While enjoying a night of moonbathing, Fester bears witness to an alien invasion and decides to take his blunderbuss and save the city. Along the way, Fester gains new tools and weapons as well as clues for how to attack the alien mothership by fighting alien bosses. He can also get help from the various members of The Addams Family.
Gameplay
Along the way, Fester encounters other members of the Addams Family: Thing, Wednesday, Gomez, Morticia, Grandmama, and Pugsley, all of whom help him by giving him different weapons and items. Use of one particular item, the Noose, will summon Lurch to destroy all enemies on the screen. The game uses Blaster Master overhead shooter engine. Fester must travel through the city sewers to reach areas that are otherwise inaccessible due to aboveground obstacles. He may enter certain buildings, which transform the game from its standard overhead view into a 3D mode of play akin to a dungeon crawl. Five of these buildings each house an enormous Alien Boss character, which upon defeat will supply Fester with a puzzle piece and a picture of the alien's UFO, and refill all of his items. After defeating a boss, Fester will leave the building and be unable to backtrack through it to previously visited areas. Once all five bosses are defeated, Fester must board the UFO and defeat one last boss in order to stave off the invasion. The US release has a bug that makes Fester's bullets collide with walls and objects, making it more difficult to hit enemies compared to the European release.
Reception
Fester's Quest received mixed reviews, receiving a 56% from Computer and Video Games magazine issue 108. GamesRadar ranked it as the 73rd worst game ever made. The staff criticized its excessive difficulty and lack of comicality. IGN ranked Fester's Quest 45th on its Top 100NES Games list. Fester's Quest has sold one million copies.
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is a video game released by Ocean in 1992 in Europe and 1993 in North America. It was based on the second animated series. It was released in North America on all three of Nintendo's systems at the time:
The Game Boy version was ported for the system by Enigma Variations Ltd.
Story
The plot of Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt centered on Pugsley's attempts to win a scavenger hunt challenge proposed by his sister, Wednesday. His hunt takes him to the bedrooms of each member of the Addams family in order to find one item from each.
Gameplay
The game is a side scrolling platformer adventure game that plays in a very similar way to the previous Addams Family title. The game plays in a non-linear way in so much that the player can choose which level to attempt by entering whichever door they choose in the Addams house.
Versions
The NES version was not a direct port of the SNES version. The NES version was actually based on the previous Addams Family game released for Super NES, Mega Drive and Amiga, showing the same levels, enemies, items and gameplay but with Pugsley as main character instead of Gomez. However, the NES version lacked the freezer and crypt levels and the rest of the levels were shortened. It also lacked any music, aside from the Addams Family theme on the title screen and ending. The NES version also lacked the two weapons from the SNES. However, it did allow the player to obtain a password whenever they paused the game, whereas the SNES Addams Family would only display passwords after each boss was defeated. The Game Boy version was a port of the NES version. However, it had cut even more of the game. The stove level was completely removed as well as the big bird boss. The final level was also removed, as entering the final door would send Pugsley directly to the final boss fight. Thing's hint boxes were also removed from this version.
Reception
A major source of criticism for the SNES version was the lack of a password feature, despite the game being very difficult. A password feature is present on both the NES and Game Boy versions. Super Play Magazine UK praised the graphics as they were more colourful than in the previous title, saying that "This is one of those games that it's fun just to sit and watch, not only to play." Review scores for the SNES version are generally higher than for either the NES or Game Boy versions.
Loosely based on the plot of the film, the player takes the role of Uncle Fester as he searches for the recently kidnapped baby Pubert. On the way he receives help from The Addams Family and a host of original characters from the game.
Gameplay
An action adventure game with slight RPG elements. You control Fester, by moving him around, fighting regular enemies and bosses, talking to members of Addams household, and occasionally solving puzzles. The combat is pure action, Zelda-style.
The family mansion is going to be demolished and replaced by an amusement park, and therefore the family will be evicted. While the adults are trying to find a solution, the children roam the house helping out in their own peculiar way. Only if they find the estate ownership documents will the contractors can be stopped.
Gameplay
The player controls both Pugsley and Wednesday Addams, and must navigate the house, collecting items, solving puzzles and conversing with other members of the family.
''The Addams Family Mystery Mansion''
There is also a 2019 mobile game called The Addams Family Mystery Mansion for Android and iOS. It was produced by pixowl/Animoca Brands.
Story
Morticia and Gomez return home to their mansion to find the rest of their family missing.
