The Simpsons Arcade Game was what I call a "2 1/2-D fighting adventure game." You know, like Double Dragon, or Final Fight. In the early '90s, this genre gobbled up the most quarters, from since forgotten titles such as Vendetta & DJ Boy, to popular franchise-based games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, & this one. I wouldn't mind seeing the fighting adventure game make a comeback, especially since it's rare nowadays to find an arcade with any games that don't involve shooting, driving, or (shudder) dancing.
Konami, the company responsible for earlier classics like Contra, put out the Simpsons Arcade Game in 1991, right at the end of the show's second season, & in the height of its popularity. I must have pumped a grand total of, oh, I'd say about 50 dollars of my lunch money into that machine before its tenure as the game to play was up. And I wouldn't regret it if that guess is accurate. Especially since it's about to provide me with perfectly good website content. Get ready, kids.