50 facts about The Simpsons Hit and Run (Levels 1, 4, and 7)

Welcome to another video where we showcase 50 facts about an old game that you might not know, or at least remember. This time, it's The Simpsons Hit and Run - a game that just about everyone wants a remake of, and also one that so many people have fond memories of, after having played it when they were younger.
I'll be focusing this video on levels 1, 4, and 7, which are all based on the same area of Springfield, and includes Evergreen Terrace, the Nuclear Power Plant, and other familiar areas.
In the video, I use a couple of in-game cheats. Here they are if you want to try them for yourselves:
Press the car horn to jump:
Go to the Options screen, hold L1 and R1, and press: Square, Square, Square, Triangle.
Unlock all vehicles:
Go to the Options screen, hold L1 and R1, and press: X, Circle, X, Circle.
No clip code / Drive through walls code - AR Max NTSC:
(m)
DQ7Q-MZE6-EV14P
EPCB-BUX9-UERQ2
Honk Horn To Jump
VYZF-RHHC-RQ59B
FX0H-7YQ0-8EC7M
No clip code / Drive through walls code - PCSX2 format NTSC:
M
patch=1,EE,F0406D34,extended,00406D37
Drive through walls (L3 to activate)
patch=1,EE,D0514802,extended,0000FFFD
patch=1,EE,202CF438,extended,03E00008
patch=1,EE,D0514802,extended,0000FFFB
patch=1,EE,202CF438,extended,27BD0040
Also in the video, I mention the pre-release version of the game several times. You can get it here: hiddenpalace.o...)
Music:
Homer's Day
Flowers By Irene
Wolves Stole My Pills
Ketchup Logic
Long Black Probes
Cell-Outs
(All from the game's soundtrack)
The still image of Krusty looking at the magazine was clipped from Shesez's video here: • The Simpsons Hit & Run...
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - 1. Easy tutorial level newspaper gag
1:21 - 2. Interiors OOB
6:49 - 3. Clip into Flanders house
7:33 - 4. Loading areas
8:52 - 5. The church sign
9:22 - 6. SMRT item placement
9:43 - 7. Petty Theft Homer item placement
10:12 - 8. Glass truck is to replace the glass you smash
10:51 - 9. Fat and the Furious dialogue error
11:36 - 10. Stonecutters theme music
12:11 - 11. Get inside Mr Burns' mansion in level 1
15:29 - 12. Walk into wall to fall through level
16:03 - 13. Power plant workers in the rest of the level
16:47 - 14. Rocket car is inspiration
17:27 - 15. Stonecutters paintings
18:11 - 16. Duff in boot of sedan
18:48 - 17. Get in the cemetery in level 1
19:19 - 18. Characters in OOB
21:03 - 19. Fat and the Furious glitch
22:15 - 20. Echo sound
22:57 - 21. Level 1 intro cutscene
23:58 - 22. Unload the power couplings
24:37 - 23. Stunt speed glitch
25:23 - 24. Ice Cream truck
26:22 - 25. Swingset glitch
26:59 - 26. Level 7 OOB no.1
27:48 - 27. Stonecutters music in level 7
28:41 - 28. Laramie F1 car inspiration
29:26 - 29. Rigor Motors final objective
29:51 - 30. Stonecutters tunnel classical music
30:26 - 31. Paintings OOB
31:10 - 32. Washing machine OOB
33:14 - 33. Stonecutters music near Mr Burns' mansion in level 7
33:55 - 34. Ghostly voices
34:33 - 35. Krusty looking at magazine in Kwik-E-Mart
35:14 - 36. Duplicate prison OOB
35:47 - 37. Your character is shrunk down to fit in the RC car
36:34 - 38. Two Ralphs on Level 4
37:16 - 39. Photo on the wall of Grandpa's bedroom
37:46 - 40. Foolish Earthlings
38:39 - 41. Homer's car in Rigor Motors
39:16 - 42. Loading zones in level 7
39:57 - 43. Kwik-E-Mart garden music on level 7
40:47 - 44. Willie's doorbell
41:23 - 45. Level 7 OOB no.2
42:27 - 46. Flying saucer camera angle
43:09 - 47. Area code is now 686
44:00 - 48. 70s Sports car
45:46 - 49. Scenery easter eggs
46:33 - 50. Level 7 details
#simpsonshitandrun #simpsons #thesimpsonshitandrun #simpsonsps2 #thesimpsonshitrun #thesimpsons #simpsonsplaystation2 #evergreenterrace

[@X2011racer]

The Free Cam, also known as the Debug Camera, can also be accessed as part of the extra cameras cheat, but it requires a Second Controller to operate. Therefore, you don't need external cheats or tools to do so. Just a heads up for a potential follow-up.

[@lusternork5923]

One of the most interesting details in level 1 is that if you hit Krusty many times he will say "I swear I thought she said she was 18"

[@glitchedblood]

the line is "I swear I didn't touch your daughter! And she told me she was 18”

[@Chackravartin]

The ball in Homer's 70s car is probably a bowling ball. And you can also hear the ghost voices in the school playground on level 7, I think.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

I remember messing around with the horn jump. I got so ridiculously high I saw the 2d backdrops and an interior. I miss when most games had cheats to let you obliterate them. 8:00 I always wanted to see this. It looks like Unturned.

[@GordonCMB]

Hey-a, I'm an experienced SHaR modder and I find your video quite informative and interesting, nice job! However, there are some inaccuracies I wish to fix, just so the information is 100% correct 👌 4. These aren't actually loading areas, these are low-detailed LODs. The interiors load up as you enter them, they don't need separate areas to be loaded in, besides as you've mentioned, the interiors already spawn out of bounds, so there's no need for such areas. These LODs exist purely to create an illusion of an interior being there 5. Correct, albeit these signs change every time you reload the level or mission warp. The signs at the school and the community centre were also meant to be randomized, but the devs accidentally broke this feature, whoops 8. Technically, Krusty Glass simply respawns, but yeah I'd like to imagine that this is a correct ingame explanation (albeit these trucks never appear in later levels, sooo, perhaps they're here just to install the glass? Since all this Buzz Cola debuckle starts happening on Level 1) 9. This dialogue was actually supposed to play when you *reach* the mansion. It doesn't work in the final game for some reason, why it was replaced in the conversation, I've got no idea, since there are 2 different types of conversation (convinit and noboxconv), both of which are incompatible with one another. The "There he is!" line is noboxconv, while the entire Burns dialogue is convinit, they simply wouldn't work...? 13. You actually skip the ped group trigger there, which would switch the ped group to the one that roam around the rich side. No idea why is that trigger so low, but yeah, it is 19. This isn't actually a glitch, more of an oversight. The barricade that spawns in is a Street Race Prop (SRP), and is dynamically loaded in and out of the mission. While it loads in, it ignores collision checks and when it sees the car is inside, it does nothing 22. This happens because the power couplings are a part of the region, where the mission takes place (l1z6.p3d), and as soon as you unload that region, the data regarding the couplings gets deleted, and the mission can't spawn them the second time without restarting it, thus crashing the game 23. Now, this happens because the end of the ramp has a special jumptrigger. These greatly enhance the speed of your car so you can make ridiculous jumps. When the car leaves this trigger in this specific way, the game gets confused and thinks the vehicle never left the trigger, so the speed change persists 37. A lot of vehicles use the SetCharacterScale argument in their CON files (basically, vehicle parameters), and it's not really related to the entering animation, you could keep the standart animation intact, and the character's size will change as soon as he sits down. What matters, is if the car has doors (SetHasDoors) and if the fadeout transition is active (SetIrisTransition), then it will not "warp" you inside of the car, unless you do stand on top of the roof of course 42. As mentioned earlier, these aren't loading zones, and why bother changing them at all? Besides the devs were really in a rush to make it to the deadline, so changing LODs to accomodate for the level is quite useless 46. This uses a camera trigger. The trigger itself is in the tractor beam area, while the camera - somewhere on the playground. Since the trigger is loaded in 100% of the time, it will work outside of missions 48. It's not silver, it's actually just a tad bit greenish. I remember Colou restoring the original look of the car with this colour and different lights. The object in the back of the trunk is supposed to be Homer's beloved bowling ball...at least that's what I think it is Overall, I'd say the video is pretty accurate and fun to watch :) Hope to see more of your content, especially on Levels 2, 3, 5 and 6! (And, hey if you'd need help with any of those, hit me up, I think I have a couple of interesting things up my sleeve ;) )

[@Andrometer_]

Fact #0: This game is better than GTA the defrauded edition remaster

[@rainyday9174]

True 100%

[@willbiesen8031]

DON’T YOU DARE COMPARE THIS MASTERPIECE TO THAT PIECE OF SHIT

[@iwavrQwpX4uB39nilBlQ]

@@willbiesen8031 Calm down Will.

[@willbiesen8031]

@@iwavrQwpX4uB39nilBlQ sorry, I just hate gta defected edition

[@X2011racer]

A remake of Hit and Run would be no better if it must adhere to Disney's mandates: 1. No Apu. Period. 2. Anyone with dead voice actors must remain absent or dead. 3. No Moe because he's already dead (Moe Ron crank call) 4. Any recasted characters must use their recasts (Carl for example). 5. No more harmful mockery of Disney (though not a problem for Hit and Run).

[@DeeCross]

That picture of 'Mindy' in Krusty's magazine's centrefold is actually a headshot of Mindy pasted onto a squashed picture of Marge from the book "Bart Simpson's Guide to Life". Marge in a pink negligee is a core memory of mine. For some reason.

[@TheVeyron623]

"For some reason" Uh huh, suuure.

[@EMS.Fire.Welder]

Something to add; level 7 mission 5, alien auto topsy part 1. If you use the 'every vehicle cheat', you cannot complete the mission with the Ferrini Black. It's the only vehicle that won't be sucked up by the ufo

[@TheVeyron623]

That's a neat attention to detail. It's the alien's car after all.

[@morganbrown8565]

I think I know why that is, if I had to guess it's because in the 2nd mission in level 7 has the black car spawned by the green light of the UFO, if the car would get sucked up it would get stuck in a never ending loop and probably crash the game. Again that's just a guess but with the Halloween level cut cuz of time this might of been a glitch they had to quick fix asap

[@Danhanado]

The stone cutters spoof is called spoof for a reason as it sounds like the stone cutters theme but changes certain notes. Same with the Vivaldi song

[@SMAAAASHTV]

The "silver thing" inside the trunk (boot) of the 70s sports car looks like it could be the boulder that homer tries to use to drown himself in season 1 episode 3.

[@baxter22071990]

Its Homers bowling ball,

[@SMAAAASHTV]

@@baxter22071990 it's a pretty wonky bowling ball, if that's the case. Looks like a rock to me, but the hit and run wiki page on fandom claims it's a disco ball, which would make sense for a 70s car. I'm still going with boulder though.

[@Z64sports]

Is boot a synonym for trunk somewhere?

[@baxter22071990]

@@Z64sports u.k and most parts of europe

[@reecio07]

@@Z64sports here in the UK. Trunk = Boot Fender = Wing Hood = Bonnet Tire = Tyre

[@sebforce1165]

DId you know that the longer you do a burnout, the bigger the boost? You know when it's at it's maximum when the smoke turns black and there's tiny fires under the wheels :)

[@KorriTimigan]

27:48 The unused Stonecutters music in level 7 appears to be an excerpt from Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, just very slowed down.

[@Goatmanification]

28:41 is also a reference to when Bart (nearly) sells his soul to Devil Flanders for a racing car, the same episode where homer sells his sould for a donut and ends up with the donut head (another in game costume!)

[@charliebartman2884]

For the OWRC, it can also be an homage to the Marlboro Mclaren driven by the likes of Aryton Senna, again with a red and white design similar to the car in game. Marlboro was (and still is i think) a cigarette brand.

[@markl5998]

"was and still is I think" Marlboro is the most popular brand of cigarettes in the world bro

[@HaveAKeyProduction]

I think the inside of the 70s sport car is a bowling ball.

[@SMAAAASHTV]

Looks like the boulder Homer tries to drown himself with in season 1 ep 3.

[@tylerbonnell9241]

Dude, this shit seriously needs a remake

[@MrFusion]

It's criminal we haven't gotten it yet, Disney has the rights and the demand is there for a remake

[@jonthenamelessproject99]

I'd love a remake but I don't trust any big company to remake it and remain faithful to the original tbh, I'm also very worried that they'd change the graphics style to look overly cartoony or god forbid cell shaded

[@DiamondProAlpine]

fun fact about the ghostly voices in level 7 - they can also be heard at the back of the school

[@renbothegoatman]

my theory with the 686 sign they wanted to do 666 but the people with the age rating would of put it in a higher rating

[@Vincent__101]

Really enjoyed this video! Are we gonna get videos for Level 2/5 and 3/6 as well?

[@Robocop_1987]

The open world and driving mechanics for this game was the blueprint for the Scarface game just shows how great a game this is .

[@TheSultan1470]

Kind of

[@tbwmv]

3:15 Homer's dancing is actually synchronized to the BGM. Nice touch.

[@MrFusion]

23 is used in the speedrun for this game, in Alien Autotopsy 2, the runner leaves Snake's car on the ledge next to the no TV no beer house and has the Black Ferrini push it off. The runner then positions the car near the cemetery and hits a jump to leave the map and drive OOB to collect the waste.

[@mrsnrub9804]

the "mysterious grey blob" in homers 70s sports car is a bowling ball

[@YOEL_44]

The green spot on the washing machine has the same shape as the green puddles from the fire hydrants, I think that's it.

[@DJ_Thanos]

In level 2 you can find some parked cars behind a closed off parking lot. If you get out of bounds you can trigger their physics and watch them awkwardly roll on the ground. If I am not mistaken you have to stand on them and do the double jump attack. It's been a while since I played so I don't remember the exact location of the parking lot

[@glitchedblood]

it’s near the fountain and stadium

[@DJ_Thanos]

@@glitchedblood I wanted to say near the stadium but I wasn't certain lol

[@MrFusion]

If you park a car beneath them you can kick them from inside the map, really weird

[@DJ_Thanos]

@@MrFusion yeah, they're actually just props intended to decorate the map but it's really weird that they made them have physics instead of make them something non-solid. But their awkward collision possibly suggests they're not intended to be interacted with in the first place

[@bg1321]

Fun fact about penskes Indy cars : there is one that senna tested in a museum in Phoenix

[@GTvsForza]

Someone is actually Remastering Hit and Run, but he's not going to publish it. It's just a private project he wants to do.

[@TheALyon8]

Loved this game growing up! :)

[@rainyday9174]

Wow you really did your research! Well done and great video.

[@rainyday9174]

43:55 additional fact. The image in the background of the billboard is a very early development pic of level 1

[@pocketstationman6364]

i686 was the dominant CPU architecture at the time (It's basically Pentium 2 onwards until 64-bit CPUs took over), so maybe that's what it refers to?

[@thedullfork]

Regarding the 636 to 686 thing, I'm wondering if they originally were planning it saying 666, but when they put the 6 on the sign they forgot to remove the 3, having the two numbers overlapping which makes it look like an 8.

[@wayge]

nah. the 8 doesnt even have the same shape as the 6.

[@DavidCiottiNG64]

17:47 the first painting Is, imo, George Washington. The sharp angle in the hair is much more similar to Washington and, in a minority of his paintings, he wears a black coat with a white frilly shirt. Mozart is usually depicted in red (and they were probably going for the common denominator of who ever it’s based on) and he also has two wide curls one on top of the other, more or less pressed up closer to his face.

[@haza102]

Ye lmao its definitely Washington, his most famous portrait is identical

[@caldog619]

Yeah 100%. It would also make sense from a Simpsons perspective as Hans Sprungfeld fought George Washington as part of Springfield's backstory, and he appears several times in the show as a ghost. I imagine the hair is also way too short to be Mozart or Beethoven

[@Heazytoohot]

It's always such a delight to see you upload. Love your voice and content

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

I think the green splodge under the washing machine in Level 7 is the same pool of nuclear waste that you can find in Level 1 and 4.

[@coffee5981]

The fact that the glass trucks are to replace the glass signs that get smashed absolutely blew my mind

[@brin1034]

You’re only 20 years late 😂 we all knew this from day dot.

[@maydaymemer4660]

the portrait in the stonecutters lair looks more like the iconic portrait of george washington

[@bricegraham8256]

My favorite game next to Super Smash Bros Melee.

[@flux_time]

When i was young i did the get into Burns mansion level 1 trick at 13:30 using the honk to jump cheat and never knew how i did it but it was so cool seeing something like that as a kid that couldnt get past the third level. Never knew about Marges level lol.

[@SnicketySlice]

The fat and the furious dialogue error makes the gag funnier.

[@nathan4419]

Such a handsome knowledgeable man. I live for your videos.

[@KappaCow]

Awesome video, deff learned some new things... Can't get enough Simpsons Hit and Run content

[@namemcnamerton4249]

45:24 it’s homers bowling ball.

[@Salival46.2]

Your videos are top tier friend, love your content

[@fatman1288]

are doing another video on levels 2,3 and 6?

[@janirwin16]

Aside from the Halloween level i notice in the game Halloween was exactly 2 days ago and my ps2 is up to date time and year and when I played hit and run the HUB was Halloween themed

[@hunterontherun807]

I'm hopeful but extremely doubtful it'll get a remake.

[@safebox36]

The 686 I can't think of a reason. Other than maybe that the number of the beast is actually 616 and was changed by the Catholic Church to 666 around the 1600s to "prevent actual witchcraft".

[@slob5041]

The newspaper has cursing on it

[@felipeferreira00]

Ah yes, that jet car thingy from level 1. Me and my friend could drive it only for 1-2 minutes without crashing hahahaha

[@markl5998]

Never used it cuz it was too hard to drive haha

[@Snomal]

You can get in the back of the mansion without the car jump cheat, Just attack the barrier and it breaks

[@jasonsnipveron8188]

Have you ever played crash tag team racing? you know the one with Pasadena and such. It wasn’t very well received by critics and it’s one of the most hated games in the crash bandicoot community. it was a childhood favourite of mine though :) I think there is one or two videos on YT showing what was left out in the beta version and some out of bounds footage

[@chrismcgee8393]

Great video Matt 👌

[@atk1152]

i think some of the item that display under the map is for quick access where you reach to different part of the map, the game will set up the object faster without loading the item since old game back in 2000s often have that method before videogame using High Quality model also the green goo or blood under the washing machine look like they used it for the water hydrant water decal

[@Jakewake52]

As it is unclear what clip was what, No 9- the fat and the furious dialogue error- if the first is the NTSC version- the full accusation is in the PAL version

[@caldog619]

I think the 686 sign could have been a subtle jab at Christian fanatics in the show. What if the joke was that it originally said 666, but some righteous soul like Helen Lovejoy complained endlessly about not thinking of "The Children", so Chief Wiggum, Eddie and Lou got involved. However, instead of changing the sign, they just half assed the job like they do everything, sprayed over the 6 to look like an 8, and called it a day. It could have been a precursor to the opening of the Simpsons movie, where Apu does the same thing with expired milk

[@user-mv2wz7pt6t]

request Gran turismo 7 review

[@MrFusion]

This is a stretch, but maybe the 686 is supposed to be 6 "ate" 6? Bigger reach than Halo, but that's my only guess.

[@moto083c]

half of 686 is 343 which is a game development company. Not sure if its related though

[@iloveyoushima]

43:45 It’s a cannibalism/horror joke. Six ATE Six. 686.

[@martinkeadin751]

I love playing Simpsons hit and run on playstation 2 and it was my first game that i played on the playstation 2.

[@corkben6897]

17:57 that portrait is very clearly George Washington

[@Zombicidal_FMG]

The painting is George Washington btw

[@04smallmj]

Are the area code signs actually the correct way around? I thought the rich area was supposed to be 636?

[@td370]

Furthest I ever got was Marges part of the game as a kid

[@WSNO]

The gamecube version code resources would have been nice to include

[@randomdude189]

Nearly a fact a minute 😂

[@YOEL_44]

Just a minute ago, I am speed!!!!

[@mrjoosbox8471]

how do you get the no clip?

[@bobtailsquid]

This is the best GTA clonesk game

[@scub761]

29:09 the 1980s mclaren/honda f1 team actually

[@novelezra]

Matt, you're always trying to show us facts; what is it with you?

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

can i contact you somewhere if you're interested in making a review/gameplay video about a gaming project i made ?