It's a decent top down adventure game, but it can be frustratingly difficult. There are ways to mitigate this to some extent via the upgrade system, but losing progress still becomes maddeningly annoying especially because of how slow Fester is.

the only nes game i own, genuinely unfair

No, just no.

With a guide (U Can Beat Video Games' video guide!) I really had fun with this. It's really funny having all the Addams Familys give you TNT when you find them.

This is the greatest videogame since 198weiner

as I played, I felt myself become the angry video game nerd