The Simpsons: Tapped Out

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Game Information Released: iOS February 17, 2012 February 21, 2012 February 29, 2012 February 29, 2012 March 1, 2012 Android January 29, 2013 February 6, 2013 Kindle Fire June 24, 2013 Developer(s): Electronic Arts Publisher(s): Electronic Arts Genre: Action Platforms: iOS Android Ratings: 12+ Players: 1

The Simpsons: Tapped Out (TSTO) is a free game for iOS and Android, developed and published by Electronic Arts, first released on February 17, 2012 on iOS, then released on Android on January 23, 2013 and on Kindle Fire on June 24, 2013. The game consists of the player helping Homer and other characters to rebuild Springfield and features the cast of the show.

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

An example of a town.

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.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Trailer Transcript

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, e.g. Square One, and underneath a task, e.g. Build the Simpson House. Sometimes there may be two tasks underneath, or three. Then you might need to buy what you need to complete the task, e.g. 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, or anywhere you want to build it. 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. There is also a task later on in the game where you have to catch Sideshow Bob, who has been spotted in your town, and try to catch him in between going to hiding spots.

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 number 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 The Happy Little Elves 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:

• Android 2.3.3 or later.

– Android didn't from the start enable players to visit their friends' Springfields.

• iOS: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad mini, iPod touch 3 (3rd generation) and iPod touch (4th generation), and requires iOS 4.3 or later.
• Kindle Fire.
• Blackberry: Blackberry 10 (through Amazon Appstore).

• The game needs an Internet connection to play.
• This game downloads additional content on first launch that can be up to 175MB based on device.
• The game regularly updates and require additional downloads when released.
• Game saves are not supported across multiple devices (each device will have its own save file), unless you connect to an Origin account then your game will be save on EA's servers and can be accessed later on another device.

History

Connectivity problems

On March 3, 2012, due to connectivity problems, Tapped Out was removed from the App Store. In mid-June 2012, EA took the game offline to fix the server, and to fix the Springfields which experienced problems.

It was announced on August 14, 2012 that The Simpsons: Tapped Out would return to the United States App Store later that week, and it would relaunch worldwide (apart from Germany and Canada) in either September or later in August, with improved gameplay and enhanced graphics. With the relaunch, there will be new content in Tapped Out, Kotaku says it'll be packing new stuff from the latest season of The Simpsons. Other outlets say it'll have some new visuals as well as mechanics. It was re-released two days later, on 16 August. After December 5, 2012, EA upgraded their software to meet the constant demand of new and improved devices, and warned that the game may not work on 1st or 2nd generation iPhones or iPods anymore.

Level 21

Many players of the game were convinced that there was a Level 21, and also convinced that there was a bug when the player reaches 48880 XP because the game did not level up. An update for the game was then released that introduced more characters and buildings, and the Level 21.

Android version

The Android version of the game was released on January 23, 2013 in the Netherlands and Australia; the ninth content update was included with the release. The game was added to the Google Play store in other countries on February 6, 2013. The game was made available on Kindle Fire devices in many countries on June 24, 2013.

The Store

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A screenshot of the first slide of The Store.

The Store is an in-game store where you can use in-game cash to buy decorations and buildings, as well as the premium in-game currency called "donuts" (the cost of which will be charged to your iTunes or Google Wallet account). The donuts purchased can be used to speed up activities (jobs, quests, building times) and also to buy premium characters, buildings and decorations that can only be acquired with donuts. You can also trade donuts for additional in-game cash.

Real-world purchases

File:Store of 900 Donuts.png Boatload of 2400 Donuts Store Full of 900 Donuts Truckload of 300 Donuts $99.99 £79.99 99.99€ CHF100 3290.0 RUB AUD 109.99 KR 949 CAD 139.99 RUB 5990 $49.99 £39.99 49.99€ CHF48 1690.0 RUB AUD 51.99 KR 489 CAD 69.99 RUB 2990 $19.99 £14.99 19.99€ CHF20 649.0 RUB AUD 20.99 KR 189 CAD 27.99 RUB 1990 Tray of 132 Donuts Crate of 132 Donuts Stack of 60 Donuts Dozen Donuts $9.99 £7.99 9.99€ CHF10 329.0 RUB AUD 10.49 KR 95 CAD 13.99 RUB 599 $4.99 £3.99 4.99€ CHF5 169.0 RUB AUD 5.49 KR 49 CAD 6.99 RUB 279 $1.99 £1.99 1.99€ CHF2 66.0 RUB AUD 1.99 KR 19 CAD 2.79 RUB 119

Grind Packs

Image Name Costs Prize below level 9 Prize above level 9 Level 50 Example Grind Pack 1 9 1,250 1,250+(level-8)*250 11,750 Grind Pack 2 30 6,250 6,250+(level-8)*1,250 58,750 Grind Pack 3 65 15,000 15,000+(level-8)*3,000 141,000 Grind Pack 4 100 25,000 25,000+(level-8)*5,000 235,000 Grind Pack 5 285 75,000 75,000+(level-8)*15,000 705,000 Grind Pack 6 550 150,000 150,000+(level-8)*30,000 1,410,000 Grind Pack 7 1,000 300,000 300,000+(level-8)*60,000 2,820,000 Grind Pack 8 1,600 500,000 500,000+(level-8)*100,000 4,700,000

Levels

The levels for the game go from Level 1 to Level 59.

Level XP needed to level up Character and quote Spoken by 1 40 NO QUOTE 2 75 Bart 3 85 Apu 4 120 Homer 5 250 Barney 6 800 Mr. Burns 7 1,800 Wiggum 8 3,200 Luigi 9 5,000 Lisa 10 8,000 Otto 11 12,000 Krusty 12 15,500 Marge 13 18,000 Skinner 14 21,000 Sea Captain 15 24,000 Lenny and Carl 16 25,500 Comic Book Guy 17 21,560 Grampa 18 22,960 Moe 19 24,000 Willie 20 26,000 Professor Frink 21 27,640 Brockman 22 29,360 Nelson 23 31,160 Martin 24 33,040 Dr. Hibbert 25 35,000 Duffman 26 37,040 Mrs. Krabappel 27 39,160 Kang 28 41,360 Rod and Todd 29 43,640 Fat Tony 30 46,000 Cletus 31 48,440 Bumblebee Man 32 50,960 The Rich Texan 33 56,560 Dr. Nick 34 56,240 Cookie Kwan 35 59,000 Gil 36 61,840 Kearney 37 64,760 Hank Scorpio 38 67,760 Lindsay Naegle 39 70,840 Quimby 40 74,000 Ned 41 77,240 Chester Dupree 42 80,560 Ralph 43 83,960 Jasper 44 113,670 Miss Hoover 45 121,627 Lugash 46 127,000 Shauna 47 134,100 Sideshow Bob 48 140,805 300px Kirk 49 147,845 The Yes Guy 50 155,238 Royce McCutcheon 51 163,000 Agnes 52 171,150 Hans Moleman 53 233,620 Jimbo 54 245,301 Crazy Cat Lady 55 277,378 Miss Springfield 56 332,855 Lurleen 57 436,870 Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy 58 688,071 Wolfcastle 59 1,011,464 Cecil Terwilliger 60 1,600,000 Sherri and Terri 61-100 40,000 Random Random 101-939 500,000 Bonus 1,000,000

Daily Play Combo

Day 1 - $150

Day 2 - $250

Day 3 - $500

Day 4 - $1000

Day 5 - Mystery Box

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  A screenshot of day one, a daily play combo.

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  A screenshot of day two, a daily play combo.

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  A screenshot of day three, a daily play combo.

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  A screenshot of day four, a daily play combo.

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  A screenshot of day five, a daily play combo.

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  A screenshot of the Daily Play Combo after the Mystery Box Upgrade update.

Mystery Box

The upgraded Mystery Box.

On April 1, 2015, an Upgraded Mystery Box was added to the game with an improved list of objects.

Object Chances Lard Lad Donuts 2% Blue Haired Lawyer/90 14% Kearney/60 7% Tire Fire/40 14% Channel 6 News Van 7% Itchy & Scratchy Billboard 7% Squeaky Voiced Teen/30 14% 30 1% 10 2% Chalmers' 1979 _ONDA 7% Bomb Shelter 7% Minnow Pond 7% Khlav Kalash Stand 7% Lemon Tree/250 6%

Old Mystery Box and Homer Buddha

The old Mystery Box.

A Mystery Box gave the player one of these objects till March 31, 2015.

Object Chances Mystery Box 10.983% Lemon Tree/250 10% Parking Lot 10% Brown Fence 10% Tree 10% Large Hedge 10% Newspaper Dispenser 10% Picket Fence 4% Gazebo 4% Angel Topiary 4% 500 4% Bench (with towel) 4% 1,000 4% 10 2% Squeaky Voice Teen/30 2% Homer Buddha 1% 2,500 0.01% 30 0.004% Tire Fire/40 0.002% Lard Lad 0.001%

A Homer Buddha costed 15 and gave the player one of these premium objects. Available until March 31, 2015.

Object Chances Mystery Box 9.98% Bench 10% Planter 10% Dumpster 10% Picket Fence 10% Burning Bush 10% Orange Tree 10% Apple Tree 10% Tire Swing 10% Squeaky Voice Teen/30 4% Hans Moleman/60 4% Frink's Lab/150 1% 30 donuts 1% Tire Fire/40 0.01% Springfield Sign/170 0.004% Duff Brewery/190 0.002% Volcano Lair/200 0.001%

Land Expansions

Main Article: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Land Expansions

Character Groups

Main Article: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Character Groups

Job income

Character/Object Income Springfield Sign Increased by 4.50% Hans Moleman These characters will earn 50% more money per job than the standard characters. Kearney Shauna Squeaky-voiced teen Bumblebee Man Hank Scorpio Sideshow Mel Duffman Dr. Nick Riviera The Rich Texan Springfield Tire Yard Increases bonuses for money and experience by 2%. Burns Limo Channel 6 News Van Police car

Content updates

130 content updates have been released so far – two in September 2012, one in October 2012, four in November 2012, one in December 2012, two in January 2013, two in February 2013, three in March 2013, three in April 2013, five in May 2013, two in June 2013, three in July 2013, two in August 2013, two in September 2013, two in October 2013, two in November 2013, two in December 2013, three in January 2014, two in February 2014, four in March 2014 three in April 2014, two in May 2014, two in June 2014, three in July 2014, three in August 2014, three in September 2014, two in October 2014, three in November 2014, two in December 2014, three in January 2015, three in February 2015, three in March 2015, five in April 2015, four in May 2015, five in June 2015, three in July 2015, three in August 2015, five in September 2015, five in October 2015, three in November 2015, two in December 2015, two in January 2016, four in February 2016, three in March 2016, two in April 2016, two in May 2016 and three in June 2016.

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."

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 receiving 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. On March 3, 2012, three days after the US release, the app was removed from every App Store (with the exception of the Canada app store; the game was removed later), so "to make sure you current players have the best possible experience".

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".

Tapped Out was the top-grossing iOS game for EA under the last quarter 2012 and earning $23 million in sales. Tapped Out had generated over $100 million in life-to-date digital net revenue, by Electronic Arts in October 29, 2013. After August 2012 to October 29, 2013 has it been in the top 20 iPhone grossing games in the United States for all but 12 days since launch.

International releases

Country iOS release date Android release date Kindle Fire release date France February 16, 2012 February 14, 2013 June 24, 2013 Singapore February 17, 2012 Sweden February 17, 2012 February 12, 2013 Norway February 17, 2012 Denmark February 17, 2012 Finland February 17, 2012 Canada February 21, 2012 June 24, 2013 United Kingdom February 29, 2012 June 24, 2013 Spain February 29, 2012 June 24, 2013 Greece February 29, 2012 Egypt February 29, 2012 Botswana February 29, 2012 Germany February 29, 2012 June 24, 2013 Australia February 29, 2012 January 29, 2013 Mexico February 29, 2012 Indonesia February 29, 2012 New Zealand February 29, 2012 Ireland February 29, 2012 South Korea March 1, 2012 Switzerland February 29, 2012 Russia February 29, 2012 Poland February 29, 2012 Portugal February 29, 2012 Romania February 29, 2012 Turkey February 29, 2012 United States March 1, 2012 February 6, 2013 June 24, 2013 Netherlands January 29, 2013

Gallery

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  A screenshot from a town in Level 20.

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  A screenshot from a teaser trailer of the game.

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  Promotional image.

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  Reconnecting screen.

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  16:9 Reconnecting screen.

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  App icon.

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  Artwork

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  Artwork

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIII artwork

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  Christmas 2012 artwork

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  Christmas 2012 app icon

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  Valentines screen

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  Whacking Day artwork

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  Whacking Day app icon

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  Squidport artwork

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  Krustyland artwork

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  Krustyland app icon

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIV artwork

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIV artwork

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIV artwork

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIV app icon

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  New app icon since November 7, 2013

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  Christmas 2013 artwork

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  Christmas 2013 App Icon

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  Valentine's 2014 App Icon

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  Valentine's 2014 Artwork

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  Easter 2014's App Icon

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  Easter 2014's Artwork

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  Clash of Clones App Icon

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  Superheroes' Artwork

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  Superheroes' App Icon

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  Terwilligers' App Icon

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  Tap Ball and Soccer Cup 2015's App Icon

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  Monorail's App Icon

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  Treehouse of Horror XXVI App Icon

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  Winter 2015 App Icon

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  Burns' Casino App Icon

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  Wild West App Icon

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  Superheroes 2 App Icon

Logos

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  English Logo

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  English Treehouse of Horror Logo

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  English Christmas Logo

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  English Superheroes 2015 Logo

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  English Wild West

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  English Superheroes 2 Logo

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  Brazilian Portuguese Logo

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  Danish and Dutch Logo

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  French Logo

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  German Logo

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  Italian Logo

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  Korean Logo

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  Norvegian and Swedish Logo

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  Russian Logo

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  Simplified Chinese Logo

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  Spanish Logo

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  Thai Logo

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  Traditional Chinese Logo

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  Turkish Logo

Splash Screens

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  Splash Screen used when no event is occuring

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  Alternate Splash Screen used when no event is occuring

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  Treehouse of Horror XXIII Splash Screen

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  Christmas 2012 Splash Screen

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  Valentine's Day 2013 Splash Screen

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  Whacking Day Splash Screen

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  Squidport Expansion Splash Screen

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  Krustyland Expansion Splash Screen

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  Krustyland Splash Screen

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  Krustyland Unused Splash Screen

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  Treehouse Of Horror XXIV Splash Screen

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  Current Splash Screen used when no event is occuring

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  Christmas 2013 Splash Screen

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  Valentine's Day 2014 Splash Screen

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  Easter 2014 Splash Screen

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  Stonecutters Splash Screen

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  Clash Of Clones Splash Screen

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  Treehouse of Horror XXV Splash Screen

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  Treehouse of Horror XXV Splash Screen with blood removed

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  Winter 2014 Splash Screen

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  Superheroes Splash Screen

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  Terwilligers Splash Screen

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  Tap Ball and Soccer Cup 2015 Splash Screen

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  Monorail Splash Screen

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  Treehouse of Horror XXVI Splash Screen

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  Winter 2015 till December 24th Splash Screen

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  Winter 2015 from December 24th Splash Screen

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  Burns' Casino Splash Screen

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  Wild West Splash Screen

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  Superheroes 2 Splash Screen

Cutscenes

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Main

Kaboom / Home Alone

Treehouse / True Love

Winter 2015

Maggie / The End of the Beginning

Superheroes

The Death of Radioactive Man / The Death of Radioactive Man (Beta)

The Return of Radioactive Man

Wild West

Act 1 Finale / Act 2 Finale

Act 3 Finale

References to The Simpsons: Tapped Out in The Simpsons

The Simpsons regularly references Tapped Out in the years since its release.

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 24 514 "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Homer goes to play a game called Tapped Out but it was unavailable, referencing Tapped Out's connectivity problems. 25 535 "Labor Pains" Homer plays Tapped Out 26 564 "The Musk Who Fell To Earth" Elon Musk is seen playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out in his spaceship. He is level 8, has 410 and 1,227. 565 "Walking Big & Tall" #TappedOutWorkingPerfectly appears on the list of things that never trended. Marge's scrapbook website is called scrappedout.com, referencing The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

External links

Wikisimpsons has a collection of images related to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

• The Simpsons: Tapped Out at Wikipedia
• Official Tapped Out page at EA.com
• Official Tapped Out Facebook page
• Official EA Games Tapped Out forum

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