

- Platform, Action, Horror
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a video game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in October 1989 and 1990, loosely based on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. It was developed by Rare and published by LJN.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Developer
- Rare
- Publisher
- LJN
- Released
- October 1, 1990
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 5.7/10 from 10 ratings.
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