The game came out in 1991, and was essentially a marketing gimmick: after the huge success of its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles side-scrolling beat ‘em up, Konami decided to replicate the formula and license other popular franchises. It's even ultimately what got me into the show in the first place. I was never much of an arcade junkie, really - there wasn't one in my hometown and I was more interesting in my baseball cards anyway - but The Simpsons Arcade Game hooked me in a way no other has before or since. It ends neat and tidy and hilarious, and yet every time I found myself starting over again. This is how The Simpsons Arcade Game got me. But I've saved her before, and I'll do it again. Smithers grabbed baby and jewel alike and scampered off. But before he could get away, he ran square into Homer and the Simpson family, and diamond went flying into Maggie's Hoover of a mouth. Waylon Smithers (in his best bad-guy turn ever) has just come out of Springfield Jewelers, diamond in hand and cronies in tow. The fate of Maggie Simpson, and possibly Springfield, and almost certainly the world, is firmly in my hands. We've also asked several Vox staffers to contribute their thoughts on the show's legacy. The Verge community - that's you - is currently helping us review every episode of The Simpsons.
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