<s>
A	B-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
on	I-Application
Elm	I-Application
Street	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
1990	O
based	O
on	O
Wes	O
Craven	O
's	O
slasher	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
an	O
unrelated	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
teenagers	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
other	O
players	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
NES	B-Device
Four	I-Device
Score	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
on	I-Application
Elm	I-Application
Street	I-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontal	O
side-scrolling	B-Application
beat	I-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
magazine	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
the	O
original	O
concept	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
varied	O
greatly	O
from	O
what	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Years	O
earlier	O
,	O
a	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
adaptation	I-Application
of	O
the	O
movie	O
The	O
Texas	O
Chain	O
Saw	O
Massacre	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
murderer	O
with	O
the	O
objective	O
to	O
chase	O
and	O
kill	O
victims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Bieniek	O
of	O
VideoGames	O
&	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
called	O
A	B-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
on	I-Application
Elm	I-Application
Street	I-Application
unusually	O
good	O
for	O
a	O
film-based	O
game	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
"	O
smooth	O
,	O
quick	O
,	O
and	O
responsive	O
"	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
strong	O
presentation	O
,	O
highlighting	O
the	O
"	O
movielike	O
wavering	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
"	O
that	O
occurs	O
when	O
entering	O
the	O
dream	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Video	O
Game	O
Critic	O
claimed	O
that	O
although	O
A	B-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
on	I-Application
Elm	I-Application
Street	I-Application
was	O
"	O
standard	O
platform	O
fare	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
somewhat	O
engaging	O
by	O
an	O
atmosphere	O
that	O
reflected	O
the	O
movies	O
and	O
a	O
sleep	O
meter	O
aspect	O
that	O
the	O
publication	O
positively	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
material-and-spectral-realm	O
system	O
of	O
Legacy	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kain	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soul	I-Application
Reaver	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
in	O
retrospect	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
an	O
IGN	O
journalist	O
was	O
mixed	O
towards	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
sleep	O
meter	O
element	O
but	O
also	O
feeling	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
low-rent	O
Castlevania	B-Application
with	O
a	O
great	O
but	O
bizarrely	O
weak	O
super-villain.	O
"	O
</s>
