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Kitchen stated the game was offered to him by Greg Fischback of Acclaim as the Simpsons shorts were airing on The Tracy Ullman Show in 1989, asking him to look into them as a property to develop it into a game.
Kitchen stated the biggest hurdle in development was time as Acclaim really wanted the game to be available before Christmas.
An author for the Italian newspaper la Repubblica said the levels are not easy, and the Swedish edition of Sega Force described the game as both difficult and boring.
Kitchen stated that he "thought the majority of the game played very well, challenging but not in an unfair way" while noting the later levels could use more tuning, but failed to get it due to scheduling.
He stated that "building a game against a fixed ship date is never a good idea so I do believe the game's quality suffered a bit because of compromises we made in an attempt to get it done in record time."
It was originally developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and was later released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum by Ocean Software, and in 1992 for the Sega Genesis, Master System, and Game Gear; all ports were developed by Arc Developments.
Full production began in May 1990 with an intended release by Christmas 1990, development issues caused the game to be delayed to early 1991.
An author for the Italian newspaper la Repubblica said the levels are not easy, and the Swedish edition of Sega Force described the game as both difficult and boring.
Kitchen stated that he "thought the majority of the game played very well, challenging but not in an unfair way" while noting the later levels could use more tuning, but failed to get it due to scheduling.
Full production began in May 1990 with an intended release by Christmas 1990, development issues caused the game to be delayed to early 1991.
A Japanese Mega Drive version was advertised alongside Krusty's Fun House, but never released.
He praised the variety and gameplay of the game, and noted that "while it may sound pretty basic [...] it's when you start discovering things, making use of objects, finding hidden treasures that it really comes alive.
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