History VideoGame / ANightmareOnElmStreetNES

A 1989 horror platformer for UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, based on ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film series, specifically [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors the third film]]. It was developed by Creator/{{Rare}}, and released by Creator/LJNToys.

Player takes a role of one of the teens of Elm Street, whose job is to defeat the dream-stalking Freddy Krueger[[RunningGag ™]] by finding all of his bones and burning them in their high school's furnace. On top of the standard video game enemies, you must also fight off your sleepiness: staying on the move keeps you awake, and you can drink coffee to refill your energy, but sooner or later you're going to doze off, taking you to the Dream World where enemies are tougher and Freddy™ is stalking you, but also letting you turn into one of three Dream Warrior forms, granting you special abilities.

* OrganAutonomy: Some of the bosses are Freddy's™ disembodied parts, such as a giant claw, his burned face, or flying skull.

Player takes a role of one of the teens of Elm Street, whose job is to defeat the dream-stalking Freddy Krueger[[RunningGag ™]] by finding all of his bones and bodyparts, and destroying them. Every once in a while the player must enter the dream world, where s/he can obtain power-ups, but the enemies are also tougher, and Freddy™ is waiting to strike at the most inopportune times.

* BossRush: You fight all of them in the last stage, followed by Freddy™ himself.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "One, Two, Freddy's™ coming for you" rhyme will start playing in the dream world before Freddy™ attacks you.

* LifeMeter: Just to let you know: '''no, the sleep meter is ''not'' your life meter,''' though you might be tricked into thinking so since you lose a strip off of it with every hit you take. No, you actually get [[HitPoints four hits]] [[FourIsDeath before dying]], though frustratingly you have to keep track of this yourself since there's no room on the HUD. Bosses play this trope completely straight however, as their life bar replaces the bone counter during their fights.
* MindScrew: When one player's sleep meter runs dry, ''everyone'' gets sent straight to the dream world with him/her. Whether the other three are getting Mind Screwed into sleep, or if it just plain doesn't make any sense at all is up to you.

* OrganAutonomy: Freddy's™ bodyparts act as boss battles.

* SkippableBoss: If you finish levels quickly and spend as little time as possible in the dream world, (Using coffee to stay awake or boom boxes to wake up) you may never even encounter Freddy™ himself other than as the final boss.

-->Freddy™ is dead and the nightmare is [[YouMakeMeSic [sic]]] ended.

-->Freddy™ is dead and the nightmare is [sic] ended.

* SkippableBoss: Outside of the final boss part, Freddy™ can be skipped as a boss if the player collects the bones quickly and doesn not stays too much under the dream world.

* AfterBossRecovery

** BossRush: You fight all of them in the last stage, followed by Freddy™ himself.

* BagOfSharing: Only one player needs to grab a Dream Warrior power for all of them to be able to access it.

A 1989 horror platformer for NintendoEntertainmentSystem, based on ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film series, specifically [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors the third film]]. It was developed by Creator/{{Rare}}, and released by Creator/LJNToys.

-->.........Or has it?

* TheEndOrIsIt: Displayed in the ending screen.
-->Freddy™ is dead and the nightmare is [sic] ended.
-->.........or has it?

* MindScrew: When one player's sleep meter runs dry, ''everyone'' gets sent straight to the dream world with him/her. Whether the other three are getting Mind Screwed into sleep or if it just plain doesn't make any sense at all is up to you.

The game was reviewed by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd in 2006. See that page for tropes relating to the review. Despite the fact that the Nerd reviewed it and it is an LJN game, it is usually seen as one of the better movie-licensed games on the NES. But that's not saying much.

** BossRush[=/=]MarathonBoss: In an odd case that satisfies the criteria of ''both'' tropes, you fight all of them in the last stage, followed by Freddy™ himself.

* RodentOfUnusualSize: Giant rats are enemies in the real world.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://halloweenlove.com/four-planned-horror-movie-video-games-that-were-never-released/ An early version]] had players control Freddy™ with the goal of the game reversed: you kill teens to prevent them from collecting his bones.

->''FREDDY'S™ COMING!''

Player takes a role of one of the teens of Elm Street, whose job is to defeat the dream-stalking Freddy Krueger™ by finding all of his bones and bodyparts, and destroying them. Every once in a while the player must enter the dream world, where s/he can obtain power-ups, but the enemies are also tougher, and Freddy™ is waiting to strike at the most inopportune times.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://halloweenlove.com/four-planned-horror-movie-video-games-that-were-never-released/ An early version]] had players control Freddy™ as he kills teens to prevent them from collecting his bones.

A horror platformer for NintendoEntertainmentSystem, based on ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film series, specifically [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors the third film]]. It was developed by Creator/{{Rare}}, and released by LJNToys.