“In all the communities that I’ve participated in, I would say the competition has never come before the sportsmanship of players and everyone is out to improve themselves as much as possible.” “I would say generally in speedrunning, communities are very strong,” Proto says. I spoke to ProtoKid, and a few others in the Simpsons speedrunning community, to find out what keeps these games alive. That’s the current speedrunning record for The Simpsons Road Rage, with ProtoKid topping the leaderboard for the game’s Any% runs with just four minutes and 18 seconds.
So short in fact that some people can beat them in just four minutes.
I’ve always been of the opinion that we need a completely new Simpsons game - something that’s not Tapped Out - rather than risking the legacy of older titles by polishing them up only for the nostalgia to be shattered by how shallow and short the beloved classics are. What we sometimes forget about the classic Simpsons games, be they Hit & Run or Road Rage or just The Simpsons Game, is that they’re not very long. The gamers were right - I guess there’s a first time for everything. In fact, when a survey was conducted by UK gaming retailer Game about which title is most in need of a remaster, The Simpsons: Hit & Run won out against all others. The world is desperate for a new Simpsons game.
