Nightmare On Elm Street NES "original" version???

[Lawrence]

I have no idea who owns the poster, it was actually a picture from a guys collection I saw online.

Definately didn't misread it, now maybe they misprinted it (which was pointed out to me last night) and got Freddy and the heroes backwards. This wasn't terribly uncommon for NES stuff to get screwed up advertisements.

If anyone finds out anything further, please post it because I'm curious as hell.

His eyes were not tricking him any. An old (of course it is going to be old)
issue of Nintendo Power ran a story about the Nightmare on Elm Street game. However this was not the version NES fans would eventually play. The graphics displayed crudely crafted sprites of three children battling another crude sprite of Freddy. The setting was in a boiler room. The caption read something to effect of "Now you get to control Freddy in his battle for Elm Street." I remember thinking that Nintendo was losing their mind for letting such a game be released, this move seemed to contradict everything they appeared to stand for at the time. Time passed, eventually a new version of Nightmare on Elm Street was featured in Nintendo Power. The new version was the one NES fans are familiar with. I remember calling the Nintendo hotline and asking what the deal was. The Nintendo rep said that the idea was considered too violent and Nintendo wanted Rare/LJN to alter the gameplay. So yes, I remember the photo, I recall the caption.

[Abadon]

I am new to the forum but I have been searching this topic. . .

I too have seen the LJN poster that showed about the original idea for the Nightmare on Elm Street game. It was actually at a Gamers Paradise when they used to sell video games as well as tabletop.

I remember that the player was able to control Freddy, the graphics were a lot more detailed, and he had the ability to travel through phone lines to get place to place.

You really can't find anything about this on the internet, however. . .It's almost like someone desperately tried to cover this up. I mean, if you look at the controversial unreleased games that were for NES and other systems that get a LOT of publicity, it's kind of weird that no one speaks on this.

But, please, if somebody can get a link to that pic of the poster I would greatly appreciate it. . .I've been searching for over 20 years. . .

[PingvinBlueJeans]

But, please, if somebody can get a link to that pic of the poster I would greatly appreciate it. . .I've been searching for over 20 years. . .

If it was indeed shown in Nintendo Power (as several people here have claimed), it should be fairly easy to locate. Who has an archive of back issues?

[DreamTR]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...NOESposter.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../NOESclose.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...mTR/NOESad.jpg

[camarotuner]

Ok, it was at least far enough along to warrant a poster AND it has screen shots, can anyone find anything else on it?

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Ok, it was at least far enough along to warrant a poster AND it has screen shots, can anyone find anything else on it?

Yes, it looks like that version was indeed at the playable stage, if not completely finished.

:waits for DreamTR to whip out the prototype: = P

[Rob2600]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...NOESposter.jpg

Wow. To quote that poster:

"You ARE Freddy Kruger. A horde of obnoxious teenagers is trying to get rid of you by finding your scattered bones and burying them. The only way to stop them is to kill them."

What were the people at LJN thinking?

[boatofcar]

"You ARE Freddy Kruger. A horde of obnoxious teenagers is trying to get rid of you by finding your scattered bones and burying them. The only way to stop them is to kill them."

Can you imagine the backlash they must have gotten from Nintendo?

[camarotuner]

You know in todays "anything goes" video game market, I could really go for a horror franchised them movie. Jason stalking people in the woods, Freddy tormenting the dreams of teenagers, Michael Myers carefully stalking his prey.

But yeah, at the time, releasing a game where you play as Freddy killing kids to save yourself, damn.

I do wonder if prototypes exist.