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
Home Alone cast Macaulay Culkin in the main role because of his experience with the child actor while shooting "Uncle Buck". Columbus met with other actors for the part, by his count "hundreds and hundreds", as he felt it was his "directorial responsibility". It totaled to 200 children. Columbus finally met with Culkin and agreed he was the right choice for the role. Due to Culkin's age, he could only work until 10 PM which created shooting problems for the crew because of the movie's many night-time scenes. Casting turned out to be a tremendous task. For the role of Harry Lime,