A platformer roaming the Addams mansion, sometimes loose in its controls but charming in atmosphere. A pleasant nostalgia trip.
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Platformer1 player7+
Description
Platformer featuring Gomez Addams exploring a labyrinthine house-world to rescue his family. Published by Ocean, released in Europe in 1992. Non-linear levels explorable in any order, Gomez collecting items across rooms, gothic and comedic atmosphere faithful to the TV series and detailed visuals. Addams franchise adaptation on Super Nintendo.
Addams Family, The review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Ocean treats the mansion as one large map to explore: central hall, frozen wings, greenhouse, flooded cellar and attic, each room painted in a different range yet always under the same greenish light. Gomez, small and voluble, acts as the throughline, and the haunted furniture used as platforms holds the tone of the series perfectly.
The score plays around the television theme without ever quoting it whole: skipping harpsichord, plucked double bass, muted brass and that habit of ending phrases on a wrong note. Each wing of the mansion gets its own variation, and the whole thing stays surprisingly melodic for a European platform game of 1992.
The European PAL SNES edition of the Ocean platformer based on the film, with a short PAL print and a fragile cardboard box. The PAL cart is rarer than the US version, and Ocean Software forged an identity distinct from American film-licence productions at the time. PAL boxed CIB in the original cardboard box with multilingual manual climbs steadily, sustained by the coherence of an identifiable European Ocean SNES PAL collection.
Is Addams Family, The still worth playing in 2026?
Ocean's Addams Family remains an old school SNES platformer, marked by its dry difficulty and a level design that lets the player roam freely through the Addams mansion. The art direction fits the license perfectly and the music stays surprisingly catchy. The handling is more dated, with some unforgiving hitboxes. A worthwhile rediscovery for nostalgia or curiosity about a forgotten side of licensed 16 bit platforming. Not a system peak, but a solid pick when craving a retro challenge.
