Home Alone (1991)

Home Alone was actually a video game?, yes it was. This game was released back in 1991 when the movie came out. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Amiga, PC, Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy . I originally played this on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Even though it has been a long time since I played this game, I remember it fairly well.
Basically in this game you play as Kevin McCallister and you have to avoid the two intruders Harry and Marv for 20 minutes. Other than running away from them, you can set down traps that are in these weird square shaped boxes that turn into traps when you set them up. It pretty weird but the traps do their jobs and the intruders go down and they stay down for about 10-15 seconds. When the intruders get trapped by these traps they all do the same thing, they just fall to the ground, nothing different. Even though on the trap boxes it has a different pictures which represents different traps, but they all do the same thing. Also another thing is when the intruders do collapse it looks like they melt, its pretty funny actually.
A problem with this game is it's difficulty. You have to avoid the intruders for 20 minutes, if you don't, game over. No health bar, no second chance, just game over. And it's pretty easy to get caught to. You can either run out of traps when you need them or the intruders come at you from both sides of the screen. To tell you the truth, I never have beaten this game. The farthest I got was around 15 minutes actually before I got caught.
As for the graphics, you can't say much. Its the NES, and it was 1991, you are not gonna find amazing graphics in this game.
As for critic reviews on this game, the Angry Video Game Nerd did a rant on the game, a very intresting and funny review he did.
In the end, Home Alone is not too bad of a game, just a difficult one.

Rating: 2/5 Stars