
If there's a negative to Home Alone, it's the lack of varied gameplay. It's easy to keep track of Kevin and all his enemies, unlike many Game Boy titles that make you squint to play them. One of the best things about Home Alone is its large graphics. Kevin can also find a slingshot and pellets, which are more effective than the water gun, baseballs, and eventually, the BB Gun. A couple of shots of water stuns the Wet Bandits (what a bunch of wimps!). Kevin has some weapons at his disposal to slow down Man/and Harry -such as his water pistol with an unlimited number of shots. Kevin also has to be cunning enough to outwit the crooks, cleva enough to figure out ways to reach seemingly unreachable places, and quick on his feet. But there's more to this game than just picking up valuables before the bad guys grab them. My Boiler Boils OverĮach level gets progressively trickia - the valuables you must collect change from stationary objects such as money bags and watches to moving targets, such as pets or toys. Afta Shave isn't as tasty as pizza but it's almost as helpful - it gives you limited invincibility. If you're really lucky you'll uncova a Pizza Box - worth one extra life, or some Afta Shave. Munch on monster-sized chocolate chip cookies to earn back one hit point (you have three hit points pa life). There's lots of pizza - find eight slices and you get another life. You'd think Kevin's parents would have checked the basement before they bought this house! A Feast Fit For A Nine-Year OldĪs in most run-and-grab games finding hidden power-ups helps you out. His basement boiler is a fireball-spitting monstrosity. After four levels of gathering valuables, Kevin squares off against Marv, Harry, and Kevin's greatest fear, the basement boiler in the final battle. Kevin clears each wing by gathering a set number of valuables and dropping them down the laundry chute (so the crooks won't find them). His large house is divided into four wings, each consisting of hallways and several rooms. Kevin must get to and collect his family's valuables before the crooks steal them. Home Alone for the Game Boy is a run-and-grab action game that requires you to think ahead. Kevin's parents are away (so what else is new?) and it's up to Kevin to defend his home. Those bumbling "Wet Bandits," Marv and Henry are back! And this time they've brought friends - a nasty gang of thugs to help them get revenge on young Kevin McCallister. His weapons usually disable the crooks momentarily. Kev can also splash thugs with a water pistol, bop them with baseballs, snipe at them with a sling-shot, and bonk them with a BB gun.
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His devices are cocked and ready to spring - you just have to figure out how to trigger each slip-up. Kevin's a kid genius when it comes to masterminding felon-foiling traps. Each wing has two floors and many rooms, including bedrooms, bathrooms, and playrooms, and each holds a different variety of treasures, such as toys, electronics, and rare pets. Kevin must hide the McCallister valuables in a safe place (the vault) so he roams around four wings (levels) of his house, grabs as many family treasures as his backpack can hold, and tosses 'em all down the laundry chute. You must help Kev thwart the thieves in this side-view item-grabbing game from THQ. Thugs of every shape, size, and description are prowling the halls of our young hero's house in search of the McCallisters' most prized possessions. Send in the Croniesįor whatever reason, young Kevin is home alone for the holidays once again so the "Wet Bandits", out on parole from the state pen, call in the posse to enact a long-overdue payback. Now they're back to take it in the face, body, and crotch on your Super Nintendo. Such is the case with Harry and Marv, the goofy crooks who unsuccessfully tried to clean out the McCallister family homestead in the top-grossing slapstick flick of all time, Home Alone. Some burglars, no matter how inept, never seem to learn their lesson.
