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The Addams Family

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Also known as
アダムス・ファミリー

Explore the mansion as Gomez to rescue your family from traps and monsters.

The SNES version of The Addams Family, developed by Ocean Software, was released in 1992. This is the earliest commercial release of this exact game version on the SNES platform, and it is also the original release year for the game across all platforms.

About The Addams Family

The Addams Family for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a platform game. Its narrative is drawn from the film adaptation, which itself originates from earlier television and cartoon sources.

Players control Gomez Addams, who must explore the family mansion. His objective is to locate missing family members who have disappeared. The setting reflects events occurring near the conclusion of the movie's plot.

This search involves navigating through the environment while confronting various hazards. Gameplay requires overcoming hostile creatures and avoiding environmental dangers. The final adversary is the lawyer Tully Alford, whose legal actions caused the family's eviction.

The Addams Family Screenshots

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Title
Japanese Title Screen
Intro
Main menu
You start in the hall, each door being a level or a number of levels
The Old Tree
Those flying ghosts are quite similar to those from
Nice
Riding an elevator, trying to avoid the pesky rabbit
Portrait gallery
It would be painful to fall on that spiky thing
The pianist ignores Mr. Addams completely