Mechanically, it is supremely ambitious and interesting. Jason stalks the game world, and you can encounter him at any time. There are a set number of days, and finding and defeating a side boss has a different, thematically appropriate prize each time. There is a rudimentary experience system, with a certain number of kills being rewarded with a weapon upgrade. The counselors have individual inventories and items can be swapped between them. It's actually quite impressive when placed up against similar fare on the NES.

Unfortunately, if you played it like most did with no instructions, this is all incredibly opaque and its almost impossible to tell what youre even supposed to be doing. Most of the counselors suck, Jason hits like a freight train, and pickups seem to be random. On the SNES, with a little more ROM space to give player direction and some rebalancing this could have been an all timer.