User:The Dunkman/sandbox/Home Alone (Sega)

Home Alone is an action game developed by Sega of America for the Mega Drive and Game Gear and Probe Entertainment for the Master System and published by Sega, these games are based on the 1990 Christmas film of the same name, while the Nintendo ports by Bethesda Softworks, Imagineering Inc. and THQ were panned, the Sega versions were reviewed much more favorably.

General

 * 1) Unlike the Nintendo versions, the Sega versions are actually faithful to the original movie, as they actually have the player playing as the role of Kevin McCallister, and the goal in each game is to set up traps, which is exactly what the movie features.
 * 2) Nice looking and impressive graphics, especially for the Mega Drive version, the graphics are insanely detailed, and look like they were from the arcades, rather than the console itself.
 * 3) * The graphics in the Master System and Game Gear versions also look good, although they look too colorful to the point your eyes will start itching.
 * 4) The music is pretty catchy, and despite lacking the main theme, does a good job fitting in the Home Alone franchise very well.
 * 5) The controls are pretty smooth and comfortable, especially in the Mega Drive version.

Mega Drive and Game Gear

 * 1) You can choose a variety of traps, such as the ones from the movie, like marbles and the Blow Torch, which can be used to burn the bandits' heads.
 * 2) The character animations for the Wet Bandits when they're trapped are pretty funny and decent for it's time.
 * 3) When you select a house, you can straight away use a bunch of traps, and select a few which you can carry to throw one at them, which is pretty cool, and the screen for setting up the traps are done in a blue print style.
 * 4) If you don't like the house you're setting up traps inside, you can go to another house, and the traps which you placed previously remain.
 * 5) You can actually craft your own weapon, which is really impressive for a Mega Drive game released in 1992.
 * 6) The pain meter is a really cool feature since it acts like the bandits' health meter, and once it's full, you can go to the next house and set up more traps.

Master System

 * 1) The characters look very detailed for an 8-bit game, unlike the NES version.
 * 2) The game plays like the SNES version, but is actually more enjoyable, and actually has both Marv and Harry, the Wet Bandits, inside each house.
 * 3) The screen where the wet bandits are caught look nicely made.

General

 * 1) While the music is good, it lacks the main theme, which was present in the Nintendo versions.
 * 2) Many of these games' length are pretty long, as they last for a hour, and not to mention, the games can be boring if played for a long time, to the point that they're not fun to play anymore.