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System:
Nintendo NES
Publisher:
LJN
Developer:
Rare

Year:
1990
Players: 1-4
Country Origin: US
ESRB: E

Game Genre:
Action
Game Perspective:
Side-Scrolling
Genre Sport:
Horror
Genre Non-Sport:
Horror
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A Nightmare On Elm Street (NES) - Nintendo NES

A Nightmare On Elm Street is an Action game developed by Rare, Ltd. and published by LJN, Ltd. in 1990 for the Nintendo NES.

A Nightmare On Elm Street

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Rating: 7.4 (83 votes)

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Box Description

Something frightening has been happening on Elm Street lately. It seems that with each waking day another grussome discovery is made... another neighborhood teen has mysteriously passed away into the dark stillness of the night. Everyone says it's "natural causes," but it seems as if something (or someone) has been picking them off one by one in their sleep. It's a horrible nightmare come true... and this nightmare has a name: Freddy Krueger.�
It's up to you and your remaining friends to search Elm Street for his bones, which have been scattered about then collect and burn them in the High School furnace. If you can just stay awake long enough, you might be able to end Freddy's� reign of terror for good. You had better hurry though, it's getting late and you can feel your eyelids getting heavier and heavier by the minute.

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by Jordanv78 (5/5)
Level : Graveyard boss
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by Deleted Account 199085 (5/5)
Level 5: Never seen that in the movie
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by Jordanv78 (4.18/5)
What were they thinking?!?!
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by Deleted Account 199085 (4.14/5)
Battle : A giant hand appears!
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
by mgharper94 (3.5/5)
finally a 4 player netplay game
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
by mgharper94 (3.4/5)
blue girl: what r u guys looking at?
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
by mgharper94 (3.2/5)
NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
by mgharper94 (3/5)
3 player netplay(sort of)
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by Jordanv78 (3/5)
Level : Graveyard Boss
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Level : Eep! Graveyard Level.

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Featured Review

A Nightmare On Elm Street Review by: Marcmoney - 7.8/10

Nightmare on Elm Street Review
Overall - 7.8

Nightmare on Elm Street was a great movie for the past decade.  It was very good, but on this game, it is slightly bad for the NES.  This game has 4-players in the game, which is pretty cool when you want to play with a bunch of friends.  There are some bad things about this game and some that are just weird. :S

Graphics - 8

The graphics are very good.  The part where it says "Freddy's Coming" makes it look scary. :) I really liked that because it was a scary wording.  What was weird in the game is that when you fall asleep, you can change into yourself that has a weapon, but the weirdest thing about it is your clothings.  It looks like you are wearing a tank top and panties.  Freaking disgusting, but his moves are better than his original self.

Sound - 8

The sound is good too.  The background sound is okay, the scary song that plays when Freddy appears is pretty cool.

Addictiveness - 7

I would play this often because like I said, it is a 4-player game and that you have a lot of lives in the game.  What I did find out was that there is a limit in how much you die.  I think you get like 5 continues and in those continues is 5 lives, so that is about 25 lives you have in the game.

Story - N/A

I could not find the story in the game, but in the game play, you are a person that is trying to stop Freddy and you have to go in houses and get bones to be able to fall asleep (sounds pretty stupid).  When you fall asleep, you go to the end of the level in the house to verse him, then his hand, then his other hand, I do not know what comes after that because I got a game over.

Depth - 7

The game has basic features.  When I said that a screen pops up saying "Freddy's Coming" it is like they took it from the game Castlevania II - Simon's Quest when it changes the day and night by a dialog box and stops your game for a few seconds.  Other than that, the controls are just related to other NES games.

Difficulty - 6

The game is kind of hard.  What I hated the most was that there was too many enemies in some of the levels.  The most annoying thing is in one of the levels, the bats can poop on you (I don't know what they drop), which is annoying cause I was trying to get a bone and I couldn't because the stupid bat kept dropping doo doo bombs on me. :S

Wrap Things Up...

Nightmare on Elm Street was one of those games that was made because of how popular the movie was.  I recommend trying this game, it is not that bad of a game, but is worth it if you are a fan of Freddy Kruger (might have misspelled that).  Also, watch some of his movies, they are very good. :)

  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 7   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

A Nightmare On Elm Street Game Description

LJN's NES version of the classic horror series casts the player as a teen searching the houses on Elm Street for Freddy Krueger's bones. Once they are all collected, they must be thrown into the high school furnace to destroy Freddy once and for all (a plot similar to 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors).

Nightmare has two worlds. In the red-tinted "real world," players fight snakes and spiders while navigating standard platform challenges. The players here have a "sleep meter" that depletes with every hit taken. If the player's sleep meter drops to empty, the game transitions into the blue-tinted "dream world," where enemies take on the appearance of skeletons and ghosts. An invisible timer also starts, counting down until Freddy appears and forces the player into a brief boss battle. The sleep meter becomes a standard life gauge in the dream world, and deducts a life from the player if drained.

Players can find and collect three different icons in the dream world to become "Dream Warriors" with special powers and projectile attacks - both of which give a significant edge when fighting Freddy. Collecting all the bones in a level takes the player to a final level boss, usually taking the form of a monster with Freddy's face or trademark razor glove. Players move back and forth down Elm Street, and a new house opens up as the previous one is cleared.

A Nightmare On Elm Street Reviews

Overall 7.4    Graphics 7.9    Sound 7.9    Addictive 6.1    Story 8.5    Depth 6.4    Difficulty 6.6


7.8
Nightmare on Elm Street Review   Marcmoney
Overall - 7.8 Nightmare on Elm Street was a great movie for the past decade.  It was very go...
  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 7   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 4.8/5     Submitted: 08-17-11     Review Replies: 3

3.8
Oh its a nightmare alright...   TetraDigm
Graphics: For being an NES game the graphics are actually rather good. The game has a nice dark atmo...
  Graphics 6   Sound 6   Addictive 2   Depth 1   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 05-30-13     Review Replies: 1

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LJN doesn't always make bad games   NovemberJoy
Quite a few people watched A Nightmare on Elm Street, and liked it. How else did it spawn so many se...
  Graphics 7   Sound 7   Addictive 6   Depth 7   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 4.3/5     Submitted: 09-09-12     Review Replies: 4

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Nice Graphics!   DannyMyers1978
This is a great game and have really movies against the one that is based on which is like the 4th m...
  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 08-18-12     Review Replies: 3

9.6
A Nightmare On Elm Street   ZacharyPiskura
The Nightmare On Elm Street movies are one of my favorite horror movie franchises, and the game is a...
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 6   Story 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.8/5     Submitted: 08-10-11     Review Replies: 2

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Game Genie Codes

SUELSUVS Infinite lives
PAUVEZLA 1 continue
TAUVEZLA 6 continues
PAUVEZLE 9 continues
AESSLAEA Don't lose 'zzz' when hit
AAXOLAPA Don't lose 'zzz' when standing still
ZAXOLAPA Lose 'zzz' quicker
IEULIGLA Mega-jumping teenagers

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Comments for A Nightmare On Elm Street

Stevenpavelish1.. 06-17-16 - 04:34 PM
 The title screen is scary!
Jordanv78 03-29-15 - 12:49 PM
 Once you know where to go and realize that you don't have to fight every enemy, you will do a lot better in this game.
cafeman55 07-10-13 - 06:09 PM
 other then not knowing where to go its an ok game the dream tokens are sweet
crimdog3 05-29-13 - 06:48 PM
 how do play together
Jordanv78 05-20-13 - 02:42 PM
 Yeah this game is only fun when you are playing 3+ players.
guillaume64 12-05-12 - 11:50 AM
 i guess if you touch enemy i guess 4 hits
thegamingpromas.. 09-09-12 - 09:15 PM
 Why do they call it mature I do not see bad stuff
thegamingpromas.. 09-09-12 - 09:03 PM
 Why do they call it mature
Deleted Account.. 08-09-12 - 12:15 AM
 This game is super funny and difficult. Only thing I like is it's 4 players.
rlv006 06-06-12 - 10:56 PM
 it works, bad game.
ccdm12 05-10-12 - 01:08 AM
 i cant go in any door ive tried 3 times
Metalsnake 05-08-12 - 02:38 AM
 i walked all the way to the junk yard i cant goin, how do i?
alahndangerous 03-27-12 - 07:02 PM
 I agree w/ you Jordanv78
alahndangerous 03-27-12 - 02:28 PM
 This gam isn't that bad
chris66 12-05-11 - 08:24 PM
 this game is terrible
Jordanv78 09-28-11 - 11:35 PM
 why does this game have "mature" slapped all over it in bold red? There's nothing in here that's overly violent or inappropriate
ZacharyPiskura 08-04-11 - 01:47 PM
 i think this game is fun and a great thing i do when im bored. i suggest anyone who likes the movies should give this game a try
robbmann 04-03-11 - 01:26 PM
 never mind i figured it out
robbmann 04-02-11 - 06:48 PM
 how come you cant go through the doors?
Panache 11-26-10 - 06:50 AM
 This game is a nightmare! it's impossible to go into doors...
yankeefan10 10-13-10 - 05:30 PM
 one. two freddy's coming for you
flo15028 07-30-10 - 06:31 PM
 eleven twelve you're going to helve... HELVE= HELL+ VE
Bryboy321 06-23-10 - 08:14 PM
 nine ten never sleep again
abg2197 05-25-10 - 09:30 PM
 I think avgn was very hard on this game, nes games don't have to make sense, they just have to be fun to play, so I like it. :)
Lagslayer 05-21-10 - 10:02 PM
 Needs to let you know which door you can go in and when. Directional confusion aside, it's at least playable.

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