Okay, so Home Alone on the Sega Genesis is basically you playing as Kevin McCallister, but way more chaotic than the movie. You’re running around your house setting up traps—like toy cars on the stairs or paint cans swinging from ropes—while Harry and Marv stumble in like drunk uncles at Christmas. The controls are a little stiff (it is a 16-bit game), but there’s something weirdly satisfying about watching them faceplant into your carefully laid hazards.

It’s not just about traps, though. You’ve gotta collect coins (for some reason?), avoid getting grabbed, and sometimes even sneak past them in the dark. The music is that same jingly holiday tune on loop, so after a while, it either gets annoying or weirdly hypnotic. Pro tip: The snowball fight level is way harder than it should be.

If you grew up with the movie, it’s pure nostalgia. If not, it’s still a bizarrely fun time capsule of ’90s licensed games. Just don’t expect it to play like a modern title—this is pure old-school jank with heart.