The Simpsons: Road Rage

The Simpsons: Road Rage
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
DeveloperRadical Entertainment
PublishersElectronic Arts
Fox Interactive
DirectorJames "Vlad" Ceraldi
Producers
  • John Melchior
  • Cam Weber
  • Matt McKnight
DesignerCarey Du Gray
Programmers
  • Joel DeYoung
  • Darren Esau
Artists
  • Yayoi Maruno
  • Glen Schulz
Writers
ComposersChristopher Tyng
Tomoyoshi Sato (GBA)
SeriesThe Simpsons
Platforms
Release
November 19, 2001
  • PlayStation 2
    • NA: November 19, 2001
    • EU: November 30, 2001
    Xbox
    • NA: December 1, 2001
    • EU: March 22, 2002
    GameCube
    • NA: December 19, 2001
    • EU: May 17, 2002
    Game Boy Advance
    • EU: June 27, 2003
    • NA: July 3, 2003
GenreVehicular combat
ModesSingle-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 pick up and drive passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible. These similarities led to Sega suing developer Radical Entertainment and publishers Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive 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, also developed by Radical Entertainment, was released in 2003.