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

[camarotuner]

Saw an apparently very early promo poster for the NOES game for the NES. It was actually from a horror movie collectors database and not a video game related one. Anyways, the description of the game was WAY different than the production model. In this version, you were Freddy trying to prevent the children from getting your bones.

So.... anyone ever seen anything on this before? Maybe a nudge into finding more info?

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Anyways, the description of the game was WAY different than the production model. In this version, you were Freddy trying to prevent the children from getting your bones.

In the version of NOES that was released, Freddy is trying to stop you (the children) from collecting his bones...I think you may have just misread/misunderstood the ad you saw. Where did you see this?

[Ponyone]

I remember reading a magazine a long time ago, and they had an ad for like a funco type store, and they had a nes checklist... and one of the games that was coming out soon was Hellraiser. Never came out.

[T2KFreeker]

I remember reading a magazine a long time ago, and they had an ad for like a funco type store, and they had a nes checklist... and one of the games that was coming out soon was Hellraiser. Never came out.

Hellraiser was also supposed to release for the Turbo Grafx CD but didn't, just FYI.

[digitpress Jim]

Hey Camarotuner,

Very interesting post, thanks. As Gallery Curator of the Video Game Ads section on this website, I was wondering if your movie collector friend would let you take a picture of that NOES poster so I can add it to the Video Game Ads section? It would be greatly appreciated and an awesome contribution to the DP site. Thanks and have a good one.

DigitPress Jim

[exit]

Kind of off topic but I remember playing a NOES game for and it was far superior than the one released on NES. I believe it was somewhat like a dungeon crawler and involved the characters from part 3, each having similar abilities as in the movie. You could select a kid and when they died you had to change to another one (ala Friday the 13th), this usually happened to me when Freddy appeared.

I never did finish it, but I got pretty far and it's really one of those hidden gems you fall upon via abandonware. It's a good example what should be done with a licensed game and I'm surprised they didn't try something similar when Freddy VS Jason came out.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Kind of off topic but I remember playing a NOES game for and it was far superior than the one released on NES. I believe it was somewhat like a dungeon crawler and involved the characters from part 3, each having similar abilities as in the movie.

That's the C64/PC version.
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/f...me/default.php

[camarotuner]

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.

[Blitzwing256]

the orignial concept was scrapped for the more pc version that was released.
and yes you were spose to play as freddy, only a few screen shots exist in a very early issue of nintendo power and one egm buyer's guide. I had scanned the np blurb years ago.

no idea about any kind of prototype existing of it however.

[digitpress Jim]

Oh okay cool. Do you have the link to that poster by chance that you can IM me camarotuner? I would be interested in checking it out. Thanks.

[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.