History VideoGame / TheSimpsonsBartVsTheSpaceMutants

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the first LicensedGame for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] (also ported to the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, UsefulNotes/GameGear, UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and numerous computers) based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' developed by [[Creator/AbsoluteEntertainment Imagineering.]] The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world conquering machine by collecting random objects.

Followed by ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheWorld.''
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* DisappearingBlocks: The lollipops in the shopping mall are always ''visible'', but whether they can support Bart or not depends on their orientation.

* IdiotBall: Some of Bart's methods of removing objects from the level is circumspect at best, yet they still work. One example is dropping towels off of a clothesline to cover up some purple toys in the first level -- the aliens never think to just pick up the towels.

* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: More or less lampshaded in the game. The aliens have a machine that can run on anything, but never think to fuel it with something already in abundance; instead they choose purple objects, or hats.

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the first LicensedGame for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem (also ported to the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, UsefulNotes/GameGear, UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and numerous computers) based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', developed by [[Creator/AbsoluteEntertainment Imagineering]]. The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world-conquering machine by collecting random objects.

Followed by ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheWorld''.

!!This game provides examples of:

* BossRemix: [[PlayingWithATrope Sort of]] - the three boss themes are simply parts of the main theme repeated over and over. [[MostAnnoyingSound It gets really annoying after a while.]]
* CassandraTruth: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]], the reason Bart has to collect letters to get assistance in the {{Boss Battle}}s is because he's trying to get evidence to subvert this. Averted in the last level, where the other Simpsons are helping from the beginning.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Rather than the standard "A to jump, B to run/attack" style that most NES games use, this game has A use items and B controls both running and jumping. Performing a running jump involves a combination of both A and B in a fashion that is entirely unintuitive.
* DepthPerplexion: In certain places, you can stand on the horizon or "walk" along a river by jumping on the background. The game is highly inconsistent with this, even within the same screen. [[note]]It's really a 2D game with invisible platforms, flying enemies and backgrounds indistinguishable from the floor. The graphics do a good job at simulating depth though.[[/note]]
* DoomsdayDevice: The machine that the aliens are looking to power, although they don't reveal what it does unless Bart loses in the final level. [[spoiler: It mass-produces robotic Homer duplicates.]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Including ''shoes'' and walking ''shopping bags''.

* IdiotBall: Some of Bart's methods of removing objects from the level is circumspect at best, yet they still work. One example is dropping towels off of a clothesline to cover up some purple toys in the first level - the aliens never think to just pick up the towels.

* PowerUpMount: Inverted - the second time you see the RecurringBoss, he rides a giant shoe.

* ShoutOut: Bart's x-ray glasses are generally considered a reference to ''Film/TheyLive''.
* SlidingScaleOfCollectibleTracking: This game uses "It's Here Somewhere".

* SomeDexterityRequired: The control in this game is '''dreadful'''. Bart cannot and will not [[JumpPhysics execute a proper running-jump]]. As a consequence, simple platform sections and obstacles become ''[[PlatformHell nightmarishly difficult]]'' to overcome.
* SoundTest: See EasterEgg.
* SummonMagic: You can summon Grandpa to give you coins with a whistle... providing you stand one exact spot in the first level. Otherwise you'll just summon a dog to attack you.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: The second boss drops suitcases, which you need to jump on in order to damage

* CassandraTruth: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]], the reason Bart has to collect letters to get assistance in the {{Boss Battle}}s is because he's trying to get evidence to subvert this.

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the first LicensedGame for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem (also ported to the SegaMasterSystem, GameGear, SegaGenesis and numerous computers) based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', developed by [[Creator/AbsoluteEntertainment Imagineering]]. The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world-conquering machine by collecting random objects.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: The second boss drops suitcases, which you need to jump on in order to damage her.
* ThatOneBoss: None of the stage bosses, but a miniboss in the dreaded museum level, a Tyrannosaurus Rex head that leans over a large open pit and spits sparks at you from the far right and can only be stomped on the head from a hidden background spot on the screen and only with a perfect jump, and if you don't stick the landing perfect, you will still fall to your death. Not to mention the awkward screen scroll if you do kill him that can still kill you much of the time through no fault of your own.
* ThatOneLevel: The 4th level museum takes seemingly forever and throws all kinds of brutal and tedious platforming tests at you. You basically stack up your lives throughout the game to survive the museum.

* RecurringBoss: Again, the alien man in the second level.

* DepthPerplexion: In certain places, you can stand on the horizon or "walk" along a river by jumping on the background. The game is highly inconsistent with this, even within the same screen. [[hottip:*:It's really a 2D game with invisible platforms, flying enemies and backgrounds indistinguishable from the floor. The graphics do a good job at simulating depth though.]]

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the first LicensedGame for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem (also ported to the SegaMasterSystem, GameGear, SegaGenesis and numerous computers) based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', developed by Imagineering, Inc. The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world-conquering machine by collecting random objects.

The game was not well-received, but it's still somewhat interesting.

* DepthPerplexion: In certain places, you can stand on the horizon or "walk" along a river by jumping on the background. The game is highly inconsistent with this, even within the same screen. [[hottip:*:It's really a 2D game with invisible platforms, flying enemies and backgrounds indistinguishable from the floor. The graphics do a good job at simulating depth though.]]
* PowerUpMount: Inverted - the second time you see the RecurringBoss, he rides a giant shoe.

* NintendoHard: Bart can only take two hits before dying.

* SummonMagic: You can summon Grandpa to give you coins with a whistle... sometimes.

* TotallyRadical: The box.

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the first LicensedGame for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem (also ported to the SegaMasterSystem, GameGear and numerous computers) based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', developed by Imagineering, Inc. The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world-conquering machine by collecting random objects.

''Bart vs. The Space Mutants'' is the very first LicensedGame based off ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. The game revolves around Bart attempting to foil the space mutant's plan to power their world-conquering machine by collecting random objects.

* TacticalSuicide: The second boss drops suitcases, which you need to jump on in order to damage her.