Fans still clamoring for a Simpsons: Hit & Run remake as the game turns 20

Us older gamers are starting to feel the crooked hand of time on our shoulders, as another classic reaches a milestone. The Simpsons: Hit & Run – the yellow family’s parody of GTA – recently turned 20 years𓆏 old, and now, m🥂ore than ever, fans are crying out for an official remake.

In a recent post on Twitter/X (as spotted by ), the PlayStation UK account posted a clip of the menu screen from the beloved Simpsons game to mark two decades.

In response, many commenting now seem to be pleading for a remake of the iconic PS title. Or, if not a remake or remaster, then perhaps a re-release, with one user asking Sony to “make it playable on the PS4/5.”

They are having a cow, man

Despite the game’s popularity, there’s never been any attempt to bring it kicking and screaming into the modern gaming era. While one person did remake The Simpsons: Hit & Run in Unreal Engine 5, it’s sadly a project that’s not being released for public consumption.

This is almost certainly due to the legal headache of creating a Simpsons video game, either a remake or something new entirely. Since Disney bought Fox, which owns the Simpsons brand, in 2019, you can imagine the litigation one would need to go through to 🙈create something using such protected intellectual property.

Even one of the main writers show runners has said they’d like to see Hit & Run make a comeback. There’s no telling what will happen with the animated family in terms of video game adaptations, but maybe the Disney corporation will cave in one day.