In the first stage of the game, Bart and the other children play capture the flag in a forest, as part of the camp's morning activity.

Bart is harassed by camp counselors and bullies Blindside Bill and Rebound Rodney, and must make his way through nests of angry bees and other obstacles.

The second stage takes place during lunch break at the mess hall, where the counselors throw knives and forks at Bart.

While playing, Bart must avoid counselors, bullies, killer hornets and traps set out for the escaped Madman Mort.

Together, they find and flip a switch at the station that shuts off the power at Camp Deadly and puts an end to their stay there.

Milehigh" before its name was changed to make it more fitting in the final version (as well as the preceding dialogue between Bart and Lisa on how to escape Camp Deadly).

The game was released in Japan under the name Bart's Survival Camp (バートのサバイバルキャンプ, Bāto no Sabaibaru Kyanpu) on February 26, 1993.

During the game you come across bullies, camp counselors and even a few wild animals, battling them with spitballs, a boomerang and, in the lunchroom level, food.

GamePro gave the game an average review, writing, "With just three lives and no continues, The Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly [sic] is a tough nut to crack.

He wrote: "Camp Deadly drops the limited adventure elements of Bart Vs. the Space Mutants in exchange for some much simpler platforming with vastly improved controls [...].

Here we see a common problem with Game Boy titles: the developers were clearly designing Camp Deadly with a big-screen mindset.