Addams Family Values was released by Ocean Software in 1995 for the Super Nintendo. It is based on the second film about the morbidly charming Addams family, but unlike earlier games carrying this brand it is not a platformer — Ocean opted for a third-person action-adventure in which the world is explored freely, in the manner of contemporary console adventures.

The player controls Uncle Fester and journeys through a sprawling landscape of swamps, forests and dungeons. Exploration, item hunting and conversations with odd characters matter more here than jumping, which was an unusual decision for a mid-nineties film licence — most publishers played it safe with run-and-jump action.

Ocean Software was one of Europe's biggest specialists in film licences, and its late SNES output shows both craft routine and a willingness to experiment. Addams Family Values is evidence of that: a famous brand serving as the wrapper for a game structurally close to the action RPGs of its day.

The title is designed for a single player. The source material's black humour seeps into descriptions and situations, which keeps the game feeling fresher than most licensed averages of the period.

The Addams brand already had a solid history in games — Ocean's previous titles were straightforward platformers, so the turn toward open exploration was a conscious risk. The publisher could afford it partly because the SNES audience of the mid-nineties had been raised on action-adventures and treated large maps as an asset rather than an obstacle.

The game's page on OldGame.cz gathers the release year, the publisher and pictures from the Addams family swamps.