The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (DOS)

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants

Platform: DOS Year: 1991 Developer: Arc Developments

Bart vs. the Space Mutants is an action game developed by Arc Developments and published by Acclaim. Intergalactic aliens want to take over the world, so they first try to build a machine that's made out of purple-colored objects. When that fails, the aliens resort to hats. Bart must stop the aliens from taking over the world.

Screenshots

The game's title screen.

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Music

The game contains a single track which is an arrangement of The Simpsons theme song composed by Danny Elfman. The game credits Mark Van Hecke, but he never worked for Arc Developments or Ocean Software. The game also credits Jonathan Dunn, who also did the Commodore 64 and Amiga versions' music, which had the same arrangement of the theme song.

Recording

The music was recorded using two different sound options marked by the following pre-digits:

1. Roland MT-32
2. Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Title Screen (The Simpsons Theme)	Danny Elfman	Jonathan Dunn	2:06		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
201	Title Screen (The Simpsons Theme)	Danny Elfman	Jonathan Dunn	2:06		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Doommaster1994
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Danny Elfman
  • Original Score by: Mark Van Hecke
  • Audio Engineering: Jonathan Dunn credited as Jon Dunn
  • Additional Sounds: Byron Nilsson
  • Additional Sounds: Derrick Owens

(Sources: 1, 2, 3)

The credits can be accessed by waiting a few seconds at the title screen. Unlike the NES version, Danny Elfman is not credited for composing The Simpsons theme.

Game Rip

Format	Conversion	Download
		Download (Info)

The VGM file was logged in DOSBox 0.74 during gameplay. It was then trimmed to loop properly. The VGM logs at the second loop of the song because the first loop has some instruments fade-in.

It is unknown what native format the game uses, since everything is compressed in .OVL files, but it might be a MIDI or XMI file.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

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Releases

USA Title: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Acclaim, Ltd.     Sweden Title: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Acclaim, Ltd.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/565181-the-simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants - GameFAQs.