Play Dream Master (Japan) Online

Dream Master was a Japan only release for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by TOSE and published by Irem in 1992. It arrived late in the NES lifecycle, a time when developers were still finding inventive ways to use the hardware. The game is based on the Adventures of Little Nemo cartoon and comic, but it carves out its own strange identity.

You control a young boy, Nemo, who explores a series of surreal, side scrolling dreamscapes. Your main objective is to progress through each stage, ultimately confronting a boss to retrieve a key. The signature mechanic involves feeding candy to the various sleeping animals you find; once sated, you can ride them, and each creature offers a completely different movement ability, from a frog's massive leaps to a mole's tunneling. The pacing is deliberate, almost puzzle like, as you figure out which animal to use and where. It feels like navigating a logic problem disguised as a children's storybook.