On condition that it was one of the common reveals on TV again in its prime, it’s not shocking there have been quite a lot of online game variations of The Simpsons.

Some have been lower than impactful, whereas others have been downright abysmal. Nonetheless, one which tends to get talked about (even nowadays) is Simpsons: Hit & Run, the collective of open world adventures of the titular yellow characters that parodied the likes of GTA.

Now, it’s made a comeback. Kind of. That’s to say that somebody has managed to remake Hit & Run totally in Unreal Engine 5. Taking a 12 months to finish, developer reubs has now lastly managed to do a full recreation from scratch of the enduring 2003 Simpsons sport.

Not for public consumption

Sadly, reubs says he received’t be making his UE5 model out there for all to play, stating clearly that this isn’t a downloadable mod. Nonetheless, we do get to see the primary 30-minutes of this unofficial remake.

There’s loads of content material that the developer goes by means of, displaying us the brand new graphics (with paintings finished by technical artist korylonplay) and the brand new cutscenes. It nonetheless has that Simpsons: Hit & Run attraction that Radical Leisure gave us 20 years in the past. It simply appears to be like extra up-to-date.

For many who bear in mind taking part in the unique, it’s somewhat journey down reminiscence lane. Okay, so we will’t play it, which sort of sucks, however you possibly can think about the litigation that must be traversed to get a remake authorized by Disney (which now owns the franchise).

Simpsons author and joint showrunner Matt Selman has expressed curiosity in seeing the sport get remade, however describes the “sophisticated company octopus to attempt to make that occur.” On condition that, reubs’ proof-of-concept might be the closest we’ll ever get to a contemporary tackle Hit & Run.