7. Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror
A better and more linear adventure came in 2001 with Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror for the Game Boy Color. Considering the popularity of the Simpsons’ Halloween episodes, it’s weird that we haven’t seen more of these portrayed in games.
The titles bring each member of the family to live its own horror story, sometimes with different gameplay. Bart and Homer had the more solid parts of gameplay as a platformer game, while Marge had shoot’em up stages, Lisa got stealth ones, and Maggie had a flying stage inspired by the movie “The Fly”.
The Gameplay can be a little slow at times, but it’s mostly straightforward run, jump, and shot with the occasional scavenger hunt. Characters’ sprites are big, detailed, and very colorful, which was amazing to see on the Game Boy Color screen.
