Overall 6.4 Graphics 7 Sound 7 Addictive 8.5 Story 4 Depth 4 Difficulty 6.5
7.6
He cooks, He cleans, He kicks some butt. RedHotToddy
Home alone, It was one of the greatest Christmas movies of 1991, So when I heard they were making a game for the Sega genesis game, I burst of excitement, Home alone and Sega coming together, It would be like bread and butter, I mean the movie had action, violence, humor, and everything else, So did they get all of that right? Let's go ahead and find out! This is Home alone for the Sega genesis.
Story-7/10
The story is the exact same thing as the movie, Kevin's parents are going on a Christmas vacation, But they have clearly forgotten one thing, KEVIN! So Kevin must survive in his house alone until his parents get back, but to make matters worse, these 2 thugs named Harry and marv are going around the neighborhood flooding all the houses! So It is up to Kevin to stop the bandits, save Christmas, and reunite with his parents.
Gameplay-7/10
In this action adventure game, you will take the role of Kevin, as you go around the neighborhood protecting all of the houses and stopping Harry and marv, there is a central hub in the game, and It is Kevin's neighborhood, but note that Kevin will have to get around the hood on a snow sled, because after all, It is wintertime! So there are 5 houses to protect in the game, and they are all unique, There is Kevin's house, a futuristic house, a columbial house with ghosts, etc. Before you enter each house, you must set booby traps around the house to stop the bandits, after that you must chill in the house until the bandits come, then this is where it gets serious, once they come there will be 3 meters on the screen, Ammo shows you how much ammo you have left in your BB gun, Pain shows how much pain you have caused to the bandits, and loot shows how much stuff they have stolen. Once the loot is all empty, the house is officaly done, and once all 5 houses are done, the game is officaly done. I really like the concept of this game, It feels so Home alone then usual! There are 2 difficulty levels, Easy and Expert, only difference is Easy has you surviving for 20 minutes, And expert has you surviving 40 minutes, well that is it for gameplay.
Graphics-7/10
This game was released in 1991, which is the exact same year the Genesis was first released, And to be honest, this game doesn't look as good as all the other genesis titles at the time such as Sonic the hedgehog, But you got to admit, They still did a pretty good job indeed! All levels you will be exploring are big, unique, and bursting with color. As for the character sprites, they look alright, considering this was a genesis game, All the characters look like thereselves, Like Kevin, the bandits, etc. I say, good job Sega! You perfectly brung the home alone universe perfectly to the 32-Bit universe!
Sound-7/10
Alright what do I think of the sound? In my opinion the sound isn't the greatest I have heard on the genesis, but It is still pretty darn good! All the songs that you will be hearing in each level fit the mood of them all perfectly. As for the sound effects, they are very and I say VERY quiet, but they are still noticeable, You get your basic booms, bangs, pistol shots, etc. But one problem though, some of the music can get repetitive, But It is ok.
Addictiveness-7/10
Is this a game I will platy again? Why of course! In fact, I still have the game on my shelf, Just waiting to be played, In fact, I am going to play it later now. Back when I was a kid, I actually really liked this game! It was way better then all other movie games at the time, you can't lie about that. I have completed this game 10 times by now! That's insane.
Depth-5/10
The game isn't that long, But it depends on what difficulty you play on, Easy has you surviving for 20 minutes, while Expert has you surving for 40 minutes. But to be honest, the game doesn't really award you anything much even after completing it on expert level, But the game still kept my busy for a while.
Difficulty-6/10
If you're an experienced gamer like me, Then the game shouldn't give you much trouble. This is one of the low points of the game, But If you want a really challenge, I suggest you try out the expert difficulty level, That should give you some challenge. Otherwise the game is just plain too easy! I am being honest when I say that.
Overall-7.6/10
So if you want a good movie game on the Sega genesis, I highly suggest you get this one! It has fun, challenge, action, and everything else that other movie games don't have. I gave this game a 7.6 because How much fun It is and everything It offers. So go ahead and buy this one now! You won't regret It my friend. This has been RedHotToddy, And I am signing out!
Graphics 7 Sound 7 Addictive 7 Story 7 Depth 5 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 4.8/5
Submitted: 07-27-13
Review Replies: 1
9.2
home alone 1 (sega) thenumberone
great game, good way to kill half an hour.
The game is based on the movie though with many significant differences. For one thing the movie all leads up to the kid you play ( kevin) defending his house from the 'wet bandits', so named because after theyre done robing the houses they flood them.
In the game, you dont really start with much clue as to how to play, you just have to go around, protecting the neighbours houses. Its christmas and theyre all on holiday, as are youre familly who accidentally left you behind.
The games made a great deal more difficult due to the fact you cant actually tell where the bandits will go next. You can follow them but they periodically go off the map to lick there wounds and stash there loot.
You get around the neighbourhood on your sledge (which i guess is rocketpowered since it goes along flat ground and up kurbs without having to stop.
You can find various weapons and components (which can be turned into weapons) by exploring houses and the general neighbour hood, as well as ammo for your weapons to be.
If you reach a house before the bandits you get an architects map (dont ask me how the kid got it ) and can stragetically place traps. Since this pauses the game a good tactic is to sled just in front of the bandits van until you know where theyre going, and then beat them to the door.
When you and the bandits are in the house there are 2 bars. Pain, and loot (if you have a weapon, an ammo bar too)
Basically, they rob little circular safes on walls all over the house (i guess the owners are all loaded then) and this gradualy fills the loots bars. Traps that you set, such as marbles, glue, toycars etc all drive the pain ratings up although the best method is to use the gnarly weapons. If you open up the combination menu you can make weapons from the various items you have gathered like glue guns and pepper guns.
You need to make the pain bar fill before the loot bar fills, manage this and you get a score and watch them running off. They will then disapear for a while before hitting the next house, the aim is to save as many as possible.
If you fail the house is flooded and you cant get back in.
When your ammo bar depletes you need to collect more ammo.
Obviously there have to be somethings to make it difficult. One is that if they catch you they stick you on a convenient reinforced wall hook and you need to mash the dpad to get down, during this time theyre happilly robbing away. this gets particularly annoying when you break free only to land in the arms of one of them as they walk by.
Aditionally, the houses have there own dangers.
One house has a spider which knocks you, and the bandits down, a robot that administers a nasty electric shock, a ghost that knocks you over, and 1 house has floor boards that give way making navigation hard (stupidly, falling to the floor below dosent actually stun you)
Graphics-7
Yeh, theyre nothing special, they werent groundbreaking nor where they terrible, they delivered more or less what you would expect from the platform.
The NP'cs reactions are pretty funny though, you should check that out to see for yourself.
Sound-7
Not bad actually, theres the intro music, a track for when youre on youre sled, and a unique one for each house, they actually (surprisingly) made the effort on that front. The tracks are decent too, suiting there atmosphere, an eerie one for the ghostly house, a futuristic one for the robot house, a fairely standard one for kevins house etc.
The weapons make alrigt noises too but the characters and the traps dont really make any noise which is dissapointing, there reactions are pretty funny though.
Addictiveness-10
Its just the kind of game you play occasionaly, not every day but its really not hard to end up playing 15 minutes every few days, its just an entertaining little game.
Story-1
Yeh, it falls flat here, the movies story was great, but like so many retro games based off movies, they just never even bothered including the story into the game
Depth-3
How long it takes technically depends on what difficulty you play it on, but really it wont last longer than about 15 minutes (because thats what the easy difficulty sets the timer at). When said timer expires the police arrive to pick up whats left of the bandits.
Difficulty-7
That realy depends, its not too difficult to get a reasonabe score on easy, bt its not a clear cut win ose game. I suppose if you wanted to save every house, that is pretty difficult, especially if you venture to the higher difficulties.
This game will nevr be alone, because in my mind at least, it joins the ranks of other greats on the shelf of legendary, a fun game and certainly, unique, i give it, 9.2
Graphics 7 Sound 7 Addictive 10 Story 1 Depth 3 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 04-06-11
Updated: 04-03-12
Review Replies: 0
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