A Nightmare on Elm Street (video game)

A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Developer(s)	Rare
Publisher(s)	LJN
Composer(s)	David Wise

Nightmare On Elm Street is a video game for use on the Nintendo Entertainment System and loosely based on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. It was developed by UK-based video game company Rare and published created by LJN.

Gameplay

The game can be played by up to four players, either using the NES Satellite or NES Four Score.

The game is a side-scrolling platform game in which the player fights his way through different parts of Elm Street (houses, junk yard, etc.). You fight enemies such as snakes and bats outside of houses and ghosts and other creatures inside.

The game consists of a sleep meter that goes down slowly as the player progresses through the level, or if the player stands still. The sleep meter also goes down when the player takes damage ^[1]. When your sleep meter runs out, you fall asleep and the screen colors change to darker colors and the enemies change and become harder to defeat. Scattered throughout the game there are dream tokens that allow the player to change in dream characters with special abilities ^[2]. You can boost your sleep meter by getting cups of coffee scattered throughout buildings and wake up by finding a boombox.

Through out the levels, you collect Freddy Krueger's bones to throw into a furnace at the end, and before beating each level, you must face a boss, which is a different part of Freddie's body, such as his glove or his head. Bosses include a giant Freddy glove with a long chain arm, A chomping Freddy head on a long chain neck, a floating Freddy hand and head, a bat with a vampire head, a ghost with a Freddy head, and Freddy Kruger himself. Defeated bosses leave behind a key. Touch it and your transported back onto Elm Street ^[3]

Controls

Controls vary between the teenager character and the dream characters in the game. For example, one of the dream character has the ability to shoot projectiles and perform a higher jump ^[4].

Teenager: Control Pad - (Left/Right) Move character, Control Pad - (Up) Enter buildings, Control Pad - (Down) Duck, A Button - Jump, B Button - Punch, Select - N/A, Start - Pause

References

1. ^ Rolfe, James. "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Cinemassacre. http://cinemassacre.com/2006/10/31/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2/. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
2. ^ Rolfe, James. "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Cinemassacre. http://cinemassacre.com/2006/10/31/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2/. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
3. ^ Cohen, D.S.. "A Nightmare on Elm Street - Freddy's NES Nightmare". About.com. http://classicgames.about.com/od/consoleandhandheldgames/fr/A-Nightmare-On-Elm-Street-Freddys-Nes-Nightmare.htm. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
4. ^ Rolfe, James. "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Cinemassacre. http://cinemassacre.com/2006/10/31/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2/. Retrieved 19 November 2011.