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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street (XSX) game cover art
Platform: NES
Tags: Action, Platformer
Developer: Rare

Publisher
Region
Released
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10/??/1990

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Reader Reviews

A Nightmare on Elm Street review

Reviewed October 26, 2011

JoeTheDestroyer says: "The Elm Street license, however, won't distract most gamers from noticing that this an unremarkable platformer. This is not to say it's unplayable. The mechanics, apart from entering buildings, are stable and functional; the platforming scenarios are passable; and the overall product is still far greater than many others that carry the LJN name."
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A Nightmare on Elm Street review

Reviewed November 01, 2003

psychopenguin says: "Anyone who knows me knows I put two movie series above all others: Predator and Terminator. But everyone also knows that I love the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and still consider the original to be one of the finest movies ever made. It had everything needed to be an effective horror movie, along with the most effective villian and plot ever assembled for a video game. The idea of an evil child murderer getting revenge for the people that killed him by haunting their kids while they sleep is..."
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A Nightmare on Elm Street review

Reviewed December 18, 2003

shinnokxz says: "Don't deny it! You were afraid of Freddy Kruger. You know, the guy who was killed by his neighbors because he murdered their children... or something like that. Well, he comes back to haunt the remaining neighbors by entering their dreams and killing them there. Of course, the drawback to this is that they would parish altogether, asleep or not. "
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