Virtual Bart
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Virtual Bart
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Game Information
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Virtual Bart is a video game released in 1994 and 1995 for the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive/Genesis.
Contents
Plot
At a science fair at Springfield Elementary, Bart wanders into a virtual reality machine and must complete all levels to escape from the machine.
Levels
Dinosaur
Plot
Bart is a dinosaur that somewhat resembles a coelophysis, on top of Mt. Springfield in the primeval era. The player must survive the various platforming hazards while fighting off other dinosaurs and neanderthalic versions of various Simpsons characters. Homer, as a caveman, is particularly persistent, and appears as a boss along with Moe, attempting to knock Bart into a freezing lake. Sending the two into the lake ends the stage; an ending is played of a frozen Homer on display at the Springfield Museum of Natural History, sighing "D'oh" as Dr. J. Loren Pryor passes by with a plateful of donuts.
Baby
Plot
Bart goes back to his babyhood and escapes from his bedroom at the Simpsons' house to find an ice cream truck. After travelling through trees, residential areas, roads and a circus, Bart is shot out of a cannon into the truck. Homer chases after the truck when he sees Bart is inside.
Gameplay
Bart can use his pacifier as a projectile weapon and his diaper as a parachute. There are six stages:
- Bart must swing and balance on tree branches while avoiding animals.
- Bart must balance on a washing line while avoiding animals, flying objects and clothes on the line.
- Bart floats in the air with balloons while avoiding animals and flying objects.
- Bart races across a street in a stroller while avoiding road hazards and Jimbo and Kearney.
- Bart jumps on balls on seals' noses without falling when the seals dip below a fence.
- Bart enters a circus where he swings on poles and trapezes and jumps on trampolines and through hoops while avoiding the performers. Eventually, he reaches a cannon.
Pig
Plot
Bart is an escaped pig at Krusty's pork factory. The player must rescue Bart's swine brethren while again surviving platforming hazards and fending off clowns and corporate thugs. After defeating the owners of the factory, an ending sequence plays of Pig-Bart freeing all the captive pigs.
Vandal
Plot
Bart, from his hiding spot, must hurl tomatoes and eggs at his Springfield Elementary classmates, striking each one. Running out of time and/or throwing objects with classmates remaining results in failure, as does hitting any passing adult (the exception is Principal Skinner, who can be hit in the posterior when he is bent over).
Water Slide
Plot
Bart slides down a massive, surreal waterside tube at a water park, dodging hazards and other water park patrons. The slide sometimes forks, with only one path the correct one. Taking the wrong fork will either force the player back (courtesy of a pudgy Homer blocking the way), or ejected from the slide into a bizarre death such as falling off a cliff or being eaten by a lion. Reaching the end of the level grants an ending sequence of a triumphant Bart soaking the twins Sherri and Terri. Blinky makes an appearance as a hazard and a marker for the level's progression meter.
Post-Apocalypse
Plot
A spoof of the Mad Max films, Bart is a road warrior attempting to survive a post-nuclear holocaust Springfield. The level plays similarly to such game classics as Road Rash and Mach Rider. The player bikes through a highway while fighting off attacks from bullies Jimbo, Kearney, and Dolph, each in their own vehicles. Completing the level sees Bart return to his home on Evergreen Terrace. Bart's family is revealed to have been long dead, reduced to a group of skeletons on the living room couch. An uncaring Bart shoves their bones out of the way as Krusty's post-apocalyptic TV show is about to air ("Hey, surviving kids!").
Trivia
- Virtual Bart is the first home console video game of The Simpsons that features dialogue from the show's cast.
