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A Nightmare on Elm Street

Retro Game Database · NES

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Step into Elm Street as a courageous teenager determined to hunt down the scattered bones of Freddy Krueger in LJN’s chilling NES adaptation of the classic horror franchise. Inspired by the 1987 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Nightmare casts you across a series of eerie houses, where you must gather all of Freddy’s bones and toss them into your high school’s furnace to banish him forever. As you clear each haunted haunt, a new door unlocks, leading you deeper into the nightmare, and closer to the face of evil itself.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street speedruns on NES

Compare 6 populated full-game category boards for A Nightmare on Elm Street on Nintendo Entertainment System. Each board keeps its own rules and timing method. Hardware and emulator runs are labeled separately, and tied places retain their original ranks.

Any%

Real time · Top 10 places

Any% on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1hirexen15:40Original hardwareOct 1, 2026View run ↗
2IluvMario15:45Original hardwareJul 8, 2024View run ↗
3Pikachu15:54Original hardwareOct 6, 2022View run ↗
4cantaloupeme15:58Original hardwareJan 24, 2020View run ↗
5Rayquaza91116:14Original hardwareSep 27, 2017View run ↗
6That906Guy16:45Original hardwareJun 5, 2020View run ↗
7JamEvil16:47Original hardwareJan 24, 2019View run ↗
8TheSquirrel17:06.68Original hardwareMar 4, 2026View run ↗
9jimjamboory17:07Original hardwareOct 6, 2023View run ↗
10BigOtassss17:16Original hardwareMar 2, 2026View run ↗

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Any% CO-OP: 2 PLAYER

Real time · Top 10 places

Any% CO-OP: 2 PLAYER on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1hirexen, RyuHayabusa8918:55Original hardwareAug 30, 2026View run ↗
2PettyRunner, ApolloSmug19:41Original hardwareAug 8, 2026View run ↗
3Streamerybros20:41Original hardwareJul 16, 2025View run ↗
4jimjamboory, KumaKhan2221:19EmulatorOct 18, 2022View run ↗
5cantaloupeme, JSR_21:48Original hardwareJun 12, 2019View run ↗
6Skavenger216, cantaloupeme22:28Original hardwareJun 18, 2017View run ↗
7MCAaronIce, ApolloSmug26:09Original hardwareMay 4, 2026View run ↗
8BlackwoodRecordings, Mizzuzbizzy33:33EmulatorNov 1, 2024View run ↗
9EvilelF, TheRetroRunner34:09Original hardwareNov 1, 2021View run ↗
10DTysonator, Gar47:51Original hardwareOct 29, 2013View run ↗

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Any% CO-OP: 3 PLAYER

Real time · Top 10 places

Any% CO-OP: 3 PLAYER on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1PettyRunner, ApolloSmug, Lucha_Gym21:12Original hardwareAug 8, 2026View run ↗
2jimjamboory, KumaKhan22, DarthTyrael25:45EmulatorOct 26, 2022View run ↗
3ApolloSmug, COOLKID, MCAaronIce30:20Original hardwareJan 10, 2019View run ↗

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Any% CO-OP: 4 PLAYER

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Any% CO-OP: 4 PLAYER on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1PettyRunner, ApolloSmug, Lucha_Gym, hirexen25:10Original hardwareAug 6, 2026View run ↗
2cantaloupeme, feasel, JamEvil, Skavenger21625:23Original hardwareJan 12, 2017View run ↗

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Low%

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Low% on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1cantaloupeme19:39Original hardwareNov 3, 2021View run ↗
2Edo_8722:43Original hardwareNov 1, 2021View run ↗
3KenMastersWDream27:32Original hardwareFeb 1, 2023View run ↗

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Pacifist%

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Pacifist% on Nintendo Entertainment System, Real time
PlaceRunnerTimeSystemRun dateRun
1BigOtassss18:53Original hardwareNov 5, 2025View run ↗
2Edo_8731:40Original hardwareOct 23, 2021View run ↗

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Rankings from speedrun.com.