Prerelease:The Simpsons: Hit & Run

This page details pre-release information and/or media for The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

To do: Cover Expand on Early Development, with some elements from the development leak. See if there's any missing images, other than the August images from the PR disc. If possible, retake some of the images with the exact cars; even these can have minor changes.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Surprisingly for the game's public revelation in 2003, there's a lot of visual changes that were made.

The game received positive reception from critics and fans alike, and sold around 8 million copies across all platforms.

Developmental Timeline

2002

• circa. Jul-Sep - Recording for the dialogue lines take place.

2003

• Apr 24 - Reports of a Simpsons "mission-based driving game" was mentioned on a website.
• May 12-14 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run was revealed and shown off at E3 2003.
• Sept. 16 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run is released in North America and Europe.

Sub-Pages

Early Development Late 2001-Early 2003. Taking road rage to a whole new level.

Pre-E3 2003 April. Overlooked pre-revelation curiosities.

E3 2003 May. The game's revelation.

Post-E3 2003 Builds Circa. Late May-June. Third-dimensional mugshots...As seen in the manual!

Later Post-E3 2003 Builds Mid-June. The near-final images Radical didn't want you to see...

Late Builds Circa. July-September. The hands-on finishing touches.

Resources

• Manuals, which some screenshots had many differences
• Prerelease Disk Assets
• Source code leak
• GameSpot Coverage
• Worth Playing Coverage
• Gamekult Coverage (FR)