The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (NES review)

Developer: Enigma Variations
Publisher: Ocean
Released: 1993

The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is an action-platformer based on The Addams Family (1992, SNES).

+ Game's sandbox approach gives you freedom in how you navigate through the mansion and which levels you take on first.

+ For those who love to explore there's plenty of secret areas to discover and ways to increase your hit points.

+ Each stage throws some fresh ideas into the mix and there's an impressive amount of enemy types throughout.

- There's no music during gameplay, so the levels are devoid of atmosphere and the boss fights lack intensity.

- Controls are slippery and the collision detection is questionable, both of which result in unfair damage.

- Trial-and-error is typically the order of the day, partly due to the fact that enemies can throw projectiles from off-screen.

- Missing all of the weapons from the SNES original, which compromises your ability to attack at long-range.