A Nightmare on Elm Street (Nintendo, 1990)

Up to four players (using an add-on) control characters who jump and punch their way through Elm Street locations as they collect the bones of Freddy Krueger to place them in a furnace and end his reign of terror. Each character can withstand only four hits from opponents before losing a life. With four players two of the characters appear as females.

An on-screen meter slowly diminishes (more quickly when sustaining damage), representing how close a particular character is to falling asleep. Obtaining cups of coffee within the game restores characters' sleep bar. When any character's sleep bar empties, all the players are transported to the dream world, where enemies take on new appearances and are more difficult to defeat. In the dream world, coffee cups are replaced with radios, which return the characters to the normal world and difficulty.

Also in the dream world, icons appear that, once collected, permit transformation into one of three "Dream Warriors". Each warrior has a ranged attack and improved movement: ninja (throwing stars, jump kick), acrobat (javelins, somersault), and magician (fireballs, hovering). These roles are available to all players, but only usable in the dream world. If a character remains asleep too long, the film's theme song plays and a combative encounter with Freddy ensues.

Upon collecting all the bones in a level, the player is automatically put in the dream world and battles Freddy, who takes on a special form similar to those presented in the films. The final level is set at Elm Street High School as players navigate to the boiler room to burn Freddy's bones. Here one final battle with Freddy Krueger occurs.

This game is one of the few four player simultaneous games for the NES, that is the reason I had this one. It was one of the best of this genre!

A Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES is a classic game that is just down right fun to play. It is one of only a handful of FOUR player games that was released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. This game sucks you right in from the beginning and if you are a true gamer, you will play straight through to the end; that is if you can make it. If you have the Nintendo Four Score adaptor, you, and up to three of your friends can experience a night of fun battling Freddy and making it through your worst dreams. I give this game a 9.5 out of 10.

Nightmare on Elm.Street is afavorite game of mine. Throwing arrows, the high jumps the boombox that wakes you from the dream world.It's also inventive what enemies you come across and the boss battles are classic.This game is one of my personal favorites.