Home Alone

About

You play as Kevin McCallister a kid left alone when his family vacations. The Wet Bandits Harry and Marv return with a crew to steal the house’s valuables. Your job is to stop them using everyday items as traps. Swing a baseball bat from a fishing line trip up foes with Christmas lights or send them tumbling with falling objects. The game switches between platforming sections and top-down puzzle moments as you outwit bumbling thieves. The humor and creativity in trap design stand out. Each enemy has distinct behaviors making you adapt strategies. While not as polished as later adventure titles it has a cult following for its chaotic charm. The SNES version runs smooth with colorful visuals and catchy music. Fans of classic family action films might appreciate the meta nods to the movie’s legacy.

Storyline

There are multiple versions of the game and each features a different style of gameplay, but all share the same plot and roughly the same objective: Kevin McCallister is left home alone when his family goes on vacation. He must prevent Harry and Marv, the "Wet Bandits", from burglarizing his home, using various household objects as traps and/or weapons. Each version of the game is an example of the trap-em-up genre, which also includes games like Heiankyo Alien, Space Panic, and Lode Runner.