Addams Family, The - Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt sends Pugsley through the family mansion and macabre locations to jump across hazards, search for objects, and avoid enemies. The licensed cast provides the game's main thematic identity.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.3 / 10
About this game
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt sends Pugsley through the family mansion and macabre locations to jump across hazards, search for objects, and avoid enemies. The licensed cast provides the game's main thematic identity. Stages use doors, jumps, and concealed routes to structure exploration, with Addams humor keeping the locations recognizable. Restricted visibility, loose collision, and unclear objectives increase trial and error, while several areas lack variety. It offers direct licensed platforming, but precision and guidance limit its lasting appeal. This description covers the original gb release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
The Addams Family games turn the family's gothic comedy into adventures full of peculiar hazards. Depending on the game, you might jump through their mansion, explore as Uncle Fester or tackle a 3D outing together on one screen.
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The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt sends Pugsley through the family mansion and macabre locations to jump across hazards, search for objects, and avoid enemies. The licensed cast provides the game's main thematic identity.
Stages use doors, jumps, and concealed routes to structure exploration, with Addams humor keeping the locations recognizable. Restricted visibility, loose collision, and unclear objectives increase trial and error, while several areas lack variety. It offers direct licensed platforming, but precision and guidance limit its lasting appeal. Overall, its main strengths are Macabre mansion atmosphere and licensed characters; Exploration through doors and hidden routes. Its material limitations are Weak objective guidance; Inconsistent collision and small-screen visibility. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Macabre mansion atmosphere and licensed characters
- Exploration through doors and hidden routes
Weaknesses
- Weak objective guidance
- Inconsistent collision and small-screen visibility
Who it is for: Players who value macabre mansion atmosphere and licensed characters.
Play notes: Expect weak objective guidance and inconsistent collision and small-screen visibility.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Exploration through doors and hidden routes; Inconsistent collision and small-screen visibility. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Macabre mansion atmosphere and licensed characters; Weak objective guidance. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Exploration through doors and hidden routes; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original gb release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Weak objective guidance. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Ocean Software
- Publisher
- Ocean Software
- Release date
- 1993
- Platforms
- Game Boy (GB)
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genreAdventure
- Tags
- Humorous2D GraphicsExplorationSolo-friendlyHorrorCollection-richSide-scrollingLinear LevelsPlatforming
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Famicom / NESWorldwide1992
- Game Boy (GB)Worldwide1993
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