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

[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]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...NOESposter.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../NOESclose.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...mTR/NOESad.jpg

[camarotuner]

Ok, it was at least far enough along to warrant a poster AND it has screen shots, can anyone find anything else on it?

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Ok, it was at least far enough along to warrant a poster AND it has screen shots, can anyone find anything else on it?

Yes, it looks like that version was indeed at the playable stage, if not completely finished.

:waits for DreamTR to whip out the prototype: = P

[Rob2600]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...NOESposter.jpg

Wow. To quote that poster:

"You ARE Freddy Kruger. A horde of obnoxious teenagers is trying to get rid of you by finding your scattered bones and burying them. The only way to stop them is to kill them."

What were the people at LJN thinking?

[boatofcar]

"You ARE Freddy Kruger. A horde of obnoxious teenagers is trying to get rid of you by finding your scattered bones and burying them. The only way to stop them is to kill them."

Can you imagine the backlash they must have gotten from Nintendo?

[camarotuner]

You know in todays "anything goes" video game market, I could really go for a horror franchised them movie. Jason stalking people in the woods, Freddy tormenting the dreams of teenagers, Michael Myers carefully stalking his prey.

But yeah, at the time, releasing a game where you play as Freddy killing kids to save yourself, damn.

I do wonder if prototypes exist.

[Garry Silljo]

You know in todays "anything goes" video game market, I could really go for a horror franchised them movie. Jason stalking people in the woods, Freddy tormenting the dreams of teenagers, Michael Myers carefully stalking his prey.

But yeah, at the time, releasing a game where you play as Freddy killing kids to save yourself, damn.

I do wonder if prototypes exist.

They did a new Jaws game where you were the shark, and not trying to kill it, so I guess they could think of doing this reversal with any old horror franchise now. I ind of like the original Freddy idea. Traveling though power and sewer lines was a neat idea and with today's tech you could give him all sorts of dream powers. Could shape up to be a pretty decent game.