The Simpsons: Road Rage
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| Developer(s) | Radical Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts Fox Interactive |
| Director(s) | James "Vlad" Ceraldi |
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| Designer(s) | Carey Du Gray |
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| Composer(s) | Christopher Tyng Tomoyoshi Sato (GBA) |
| Series | The Simpsons |
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| Release | PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Game Boy Advance |
| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The Simpsons: Road Rage is a 2001 racing video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is part of a series of games based on the show. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. A Game Boy Advance version was released in 2003.
The game stars Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa, as well as Mr. Burns and several other characters from the show. The Simpsons: Road Rage is similar to Sega's 1999 video game Crazy Taxi, in that the main objective is to drive picked up passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible. These similarities led to Sega suing developer Radical Entertainment and publishers Fox Interactive and Electronic Arts (EA) for patent infringement, though it was settled before going to court. The game was met with mixed reviews from critics, many of whom pointed out its bare-bones Crazy Taxi mimicry and poor graphics. A spiritual successor, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, was released in 2003 and also developed by Radical Entertainment.