{"id":259898,"date":"2026-05-27T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/the-best-simpsons-game-just-got-unofficially-ported-to-android\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:55:27","slug":"the-best-simpsons-game-just-got-unofficially-ported-to-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/the-best-simpsons-game-just-got-unofficially-ported-to-android\/","title":{"rendered":"The best Simpsons game just got (unofficially) ported to Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-unofficial-port-3671580\/\">The best Simpsons game just got (unofficially) ported to Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-unofficial-port-3671580\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-unofficial-port-3671580\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 10:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Akshay Gangwar \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A developer managed to port The Simpsons: Hit &#038; Run for Android devices.<\/li>\n<li>The port requires the original game files and runs surprisingly well.<\/li>\n<li>It currently requires a controller to play, but touch controls could be added soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of The Simpsons, you might remember a certain PC game that was often called the best Simpsons game of all time. Yes, I\u2019m talking about The Simpsons: Hit &#038; Run. While it\u2019s no longer available to buy, if you still have the itch to drive around Springfield, you can now do so on your Android device.<\/p>\n<p>A developer who goes by the name Carlox33 on GitHub has uploaded a fully working Android port of the game for anyone to install and play. However, it does require the original game files, which means you\u2019ll need the original CD and a computer to access your Android phone\u2019s \u201cdata\u201d folder \u2014 because that\u2019s where you need to paste the game\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You will also need an external controller to play, because there are no touch controls yet. However, the developer said they\u2019re working on adding touch controls soon as well.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you can connect a PlayStation or Xbox controller to your Android phone and start going around Springfield trying to solve all the weird, mysterious happenings around town.<\/p>\n<p>I tried it out on a vivo X300 FE, and it runs really well. Of course, it should run well on a phone as capable as that because the minimum requirements listed on the GitHub page are incredibly low. Pretty much any phone from the last several years should be able to run this port without any issues.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"the simpsons android port image 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"the simpsons android port image 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-1.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"the simpsons android port image 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"the simpsons android port image 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-android-port-image-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Playing this game after so many years was quite a nostalgic experience, and I quickly found myself completely engrossed. The developer has done a great job with this port, and I would recommend it to any Simpsons fans.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that might trip you up is copying all the original game assets to your Android phone&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-unofficial-port-3671580\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best Simpsons game just got (unofficially) ported to Android https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-unofficial-port-3671580\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-27 10:13:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-simpsons-hit-and-run-android-port-hero-image.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,117],"class_list":["post-259898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-vivo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259900,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259898\/revisions\/259900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}