Home Alone (1991). Play Free Online

Summary

When I slipped the SNES cartridge of Home Alone into my console, the familiar mischief of Harry and Marv – the Wet Bandits – hit me right away. This time they’ve beefed up their gang, bringing extra robbers along for a revenge raid while Kevin’s family is out of the house. The game’s core loop forces you, as Kevin, to scramble across the living‑room, loft and kitchen, shoving every priceless trinket down a chute that leads to the basement safe room. Once the loot is stacked, a maze of rats, bats, spiders and even a few spectral foes blocks the path, culminating in a boss showdown before you can slam the safe’s lock. Though the SNES version is just one piece of a wider “Home Alone” franchise – titles that drifted onto NES, Game Boy, Genesis, Amiga and even MS‑DOS between 1991 and 1993 – it’s the most memorable for its quirky blend of platforming and item‑hauling. Bethesda Softworks oversaw the original 1991 release, and the whole line moved roughly 50,000 units, a modest number that still haunts the nostalgia of early‑90s gamers.

Storyline

Home Alone on the Super NES follows the familiar movie premise: Kevin McCallister is left alone when his family jets off to Paris for Christmas. He must keep the bumbling Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, from breaking into the house by rigging everyday items as traps and weapons. The SNES version adds a trap‑em‑up twist – Kevin is tasked with hauling the family’s fortunes from the main floor down to a safe room in the basement. Once the loot is secured, he battles through swarms of rats, bats, spiders and even ghosts, confronts a boss, and finally locks the riches away. The game’s quirky blend of platforming and puzzle‑style trap setting puts it in the same lineage as classics like Lode Runner.

Edited by Maya Carter