DAY 143 / GAME 143
Krusty's Super Fun House
Another great game based off the Simpsons property was the Lemmings clone Krusty's Super Fun House. If anyone remembers the Lemmings games in the early 90's, they were these addictive puzzle games where you had a limited amount tools at your disposal to guide your lemmings across a 2D map. The goal was to get as many as you could across alive, as you had to actually use some of the lemmings as bombs, bridges, stoppers and so on.
Created by the same Flying Edge developer that created Bart's Nightmare, Krusty's Super Fun House has you controlling Krusty instead of one of the Simpsons. You make your way through your Fun House, which has been infested with Itchy-esque mice. Half platformer half puzzle, you toss pies at snakes and flying pigs while creating a path to lure the mice into various horrific death machines.
I never did have a copy of this game, but my uncle did and I borrowed it now and again to see how far I could get. Like Lemmings, this game could get pretty difficult at times, the puzzles can get downright frustrating especially if you don't have the mindset for it. The Fun House was set up with a series of doors, each leading to a new room with new a group of mice that need eliminating. There are a number of rooms each grouped within a 'world' or section of the establishment. Each section is themed a little differently with a variation on the enemies wandering about and best of all, each world has it's own different death machine for the mice manned by a different cast of The Simpsons.
Checking out the different wacky traps was by far the best part of the game. I had a list of the different level passwords, including one that unlocked all the worlds so that I could at least get a view of each trap at work. Morbidly amusing, the traps included a boxing glove on a big lever- manned by Bart. A nuclear laser gun- manned by Homer. A slide-whistle that inflates the mice until they explode- manned by Sideshow Mel. A chomping masticator run by Corporal Punishment and a slicing and dicing machine run by Bart. You had to use a range of items that would disrupt and redirect the mice wandering path to ensure they wander right into these horrifying, yet hilarious traps.
At a time when Simpsons was at a high and there were a large number of games about the series, this one stood out as being particularly unique. Not only because for once you weren't controlling Bart, but also due to it's more puzzle based structure rather than arcade button mashing. As a kid I loved the dark cartoon humor involved in obliterating the mice Itchy and Scratchy style. To be honest, I'd kind of like to see this redone as an updated downloadable title with some fresh graphics. I think it would be a ton of fun, just like it was 20 years ago.
Krusty's Super Fun House
Another great game based off the Simpsons property was the Lemmings clone Krusty's Super Fun House. If anyone remembers the Lemmings games in the early 90's, they were these addictive puzzle games where you had a limited amount tools at your disposal to guide your lemmings across a 2D map. The goal was to get as many as you could across alive, as you had to actually use some of the lemmings as bombs, bridges, stoppers and so on. Created by the same Flying Edge developer that created Bart's Nightmare, Krusty's Super Fun House has you controlling Krusty instead of one of the Simpsons. You make your way through your Fun House, which has been infested with Itchy-esque mice. Half platformer half puzzle, you toss pies at snakes and flying pigs while creating a path to lure the mice into various horrific death machines.
I never did have a copy of this game, but my uncle did and I borrowed it now and again to see how far I could get. Like Lemmings, this game could get pretty difficult at times, the puzzles can get downright frustrating especially if you don't have the mindset for it. The Fun House was set up with a series of doors, each leading to a new room with new a group of mice that need eliminating. There are a number of rooms each grouped within a 'world' or section of the establishment. Each section is themed a little differently with a variation on the enemies wandering about and best of all, each world has it's own different death machine for the mice manned by a different cast of The Simpsons. Checking out the different wacky traps was by far the best part of the game. I had a list of the different level passwords, including one that unlocked all the worlds so that I could at least get a view of each trap at work. Morbidly amusing, the traps included a boxing glove on a big lever- manned by Bart. A nuclear laser gun- manned by Homer. A slide-whistle that inflates the mice until they explode- manned by Sideshow Mel. A chomping masticator run by Corporal Punishment and a slicing and dicing machine run by Bart. You had to use a range of items that would disrupt and redirect the mice wandering path to ensure they wander right into these horrifying, yet hilarious traps.At a time when Simpsons was at a high and there were a large number of games about the series, this one stood out as being particularly unique. Not only because for once you weren't controlling Bart, but also due to it's more puzzle based structure rather than arcade button mashing. As a kid I loved the dark cartoon humor involved in obliterating the mice Itchy and Scratchy style. To be honest, I'd kind of like to see this redone as an updated downloadable title with some fresh graphics. I think it would be a ton of fun, just like it was 20 years ago.
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