Original Concept
According to the game magazines Nintendo Power and Nintendo of Europe, the original concept of this game varied greatly from what was eventually released. In the original game concept, the players would control Freddy Kruger and should kill the teenagers who were attempting to gather his scattered bones in order to rebury them.
Follows the synopsis of the prototype version of the game:
You ARE Freddy Kruger. A horde of obnoxious teenagers is trying to get rid of you by finding your scattered bones and burying them. The only way to stop them is to kill them. You can travel along Elm Street through the electrical and plumbing lines or step into a mirror and step in another room. The kids have weapons to battle tou with ans some of them even possess powerful "Dream Alter Egos" ...but if you can strike before they wake, they'Ill trouble you no more. So sharpen up your finger razors and get ready to slash, 'cause Freddy's here!It's probable that this version of the game has been canceled to prevent polemics, for example, years earlier had already been released a video game based on the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Atari 2600 where the player controls the murderer with the objective of chase and kill victims, the game was a financial failure precisely because it is politically incorrect and many sellers refused to sell it fearing reprisals.
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