The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a platform game based on the characters and settings from the movie (which, in turn, is based on the famous 1960's television series, which in turn is based on Charles Addams cartoon of…
The Addams Family is a platform developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1992 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What The Addams Family is
The Addams Family is a platform game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1992. It was published by Erbe Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Addams Family's lawyer, Tully Alford, has taken control of their Gothic mansion and imprisoned Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny and Uncle Fester. The player controls Gomez Addams as he explores the various rooms in the mansion, locating items and battling monsters, until he has located all of the lost family members. The game has an almost completely open-world format, unusual for games of this era, which gives players the freedom to choose what order they will save the family members in. However, Gomez cannot save Morticia until the rest of the family is rescued.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Addams Family series
The Addams Family is the sixth of 19 entries we hold in the The Addams Family series. The next entry was The Addams Family in 1992.
What it launched against
The Addams Family launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.
Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Parents
Quick answers
The Addams Family — frequently asked questions
When did The Addams Family come out?
If you like this
