gather up various items and then dump them into a laundry chute to deposit them into a safe. Sometimes, the player might resort to using the items the bandits planned to steal against them by dropping them on their heads, as well as instigate certain traps as in the movie (e.g. dropping a paint can on their heads). There are four levels in all, each taking place in a different area of the house, and each having a different item that the player must recover. The first level pertains to jewelry/gold/silver items, the second level has toys, the third level has various electronics, and the fourth level has various exotic pets that are both rare and expensive. After collecting the minimum amount of items and dumping them into the chute, the player can access the basement, where the level's boss must be defeated before the player can access the safe and lock them in. The boss of the first level is a giant spider, the second level a giant rat, the third level a giant ghost, and the fourth level is the battle against Marv and Harry (whose weaknesses are foreshadowed by their opening lines: a BB shot to the head, and the shovel murderer's snow shovel being used from the window, respectively). After securing the fourth safe, the player also has to eliminate the furnace (referring to a point in the movie where Kevin has to conquer his fear of the basement furnace). The game also alludes to there being more members to the Wet Bandits than just Marv and Harry. Release Bethesda Softworks version of the game was released in 1991. Reception Amanda Dyson of Mega said the game was a wasted film license, and was a "grotesquely over-priced and pathetically under-developed mockery of a game". MegaTech said the game would only "appeal to junior players". Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Game Boy version average to low reviews criticizing the gameplay as "slow and tedious", saying the game was lacking variety and had plain graphics. Sega Master Force gave the Master System version praise for the graphics as "crisp and clear" and also praised the catchy game music, although there was criticism of the game levels: "For the first few levels, gameplay's dreadfully basic." They concluded, "Home Alone's a pretty jazzy cart when you get the hang of it. Not a bad effort." Sega's version was a hit