The Addams Family (video game)

The Addams Family
Screenshot of The Addams Family
Developer(s)	Ocean Software
Publisher(s)	Ocean Software
Platform(s)	Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Super NES, Amiga, Atari ST, Arcade
Release date(s)	1992
Genre(s)	Platform game
Media/distribution	Cartridge, Disk

The Addams Family is a platform game based on the 1991 movie of the same name. Two different versions of the game were released. The first was in 1991 by ICOM Simulations for the TurboGrafx-CD. In 1992 Ocean Software released a different version for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Sega Master System, Super NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Amiga and Atari ST.

ICOM Simulations

ICOM Simulations published The Addams Family video game for the TurboGrafx-CD in 1991. The player controls Tully Alford through several, side-scrolling stages on a quest to locate, and steal, the Addams Family vast wealth. Alford's main weapon is his umbrella, which can shoot fireballs, or he can transform into a wolf man [1].

Plot

The Addams Family's no-good, greedy lawyer, Tully Alford, has taken control of the Gothic mansion and imprisoned Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams, Granny and Uncle Fester. The player controls Gomez Addams as he explores the various rooms in the mansion, locating items and battling monsters, until he has located all of the lost family members.

Other versions

The game has a very similar version for the NES and Sega Game Gear/Sega Master System (the latter of which was developed by Acclaim rather than Oceansoft). It also featured Gomez Addams looking for his family in the mansion, as well as many of the same themed-locations. It was ported in 1994 with different graphics, different layout and less linear gameplay. For example, if the player had freed Granny, she would fix her "fog machine" to provide one of the items necessary to free Pugsley.

Two more version of the game were developed; one for the Game Boy and another version for computer systems Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

External links

• The Addams Family at MobyGames
• The Addams Family PC Engine