Archive EntryPreservation Record
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Shelf markLIB-0039
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2003Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- The Simpsons: Hit & Run
- Release
- 2003 (North America)
- Developer
- Radical Entertainment
- Publisher
- Vivendi Universal Games
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
- Region
- NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-20624
- Medium
- Pressed optical disc · PlayStation 2 retail edition
- Subjects
- Open World · Licensed Action · The Simpsons · Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
- Condition Report
- Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
- Acquisition
- Private acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 4, 2026
Curator Notes
The Simpsons: Hit & Run is the licensed open-world title that still circulates as a reference point for early-2000s console adaptation of television properties — Radical Entertainment’s Springfield as a driveable, mission-structured town rather than a pure platform stage. Vivendi Universal Games published the North American PlayStation 2 edition (SLUS-20624) in September 2003.
The shelf keeps the optical object because licensed games of this period are easy to treat as disposable. Custody here is deliberate: the pressed disc and keep-case are the form in which the work reached NTSC-U retail, not a later compilation or storefront listing.
This filing does not invent a broader Simpsons series map. It records one complete retail edition so the PlayStation 2 collection’s licensed action holdings are not only horror and RPG.
Collection Documentation
Acquired in August 2026 while expanding the PlayStation 2 physical shelf.
The retained copy is the North American PlayStation 2 edition published by Vivendi Universal Games (SLUS-20624). It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept as the reference copy for this filing.
Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
- Original Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2 · NTSC-U/C
- Playback Compatibility
- Pressed for North American PlayStation 2 consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
- Preservation Concerns
- Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
- Edition History
- Multiplatform North American release in September 2003; PlayStation 2 serial SLUS-20624. Contemporary Xbox, GameCube, and PC editions are neighboring objects and are not this filing.
- Access Status
- The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. No current digital edition replaces this North American reference copy.
Connections
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.
Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Curator Notes entered
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0039.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the public shelf