the cutting room mirror

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Genesis)

Victor Frankenstein: "You do speak!"
The Creature: "Yes, I speak, and read, and think, and know the ways of men. Explain then, father, why I see a giant orange dinosaur walking around me."

Test Room#

Entering TEST.LEV in the password screen will make the game display the above message. Start the game and you'll appear at the very beginning of Stage 1, but instead of peasants and soldiers...

IT'S BALONEY THE DINOSAUR! Mary_Shelley_Frankenstein_(Genesis)_Test_03.png

...there are two giant orange dinosaurs and two Frankenstein clones.

Both dinos walk around the level. The Frankenstein clone on the right side of the screen paces around his half of the screen rapidly, but doesn't do much of anything; however, hitting the left Frankenstein with your stick will make him shoot out dozens of fire, smoke, and spark effects. Doing this while a dino is close will cause some sprites and the Frankenstein clone to vanish until the effects end.

The only way to exit the level is to reset the console.

This needs some investigation.
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Early Credits#

Present at 0x2BBB0 and (in a slightly different form) at 0x2C4D7.

ALAN
FRANKENSTEIN CREDITS -

GAME ENGINE (ASIA) PROGRAMMER
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ALAN MICHAEL BARTON

GAME ENGINE (ASIA) DESIGNERS
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ALAN MICHAEL BARTON
STEVE HOWARD

ASIA HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMERS
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ALAN TROTH
JOHN CONNER
CHRIS G

GRAPHICS (SPRITES)
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LAURENCE MC DONALD

GRAPHICS (BACKGROUNDS)
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LAURENCE MC DONALD
CARL
JACQUI JOMAIN
FRANK HERMAIN

MAP AND LEVEL DESIGNER
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JACQUI JOMAIN

References#


  1. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein credits (Genesis, 1994) - MobyGames↩︎
  2. GENESIS NEW RELEASE LIST 9/26 - 11/30. "Frankenstein 11/1/94"↩︎