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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a video game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in October 1989 and 1990, loosely based on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. It was developed by Rare and published…
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a platform developed by Rare, released 1 October 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System.
What A Nightmare on Elm Street is
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a platform game developed by Rare and released in 1990. It was published by LJN. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in the neighborhood of Elm Street and is played from a side-scrolling perspective. The game's environment is inhabited by hostile characters (such as zombies, cats, dogs, skeletons, bats and minotaurs) that will attack the player character. Being attacked a certain number of times will cause the player to lose a life. Because the game takes place around midnight, certain areas are initially locked off from the player and require a key to be collected for later access. Within the individual buildings, the player must collect the bones scattered throughout the level before being able to leave. When all the bones are collected, a boss battle with Freddy will commence…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series
A Nightmare on Elm Street is the first of 2 entries we hold in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The next entry was Dead by Daylight: A Nightmare on Elm Street in 2017.
See all 2 A Nightmare on Elm Street games in release order →
Official trailer
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