Super Nintendo Entertainment System Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York (USA)
0Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name, it was released on the NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES systems.
SummaryThough it is based on the movie in terms of plot and additional dialogue, the game was different from the movie. The NES port uses sound effects from the early 1990s The Simpsons games such as Bart vs. the Space Mutants.
Certain changes made the game more interesting in an interactive game than in a static movie, such as use of different weapons and power-ups for protection, level layouts with enemies not seen in the movie, and for the Uncle's House level, usage of hidden keys and locked doors gained only after luring Marv or Harry into specific traps laid out in the various rooms (aka the first two Home Alone movies), as well as an active scene involving the Bird Woman and her birdseed attacks
The Nintendo versions of the game were released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles at the time. The Nintendo consoles are virtually the same game, with minor differences with each version. Stages two and three are all different in each version. For example, Stage 3's basement floor is only one screen in the NES version, a whole floor in the GB and SNES version. However, the Game Boy version has bottomless pits everywhere that Kevin loses a life if he falls in. All three games were published by THQ and developed by Imagineering. All three games have the same weapons: a dart gun to stun enemies, a necklace that can be flung to hit enemies on the ground, and two types of rocket-propelled fist launchers: a shorter version that can hit stronger enemies and a long-ranged version.
The Super NES version, while boasting a soundtrack with the Super NES traditionally realistic sounding instrument synth, suffered due to slightly post-8-bit graphics and sound effects, as well as a disjointed feel of incontinuity between stages. Kevin cannot recover his energy with cookies not being in this version.
The NES version has four different levels, the first of which is the Plaza Hotel. Kevin races through various floors and rooms collecting power-ups and avoiding the hotel staff, crazy guests and runaway vacuum cleaners and suitcases. Before he can escape, however, he has to deal with two bosses: the ever-persistent House Detective and the Master Chef. The next level takes place in Central Park, and is similar to the Plaza Hotel: Kevin collects his goodies while avoiding rats, bats and assorted thugs.
The third level takes place in Kevin's uncle's three-story Townhouse. This time Kevin has to avoid Harry and Marv, and sets up several booby-traps to keep the bandits at bay. While doing so, Kevin must also find keys that will allow him to escape to the next floor, and ultimately the Rooftop. Once he's on the roof, Kevin escapes to the streets of New York with the Bandits hot on his tail, until he reaches the giant Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. It is here where he gets help from the Pigeon Lady to defeat Harry and Marv, have them sent back to jail, and finally reunite with his family.
The Game Boy version is virtually identical to the NES version, with a couple enemies and parts of the game exclusive to this version. Kevin has only four hit points instead of five like in the SNES and NES versions. The second stage has him running into hippos, monkeys that throw banana peels at him and a panda that juggles balls that will hurt Kevin if he comes into contact with. The third stage, as mentioned, has bottomless pits that will cost Kevin a life if he falls in. The final level has Kevin running away from: rats, dogs, trashcan lids and a safe that crushes him if he stays on the screen too long.
ReceptionThe game has had very poor reception. Most reviewers complain that various elements of the game change depending on what part of a level the player is on; for example, the slide attack is an effective move on one part of the level, but does not work on another.[citation needed]
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was awarded Worst Sequel of 1992 by Electronic Gaming Monthly.[1] They also awarded it Worst Movie-to-Game of 1996.[1]
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