Home Alone 2 (video game)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
NES box art
Developer(s)	Imagineering (NES, SNES and Game Boy versions) Sega (Genesis/Mega Drive version) Manley and Associates Inc. (PC version)
Publisher(s)	THQ Sega Capstone Software
Composer(s)	Mark Van Hecke
Platform(s)	Super NES, NES, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS
Release date(s)	NES: ^EU 1992 ^NA October, 1992 Super NES: ^NA October, 1992 ^PAL January 1, 1993 Game Boy: ^NA October, 1992 Genesis: ^NA 1993 DOS: ^NA 1993
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name; it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES platforms.

Development

The game was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles available at the time. Mechanically the three versions are identically, with the Game Boy version being virtually identical to the NES version aside from the monochrome graphics and lowered resolution. The MS-DOS version was released in 1992. The Genesis version was released a year later in 1993.

Reception

The game was released to a poor reception.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was awarded Worst Sequel of 1992 by Electronic Gaming Monthly. They also awarded it Worst Movie-to-Game of 1996.^[1]

References

1. "Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide". 1997.