Tyger7 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd355/tygrt7/random/simpsonsbanner.jpg Overview: -Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10 (current estimation, will change soon) -Offline: 12/12 (200http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg) -Online: 0 -Approximate amount of time to 200http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg: 4-5 Hours -Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 4+ (one each character plus any other playthroughs it takes to get the rest of the achievements) -Number of missable achievements: None -Do cheat codes disable achievements? No Cheats -Does difficulty affect achievements? Yes (See "Excellent") -Glitchy achievements: The game can lose registering achievements/levels possibly from joining and and dropping out other players in a local game. -Unobtainable achievements: None -Extra equipment needed? 4 controllers or online access to get an achievement requiring you to play a 4 player game. Introduction...The Simpsons This game was one of the 4-player beat'em up classics you could find in several arcades. Because of this, it was meant to take your quarters. Luckily they do have an easy mode, which you should always be on except for when getting the achievement "Excellent". You should also always keep it on the (Japan) ROM once you have obtained it from beating the game once. You can play this game alone, local, or multiplayer. There are no multiplayer achievements to worry about, but having someone to help isn't a bad idea and can make the experience better. The basic attacks are with . You can jump and attack and also use + to do a stronger attack that works well against bosses. Find out what fits you best. Step 1: Your 1st Playthrough...Eat My Shorts Turn the game to easy and play as any character you want. Play on free play and blow through the game as fast as you can. Be sure to find Bongo in each of the trees as you play (in levels 1, 2, 5, and 7). Refer to guide for the locations if needed. If you can help it, also try not to die on the first boss once he appears. If done fast enough, you can get the achievement for beating the game in 30 minutes or less but don't worry if you don't get it your first try. You will also hopefully get the 250 kills. To see your timer, press and find it in your settings. Step 2: Your 2nd Playthrough...Excellent Now that you have a good portion of the achievements, let's turn up the difficulty a few notches. Set it to (Japan) ROM and difficulty to Expert. You need to beat this without using all 10 continues. This can be a pretty difficult achievement. Step 3: Survival Mode...D'OH Here comes the hard achievement. You will likely fail many times and need to almost perfect the first 3 levels. You cannot die. Best to do of course on easy and on (Japan) ROM. This way, you can stack health and hopefully succeed. You can do it with other people as well, but there the more players just means more enemies on the screen which could potentially make it more difficult. Good luck. Step 4: Mop Up...Ha-Ha! You shouldn't have many achievements left by this step. If you haven't already, set up an online or local match. Get 4 players in the game to get the associated achievement. If by yourself, you will need 4 controllers. If you have anyone else you need to beat the game with, now's the time to do it. Also if you haven't already, stand by another player doing nothing to get your team attack up. Now just damage 25 enemies. It's easy to do this by yourself or with friends. Conclusion...Okely Dokely This game can be done in one sitting if you wanted to. The two more difficult achievements make this game take much longer than it should, but some fans will enjoy the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger7 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/+L1MYg==.jpgMr. Sparkle 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png From stage 1, make it to the stage 3 bosses in Survival Mode with the Japanese ROM. First, you must beat the game once to unlock the Japanese ROM. Then, you must pick Survival Mode while on that ROM. You can play by yourself or with others. Survival Mode is having 1 life and no continues. The area you must get to is Moe's Tavern on Stage 3. The trench coat men are the bosses the achievement is referring to. You do not have to defeat them, just reach them. Remember that the game has an + move that is a stronger attack. As Lisa, you might have the easiest time of all characters. She is not only quick but has good reach. This is the hardest achievement in the game and may require multiple attempts and playing with all 4 players. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/+pxF1w==.jpgEasier Than Arm Wrestling 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Defeat the Wrestler without any player dying. This is actually very easy. This is the Stage 1 boss. Place it on Easy on Japan ROM. Go through the level and make sure to collect the food when you can. This game mode lets you have more than 100% life (the Japan ROM). Once you get to the boss, just go up and down on the screen from top to bottom. As you are passing by the enemy press and at the same time. You should be able to beat the enemy very easily this way and might not even get hit once. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idqd5Fg9F20&list=UUcKsq_XNiUZvkPJmZUFjxQw&index=1&feature=plcp]The Simpsons: Easier Than Arm Wrestling achievement - YouTube[/ame] http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/+3y9RA==.jpgFalling For Smithers 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Playing from stage 1, fall through the deck after Smithers. This is obtained in Stage 2. After defeating the giant balloon boss, you will fall through with Smithers and it will unlock. You cannot get this achievement if you start from Stage 2 (as in you play online in someone's game and start from 2). http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-t5WvQ==.jpgIt Tastes Like Burning 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Hurt Smithers with one of his own bombs. This is obtained in Stage 8. You fight Smithers at the start. He drops bombs from his coat. The black bombs you cannot pick up and explode very quickly. There will be blue bombs that do not explode. You can pick them up and throw them at him to get the achievement. There are several chances to get this achievement, as he will keep dropping them until defeated. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-z6uLg==.jpgDysfunctional Family 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Play in a 4-player match with three other people. This can be obtained in a local game with 4 controllers or online with 3 other people. If you have 4 controllers, press on all of them in a game and the achievement will unlock. You do not have to actually beat any levels. If you do not have 4 controllers, you will have to play this online with 3 others. You can be host or join someone. Check the achievement trading thread HERE to find other players. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-R+nmw==.jpgBongo's Angst 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Playing from stage 1, get Bongo to appear in 4 different levels. You must start the game from Stage 1. Bongo is a character that looks like a rabbit (a guy in a costume). As you play through the game, you will see trees that can be hit. They will give you life and once the tree is done dropping fruit, Bongo will pop out of the tree with a sign to tell you there is no more. Stage 1 - Downtown Tree: You will see this just as you are about to pass by the Fire Station. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd355/tygrt7/random/bongo1.jpg Stage 2 - Krustyland Tree: After defeating the tea cup enemies, you'll see this to the right (in front of the cages). http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd355/tygrt7/random/Bongo2.jpg Stage 5 - Springfield Butte Tree: You'll see a tree early on in the level after seeing the ape enemy that sort of resembles Homer. It has a bees nest on it. Hit the tree and try to avoid the bees. Once they fly away (or hurt you), then hit the tree more. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd355/tygrt7/random/Bongo3.jpg Stage 7 - Channel 6 Tree: When you get to the area with the ninja enemies, you will see the pink tree. After Bongo appears, you will get the achievement. There is another tree following just in case you missed the first. Only one of them has to be hit. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd355/tygrt7/random/Bongo4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger7 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-P9fCA==.jpgBattling Seizure Robots 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Playing from stage 1, defeat the battling robot. On Stage 7: Channel 6, you will fight a robot while playing the level. It's located at what looks like mars (on some type of planet). If you are playing on the harder difficulty you will have to face two of them. There is a chance that it will not unlock after defeating the robot(s). This is likely due to the game switching game modes while you are playing. Example: You are playing individual quarter mode and halfway through, you have players join. Now the game in a way, switches modes and it does not count as you "starting from stage 1". http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-9hLBg==.jpgHelper Monkey 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png While performing a Team Attack, damage 25 enemies. To perform a Team Attack, you must have 2 players. Have the two players stand next to each other and they will pair up. One player will control the team, but both players will get the damage/hit on the enemies. It is accumulative and can be obtained fairly quickly within a level. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-jizlQ==.jpgBest Score Ever 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Earn 250 points (US) or 25,000 points (Japan) in a game. This will be obtained while going for everything else. For the (US) version, each defeated enemy is 1 point. If you start from stage 1 then you should get this achievement in Stage 4: Moe's Tavern when the band starts playing if playing on Expert difficulty. If playing on easier difficulties then you will get it eventually. It is said that (Japan) is quicker to get the points, but you have to beat the game on (US) version to even play (Japan). http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-YZeVA==.jpgRelease The Hounds 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Complete the game in 30 minutes or less. This would be best done on the easiest settings on freeplay mode. There will be far less enemies to defeat. The less you die the more time you save. To see how you are doing on time, press and go to Help & Options. Scroll down to Settings and go to Timer. Press so that is says "Show". Press to confirm and you should now have a timer on the bottom of the screen. The timer stops while the game is paused or during a cut-scene. It does not stop while waiting for certain events to happen, which could cost you the time that you needed. Though you can tackle this alone, it might be easier to play with others. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-6dX4Q==.jpgLike Taking Candy From a Baby 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Complete the game four times, once with each character. Beat the game in any mode with all 4 characters. You must play as Homer, Bart, Marge, and Lisa. This has to be done from the first to last stage. It can be done alone or with other players (online or co-op). http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/2219/-kevcg==.jpg"Excellent" 30 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png Complete the game on Expert difficulty in individual Quarters mode. Expert Difficulty is the hardest difficulty. In Quarters mode, you are limited on continues. For this mode you will have 10 continues with 3 lives each continue. This gives you 30 lives. After the Game Over screen, pressing will allow you to continue on but the progress towards the achievement will no longer count. You must do it within the given continues. An easy way to accomplish this achievement is multiplayer. As long as you aren't the one losing all continues, you will get the achievement. Have everyone else do most of the work. If the team is good enough, you can all get the achievement if you are about even with deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs000 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) For Helper Monkey, stand next to another character for a second without pressing anything and you'll pair up for a team attack. One person can control both characters at the same time so you can do this by yourself with a second controller. The best/easiest is Bart with Lisa or Homer with Marge. Bart+Lisa lets you run and clothesline enemies. Homer+Marge makes you into a ball and you can roll through enemies. Can be done by yourself or with a friend in a few minutes on the first stage. Edited February 4, 2012 by bs000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annalie Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 WTF man, i beat the game on individual quarters mode twice on expert and still no damn achievement. what is going on? i even tried on the Japanese version. there is no reason for it not to have unlocked. i really dont feel like sitting through this shit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger7 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Did you do it within your 10 continues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filter x360a Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 WTF man, i beat the game on individual quarters mode twice on expert and still no damn achievement. what is going on? i even tried on the Japanese version. there is no reason for it not to have unlocked. i really dont feel like sitting through this shit again. Did you go through all 9 credits? I know I played through and used up all of my credits right the the last boss battle, but if you hit A, you get another 9 credits. If you finish the game on your second set of credits, you won't get the achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annalie Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Ugh! so that's why... yea i used all nine credits. its impossible to play this without using it all up. i like X-Men a whole lot more now.... seriously that achievement can fuck off cause im not going to waste anymore time. there goes my hopes for 200/200. adios.... Btw nice guide tyger. Edited February 4, 2012 by Annalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongebobRoundpants Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Does only 1 person have to reach the boss to achieve "Mr. Sparkle"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stray Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Does only 1 person have to reach the boss to achieve "Mr. Sparkle"? Yep, just did it recently with a partner offline before he lost his life and already got the 200 on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bum Commando Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 nice guide! any word on achievement difficulty yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger7 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 nice guide! any word on achievement difficulty yet? Well, hard to say so far. It is fairly difficult in my opinion for 2 achievements. It's one of those 1/10 for 10 achievements and 6/10 for the last 2 if not more. Can get lucky and get it in a few goes or can take tons of retrying. The guide is still in the early stages and most of it is just basic knowledge, so I'll try to keep at it until it gives the best routes for each achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponypo2001 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Well, hard to say so far. It is fairly difficult in my opinion for 2 achievements. It's one of those 1/10 for 10 achievements and 6/10 for the last 2 if not more. Can get lucky and get it in a few goes or can take tons of retrying. The guide is still in the early stages and most of it is just basic knowledge, so I'll try to keep at it until it gives the best routes for each achievement. Putting the difficulty rating on this one is going to be tough, I don't envy you. I personally would go with a 2-3, but this comes from someone who's played this a lot in the past (though I still suck at it). However, many people are really struggling with the 2 tougher achievements so on the wider scale that will bump it up. Still think it would be an excellent idea to introduce the voting system here that PS3 trophies uses as this gives a fair gauge at what people who have completed it would rate the difficulty as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMushr00ms Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Does only 1 person have to reach the boss to achieve "Mr. Sparkle"? You have to be alive for it. you get no achievements dead. also to guide your Mr sparkle guide says x+y. its x+a. Edited February 4, 2012 by RyanMushr00ms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3M Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Tyger7, Me and my brother got all the achievements yesterday so if you want any tips let me know. By the way Best Score Ever is slightly buggy in two players, as we noticed only player one could get this achievement in a two player game. I was able to get it as player one, but my brother was unable to unlock it while I was signed into the xbox, he also had a custom control config that may also have caused problems, as with track and field and other konami download games. But in short he did the achievement three times while playing with me and it didn't unlock. In order for him to get it he had to log into the Xbox as the main account and do the achievement on his own before it unlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMushr00ms Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Tyger7, Me and my brother got all the achievements yesterday so if you want any tips let me know. By the way Best Score Ever is slightly buggy in two players, as we noticed only player one could get this achievement in a two player game. I was able to get it as player one, but my brother was unable to unlock it while I was signed into the xbox, he also had a custom control config that may also have caused problems, as with track and field and other konami download games. But in short he did the achievement three times while playing with me and it didn't unlock. In order for him to get it he had to log into the Xbox as the main account and do the achievement on his own before it unlocked. Or it could be that only the main host gets it when splitting the same xbox. cuz everyone got it when i played online no problem lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren870 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I created a video of all the Bongo locations in case someone wanted to see it in video form: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c384ijrEMok]The Simpsons Arcade - Bongo's Angst[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3M Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Or it could be that only the main host gets it when splitting the same xbox. cuz everyone got it when i played online no problem lol Doubt that as he was able to get all the other achievements playing with me and as mentioned above he tried it on his own while I was still signed in and couldn't get that one achievement. Edited February 4, 2012 by S3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMushr00ms Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Doubt that as he was able to get all the other achievements playing with me and as mentioned above he tried it on his own while I was still signed in and couldn't get that one achievement. Touche lol i don't know then? Maybe only host can get points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filter x360a Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Nice guide man, very to the point. I'm sure people will find this very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaSen Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Good work. I would say 4/10 difficulty though. I already have all achievs except the survival one in like three hours of play. Just completed expert alone, had 6 credits left after Burns... The enemies aren't that smart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofay Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Putting the difficulty rating on this one is going to be tough, I don't envy you. I personally would go with a 2-3, but this comes from someone who's played this a lot in the past (though I still suck at it). However, many people are really struggling with the 2 tougher achievements so on the wider scale that will bump it up. Still think it would be an excellent idea to introduce the voting system here that PS3 trophies uses as this gives a fair gauge at what people who have completed it would rate the difficulty as. It's a 1-2 except for the expert play thru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearless feedle Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 want to add a few notes: It tastes like burning: Smithers will not throw the bombs on easy. If you play that level and select it on expert he will drop almost 3-4 bombs every toss and makes it extremely easy. The bombs on the ground you can pick up are a light white blue colour. tag team moves: marge with anyone rocks. Homer with marge is his only best tag attack. For some reason the ones with the him & the kids are horrid. Homers tag teams: Marge love roll Lisa piggy back whip bart piggy back skateboard Marge tag teams: Homer love roll Bart kid toss Lisa Kid toss Lisa & Bart tag teams Hold hands Scream and yell Same as with marge or homer Marge vs homer- good bart vs lisa- best marge vs lisa or bart - great vs bosses Doesnt matter who is the initial tag team move walker or stander they are all the same move. Also theres a few odd moves like in tmnt when you delay the jump then attack in air. Also if your sick of people joining play it on private match since a lot of people will join then quit and waste your quarters! In comparision to tmnt Homer- Raph Bart-Leo Lisa- mike Marge- don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastx Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It tastes like burning: Smithers will not throw the bombs on easy. If you play that level and select it on expert he will drop almost 3-4 bombs every toss and makes it extremely easy. The bombs on the ground you can pick up are a light white blue colour. That's not correct. I got it on Easy on my first playthrough and my friends got it on Easy on the Japanese ROM on our second playthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearless feedle Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 sorry i tested this last night it he will throw them on easy. Its when you have 4 players or something to do with multi he won't do it. Also got the hardest difficulty with quarters acheivement. Play it online and don't waste your 9 continues but the other players can continue all they want to help you get it. It works to make this easier! 250 can be done solo on easy/free play and kill the ninjas spawning on the kabuki boss. 30 mins play on solo and put timer on and do special attack on all the small enemies or play 2p and do bart lisa or marge homer tag moves each level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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