When did Virtual Bart release?

Virtual Bart was first released on September 26, 1994.

Virtual Bart

Sep 26, 1994PlatformPuzzleSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Virtual Bart — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Virtual Bart on?: Virtual Bart was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
When did Virtual Bart release?: Virtual Bart was first released on September 26, 1994.

About Virtual Bart

Bart's reality goes virtual when he is strapped into Martin Prince's Virtual Reality experiment at the elementary school science fair. Each virtual reality program represents a stage in the game that Bart must play through in order to escape the machine before the programs crash. The game consists of three side-scrolling platform stages and three stages that take place from a rear view. Bart assumes the roles of a pig, dinosaur, and baby for the platform stages. He tosses tomatoes and eggs, slides down a water slide, and drives a motorcycle in a post-apocalyptic Springfield for the three remaining stages. They are all accessed by chance via a wheel-of-misfortune.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Developer: Sculptured Software
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction, Comedy
Series: The Simpsons

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

55/100

from 16 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1994	$20	$61	$281	3 reviews	Medium

Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$20

Complete

$61

Sealed

$281

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$64	$152	—
Japanese release	$375	$1,782	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $9.99 in Oct 2007, $20 five years ago, and $19.99 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$13.29	—
Jan 2009	$5.89	—
Jan 2010	$7.98	—
Jan 2011	$7.00	—
Jan 2012	$8.36	—
Jan 2013	$8.99	—
Jan 2014	$8.99	$16.50
Jan 2015	$9.95	$19.95
Jan 2016	$12.99	$11.50
Jan 2017	$12.00	$18.74
Jan 2018	$16.99	$21
Jan 2019	$11.12	$27
Jan 2020	$13.98	$28
Jan 2021	$17.49	$35
Jan 2022	$22	$47
Jan 2023	$23	$54
Jan 2024	$19.48	$43
Jan 2025	$18.54	$45
Jan 2026	$21	$45
Oct 2026	$19.99	$61

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Barcode
North America	October 1994	021481610014
Europe / PAL	1994	—
Japan	31 December 1995	—

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU+JP
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A Simpsons minigame collection that Game Players disliked, with European and Japanese carts that cost far more than the US one.

Virtual Bart is a Simpsons game from Sculptured Software, published by Acclaim, in which Millhouse straps Bart into a virtual reality machine and sends him through a series of minigames. It reached North America in October 1994 and Europe in 1994, and was one of the last games released for the system in Japan, on 31 December 1995. It is the last Simpsons game released for the Genesis.

Game Players was harsh, calling the graphics substandard and saying the game was not much good. GamePro, reviewing the Genesis version, called it virtually identical to the Super NES original.

What the press said at the time

Hyper		60%
M! Games		67%
GamePro		16/20

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Genesis version.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Genesis version reached North America and Europe around the same time as the Super NES one, but did not appear in Japan until December 31, 1995, among the last titles released there.

GamePro called the Genesis port virtually identical to the Super NES original.

Also on other platforms

Super NES

Sculptured Software

Super NES. The Super NES version came first, in September 1994.

How the other versions reviewed

Super NES	Electronic Gaming Monthly	7/10, 5/10, 4/10, 4/10, 4/10
Super NES	Famitsu	6/10, 7/10, 7/10, 7/10
Super NES	M! Games	67%
Super NES	Total!	39/100
Super NES	GamePro	17/20
Super NES	Electronic Games	B+
Super NES	Super Gamer	78/100

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits above the middle. The European cart usually costs several times as much as the US one, and the Japanese cart usually costs vastly more and has a different cartridge shape. At those prices ask for a photo of the board and check the shell: a Western Genesis cart has no notch.