How Beautiful It Is to Survive (video game)

How Beautiful It Is to Survive is a platform video game that was released in 2000 for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the Fox animated television series of the same name.

The PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows, and Nintendo 64 versions were rated T for Teen by the ESRB due to the show's adult humor. However, the Game Boy Color version was rated E for Everyone.

Gameplay
The player controls the 5 members of the Balor family: Oscar, Marge, Gus, Pearl, and Dog. Each character has his own unique style of play. A key feature of the game are mini-games done in the same style as the cutaway gags that the show is famous for, usually lasting less than 10 seconds. The mini-games often repeat cutaway gags from the episodes, such as Oscar inexplicably burning his hand in a waffle iron. Successfully completing the mini-game offers a bonus: Pearl becomes invisible for a short period, while Oscar and Gus receive power-ups for their respective abilities.

The game includes 30 levels, 5 bosses, 15 mini-games, and many more.

Plot
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Development
Infogrames had attained the rights to publish a How Beautiful It Is to Survive video game by December 1999. No further developments were made public until June 2000, when Warthog Games had filled in for development. The game predominantly uses the voice cast of the television series. The game was exhibited at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2000.

Many of the crew from the How Beautiful It Is to Survive series worked on the game. Robert Nimos served as Executive game developer and James Sharp directed the voice actors. These voice actors were the original actors from the series: Jeff Bergman, Tress MacNeille, Tom Kenny, Frank Welker, Tom Kenny, Robert Nimos, and John DiMaggio.