Good news for players bothered by the lag: the sole multiplayer-specific Achievement doesn’t require online play. Online is still a bit laggy (Backbone, remember) but enjoyable when everyone’s connection is decent. If anyone completes the requirements for an Achievement or Trophy, everybody gets credit for it. You can play with any combination of four people offline or online. The co-op features here are pretty much identical to those of X-Men, other than supporting four players instead of six. Clearing the game with each Simpsons family member unlocks arcade flyers, a list of every character cameo, a music test, and a sound test. I actually like the Japanese version better this time it’s got more weapons and health pickups, an improved scoring system, and several other minor changes. Like X-Men, players can select between the US ROM and the subsequent Japanese revision (after beating the game once). The Simpsons Arcade suffers from a widescreen border that is startlingly cromulent in appearance, but it makes up for that blunder by including the largest selection of extras of any Konami brawler so far. On a similar note, the one-life Survival Mode returns as well. The latter modes provide incentive for skillful play. Here, you can set the game type to free play, quarters (each player gets only 10 credits to complete the game), or team quarters (players share a pool of 40 credits). But X-Men: The Arcade Game was too easy, allowing less skillful players to spam their mutant powers ad infinitum. TMNT: The Arcade Game was a bit too tough for some co-op teams with its shared 40 life limit and no online freeplay option. I can't say the developers have gone above and beyond the call of duty here, but they have at least improved on past ports' weaknesses. As fun as previous Konami brawlers ported by Backbone Entertainment have been, nobody would accuse the ports of being anything more than workmanlike in quality.

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