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Home Alone

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Home Alone for Genesis was beyond great, but this NES version is horrible.

You play as Kevin, and you must avoid getting caught by the Wet Bandits for 20 minutes. You just run around the house setting traps on them.

Going up/down the stairs is a chore, since you must be in a precise spot to do so.

The traps look like TV screens. TV screens...not the TV itself.

The characters look weird. Kevin's walking animation is awkward, and the Wet Bandits don't look like themselves.

At least the music changes. Once you are outside the house, the music changes. The music switches back once you're back inside.

If you get caught, the game is automatically over. No lives, no nothing.

So don't bother purchasing this unless you're a collector and/or you want to play bad games.

Though many of you may never read this review, I decided to take the liberty to write it anyway.

In this day and age, we live in a world of Wii's and PS3's. But every once in awhile, it's nice to take a break from the uncompromisingly amazing graphics and storylines, and go back to the originals. While at my cousin's house the other day, we were playing Call of Duty 3 on his Wii. When I noticed the old NES under his bed. We reminisced of old times playing on those 4 button, 4 arrow, rectangle controllers. So we decided to pull it out. Still in the cartridge slot, was a game bearing the picture of Macaully Culkin's famous Home Alone gasp. I turned it on and started playing.

Home Alone is just a sidescrolling, 2d game where your main goal is to thwart and hold off Harry and Marv for 20 minutes. Your only defense is to pick up traps as you run through the house, outside, in the basement, or in the treehouse, and set them throughout the house strategically. They're significantly faster than you, so outrunning them is not an option. This game will easily have you occupied for hours, as it did me and my cousin as we switched off.

If you have a chance to play this game, I highly suggest you try it.

It is an okay game, but those fighting freaks out there will not enjoy this. Do not buy this game thinking that this is so much
fun, instead if someone gives it to you be polite and say thank you, and when you get home try it out and see what you think. When you finally do win there is not much satisfaction. It is kinda fun when you make the robbers trip on your traps. My sister likes it but all i can say is people who excpect action be ready to change your mind.