Simpsons Arcade GameKonami Called It Another Turtles
The Simpsons arcade game was removed from the PlayStation Network in December 2013, with no reason given.
Konami built its arcade brawlers on characters it rented, and the home rights to them were not always Konami's.
Sources
8- Interview3
- Article3
- Book2
The sources the story leans on most, primary sources first. Read dates are when the page was consulted; the live page may have changed since.
Image & music credits
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- CC BY-SA 4.01
41 photos, from the hosts linked below. Each file name links to the file's page, which carries the full license terms.
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| 1 | Photo | tmnt-cabinet-ebay-DucAAOSwd-RoOQGg-panel.jpg | eBay listing photograph https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DucAAOSwd-RoOQGg/s-l1600.jpg (cropped from the marquee to the control panel), via the Killer List of Videogames | License unknown |
| 2 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/1/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-01122-01.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flyer (USA, 1989), front | License unknown |
| 3 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991/page/n25 | Play Meter, March 1991, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991 | License unknown |
| 4 | Photo | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kecAAOSwnRZoAV~T/s-l1600.jpg | eBay listing photograph, via the Killer List of Videogames | License unknown |
| 5 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-2-1990-directory/page/n13 | Play Meter, 1990 Directory, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-2-1990-directory | License unknown |
| 6 | Photo | game-machine-380-p30.jpg | Game Machine, No. 380, May 15, 1990, Internet Archive item game-machine-magazine-19900515p | License unknown |
| 7 | Photo | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y0AAAOSwJMthh3O2/s-l1600.webp | eBay listing photograph | License unknown |
| 8 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/3/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-03149-01.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami T.M.N.T. flyer (Japan, 1990), front | License unknown |
| 9 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-15-number-12-december-1989/page/n109 | Play Meter, December 1989, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-15-number-12-december-1989 | License unknown |
| 10 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-15-number-12-december-1989/page/n17 | Play Meter, December 1989, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-15-number-12-december-1989 | License unknown |
| 11 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-6-may-1990/page/n55 | Play Meter, May 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-6-may-1990 | License unknown |
| 12 | Photo | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tmntpcb.jpg | File:Tmntpcb.jpg, Wikimedia Commons | License unknown |
| 13 | Photo | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DucAAOSwd-RoOQGg/s-l1600.jpg | eBay listing photograph, via the Killer List of Videogames | License unknown |
| 14 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-15-number-11-november-1989/page/n74 | Play Meter, November 1989, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-15-number-11-november-1989 | License unknown |
| 15 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/playing-with-power-in-movies-television-and-video-games-marsha-kinder-university/page/n207 | Marsha Kinder, Playing with Power (1991), Internet Archive item playing-with-power-in-movies-television-and-video-games-marsha-kinder-university | License unknown |
| 16 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-1-january-1990/page/n35 | Play Meter, January 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-1-january-1990 | License unknown |
| 17 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/1/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-01122-02.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flyer (USA, 1989), back | License unknown |
| 18 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-6-may-1990/page/n39 | Play Meter, May 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-6-may-1990 | License unknown |
| 19 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19900501p/page/n15 | Game Machine, No. 379, May 1, 1990, Internet Archive item game-machine-magazine-19900501p | License unknown |
| 20 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990/page/n65 | Play Meter, April 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990 | License unknown |
| 21 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990/page/n118 | Play Meter, April 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990 | License unknown |
| 22 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/playing-with-power-in-movies-television-and-video-games-marsha-kinder-university/page/n227 | Marsha Kinder, Playing with Power (1991), Internet Archive item playing-with-power-in-movies-television-and-video-games-marsha-kinder-university | License unknown |
| 23 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990/page/n154 | Play Meter, April 1990, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-16-number-5-april-1990 | License unknown |
| 24 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991/page/n26 | Play Meter, March 1991, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991 | License unknown |
| 25 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991/page/n0 | Play Meter, March 1991, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991 | License unknown |
| 26 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameManualThesimpsons/page/n8 | Konami Industry Co., Ltd., The Simpsons instruction manual (1991), Internet Archive item ArcadeGameManualThesimpsons | License unknown |
| 27 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-17-number-7-june-1991/page/n92 | Play Meter, June 1991, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-7-june-1991 | License unknown |
| 28 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-17-number-5-april-1991/page/n149 | Play Meter, April 1991, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-5-april-1991 | License unknown |
| 29 | Photo | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B9gAAeSwhyZqz22C/s-l1600.webp | eBay listing photograph | License unknown |
| 30 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI/page/n66 | Play Meter, April 1992, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI | License unknown |
| 31 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/1/x-men-01741-01.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami X-Men advertisement (1992) | License unknown |
| 32 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI/page/n74 | Play Meter, April 1992, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-18-number-5-april-1992-600DPI | License unknown |
| 33 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/5/x-men-05213-02.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami X-Men flyer (Japan, 1992), p. 2 | License unknown |
| 34 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-18-number-10-september-1992-600DPI/page/n20 | Play Meter, September 1992, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-18-number-10-september-1992-600DPI | License unknown |
| 35 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-18-issue-no.-2-november-1992-compressed/page/n77 | RePlay, November 1992, Internet Archive item re-play-volume-18-issue-no.-2-november-1992-compressed | License unknown |
| 36 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-19-number-5-april-1993/page/n0 | Play Meter, April 1993, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-19-number-5-april-1993 | License unknown |
| 37 | Photo | https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-19-number-5-april-1993/page/n48 | Play Meter, April 1993, Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-19-number-5-april-1993 | License unknown |
| 38 | Photo | https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogame-flyers/1/x-men-01327-02.jpg | The Arcade Flyer Archive, Konami X-Men flyer (USA, 1992), back | License unknown |
| 39 | Photo | Simpsons Cabinet.jpg | Maddy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 40 | Photo | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DucAAOSwd-RoOQGg/s-l1600.jpg | eBay listing photograph, via the Killer List of Videogames | License unknown |
| 41 | Photo | play-meter-1991-03-p26-pellegrini.jpg | Play Meter, March 1991, p. 26 (the portrait captioned Frank Pellegrini), Internet Archive item play-meter-volume-17-number-4-march-1991 | License unknown |
Music: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989), The Simpsons (1991), X-Men (1992) and Turtles in Time (1991), Konami; recorded from the arcade ROMs in MAME 0.289
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