The Simpsons: Bug Squad!

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The Simpsons: Bug Squad!

Game Information Released: Unreleased Developer(s): Red Lemon Studios Publisher(s): Fox Interactive Genre: Tech demo Platforms: Dreamcast Players: 1

The Simpsons: Bug Squad! is an unreleased tech demo for the Sega Dreamcast. The game was developed by Red Lemon Studios for Fox Interactive. Whilst the game is unreleased, the date on the title screen suggests it was developed in 2000.

Details

On December 19, 2020, a user called sreak on the Dreamcast-talk forums released the contents of a broken DevKit via the forum. Among the contents was a game called The Simpsons: Bug Squad!. The game was then made to run by a user called Megavolt85, and was then played by the YouTube channel DreamcasticChannel. The game is incomplete and very bare bones, seeming to be a tech demo.

Despite taking place in the Simpsons' house, the player character is a bug creature that isn't anything to do with the Simpsons universe.

Red Lemon Studios founder Andy Campbell stated that the demo was pitched to Fox as both a game and production tool for the TV show. It was never commissioned, so therefore never officially entered development.

Gameplay

Gameplay seems to be very simplistic. You play as a bug jumping and gliding around the Simpson house. The kitchen and living room are explorable, whilst the garden can bee seen outside the windows. Homer walks around the house and Bart walks around the garden, although they don't interact with the player character at all.

The game also has a free cam mode to let you look around the house and outside in the garden.

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  The player character

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  Gameplay of Bug Squad

References

The Simpsons video games
Console/Computer games
The Simpsons Arcade Game • Bart vs. the Space Mutants • Bart vs. the World • Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly • Bart's House of Weirdness • Bart vs. the Juggernauts • Krusty's Fun House • Bartman Meets Radioactive Man • Bart's Nightmare • Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness • Virtual Bart • Bart & the Beanstalk • The Itchy & Scratchy Game • Cartoon Studio • Virtual Springfield • Bug Squad! • Bowling • Wrestling • Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror • Road Rage • Skateboarding • Hit & Run • The Simpsons Game
Mobile games
Minutes to Meltdown • Arcade • Tapped Out • Itchy & Scratchy Land
Non-The Simpsons
Lego Dimensions
Pinball
The Simpsons • The Simpsons Pinball Party
Handheld
Bart vs. Homersaurus • Bartman: Avenger of Evil • Bart Simpson's Cupcake Crisis • The Simpsons Electronic LCD Game • The Simpsons 20Q
Fruit machines/Arcade
The Simpsons (Maygay) • Homer's Meltdown • The Simpsons Beer Guide! • The Simpsons Skateboard Stomp
Other software
The Simpsons Comics iOS • The Simpsons Screen Saver • The Simpsons Ride Sneak Peak Bonus CD-ROM • The Simpsons Unleashed