A Nightmare on Elm Street (NES) Playthrough

A playthrough of LJN’s 1990 license-based action game for the NES, A Nightmare on Elm Street. A Nightmare on Elm Street, developed by Rare and released a year after A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child’s theatrical debut, was one of just two video games to ever be based on New Line Cinema’s popular slasher series. Freddy Krueger, a child molester who was burned to death by the parents of his victims, has once again returned from beyond the grave to haunt the dreams of a group of local teenagers. This NES platformer places you (and up to three friends if played with a multitap) in the shoes of one of these teens who have decided to fight back. You explore several places along Elm Street - three random houses, a junk yard, a cemetery, and Freddy’s own dilapidated abode - with the goal of gathering up all of Freddy’s bones and burning them in the high school’s furnace. In each location, you’ll search for the bones as you fight through throngs of s