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The Simpsons: Tapped Out
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Game Information
Released:
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iOS February 17, 2012 February 21, 2012 February 29, 2012 February 29, 2012 March 1, 2012
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Developer(s):
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Electronic Arts
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Publisher(s):
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Electronic Arts
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Genre:
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Action
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Platforms:
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iOS Android (future)
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Ratings:
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12+
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Players:
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1
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The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a free game for iOS, developed and published by Electronic Arts, first released on February 17, 2012. The game consists of the player helping Homer and other characters to rebuild Springfield. The game features the original cast. An Android version of Tapped Out will launch a few months after the first release.[1] On March 3, 2012, due to connectivity problems, Tapped Out was removed from the App Store.[2]
Description
- D'OH! Homer accidently caused a meltdown that wiped out Springfield. Now, it's up to you to rebuild it. From the writers of The Simpsons, tap into a city building game that lets you create your own living, breathing Springfield...for FREE. Recreate Springfield just like you want it, as you help Homer find Marge, Bart and the rest of his family and friends. Complete comic quests like making Apu work ridiculously long shifts at Kwik-E-Mart, growing and harvesting Tomacco on Cletus’s Farm, partying down with Duffman at Duff Brewery, and more. Finish jobs and tasks to earn currency and...mmm, donuts. You can even get social and visit your friends' versions of Springfield. Make mischief and play pranks on their towns to collect cash. But remember, they can do the same to you. We told you that this game is life-ruiningly fun.
- --Official description by EA.com
- THIS GAME IS LIFE-RUININGLY FUN! Homer accidently caused a meltdown that wiped out Springfield. D’OH! Now, it’s up to you to rebuild it! From the writers of The Simpsons, tap into a city building game that lets you create your own living, breathing Springfield... for FREE.
- --Description at iTunes Singapore
Gameplay
The Simpsons: Tapped Out Trailer
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How to play
To play the game, players need to tap on things in the game. For example, the player wants a list of Bart's jobs, so the player taps on Bart. Also, when placing things in the game, you need to drag it to a space then tap it to place it. When a character does a task, or builds something, a donut can be used to speed up the task. There is an 'Other Springfield' in which the player can help every day and get money and XP in reward. There is a tutorial in the first few levels.
Tasks
When you tap a character with a speech bubble saying "!", it means they want to say something. What they say may have something to do with a task, and if it does, a box will appear on screen. In the box, there will be a title, eg. Square One, and underneath a task, eg. Build the Simpson House. Sometimes there will be two tasks underneath. Then you might need to buy what you need to complete the task, eg. You go into "Buildings". "Simpson House" will be highlighted and have the price underneath. You buy whatever you need to complete the task, and if your task is to build, you drag the building to the shaded box. Then, a box will come up with the reward, and perhaps another box saying you have unlocked a character, and perhaps ANOTHER box saying you have leveled up.
Adding friends
The player can add friends via Facebook Connect, Gmail, their device's contact list and EA's Origin. After the player has added some friends, they can visit their versions of Springfield to complete three tasks each day, which results in more rewards for themselves. The maximum amount of friends you can add in Tapped Out is 100.
Story
Homer is at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and instead of working, he is playing a The Happy Little Elves Game game on his MyPad. His negligence results in the Power Plant blowing up. Homer starts rebuilding the town, and is soon aided by other characters.
Information
- Collecting all characters in a character collection will result in a reward.
- Levelling up will unlock new buildings and decorations.
- Building new buildings will unlock new actions that the characters can perform.
- Donuts are the game's premium currency.
- The game is compatible on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2, iPod touch 3 (3rd generation) or iPod touch (4th generation), and requires iOS 4.0 or later.
- Customize your own Springfield.
- Help Homer find his family and friends.
- Complete tasks to earn donuts.
- See how your Indolence, Consumerism, Gluttony stack up on the Conform-o-meter.
- Enjoy exclusive, never-before-seen animated scenes sure to please fans of TV's longest-running comedy.
- Visit your friends' Springfields.
- And did we mention...it's free to play.
Buildings
The Store
Real money
Product
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Dollars ($)
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Pounds (£)
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Euros (€)
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Swiss Francs (CHF)
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Boatload of 2400 Donuts
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$99.99
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£69.99
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79.99€
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CHF100
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Store Full of Donuts of 900 Donuts
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$49.99
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£34.99
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39.99€
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CHF48
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Truckload of 300 Donuts
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$19.99
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£13.99
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15.99€
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CHF20
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Tray of 132 Donuts
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$9.99
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£6.99
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7.99€
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CHF10
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Stack of 60 Donuts
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$4.99
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£2.99
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3.99€
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CHF5
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Dozen Donuts
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$1.99
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£1.49
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1.59€
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CHF2
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In-game donuts
Product
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Cost
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$15,000
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115 Donuts
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$10,000
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80 Donuts
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$5,000
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41 Donuts
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$2,500
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21 Donuts
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$1,000
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9 Donuts
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$500
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5 Donuts
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Decoration
Decoration
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Requires
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Road
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Pavement
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Level 6
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River
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Level 7
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Tree
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$100, Level 3
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Shrub
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$25
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Homer's Hammock
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5 Donuts
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Bench
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Quest
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Bench
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6 Donuts
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Wooden Fence
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$135, Level 6
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Parking Lot
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$175, Level 5
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Garbage Bin
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$175, Level 7
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Kidde Pole
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Quest
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Large Hedge
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$325, Level 7
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Small Hedge
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$220, Level 8
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Newspaper Dispenser
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$325, Level 8
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Dumpster
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$1000, Level 9
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Trash Can
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$70, Level 10
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Jebediah Springfield statue
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See Premium Stuff section
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Characters and their tasks
Quests
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Task/Quest category
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Task/Quest
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Reward
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Square One
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Build the Simpson house
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$100 10XP LEVEL UP TO: Level 2 UNLOCK Lisa
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Springfield Cleaners Pt. 1
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Make Homer Clean up Springfield
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$100 10XP
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Springfield Cleaners Pt. 2
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Make Lisa Clean up Springfield
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$100 10XP 1 DONUT
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The New Evergreen Terrace Pt. 1
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Build Evergreen Terrace
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$100 10XP
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Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart
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Build the Kwik-E-Mart
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UNLOCK Apu LEVEL UP TO: Level 3 $100 10XP
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The Others
Welcome to Origin!
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VISIT OTHER SPRINGFIELD Collect Rewards and Vandalise your Friend's buildings
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$100 10XP 2 DONUTS
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The Box, The Box!
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Get a Mystery Box
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10 DONUTS 10XP LEVEL UP TO: Level 4
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Soylent Bean
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Send Lisa to shop at the Kwik-E-Mart
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$100 10XP
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Thank Ganesh
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Make Apu pray to Ganesh
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$100 10XP
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Working Hard
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Make Homer or Lisa Clean up Springfield
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The New Evergreen Terrace Pt. 2
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Build the Brown House
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The Mysterious Brown House Pt. 1
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Make Homer Break into the Brown House and watch TV
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The Taxman Cometh
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Collect money from Homes
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$50 5XP LEVEL UP TO: Level 5
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The New Evergreen Terrace Pt. 3
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Move the Kwik-E-Mart
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UNLOCK Ned $100 10XP
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Build the Flanders House
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Shopaholic
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Collect money from Shops
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Green Thumb
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Plant Trees
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$100 10XP
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Donut-denominated Decorations
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Place Homer's Hammock
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That Ain't Right
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Condemn Science
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myPad
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Make Homer play with his myPad
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$100 10XP
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Hardly Working
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Place the Kiddie Pool
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Property Values
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$100 10XP
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I-Choo-Choo-Choose-You
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1 DONUT 10XP
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Getting Benched
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Place a Bench Make Lisa read a book
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$100 10XP
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Put Up a Parking Lot
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Build Parking Lot for the Kwik-E-Mart
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Pave Paradise
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Place Pavement
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Slack-Jawed Yokel Pt. 1
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Build Cletus' Farm
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Apu Plus Eight
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Make Apu Free the Octuplets
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The Mysterious Brown House Pt. 2
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Make Apu Relax in the Brown House
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Levels
The levels for the game go from Level 1 to Level 20.
Level
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XP
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Character and quote
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1
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40
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NO QUOTE
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2
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75
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Bart: "Wow, you put the house down where it told you to."
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3
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85
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Apu: "You have been reincarnated to the next level. Thank you, tap again."
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4
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120
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Homer: "Woo-hoo! I bet leveling up is always gonna be this easy."
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5
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250
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Barney: "It's always level 5 somewhere!"
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6
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800
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Mr. Burns: "Excellent! You should celebrate by buying donuts with your money."
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7
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1 800
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Chief Wiggum: "That's some fine grinding."
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8
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3 200
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Luigi: "Now that's a spicy accomplishment!"
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9
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5 000
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Lisa: "If life were a game, leveling up would be birthdays. Happy birthday!"
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10
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12 000
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Otto: "Is it me, or do these levels seem to be taking longer and longer?"
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11
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15 000
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Krusty: "All that for two freakin' donuts?!"
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12
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12 000
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Marge: "I take it you don't have a family or anything."
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13
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18 000
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Skinner: "Congratulations. That was a difficult but insignificant level."
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14
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22 000
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Sea Captain: "Arr! Ye must be playing this on a long sea voyage."
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15
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22 000
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Carl and Lenny: "For he's a jolly good fellow! He's at level one-five."
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16
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23 000
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Comic Book Guy: "Worst. Level. Ever."
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17
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25 000
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Grampa: "This game is a lot like life. It stops being fun after a while, but you gotta keep doing it."
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18
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28 000
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Moe: "Man, I'd have quit this game long ago... and I got nothing better to do."
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19
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34 440
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Groundskeeper Willie: "You're still playing? You should get a girlfriend... or a rake."
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20
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48 880
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Professor Frink: "You've played further into this game than we thought anyone would."
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Daily Play Combo
- Day 1 - $150
- Day 2 - $250
- Day 3 - $500
- Day 4 - $1000
- Day 5 - Mystery Box
Premium
Product
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Cost/Requires
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Mystery Box
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6 Donuts
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Volcano Lair
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200 Donuts
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Duff Brewery
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190 Donuts
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Springfield Sign
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170 Donuts Your jobs income will be increased by 4.50%
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Frink's Lab
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150 Donuts
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Aztec Theatre
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80 Donuts
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Jebediah Springfield statue
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Tap Homer and make him play with his MyPad, then tap him 10 times while he is playing and the player will be rewarded with the Jebediah Springfield statue and 10 donuts.
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Homer Buddha
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15 Donuts. Buy a Homer Buddha you'll be guaranteed to get a premium item meaning anything from a picket fence worth one donut to possibly one of the big buildings.
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Lard Lad Donuts
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110 Donuts
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Hans Moleman
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60 Donuts
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Tire Fire
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40 Donuts
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Squeaky Voice Teen
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30 Donuts
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Tree Swing
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20 Donuts
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Burning Bush
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20 Donuts
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Orange Tree
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15 Donuts
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Apple Tree
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15 Donuts
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Flower Planter
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10 Donuts
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Dumpster
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10 Donuts
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Bench
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6 Donuts
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Picket Fence
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1 Donut
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Job income
Character/Object
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Income
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Springfield Sign
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Increased by 4.50%
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Hans Moleman
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All your jobs will earn 150% more money and experience points.
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Squeaky-Voiced Teen
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Reaction to the game
"We want this to be one of the biggest titles this year," EA SVP of global publishing for social and mobile Bernard Kim told CNET. "We've invested a lot. It's absolutely a top-tier development priority for us. Hardcore Simpsons fans will get a lot out of it."[3]
On February 17, 2012, the free Tapped Out app appeared on the Sweden, Singapore, Norway, Denmark and Finland's App Stores. It was later added to Canada, the United Kingdom and several other countries, with the United States recieving the game last. On March 1, the reaction to the app being released in the United States was so overwhelming, that it created connection problems.[4]On March 3, 2012, the app was removed from the App Store, so "to make sure you current players have the best possible experience".[5]
Most connection problems have been fixed since then, but the bugs were the main problem with the downloaders of the game. Tons of bugs were reported on the Tapped Out forum, mostly reported was the "DC while loading friends city bug".
International releases
Country
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iOS release date
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Android release date
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Singapore
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February 17, 2012[6]
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Sweden
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February 17, 2012[7]
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Norway
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February 17, 2012[8]
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Denmark
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February 17, 2012[9]
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Finland
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February 17, 2012[10]
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Canada
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February 21, 2012[11]
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United Kingdom
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February 29, 2012[12]
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Spain
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February 29, 2012[13]
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Greece
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February 29, 2012[14]
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Egypt
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February 29, 2012[15]
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Botswana
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February 29, 2012[16]
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Germany
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February 29, 2012[17]
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Australia
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February 29, 2012[18]
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Mexico
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February 29, 2012[19]
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Indonesia
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February 29, 2012[20]
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New Zealand
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February 29, 2012[21]
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Ireland
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February 29, 2012[22]
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Switzerland
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February 29, 2012[23]
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Russia
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February 29, 2012[24]
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Poland
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February 29, 2012[25]
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Portugal
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February 29, 2012[26]
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Romania
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February 29, 2012[27]
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Turkey
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February 29, 2012[28]
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United States
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March 1, 2012[29]
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Summer 2012
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Gallery
A screenshot from a town in Level 20.
The Simpsons Tapped Out ad.PNG
A screenshot from a teaser trailer of the game.
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References
External links