 2002

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Sarah Tebo (Kingston, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simpsons Road Rage Platinum Hits (Video Game)

I was dismally disappointed by Simpsons Wrestling, so I wasn't entirely optimistic about this one. I bought it anyway, though, because I'm a huge fan of the Simpsons. I'm so glad I did. Yes, it's a blatant Crazy Taxi clone, but I liked Crazy Taxi. A difference, though, is the mission mode in Road Rage. Searching for mascots to chase down or newspaper stands to crush is a nice change of pace.
The animation is pretty cool, too, and I like that the real voice talent from the show was used. The catchphrases are funny ("I'm afraid of the future!" - Grandpa Simpson) and they are often specific to the current fare.
The game isn't too hard, either. You earn new characters as you advance through the game, but it's cumulative - even if you don't do fantastic in every round, keep playing long enough and you'll open everybody.
Also neat are the hidden characters (set your Xbox calendar to holidays such as Halloween and Christmas).
This game is best for Simpsons fans, but who doesn't like the Simpsons?