That was...odd.

[ARedLetterDay]

I was playing through The Addam's Family- Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (one of my all-time favorite games) for NES when I came across an odd..glitch?

Starting from the main foyer of the mansion, I went two doors down, through the door closest to the left staircase and went through The Big Tree and inside. After reaching The Graveyard, I proceeded through as normal.

Important to note: I gained about nine (remember that) extra lives along the way, in the Big Tree.

I got to the Graveyard boss, the one with two platforms on either side and throws scythes at different intervals. At the beginning of this fight, I had 10 lives. I lost most of them due to a faulty keyboard (which I have just replaced), bringing me to a total of 00 lives left. Which in the world of video games, usually means one life left. I beat the boss and go outside, after the short interlude of

rescuing Wednesday from the clutches of the boss.

I lose about three lives along the way back to The Long Garden and I wonder, what the heck? I check my current lives and to my astonishment, I had 97 lives! Any idea what could have caused this?

[Kong]

I have no idea.

Very rarely are these types of glitches caused by the site. They are usually glitches in the original game and would have happened on a real Nintendo too.

[ARedLetterDay]

I think I might know what caused it.

Before I died the first time, after heading back through The Long Garden, I had 99 sweets. At the time of my first death I simultaneously collected my 100th sweet, thus awarding me an extra life at the time of my death. I guess it messed the game up somehow and set the counter to 99.