History VideoGame / TheSimpsonsVirtualBart

* ArcherArchetype: In Dino Bart, Lisa fires arrows at Bart.

''Virtual Bart'' is a ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' game by Creator/{{Acclaim}} released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis in 1994. The game is a successor of sorts to ''[[VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartsNightmare Bart's Nightmare]]''.

* CarryABigStick: In the Dino Bart level, the caveman versions of Homer and Krusty carry clubs.

* DropTheHammer: One clown mook type in Pig Bart wields a large mallet that both deals a lot of damage and stuns Bart.

* ExpressiveHealthBar: Bart has a health meter which also depicts his relative status. At full health, he seems confident. As health drains, he begins to look sickly, and when he dies he becomes a skeleton. This health meter was also shared for ''Bart's Nightmare''.

* InsideAComputerSystem: The premise is that Bart is trapped inside a virtual simulation where he needs to [[WinToExit complete all levels to leave]].

** In Dino Bart, it shows a paleonthologist finding Bart's fossilized remains.

** Pig Bart, shows Homer eating a box of corndogs, one which has Bart's face, Homer looks at it for a moment then shrugs and eats it anyway.

* NintendoHard: The leap to 16-bit didn't end the tradition of extremely tough Bart based ''Simpsons'' games. While the different game play styles for each level are unique, they are selected at random, there are no saves or passwords and you can lose a life by complete random chance when Bart is spinning on the wheel. The levels are pretty long as well and require lots of trial and error. The controls are generally average to bad (''especially'' the Picture Day level) and it's hard to get them down unless you use practice mode, which is a nice feature...but having to play the game in one go, it can be hard to master all six control schemes at once.

** Mt. Splashmore can end with Bart plunging into a gorge, getting eaten by a lion or slamming into a brick wall with Krusty's face on it.

* Baby Bart: Bart relives his days as a baby, where he escapes his crib and swings over all the neighborhood.

* HereWeGoAgain: In the ending, [[spoiler:Bart exits the machine and leaves the place, but next in line is Homer, who is then strapped into it]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If you hit an adult in Class Picture, Bart says, "Oh no! I'm outta here!" and the mini-game ends early.

*** Alternatively, if you accidentally hit any school facility, Bart will look [[OhCrap extremely nervous]] as his teacher and principal give him some very nasty scowls in the picture.

* HelpImStuck: If you go down the wrong paths of the Mt. Splashmore level the first two times, Homer will get stuck in the wrong path, preventing Bart from losing a life or having to start the level from the beginning. The third time, Bart is on his own.

** Doomsday Bart is based on the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII Treehouse of Horror VIII]] segment "The Homega Man".

* TheApunkalypse: One of the simulations takes place in a [[Film/MadMax Mad Max-esque]] dystopia following an explosion at the nuclear power plant where Bart and the bullies are seen in punk style clothes.

* ImprovisedParachute: In the Baby Bart level, Baby Bart can use his diaper as a parachute to slowly descend.

* PlatformHell: The circus section in Baby Bart has a lot of jumps including timed jumps on the trapezes, mis-time one jump and Bart will plummet to its doom.