It was released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MS-DOS with significant differences between the two.

The general gameplay concept is that each level is like a child's version of The Running Man with a basic top-down view.

Icy floors and slime colored ramps offer an additional challenge to the player.

[4] Although the player is given three chances to successfully navigate the entire Fun House, collecting 25 silver coins acts as a 1-up.

After answering three kid-oriented trivia questions (usually about ice cream or elementary school knowledge), they had to run through the Fun House Maze for some more points.