The Adventures of Dr. Franken (NES)

The Adventures of Dr. Franken

Platform: NES Year: Unreleased Developer: MotiveTime, Ltd.

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. 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

The title screen. The title screen.

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	Composer	Arranger	Length	Size	Listen
01	Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor	Johann Sebastian Bach	Mark Cooksey	3:00	6.78 MB
02	Moonlight Sonata	Ludwig van Beethoven	Mark Cooksey	3:54	8.97 MB

Credits

• Ripper: Gil_Galad
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Audio Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Not Credited Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Not Credited Arranger: Mark Cooksey

(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

This rip is missing songs.

Releases

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