Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4230 in Video Games
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: Nintendo NES

Features

• Battle Jason and other blood thirsty ghouls as you try to save the campers
• Gather weapons hidden in the campgrounds
• Save 6 camp counselor before you battle Jason
• 3 screens: map screen, side view screen and interior screen
• For 1 player

From the Manufacturer
It's a pretty typical summer at Crystal Lake. There's a group of happy children staying in the Camp. You and your six camp counselor friends are watching over the kids while enjoying the lake and the wilderness. The days are bright and sunny. The nights are cool and clear. And Jason is on a rampage.

It's up to you to stop him, but it's not going to be easy. You must first fight your way through forests filled with man-eating wolves, caves covered with blood sucking bats and hordes of mindless zombies everywhere you turn. You must also help any friend who is in danger, or else you can just kiss them goodbye. And hiding in a cabin or staying adrift in a canoe won't keep you safe--Jason will find you anywhere. The only way to survive this summer is to challenge Jason face to face, and destroy him.

The object of the game is simple, you must stay alive long enough to find a way to defeat Jason once and for all. To do this requires nerves of steel as you explore Crystal Lake Campground, encountering its many hidden dangers, and searching for the weapons and other items you will need to accomplish your fearful task.

Friday the 13th is made up of three kinds of screens. The map screen shows the location of the counselors during the game. The side view screen is used when exploring outside and the interior screen is used when exploring inside a room.

You switch back and forth between the 6 different counselors as you explore and battle your way around the cabins and trails of Crystal Lake. You have to find and equip the counselors with weapons and other power items you find along the way. Once you gather enough, you can turn the tables on Jason and begin to hunt him.

Customer Reviews

Awsome game, creepy movie atmosphere!
This game is truly amazing for NES, even though it is very old and for NES it is still pretty cool. You can be one of many teenager (they look like kids though) to battle the great Jason and look for the missing children. Jaosn is very hard to kill, that the only reason I gave this a 4 instead of 5, he is creepy though, you find him in houses. Its a big level, with many houses, if you lucky you will go into the house with Jason and fight him , bu he allways comes back of course! I love the music, it is actually creepy, it sounds like something from a Friday the 13th movie,I love it! This is a game that will haunt you for hours!

Horror movie fan!!!!
Get this, my parents bought this game for me as an Easter present back in the day... I loved it.
They usually never bought video games for me because I never liked them (they kept my friends in the house during the summertime... how lame is that?? I had to resort to playing one-on-one with my shadow which, by the way, guarded me pretty well) but this was an exception since I love horror stuff.

This game, like other reviewers say, is VERY scary and it totally 'puts you in the movie.' Even with the untraditional Friday the 13th characters like zombies & what not, you still feel like you're in the movie. The game's setting is identical to the movie's and Jason looks very scary, as does his mom. The music is annoying but still a good selection for a scary video game.
You have a selection of counselors that you use throughout the game, each has a different talent (one is fast, one jumps really high, one is really strong but slow... etc). If you lose energy with a counselor, you can switch to one of the others but somewhere down the line you'll have to go back & use the weaker one again... it's a teamwork game.

The game is hard to beat but, in my opinion, it's harder to find all the weapons. I beat Jason before I found all the weapons.

This game was reviewed poorly back in the day but I loved it, as will any horror movie/game fan around (even with the outdated graphics).

I recommend getting this game along with a working NES for this and a couple other games if so inclined.

Ok, I can't figure out why I just reviewed this game... I'm as lame as the kids that stay in the house to play video/computer games during the summer... KIDS, GET OUTSIDE, THE PARKS ARE EMPTY... you'll have plenty of time to play video games when you're old has beens like me!!!

A Memorable Game
Wow! I remember playing this game as a kid when it first came out and it truly scared me. Jason is in one of those rooms in a cabin and he will jump out and try to kill you... This game had many good weapons...rocks,knives,torches,and the machete. Ever find that machete? You can go in the cave and find a key and go in a secret door where you have a deul with Mrs.Voorhies's head. That was one of my favorite things about the game. (Of course, actually killing Jason for good is always the best...) Yes, I highly reccommend this game and I guarentee you will enjoy it. You can turn off the lights for an added effect.