The Addams Family

"This game is pretty good! Good enough to make Gomez have a goofy smile 24/7 at least."

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Synopsis: They're kooky and they're spooky, and the infamous scary family have their own platform game on the NES. Your Gomez, and you go throughout your house collecting items, money, and your family members, to save the house and the family from being evicted. You go through different rooms of the house dodging obstacles and enemies.
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Graphics: I wouldn't call them bad, but at the same time, considering this game came out later in the old Nintendo's life, and the graphics look like something you could literally draw on Paint, it's a bit on the downside. The graphics are good enough for a fun Nintendo game, albeit a tad bit cheesy.
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Play Control: You jump over things and that's about it. A normal platform game, with an Addams Family theme, where you dodge things. So it's not bad, but granted, it may be a bit tricky without some experience, due to a lot of dodging in the game.
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Game Design: I actually really liked it. It's not the most original game out there perhaps, but it's pretty enjoyable. You go through themed rooms like a furnace, crypt, ballroom, etc., with appropriate obstacles, in order to save somebody or get an item to solve a little puzzle. It's a fun concept and an enjoyable game.
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Satisfaction: I give it a thumbs up. Partially because of fun memories of playing it as a child, and how I cheated using save states, but I enjoyed it. If you know what your doing and don't die a whole bunch, I felt it was a fun little game to play.
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Sound: Now the music is not annoying at all, but there is only two or three songs in the entire game. Most of it is the classic Addams Family theme which, though repetitive, was fun sounding and went along with the game. The other music was more dungeon like, but I enjoyed that theme as well, it made the game more enjoyable and fun. So I wouldn't complain about the sound too much, not a big selection, but good for it's theme.
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Comments: Yes, the game is fun and I would recommend it, however you better know what your doing. If you don't want to die a million times, get some save states and a walkthrough, because you do die quite easily and you have to do things in a certain order which may take awhile to figure out. But for it's time, if you played this game back when it came out without any help, it would provide a challenge and fun times. A good game.
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Ultimate Rating: 9/10
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Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 10/24/07

Game Release: The Addams Family (US, January 1992)