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The Angry Video Game Nerd (Episode 13)\r
A Nightmare On Elm Street\r
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Following in LJNs infamous footsteps, A Nightmare On Elm Street was next in line to be crapped out onto the NES. Beginning in 1984, the original Nightmare film remains an iconic stature in many moviefans minds young & old. Robert Englund, who would portray Fred Krueger, or Freddy as he grew fame for.would reprise this character up until 2003 for the long - awaited Freddy Vs. Jason! As for this NES game, both Robert & Wes Craven strayed far away from this mess. The opening title screen gives a really poor presentation of who Freddy was at the time this was released. In the image, his claws are coming directly out of his hand. This didnt take until much later in the series of sequels (funny Freddy). The color scheme for his red & green sweater takes a butchering as well. As for the game itself, I feel like it took WAY too much focus away from Freddy, & became a game about collecting bones to destroy evil a.k.a. Simons Quest. It supplements many enemies weve NEVER seen in any of the films, & instead aims to be a generic Halloween monster mash. The Frankenstein monster, ghosts, skeletons, snakes, spiders & bats all share time in both the dream/real world portions of the game. \r
Freddy does eventually come out of hiding when you fall asleep, & at the end of each section. Various Freddy forms become rather ridiculous ( a hand attached to a chain of balls, ripping right from battletoads/double dragon), & a flying ghost sheet with Freddys indentations are a couple of examples to deal with. Music seems to loop from a past game of LJNS ( Roger Rabbit), and the only factor they managed to catch from the series are the dream powers. Ninja warrior, wizard, and athlete are among the power-ups you can gain. .IN THE DREAM WORLD!!! A real upset, get some sleep instead of giving LJN your precious gaming time.\r
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Episode notes by Mike Matei:\r
- For episode 13, the Nerd reviews A Nightmare on Elm Street (NES)\r
- This review was featured on disc two of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy\r
- James and I did a commentary on this episode. You can view that here. \r
- James plays Freddy Kruger in this Episode except in shots where there are two people.\r
- James wife did the shots with Freddys glove. Read more about that in her blog post. \r
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