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    Friday the 13th

    Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Feb 01, 1989

    Friday the 13th puts players in the shoes of one of six counselors at Camp Crystal Lake and tasks them with using any weapon they can find to save the children hiding in cabins spread out across the camp grounds from Jason's murderous rampage.

    glockstararmani's Friday The 13th (Nintendo Entertainment System) review

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    Jason Goes to Hell

    Imagine a wooden barrel full of juggling balls, each one of those balls representing a movie or IP license. To sum up LJN's business plan during the late 80s and early 90s, they pretty much picked up every one of those balls at once, attempted to juggle them, and dropped them all on the first try.

    This game's not HORRIBLE, but it's not playable enough to be considered 'good', at least not by my weird and unpleasant standards. The 2-and-a-half stars I gave it are for nostalgia alone. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but I find it hilarious how the box art depicts a blood-stained Jason, ready to bash someone's head in like cantaloupe with his hatchet...while behind him is a lovely colourful tye-dye wallpaper that looks like a rainbow threw up in a candy store. It's like somebody accused the box artist of not knowing what juxtaposition is, and the artist set out to prove that person wrong BIG time.

    Other reviews for Friday The 13th (Nintendo Entertainment System)

      Beat this crappy game... if you can! 0

      Developed by Atlus and published by LJN for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989, Friday the 13th is based on the iconic 1980-1993 horror film franchise of the same name. This game is considered by many to be one of the worst games of all time. Interestingly, this game was also actually quite revolutionary, as it was one of the first horror games. This game was released ten months before Sweet Home was released in December of the same year, 1989, and definitely the first one that has you ke...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

      Old school madness! 0

      Time for some old school shit!This time im reviewing Friday The 13th on the NES.  The game begins with a start screen you press start,then you start the game and then the first thing you do is choose a camp counselor.Yeah,thats right you dont play as jason it sucks ass. Anyway,when you start the game the graphics are blury as most of the old games.The main idea is to collect lighters and then go into cabins to light up chimneys.The easiest enemy in the game is zombies.The first weapon of the gam...

      0 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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