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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare of Elm Street is an action game based on the movie of the same name, where the player attempts to free friends from the grasp of the evil Freddy Krueger. Find a way into Freddy's house on Elm…

1 August 1989

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a video game developed by Westwood Associates, released 1 August 1989 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What A Nightmare on Elm Street is

A Nightmare on Elm Street was developed by Westwood Associates and released in 1989. It was published by Monarch Studios. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Nightmare of Elm Street is an action game based on the movie of the same name, where the player attempts to free friends from the grasp of the evil Freddy Krueger. Find a way into Freddy's house on Elm Street, enter the Nightmare World, and fight him with unique powers or die trying! Before the game begins, the player must first choose one of available five characters in an attempt to free Joey who, as informed by this selection screen, has been already been captured by Freddy. Spending too much time during this section will allow Freddy to capture random character, until all but one selectable character is left, so choose a character quickly! When a character is selected, all the other…
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How it plays

Its themes are action and horror.

Quick answers

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When did A Nightmare on Elm Street come out?
A Nightmare on Elm Street was released on 1 August 1989 for Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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