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The Addams Family is a platform game distributed by Ocean Software in 1992 for Mega Drive, SNES, Amiga and Atari ST, and later on numerous other platforms including NES, Game Gear, Game Boy, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
The title is inspired by the movie The Addams Family; The characters are faithful to their film counterparts also physically.
Plot[]
The game follows Gomez Addams' journey, aiming to rescue members of his family who were kidnapped (except Lurch and Hand) and hidden in his maze, filled with traps and secret passages.
Gameplay[]
Each box with a 'A' for 'Addams' painted, Gomez will receive advice to continue. Gomez, like Mario, just jumps on enemies to eliminate them, and can also grab and throw objects against them.
By advancing into the game, the player will receive passwords to restart the game where he came.
Reception[]
The most common claim about The Addams Family was that it was good in terms of gameplay, graphics and sound, but offered nothing special or original to the platform genre. Total! journalist Andy, reviewing the NES version, opined that even considering it was a typical platformer, it was disappointing for a Ocean game given the standard set by their NES adaptation of Hook. Reviews of the Mega Drive port published in 1994, such as those from Computer and Video Games and Hyper, found it especially out-of-date given the amount of more innovative platformers already in existence, such as James Pond 3 (1993) and the Sonic games. Ed Ricketts, in addition to viewing the game as "slick, bland, well-programmed, large, not too difficult", and a "decent effort", was bothered by its poor utilization of the Addams Family license, finding the sprites and special mannerisms of the Addams characters only bearing a slight resemblance.
External links[]
- The Addams Family at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Addams Family at GameFAQs
- The Addams Family at MobyGames
| The Addams Family video game | |
|---|---|
| Main series | Fester's Quest • The Addams Family • Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt • Addams Family Values The New Addams Family • Mansion Mayhem |
| Related | Sunsoft • Ocean Software • Nintendo VS. System |