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CoolROM.com's game information and ROM (ISO) download page for Simpsons, The - Wrestling (Sony Playstation). Apr 07, 2001 Simpsons Wrestling could have been an OK game at best, but the low-ball production nightmare found in this cheap old sow ruins any chance of redemption. The funny thing is, I.
The Simpsons Wrestling is a fighting video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons and is based on the professional wrestling genre. The game was made for the PlayStation console, was developed by Big Ape Productions, published by Electronic Arts in Europe and Activision in North America and distributed by Fox Interactive. It was released in Europe on March 22, 2001, and in North America on April 12, 2001.
Gameplay
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Apr 13, 2001 the Simpson's are the best on t.v. But i can't believe they could release such a bad game. I realise that this was made back in 2001 but back then they still had better graphics than this. They don't look like they are fighting, they look like they're having a cat fight. The game play is terrible and the special moves aren't so special as they don't have much affect on your opponent. Storm grapplers secure first A-R-C triumph. The Simpson wrestling team won the final four of six matches to claim a 24-16 bout at Buena Vista on Friday to secure the team’s first American Rivers Conference victory of the season.
The game is loosely based on professional wrestling games, but more closely resembles a beat-'em-up. The game can be played in two modes: a tournament-style single-player mode or a grudge match where two players can interact. The matches take place in ten different detailed 3D locations from Springfield, such as the Simpsons' house, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, the Kwik-E-Mart, and Moe's Tavern. Letters float around in the wrestling ring, and if a wrestler collects enough of them, they can taunt and temporarily become invincible. A round ends when one wrestler pins their opponent for a three count. Two rounds are needed to win a match.
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Why it Sucks
- Unbalanced gameplay.
- Horrendous graphics. Not even cel-shading saves the graphics from being terrible.
- Terrible controls.
- God-awful AI.
- Ned Flanders is the most unfair opponent in the game. Not only does his lightning strike attack cause heavy damage, but he also instantly recovers after being pinned, not only giving him an unfair advantage but also forcing you to beat him twice just to win one round against him! To make matters even worse, you have to pin him four times just to win a match against him!
- The characters' voice lines constantly repeat, and will get on your nerves FAST!
- Many bugs and glitches.
- The gameplay is wrestling in-name-only and plays more like a horrible rip-off of Power Stone. The only part of wrestling this game has is that you have to pin your opponent after wearing down their health.
- No PC, PS2, N64 or Dreamcast versions exist, despite being released after their respective introductions.
- There is no way to block your opponent's attacks. Blocking is one of the most basic moves in a fighting game, and yet you can't program that move into a game released in 2001?!
Redeeming Qualities
- The first The Simpsons game for a PlayStation console as well as first 5th gen console release for the franchise, (not counting PC exclusive games like The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio and/or Virtual Springfield or Arcade exclusive The Simpsons Bowling running on PS1 Arcade hardware and GBC exclusive Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror.) As those releases are technically 5th Gen Simpsons games, just not console.
- Good voice acting from the original cast.
- Nice soundtrack.
- Characters interact differently when one opponent fights another, a feature that was ahead of its time.
- The idea was interesting, too bad it failed miserably!
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| 'Gorgeous Grampa' | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 24 Episode 14 | ||
| Directed by | Chuck Sheetz[1] | ||
| Written by | Matt Selman[2] | ||
| Production code | RABF06[3] | ||
| Original air date | March 3, 2013 | ||
| Episode features | |||
| Couch gag | The Simpson family and several secondary characters do the Homer Shake. | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons (season 24) | |||
| List of The Simpsons episodes | |||
'Gorgeous Grampa' is the fourteenth episode of the 24th season of The Simpsons and the 522nd episode overall.[3] It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 3, 2013.
Plot[edit]
Homer becomes addicted to a reality TV show called Storage Battles and decides to participate in a storage unit auction as a result. He wins the storage unit with $1000, outbidding several townspeople and elephant Stampy. The family goes through its contents to find it is full of women's clothes and muscleman magazines belonging to Grampa Simpson. Marge comes to the conclusion that Grampa is a closeted homosexual who was forced to be heterosexual through most of his life. Homer and Marge set Grampa up with Waylon Smithers, but the plan fails when Mr. Burns arrives and scares Smithers off. Marge then admits to Grampa that she thought he was homosexual, to which Grampa becomes enraged and Mr. Burns reveals that Grampa actually used to be an old-time Gorgeous George-type wrestler called 'Glamorous Godfrey', whose radical fighting style was heavily despised by the wrestling fan community, forcing him to retire. Burns reveals himself to be Godfrey's biggest fan (and only living one); he then persuades Grampa to return to the wrestling scene, which Grampa does. Though he is again met with loathing, Grampa continues the act under Burns's manipulation.
Bart soon becomes fascinated with Grampa and starts mimicking the mannerisms Grampa uses in the ring. However, he also attracts hatred and it worries Homer and Marge, but pleases Grampa and Burns. Under Burns's supervision, Grampa and Bart partner up in a tag team wrestling match. Marge tries to appeal to Grampa, but he turns her efforts down. However, he changes his mind when he observes Bart harassing the audience and takes on another wrestling identity that he calls 'Honest Abe' in order to convince Bart to stop his ways. When Burns protests against this, Grampa and Bart defeat him in the ring. Afterwards, the two retire from wrestling.
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Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Robert David Sullivan of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B-, saying, 'The season has already been heavy on nostalgia and on Grampa appearances, so it's not a pleasant surprise when the Simpsons stumble upon a storage unit with boxes of feather boas, wigs, and perfume sprayers in boxes marked 'Property of Abe Simpson'.'[4]
Ratings[edit]
The episode received a 2.2 in the 18-49 demographic and was watched by a total of 4.66 million viewers. This made it the most watched show on Fox's Animation Domination line up that night.[5]
Syndication edits[edit]
The 'Homer Shake' couch gag was removed from repeated airings in the US and all airings in the UK, presumably due to what it parodies.[citation needed]The simpsons wrestling homer vs bart.
References[edit]
- ^'FoxFast.com - View, Screen, Download'. Direct.foxfast.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^Chris Ledesma Twitter. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ abReg. #PAu003625982 in the Copyright Catalog. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^David, Robert (2013-03-03). ''Gorgeous Grampa' The Simpsons TV Club TV'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ^'Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Celebrity Apprentice', 'Red Widow', 'The Cleveland Show', 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes', 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down'. Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
External links[edit]
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' on IMDb
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' at TV.com
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' at theSimpsons.com