20 years on, The Simpsons Hit and Run designer reflects on the enduring legacy of the beloved "GTA for kids"

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The best PS2 games of all timeYet Radical's first attempt at a Simpsons game – The Simpsons: Road Rage, released in 2001 – didn't quite turn out how its developers had hoped. The Simpsons: Hit and Run fan remake has ray tracing and first-person gameplayLearning from the mistakes of its first attempt at a Simpsons game wasn't all Radical Entertainment brought to the development of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, with the beginning of a new golden era for video games also offering sources of inspiration. Although we did hear that the actor's voice got tired because we gave Lisa more lines in our game than she would perform in a whole season of TV – sorry, Yeardley!"Achieving only modest sales by today's game development standards, The Simpsons: Hit & Run was nonetheless regarded as a success for Radical Entertainment and publisher Vivendi Universal Games – though sadly not enough of one to save either from eventually shutting the doors

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