The opening cutscene played: the telescopic eye at the Springfield Observatory spotting a purple, gelatinous blob descending toward the town. Professor Frink’s garbled warning. Homer grunting. Marge gasping. And then, Bart’s sprite appeared in the middle of Springfield, wearing his red shirt, blue shorts, and a look of perpetual mischief.
He pressed Start.
Leo sat in the dark for a long time, breathing hard. After ten minutes, he plugged the laptop back in and booted it up. The desktop appeared normally. The emulator folder was gone. The downloaded ROM was gone. Even the browser history from that night had been wiped clean. Download The Simpsons- Bart vs. the Space Mutants
He didn’t press a key. He didn’t close the laptop. He did the only thing he could think of: he reached behind his computer and unplugged it from the wall. The opening cutscene played: the telescopic eye at
Leo laughed nervously. “Cute. Homebrew hack.” He turned Bart around anyway. Marge gasping