As a tribute to the old-school 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System games of their youth, a pair of San Francisco-based video game developers have released the “NES version” of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby.

The game is all at once hilarious, addictive, and true to both the plot of the novel and the formula used in basically every side-scroll Nintendo game ever created (run, jump, collect coins and bonus items, and shoot random “enemies” that wander aimlessly back and forth ). The enemies you must defeat consist of foes such as waiters and flappers.

“It’s the roaring 20s, and trouble’s in store for Nick Carraway,” reads the advertisement on the site. “It’s hard to enjoy a party when you’re being chased by wacky waiters, dizzy drinkers, and crazy dancers! Now you have to find Gatsby, the mysterious man you saw disappear on the hillside … or did he?”

The game also features characters who provide information (in “Zelda”/”Adventures of Link” fashion) while using direct quotes and language true to the 1920s West Egg, such as the man in the library: “Didn’t cut the pages! Look for Gatsby in the garden.” Or a congratulations from Gatsby himself: “Good job, old sport!”

The developers even created NES-style box and instruction manual artwork circa 1990 to accompany the game.

Work can wait — go give this game a try.