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The game's driving missions are also similar to those of Grand Theft Auto III. Several hidden vehicles are present in each level and can also be used by the player if found.
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To drive, the player can either hitchhike and control the driver in one of the many civilian vehicles that drive endlessly around town, or use a phone booth to select a car. When travelling on foot, the player character can walk, jump, run, and perform three types of melee attacks: a normal kick, a jumping kick, and a smashing move. The game's playable characters are Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Apu, with Homer and Bart being playable twice each. The player can control one specific character in each level. The Simpsons: Hit & Run has seven levels, each with missions and a sub-plot.

On the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox, it earned Greatest Hits, Player's Choice and Platinum Hits respectively. It received the award for Fave Video Game at the 2004 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards. The game was also a commercial success, with recorded sales of over 3 million worldwide. It is often considered to be the best Simpsons tie-in game and has gained a cult following.
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Upon release, it received positive reviews from video game critics, with praise particularly focused on the interpretation of The Simpsons television series as a video game, its parodical take on Grand Theft Auto III, and graphics, while criticism mostly surrounded some aspects of gameplay, such as bugs and glitches.
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It was released in September 2003 for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox being ported to Microsoft Windows two months later. This encouraged collaboration with the show's writers and cast, who helped craft the story and dialogue. The game was heavily inspired by the Grand Theft Auto series, and the development team re-purposed the open-world design and nuanced character development for the game. The team sought to differentiate the game from The Simpsons: Road Rage, deeming their new entry into the franchise required a different direction. The game also features many elements found in role-playing games, such as a branching storyline and side tasks.īeginning in early 2002, the development of The Simpsons: Hit & Run was extensive. Gameplay largely focuses on exploration and missions players often race enemies and interact with supporting characters on timed quests. Taking matters into their own hands, they discover numerous shocking secrets, and soon realize these incidents are part of a larger alien conspiracy, caused by Kang and Kodos. The game follows the Simpson family and their fellow friend Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who witness many strange incidents that occur in Springfield security cameras, mysterious vans, crop circles, and a "new and improved" flavor of the popular soft drink Buzz Cola, which causes insanity.

It is based on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, and is the twenty-second installment in the Simpsons series of video games. The Simpsons: Hit & Run is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games.
