Addams Family Values (video game)

Addams Family Values is a 1995 action-adventure game based on the 1993 film of the same name, developed and published by Ocean Software for the Super NES (in North America and Europe) and Mega Drive (in Europe only).

Addams Family Values
North American SNES box art
Developer	Ocean Software
Publisher	Ocean Software
Producer	Ian Turnbull
Designer	Don McDermott
Programmers	John May Phillip Trelford Robert Walker
Artists	John Hackleton Don McDermott
Writers	Nigel Kershaw Don McDermott
Composer	Keith Tinman
Series	The Addams Family
Platforms	Super NES, Mega Drive
Release	Super NES NA: February 1995[1] EU: May 1995[2] Mega Drive EU: May 1995[3]
Genre	Action-adventure
Mode	Single-player

Plot

The player takes the role of Uncle Fester as he searches for his recently kidnapped baby nephew Pubert E. Addams. On the way, he receives help from The Addams Family and other characters.^{[citation needed]}

Gameplay

Addams Family Values is an action-adventure game with slight role-playing elements. The players control Fester by moving him around, fighting regular enemies and bosses, talking to members of Addams household, and solving puzzles. There are eight dungeons players can explore with a handful of side quests.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameFan	SNES: 258/300[4]
GamesMaster	SNES: 82/100[5]
M! Games	SMD: 77%[6]
Mean Machines Sega	SMD: 74/100[7]
Mega Fun	SMD & SNES: 75%[8][9]
Nintendo Life	SNES: [10]
Nintendo Power	SNES: 13.4/20[11]
Official Nintendo Magazine	SNES: 90/100[12]
Total!	SNES: 80/100[13]
Video Games (DE)	SMD & SNES: 62%[14][15]
Games World	SMD & SNES: 69%[16][17]
Sega Magazine	SMD: 87/100[18]
Sega Power	SMD: 52%[19]

In 1995, Total! ranked the game 71st on their list of the "Top 100 SNES Games".^[20]