The Simpsons Game March 8th 2004 Prototype, Original Xbox
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- This is a very early build of The Simpsons Game from 2004 that was dumped on October 28th 2019, i spent around 9 minutes running around doing stuff, if you were all wondering why i was flying in the air near the end of the video, that was just a glitch i can do by pressing A and X at the same frame.
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You know, I never realized how huge the Simpsons house actually was.
It changes between episodes of the show. They would frequently add rooms that would never appear again just for the sake of a joke.
@@KasumiKenshirou I know, but they have a 4 bedroom house, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a dining room, Attic and basement, a huge front and back yard, a living room and a TV room. That's also Excluding the rooms that change depending on the episode, Frank Grimes was right, the Simpsons house is a mansion.
@MeatQuaad Not to mention all of homers jobs, especially the high paying ones like being an astronaut, a power plant executive, having a baby proof business, bootlegging, being a band member, and working with Hank Scorpio he even owns the Denver Broncos. Homer having all this money but never being rich makes sense in the original run of the show considering how much damage Homer and Bart does in the show, along with the Simpson family expenses.
@MeatQuaad mucho texto
"Good heavens, this is a palace! How in the world could you afford to live in a house like this, Simpson?" -Frank Grimes
The Simpsons REALLY deserve another big-budget home console game set in an open world. I'm sick of EA just doing the bare minimum with the licence and milking a bullshit mobile game no real gamer would ever give a rat's ass about. A smaller company like THQNordic could and WOULD do wonders for The Simpsons.
Like Radical, if it was still alive :(
@@elcobra98 They'd do great things with the licence again, too bad they only exist as a skeleton crew within Activision. Visceral Games really had a great idea going with The Simpsons Game, I wish they were permitted a sequel.
@@keyboardking777 yep, TSG was also a great addition to the licensed games. I just wish there had been a mid-point betwee SHAR and TSG, having car-required missions and on foot missions as with the simple but cool fight system Game had.
Not to mention, making Springfield a full sized map this time. Like the levels from SHAR but altogether and more. Not like that's an issue nowadays considering a cel shaded game like TSG wouldn't be THAT hard to make compared to photorealistic graphics games. It'd be a great way to end up the TV franchise.
@Frogger like anyone said that.
Why does this have better camera movement than The Simpsons Game 2007?!
The people with the means to finalize a project never have the right perspective to give fans what they want. While people with smaller companies just tend to pay attention to smaller things. I love the way this looks.
@@MThomasB Yes this is how game development works after all.
@@Oh-Ben Yes, I know. Just stating the obvious here.
Because EA sucks
Because this is the 2007 s one prototype
Games like this are a lost art
Sad, but true.
Is it possible to get this game in 2020?
@@subbingtoeveryonewhosubsto3854 emulation.
I want more fun goofy games man. Enough of this serious, live service, shooter bullshit. We need that right now more than ever I think
THEODSTKING117 god damn RIGHT!!!
5:02 that's good squishe
"What's it like Bart? Bart? Bart?"
"Gyrlflyrlihhidmgdltlwawldmuclulfudg"
I feel like the music cutting out really gives this prototype an uncanny, eerie feeling.
Omg you're right
the music is always there its just very quiet
And that vhs type static
Every copy of the simpsons game is personalized
I can barely hear the music.
The Cel Shading and graphics look waaay better in this build than in the final, like how
Older games tend to look better.
@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 What?
It was just a test, they can afford to use up way more space on graphics and fluid animations, this kind of quality unfortunately degrades as you add more game elements. Thats my guess anyway
@Frogger There isn't any shading, yeah. It's all flat
guys i'm confused. what is wrong with bob's comment? like, most games are better in their beta/alpha state in terms of content or mechanics and for the final release they remove some of those so the game runs better on the console or so the game is less complicated to play or understand.
bart's running animation looks almost the same as the hit'n'run
Almost
Hit and run came out in 2003 so it makes sense, this was 2004
I SMELL RECYCLED ASSETS
It looks nothing similar whatsoever
@The Infinity Nerd Different engines don't rule out the possibility of re-used assets. Depending on how different the engines are it may have been easy to port. At the very least I'm sure they used hit n run as a model for 3D simpsons game and probably copied a lot of things early on for placeholders
0:31 That loading screen is from 007: Everything or Nothing another game EA worked on. This suggests it might be running on that game's engine.
The way the loading icon moves is the same as the one in The Godfather game, the camera movement also looks very similar, so all three games are most likely using the same engine.
Damn, I was just gonna comment this 😂
Both games run on godfather engine
Yeah. The camera movement definitely resembles Everything or Nothing as well. I think you're right! Interesting to find out from the other comments that the Godfather game used the same engine too!
Yup, EA bought Criterion, creators of RenderWare around that time. That engine and The Godfather engine were based on RenderWare's technology and it was finally used on The Simpsons Game (2007) as well. The game's files show a lot in common with other RenderWare titles like GTA San Andreas, but it runs on a slightly different version so it's difficult to extract/mod the assets.
Looks like this early build is running on the same engine used for 007: Everything or nothing, judging by the loading screen at the beginning.
lol, didn't notice that until you pointed it out
That game ran on a customized version of ID Tech 3.
Oh, so that's why there are flashing pinups at the beginning of the game.
@@mayhair xD
1:05 That’s it? That’s the episode?! THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP FIGHT CYCLES!
Sounds like another reference from SpongeBobs Patchy the Pirate
_That's it? That's the DLC? That was just a bunch of recycled weapon skins!_
SpongeBob Lost Episode reference.
SPONGEBOB BETRAYED US
Lmao
To the people saying "Why is this better detailed then the final game?"
Because it's a demo pitch from EA to Fox, if you know you can get away with
a few blocks of empty houses, yards, streets, and have your future riding on showing
an old executive an interactive 3D "The Simpsons" house, it's gonna be good!
me before the lobotomy
If it's accurate then the date of this build is fascinating because it means EA started pitching, or at least prototyping, not long after Hit & Run shipped in Autumn 2003. I know Vivendi was still considering working with Hit & Run in January 2004, so I'd guess that EA made this demo on their own and used it to pitch The Simpsons Game to Fox when they saw how successful Hit & Run turned out to be. I can't find the source at the moment, but I thought Radical pitched Hit & Run to EA but they turned it down because it would be too expensive.
EA didn't aquire the License to Simpsons until November 2005. This looks similar to Futurama The Game. My guess is, it's the same developer as that and they went bankrupt in 2004.
EA may have temporarily dropped the license because of the quality of Simpsons Skateboarding
@@CrashFan03 it was probably because they got sued by sega
@@XJLuna that and also the fact that Simpsons Skateboarding is considered one of the worst games ever made
@@kraeman I think it's EA's prototype - this was found in the files of a James Bond video game on the Xbox, and just like the Simpsons Game, that was developed by EA's Redwood Shores studio.
Very impressive for the original Xbox actually, and in 2004 as well! An open world version of this would be fun even in 2020 imo.
Agree
I love the level of detail and interactability here for such an early prototype! Although I enjoyed The Simpsons Game back in the day, I'm retroactively disappointed that the final game wasn't more like this, as this early build is somewhat more charming in a way. Bart's model definitely looks better and is way more animated and expressive compared to those seen in the final game. An explorative and open-ended game like Hit and Run, but with more action elements like the climbing and ledge-grabbing seen here, would have been amazing.
This isnt related to the Simpsons Game.
@@Oh-Ben brúh
@@Oh-Benthe interior model is reused
imagine being stuck in this demo for the rest of your life
Poor Bart, constantly having to pick out wedgies, slammin' into walls and stuff...
The Simpsons Game was alright, but holy crap do I want this version instead.
the camera looks way better in this
It wouldnt have looked close to this good had this game been released.
Same
@@Oh-Ben why did it get dumped
The Graphics have Aged very well in today’s gaming technology
thats a proof of concept for you.
Honestly the graphics for this are perfect, the only thing I’d suggest is better anti aliasing otherwise it’s perfect
Cartoony graphics always age better than realistic ones
This is a common occurrence with cartoon/cel shaded games. Look up Jet Set Radio -- it is fucking INSANE to think that game came out in 2000. Most timeless game ever made.
@@bonkyo higher resolutions would fix that, at 4K aliasing is almost imperceptible
2:00 Holy shit these animations are so charming
Me everytime after the lobotomy:
Me after the lotomy👹👹👹👹🧌🧌🧌🧌
its very uncanny how the replicated the shows artstyle more than current games
What games?
Define current games
"Current games"
The Simpson game is the last 3D Simpson game
That actually looks great. This is the best art direction for a 3D Simpsons game I've ever seen
I'm amazed how huge everything looks, especially for a kid's point of view
8:54 Yeah, that makes sense.
This demo is pretty damn funny not gonna lie.
Why the hell does this prototype look even better than the final game?!
Because as you add more to your game it tends to take up resources, you need to start cutting corners to maintain a stable framerate. Also, this game never released.
@@Oh-Ben it was released
@@alumlovescake it wasn't
Ekraelum it was.
@@crypticbeast1013 it wasnt. a quick search on hidden palace will tell you this was an independent game.
Wow! This prototype dates back to 2004? The models here look like the final ones but more expressive, you could interact with objects, and it felt more open-world. But when Bart bumps into the wall with the sound effect it looks and sounds painful, glad they never kept it in.
The game seems more fun in this demo than the real game. I mean the real game was good but this one seems to have more detail and gameplay aspects and ideas
Why was the simpsons game on ps2 for 6th generation why not for xbox and gamecube?
@@Early2000sPs2games Turns out it's *not* the game released after the movie came out. It was simply called "The Simpsons", and this was just a pitch for a new game project. Said game didn't came out for unknown reasons.
Ekraelum What studio pitched it?
@@mr.pendleton7121 According to Hidden Palace, EA.
Ekraelum Was EA even making they’re own games anymore by that point?
why was this generation of consoles a golden era for cartoon video games?
I think it might have just been lucky timing. Cartoony art styles come to rise in the 8 and 16-bit era, 64-bit era then gives us another dimension and more elbow room, 132-bit era takes it further, add in some popular licenses and voila.
Got any favourites?
@CobraKyle I was referencing more to the fact that there were so many games based off of cartoons. For example Fox, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon all had video games based off of their IPs. They seemed to have stopped making games like these around the 360/ps3 gen
@CobraKyle Actually, _Road Rage_ was the _Crazy Taxi_ clone. I think there was even a lawsuit from Acclaim, if memory serves. _Hit & Run_ was more a stripped-down _GTA_ type game.
Don't get me wrong, PS2 had some garbage platformers, (just see Nitro Rad's channel), but there's also legends of genre, like Sly Cooper, Jak, Ratchet & Clank, Psychonauts, Rayman 3 and Revolution (the definitive way to play Rayman 2), Ape Escape 2 and 3, the Tak games, just to name a few.
Simply because back then, developers actually cared about their games.
2:01 Nah bart tweaking
Holy shit this looks pretty promising. The art style sure aged better than Hit&Run
This prototype 2004 is much better than final version of the Simpsons game 2007. Came out for ps2,psp,ds,ps3,Wii and Xbox 360. And Never released in OG Xbox.
@@matheusgamer157 when the game released the og xbox was about to be discontinued
6:20 Seams like this prototype had an unfinished Simpsons fence.
2:41 the origin of the GameCube error sound
8:55 bart simpson A S C E N D S
*NOTE: BART DIED ON THE WAY TO HIS HOME PLANET*
fiziks
1:20 Road Rage music :D
Nah it's the credits music from $pringfield
“0/10. Not enough golfing, or brutal murder of beloved father figures.” - IGN
Given the spinning on the phone thingy and the platforming, I would say this once was going to be some kind of super mario sunshine/Banjo Kazooie esque platformer set in an open area.
If they made a massive open world Simpsons game in Springfield where you can play different missions as different characters which all sort of converge and intersect, I'd buy that shit like my life depended on it.
i want another simpsons game so bad bro, but still nothing better then the classic games
Long Live Hit & Run
Also, nice drawings.
The 3D cutscenes in this were pretty good, but I’m happy we got 2D animated Cutscenes
Me every time before the lobotomy 😁👍
love easter eggs and small details that make a game feel alive
How energetic the animations are in the cutscenes are pretty good, so much energy and gives off the cartoon vibe
As much as I love The Simpsons Game that we got, I can't help but feel robbed.
This should be a different game/project not related to that
Damn, this would’ve been barely a year after Hit & Run released
wow, for a game from 2004, it still holds up quite well today
I'm talking graphics wise
i guess a lot of it is due to the art style
it's like wind waker, pretty much timeless and it'll always look good
this is obscure, there's nothing left, just a house, yes, it's full, has interactions and all the details, but just a house, no Springfield, no neighbors, no door outside, there is no world, just Bart doing weird things, Homer being dumb and nothing else
Wow there's so many small yet satisfying details that fsr never made it to the final game, didn't realise you could smash Bart's head against any surface or slide down the banister
hitting walls is a detail i never seen in any game, ever
Everything about this build is incredible, the animation, the little details, etc. I'm just so impressed by all this
If they added the physics and the camera of this prototype, the game would have been better than it already was
This is all at once incredibly fascinating and super errie. Like it's so quiet and there's no one around. Whenever the music starts up again I'm afraid something is going to appear from around the corner.
me after the lobotomy
totally
Abbey Road
Yeah
I’ve always wanted to see a Simpsons videogame given the same treatment as the recent South Park games.
South Park had a canceled game (2005 I think?) that looked alot like Simpsons Hit and Run but with a little more focus on adventuring and combat. So sad it never released :(
I guess what I really want is a game that _looks_ just like the show... ie, not just 3D models running around.
@@shelbyvillerules9962 Yeah fair enough. I've always felt the 3D models looked very off in comparison to the show, but they looked fitting enough without being *too* different.
If you look a videos on the prototype and see the original first game cutscene, you'll see the visuals were toned down a bit to fit a little more with the style of the show.
@@RetroDeathReviews666 Some of The Simpsons video games using 3D animation is not entirely out of place considering that the actual Simpsons TV show has used 3D animation in the episode "Treehouse of Horror VI."
Till this day the dream is dead
8:55
Let the bodies hit the floor!
I love how bart smashes his head into the wall when you run straight into it.
Its the little details.
2:23 - when you find out mum ordered pizza for dinner
I remember i played this prototype, there was a lot of potential and cool but at the same time annoying gimmicks that could be amazing in the final release
This build was released on the exact day I was born
Open world games were somewhat ahead of their time for “future” gen , despite being available as far back as the early 90s ... but with better (and 3d) animation/graphics games like this become far more challenging .
Imagine a sims-like MMO in the simpsons world where everyone’s a different person and you can do all sorts of careers XD would be a weird game but I’d hit .
Very nice very impressive animations and interaction for 2004. Thanks for posting
Man, I would love another Simpsons game. I always remember playing the games at my grandma's house on ps2.
Never knew this existed, I like how they made 3d models look like 2d cartoons
I've always loved how 3D interpretations of Bart's obviously 2D zig-zag hair style becomes a meat tenderiser XD
Anyone else get season 1-3 vibes from this? I love it.
March 8th 2004. The exact day I was born.
It’s like in this prototype that all the Simpsons died except Bart and he’s the only one left
Thinking about it, it’s beyond me how there weren’t any actual open world titles for the Simpsons (or even Family Guy). There would’ve been so much potential if it was handled right.
I fucking cant stop laughing every time bart slams into something
5:02 Woooahhh that's good Squishie.
Really dig the cel-shade style
lobotomy
When Bart runs into walls, it gives me huge levels of dopamine. If I were playing this, I’d do nothing but slam him into walls.
My goodness, the graphics look beautiful... Its 2020 and it keeps up beautifully!
Every copy of the Simpsons is personalized.
Wouldn't it be creepy if you were playing a simpsons game and then the music stopped and all you could hear was the passing of the cars and the slight static noise from the console.
this looks excellent. Looks better than the final product in 2007.
I can’t wait to play this game when it comes out
Wow in 2004 they released the prototype
Thats weird because looks like The Simpsos Wrestling,
3 years later
and they have released The Simpsons Game
Why is that weird?
i used to think the game was gonna be one of those "movie-game" thing
you are right the simpsons movie came out for the same year 2007 along with the video game
In January 2007, They Prototype Builds Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, Maggie Save World In Springfield Enemies Here Chocolate Bunnies In Pink Bunnies In Springfield Enemies, In 2021 This Year, They Making Simpson's Hit & Run 2 & Remastered PS4, You Can Have DLC Free, 'Rick & Morty' There 8 Levels.
Sad that we did not get the opening cutsene
This is what The Simpsons: Hit & Run should've looked like.
Wow I love how timeless the graphics for this are, they're pretty much perfect
First it was Family Guy full episodes, now The Simpsons game footage is in my recommended, I don't even know what TH-cam is anymore.
I never knew this existed
wait, this game was in developement for far longer than i thought it was?
not the same game.
@@imkidfriday oh.
Yeah this was a separate project from the Simpsons game 2007 apparently
This looks great for an Xbox game , looks just like the 360 game
8:55 When you rock so hard just to get away from corona virus.
It's definitely a Simpsons Game prototype for those who are doubting. The unusually large empty rooms of the house made it into the final game 😂
im late but the same cartwheel animation at 2:24 can be seen in the final game if you roll towards Bart as Ball Homer
Goddamn I love the old interface of the Xbox
This really pisses me off man, i've always dreamed for a Hit N Run remake/expansion with these visuals.. they could have done it from the start
you better not be tweaking when i get there
To think a lot of games are getting a Remastered Remake. Some Devs that made The Simpsons Hit and Run say they'll love to return to the game and make a better quality simpsons game title. Activision (company that owns Radical Entertainment which is the company devs) could make it if demands meet expectations.
Bruh i dont think Activision is interested in anything that isnt massively multiplayer and chock full of microtransactions
rotten girl two words for you, Spyro Trilogy.
3:47 i remember that almost 90% of ps2 games allowed you to make a double jump
If this is how early this was game got started, then it goes to show how long game development is. Too bad the original Xbox missed out.
The 3D graphics really match The Simpsons style