It seems this game has a bad rep on this website.  Well, I'm here to tell you this game is very cool and incredibly addicting!  I feel in love with this game when I was in elementary school.  Know why?  Because there was no need to save your progress.  At a time when there was no way to save progress in most video games, this game was so refreshing because it was always over in 20 minutes...or less...  When you began the game you always knew what time you'd be done playing.  Mario Bros and TMN Turtles were other awesome games, but could take hours to complete without any saving option.

Yeah, the graphics aren't the best, but really are pretty decent compared to other NES games.  The sounds of the traps going off are like music to my ears   The music is catchy and will be stuck in your head long after you turn the game off.  There really is no story, I'm guessing that if you play the game you have seen the movie so you know the basic storyline.  You are Kevin the kid and you are running away from the robbers.  The depth of the game is decent because there are lots of ways to win/lose.  Granted the ending isn't that great if you can last the 20 minutes.  But this game can be a difficult thrill at times, especially when both robbers are chasing you and you only have 1 trap; you are frantically trying to get to the nearest trap to grab it and set it down quick!!  Will you get there before the robber grabs you?!!  That is the thrill of the game and anyone who is bashing this game must not have understood how to play it and how fun it is to strategize so that if you lose you can do better the next time you try.  I highly recommend this game for anyone who likes a heart-racing adventure...that will of course be over in 20 minutes...or less

Nice review. It's a bit short, but at least it's 3 times the minimum word requirement. Home Alone and Home Alone 2 are possibly my favorite movies, and by far my favorite Christmas movies. I've never played the game before, and I honestly don't intend to. Games based off of movies are never that good.

Dupe thread.

Seems that you clicked on "Submit" twice, because there's a dupe of this.

I'll close this one.