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| Platform        = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
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| PlatformPage    = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Year            = Unreleased
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| Year            = 1993
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| Developer      = {{Developer|MotiveTime|MotiveTime, Ltd.}}
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| DeveloperName  = Cygnus
 
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| DeveloperPage  = Elite
 
 
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'''''The Adventures of Dr. Franken''''' was an unreleased video game developed by Elite (under the name Cygnus.) The player takes the role of Dr. Franken who must find body parts of his girlfriend scattered all over the mansion to attempt to resurrect her. This game is not a good one, the graphics are bad, the controls are awful and the ending isn't even worth your troubles.
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'''''The Adventures of Dr. Franken''''' was an unreleased video game developed by [[Elite]] (under the name Cygnus) around 1992-1993. The player takes the role of Dr. Franken who must find body parts of his girlfriend scattered all over the mansion to attempt to resurrect her. It is unknown why the game was not released. The exact game was ported to the GameBoy as "Dr. Franken".
  
 
The game was programmed by Mark Crane with graphics by David Percival and audio by Mark Cooksey.
 
The game was programmed by Mark Crane with graphics by David Percival and audio by Mark Cooksey.
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
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| Description = The title screen.}}
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| Image      = Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Gameplay 1.png
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| Description = The green pea gang.}}
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| Image      = Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Donkey.png
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| Description = Let's play some Donkey Kong.}}
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| Image      = Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Spoopy.png
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| Description = Spoopy ghost in my bedroom.}}
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| Image      = Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Pacman.png
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| Description = Gotta call the Ghostbusters.}}
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| Image      = Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Book.png
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| Description = Poor Franky cannot read.}}
 
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==Music==
 
==Music==
 
There are only two songs in the game; one that plays at the title and another that plays all throughout the game. Both songs are real pieces of music originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. The title song is Prelude and Fugue in C Minor and the in-game song is Moonlight Sonata. Both songs, especially the in-game music are very long songs, and since the game can be completed in a short amount of time, the music doesn't get old that easily. The music was composed in [[Notator]] for the Atari ST. The GameBoy version uses the same music.
 
There are only two songs in the game; one that plays at the title and another that plays all throughout the game. Both songs are real pieces of music originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. The title song is Prelude and Fugue in C Minor and the in-game song is Moonlight Sonata. Both songs, especially the in-game music are very long songs, and since the game can be completed in a short amount of time, the music doesn't get old that easily. The music was composed in [[Notator]] for the Atari ST. The GameBoy version uses the same music.
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Since the game lacks credits, we have contacted Mark Cooksey about composing this game's soundtrack since he is the only known composer at Elite and he has verified that he is the composer.
 
  
 
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| [[Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor]]
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| Title      = Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|John Doe}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Mark Cooksey}}
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| [[Moonlight Sonata]]
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| Recording  = 01 - Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Title.ogg
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| [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
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| Title      = Moonlight Sonata
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|John Doe}}
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| Arranger    = {{TrackListArranger|Mark Cooksey}}
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===Credits===
 
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* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
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** '''Not Credited Composer:''' {{Credits|Ludwig van Beethoven}}
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** '''Not Credited Arranger:''' {{Template: Credits|Mark Cooksey|Mark Cooksey}}
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** '''Not Credited Arranger:''' {{Credits|Mark Cooksey}}
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(Verified by Mark Cooksey; Game lacks credits.)
  
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Like most of MotiveTime's games, this game does not have credits. We have contacted Mark Cooksey since he was the main composer for MotiveTime at the time and he has given us verification that he worked on this game's audio. He has also taken credit for the Game Boy version on his website.
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[[Category: Games Without Credits|Adventures of Dr. Franken, The (NES)]]
  
 
==Game Rip==
 
==Game Rip==
 
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| Publisher    = {{Publisher|Elite}}
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Revision as of 07:59, 18 May 2019

The Adventures of Dr. Franken
NoBox.png
Platform: NES
Year: Unreleased
Developer: MotiveTime, Ltd.

The Adventures of Dr. Franken was an unreleased video game developed by Elite (under the name Cygnus) around 1992-1993. The player takes the role of Dr. Franken who must find body parts of his girlfriend scattered all over the mansion to attempt to resurrect her. It is unknown why the game was not released. The exact game was ported to the GameBoy as "Dr. Franken".

The game was programmed by Mark Crane with graphics by David Percival and audio by Mark Cooksey.

Screenshots

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Title Screen.png

The title screen.

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Gameplay 1.png

The green pea gang.

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Donkey.png

Let's play some Donkey Kong.

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Spoopy.png

Spoopy ghost in my bedroom.

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Pacman.png

Gotta call the Ghostbusters.

Adventures of Dr. Franken - NES - Book.png

Poor Franky cannot read.

Music

There are only two songs in the game; one that plays at the title and another that plays all throughout the game. Both songs are real pieces of music originally composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. The title song is Prelude and Fugue in C Minor and the in-game song is Moonlight Sonata. Both songs, especially the in-game music are very long songs, and since the game can be completed in a short amount of time, the music doesn't get old that easily. The music was composed in Notator for the Atari ST. The GameBoy version uses the same music.

Recording

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
01 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor John DoeMark Cooksey 3:00
Download
02 Moonlight Sonata John DoeMark Cooksey 3:54
Download

Credits

(Verified by Mark Cooksey; Game lacks credits.)

Like most of MotiveTime's games, this game does not have credits. We have contacted Mark Cooksey since he was the main composer for MotiveTime at the time and he has given us verification that he worked on this game's audio. He has also taken credit for the Game Boy version on his website.

Game Rip

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This rip is missing songs.

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Format

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Releases

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Title: The Adventures of Dr. Franken
Platform: NES
Released: Unreleased
Publisher: Elite
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