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

[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.

[Rob2600]

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.

Yes, I remember reading a preview of Nightmare on Elm Street in Nintendo Power. The player controlled Freddy and he had to kill children...or something like that. Then, when the game came out, I was confused because it was completely different.

[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.

[Oobgarm]

OH NOES

lol

[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]

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