Home Alone 2 (video game) version was released a year later in 1993. In June 2016, video game developer Frank Cifaldi found the NES version's source code on an old hard drive and released it to the public. He has stated the game's code was based on The Simpsons-licensed titles on the NES, also by Imagineering. "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" was awarded Worst Sequel of 1992 by "Electronic Gaming Monthly". They also awarded it Worst Movie-to-Game of 1996. Home Alone 2 (video game) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the ; it was released
Trapt (video game) of "Game Informer" compared the game to a "Demonic Cut" version of the Christmas movie "Home Alone" and criticized it for repetition and its limitation in scope, saying, "I enjoyed the "Deception" series on PSone, but this sequel hasn't made any strides forward. Inflicting unspeakable pain on mindless video game drones puts you in the shoes of wily Kevin McCallister, but as you'll soon learn, anything that reminds you of Macaulay Culkin is not good." Despite the technical issues, "Trapt" was praised for its uniqueness on the PlayStation 2 platform, as well as the game's premise of killing Allura's pursuers,