| Krusty's Fun House | |
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North American box art of Krusty's Fun House (NES version) |
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| Developer(s) | Fox Williams and Audiogenic |
| Publisher(s) | Virgin Games Acclaim Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Fox Williams |
| Artist(s) | Patrick Fox |
| Composer(s) | David Whittaker |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, NES, IBM PC, Sega Master System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Super NES, and Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Release date(s) | Amiga INT 1993 DOS NA 1992 EU 1993 Game Boy NA January 1993 Game Gear INT 1992 Mega Drive INT 1992 NES INT September 1992 Sega Master System INT 1992 SNES INT 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | ROM cartridge, 3½-inch floppy disk |
Krusty's Fun House is a video game based on the cartoon series The Simpsons. Originally named Rat-Trap, it was developed by Fox William for the British software house Audiogenic, who licensed it to Acclaim Entertainment, the US-based publishers of a range of games based on The Simpsons.
The game was released in 1992–1993 for the Amiga, NES, IBM PC, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Super NES, and Mega Drive/Genesis. Acclaim published the console versions, and sub-licensed the home computer versions to Virgin. The 16-bit versions on the Super NES and the Mega Drive/Genesis were entitled Krusty's Super Fun House.
The player directs small rats to an extermination area through complicated maze-like levels. The player controls Krusty the Clown who must navigate through his Krusty Brand Fun House. Each level is a puzzle in which a number of rats must be exterminated. Using different objects and obstacles, Krusty must create a path for the rats to follow, and guide them towards an extermination device. Other creatures such as snakes and flying pigs attempt to hinder Krusty's progress by injuring him; he must throw pies in order to defeat them.
In each stage the extermination devices are run by a different character, including Bart, Homer, Corporal Punishment, and Sideshow Mel.
The game has a password system, notably all the passwords are the names of actual Simpsons characters. The only exception is a password in the SNES version, which is "_Joshua_", a reference to the film WarGames.