<s>
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1991	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
and	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
home	O
consoles	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
computers	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
handheld	O
consoles	O
like	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
rescue	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
family	I-Application
from	O
the	O
clutches	O
of	O
Abigail	O
Craven	O
,	O
who	O
,	O
alongside	O
The	O
Judge	O
and	O
the	O
family	O
attorney	O
Tully	O
Alford	O
,	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
seize	O
the	O
Addams	O
 '	O
wealth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opponents	O
include	O
bosses	O
each	O
holding	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
hostage	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
necessary	O
to	O
defeat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ocean	O
,	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
of	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
adaptations	O
of	O
film	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
tie-in	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
film	O
in	O
April	O
1991	O
,	O
before	O
the	O
film	O
switched	O
studios	O
from	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
to	O
Paramount	O
Pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
only	O
on	O
computer	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
that	O
changed	O
when	O
Ocean	O
was	O
called	O
by	O
the	O
studio	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
action-adventure	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
involves	O
Abigail	O
Craven	O
scheming	O
to	O
obtain	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
's	O
secret	O
wealth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Puzzle-solving	O
is	O
also	O
involved	O
in	O
saving	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
family	I-Application
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
game	O
has	O
many	O
doors	O
that	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
unlocked	O
by	O
keys	O
hidden	O
throughout	O
the	O
mansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
open-ended	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
maneuver	O
both	O
the	O
indoor	O
and	O
outdoor	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
mansion	O
in	O
any	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
additionally	O
has	O
four	O
collectible	O
potions	O
,	O
left	O
around	O
by	O
Pugsley	O
,	O
that	O
are	O
needed	O
to	O
access	O
certain	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
release	O
,	O
power-up	O
items	O
are	O
limited	O
in	O
energy	O
,	O
meaning	O
power	O
vials	O
must	O
be	O
collected	O
to	O
keep	O
them	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collecting	O
$25	O
fills	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
containers	O
( $50	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
$100	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
1-UP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
password	O
is	O
earned	O
after	O
defeating	O
a	O
boss	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
rewards	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
either	O
one	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
family	I-Application
members	O
or	O
a	O
heart	O
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
and	O
CPC	O
releases	O
uses	O
different	O
representations	O
of	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
has	O
a	O
regular	O
life	O
bar	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
CPC	O
version	O
uses	O
a	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
consistent	O
amount	O
of	O
hearts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
British	O
developer	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
gained	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
leader	O
,	O
and	O
go-to	O
producer	O
,	O
of	O
game	O
tie-ins	O
for	O
computers	O
and	O
consoles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RoboCop	B-Application
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
Batman	B-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
,	O
Total	B-Application
Recall	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
RoboCop	B-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Hudson	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1991	O
,	O
they	O
started	O
development	O
on	O
a	O
tie-in	O
for	O
an	O
upcoming	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
cartoon	O
family	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
;	O
this	O
was	O
before	O
the	O
project	O
switched	O
studios	O
from	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
to	O
Paramount	O
Pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
reported	O
a	O
widespread	O
trend	O
of	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
tie-ins	O
for	O
major	O
film	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
one	O
other	O
project	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
had	O
a	O
similar	O
strategy	O
,	O
Steven	O
Spielberg	O
's	O
Hook	B-Application
,	O
its	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
was	O
dictated	O
by	O
character	O
dialogue	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
tough	O
to	O
incorporate	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
;	O
they	O
ultimately	O
chose	O
to	O
base	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
last	O
20	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
only	O
on	O
computer	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
within	O
two	O
weeks	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Paramount	O
called	O
Ocean	O
asking	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
finishing	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
in	O
November	O
1991	O
,	O
they	O
went	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
console-game-influenced	O
viewpoint	O
,	O
disliked	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
rejecting	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
"	O
console-style	O
"	O
products	O
released	O
on	O
systems	O
like	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Ocean	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
company	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
release	O
a	O
16-bit	O
computer	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
a	O
Mario-esque	O
platformer	O
well	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
other	O
console-type	O
platform	O
games	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
computers	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
:	O
Fire	B-Application
and	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
and	O
James	B-Application
Pond	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Codename	I-Application
:	I-Application
RoboCod	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
reviews	O
of	O
16-bit	O
computer	O
versions	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
constantly	O
brought	O
up	O
those	O
two	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
claim	O
about	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
was	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
good	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
but	O
offered	O
nothing	O
special	O
or	O
original	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
journalist	O
Andy	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
,	O
opined	O
that	O
even	O
considering	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
typical	O
platformer	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
disappointing	O
for	O
an	O
Ocean	O
game	O
given	O
the	O
standard	O
set	O
by	O
their	O
NES	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Hook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
port	O
published	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
from	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
and	O
Hyper	O
,	O
found	O
it	O
especially	O
out-of-date	O
given	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
more	O
innovative	O
platformers	O
already	O
in	O
existence	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
James	B-Application
Pond	I-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Sonic	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Ricketts	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
viewing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
slick	O
,	O
bland	O
,	O
well-programmed	O
,	O
large	O
,	O
not	O
too	O
difficult	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
decent	O
effort	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
bothered	O
by	O
its	O
poor	O
utilization	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
license	O
,	O
finding	O
the	O
sprites	O
and	O
special	O
mannerisms	O
of	O
the	O
Addams	O
characters	O
only	O
bearing	O
a	O
slight	O
resemblance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Foster	O
disagreed	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
was	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
other	O
platform	O
games	O
,	O
feeling	O
it	O
had	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
variety	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
complex	O
without	O
being	O
impossible	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Davies	O
,	O
a	O
journalist	O
for	O
Super	O
Play	O
,	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-looking	O
and	O
most	O
imaginative	O
SNES	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
critics	O
outside	O
the	O
lukewarm	O
consensus	O
included	O
Amiga	B-Device
Actions	O
Brian	O
Sharp	O
who	O
called	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
adaptations	O
of	O
films	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computings	O
Jonathan	O
Maddock	O
that	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
best	O
platform	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Joystick	O
that	O
claimed	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
platformer	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
On	O
the	O
other	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
spectrum	O
,	O
Mega	O
magazine	O
's	O
Andy	O
Dyer	O
dismissed	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
complete	O
non-event	O
"	O
with	O
uninspiring	O
graphics	O
,	O
repetitive	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
enemies	O
that	O
irritate	O
rather	O
than	O
tests	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Computings	O
Jonathan	O
Maddock	O
suspected	O
it	O
was	O
larger	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
Amiga	B-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Davies	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
felt	O
the	O
open-ended-ness	O
robbed	O
The	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
of	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
Mario	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
addictiveness	O
;	O
whereas	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
feel	O
increasingly	O
satisfied	O
by	O
beating	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
levels	O
,	O
that	O
same	O
sense	O
of	O
progress	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
in	O
a	O
title	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
go	O
wherever	O
he	O
likes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ricketts	O
,	O
covering	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
port	O
,	O
was	O
ticked	O
off	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
fire	O
"	O
button	O
being	O
for	O
jumping	O
,	O
reasoning	O
it	O
went	O
against	O
players	O
 '	O
instinct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
appreciated	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
upbeat	O
music	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
O'Neill	O
who	O
also	O
highlighted	O
the	O
bass	O
parts	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maddock	O
was	O
surprised	O
by	O
how	O
uncannily	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
executed	O
the	B-Application
Addams	I-Application
Family	I-Application
theme	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
rejection	O
of	O
backgrounds	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
did	O
n't	O
have	O
the	O
speed	O
to	O
handle	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
,	O
garnered	O
a	O
mixed	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Formats	O
Neil	O
West	O
felt	O
it	O
detached	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
easier	O
to	O
see	O
sprites	O
without	O
the	O
backdrops	O
for	O
Maddock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lar	O
of	O
Aktueller	O
Software	O
Markt	O
was	O
bored	O
by	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
,	O
describing	O
the	O
experience	O
as	O
endlessly	O
hopping	O
on	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
magazine	O
's	O
Andy	O
found	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
NES	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
felt	O
there	O
was	O
legitimate	O
challenge	O
in	O
both	O
8-bit	O
ports	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
cautious	O
of	O
where	O
to	O
go	O
and	O
what	O
actions	O
to	O
take	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
for	O
its	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
fuel	O
for	O
the	O
power-ups	O
and	O
their	O
requirement	O
for	O
defeating	O
bosses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
thought	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
port	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
little	O
too	O
empty	O
"	O
to	O
engage	O
gamers	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
wandering	O
around	O
a	O
big	O
location	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
rescuing	O
three	O
Addams	B-Application
family	I-Application
members	O
and	O
collecting	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
required	O
items	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
playthrough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
disliked	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
's	O
imprecise	O
shooting	O
and	O
"	O
fairly	O
awful	O
"	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
NES	O
rendition	O
of	O
the	O
theme	O
"	O
naff	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
warbly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACEs	O
Gary	O
White	O
,	O
although	O
more	O
positive	O
towards	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
port	O
,	O
reported	O
an	O
overwhelming	O
amount	O
of	O
enemies	O
being	O
thrown	O
at	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
instant	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
difficult	O
for	O
novice	O
players	O
to	O
adjust	O
themselves	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
