The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

About

You play as Pugsley Addams exploring his family’s spooky mansion to collect six odd items hidden in different rooms. Each door in the house leads to a new side-scrolling platform level filled with hazards like spikes, falling objects, and secret switches that trigger deadly effects. The game lets you tackle levels in any order, making it easy to retry tough sections without backtracking. The goal is simple but tense: avoid getting squashed, impaled, or otherwise dismembered while gathering every item to finish the hunt. The game leans into the Addams Family’s dark humor with ghoulish set pieces and a focus on chaotic platforming. Traps and switches create unpredictable moments, while scattered "magic money" offers extra rewards. Released in 1992, it’s a short but brisk SNES title that feels like a family-friendly horror romp. The non-linear structure and varied hazards keep the mansion from feeling repetitive, even if the core mechanics stay basic.

Storyline

As if things weren't ooky enough! Wednesday has devised a simply torturous game which will drive her darling wretched brother, Pugsley, to happiness. How absolutely delicious! She has hidden six wonderfully strange items somewhere about the Addams Family Mansion. Now, you must guide poor Pugsley on his quest to uncover them. Traps, traps, traps you say! Well, yes. What else would add so much lovely horror to this unnaturally delightful fun? Little Wednesday has made sure this adventure will be a doom-filled doozie. There are hidden switches all about, which produce the loveliest blood-curdling effects when Pugsley runs into them. And let’s not forget all the money that Pugsley will be able to gather on his way. There’s even magic money which will have an extra lively effect you won’t want to miss. So get ready to get spooky, and get set to get kooky… it’s Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt! En garde!