# The Simpsons: Hit & Run: an Android port with native touch controls

> The Simpsons: Hit & Run Android adapts an earlier Switch and PS Vita port of the game for Android. It adds native touch controls and an in-game control-layout editor, supports external controllers, and loads assets supplied from the player's PC copy.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Carlox33/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run-Android>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Carlox33/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run-Android/blob/7f6df5fe273cc61f6de98aca1dbd4dd10f97c5d7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/simpsons-hit-and-run-android-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Android 7.0 or later and the player's own backup of the PC game assets are required.
- **Limits:** The author notes that minor bugs or unexpected behavior may remain.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Carlox33/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run-Android/blob/7f6df5fe273cc61f6de98aca1dbd4dd10f97c5d7/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Carlox33/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run-Android/blob/7f6df5fe273cc61f6de98aca1dbd4dd10f97c5d7/INSTALLATION.md>

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