Adventures of Dr. Franken
↗ 14%
🙂 6.6/10
(Super Nintendo - PAL, Action & Adventure)
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$63.60
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Developed_By:
Motivetime Ltd.
Published_By:
DTMC Inc.
Released On:
01 Dec 1993
The Adventures of Dr. Franken follows the story of Franky and his girlfriend Bitsy, who embark on a vacation to New York but encounter an unexpected problem: Bitsy's passport is lost in the mail. To rescue her, Franky disassembles Bitsy into smaller parts and sends them to New York, where he must navigate through various levels to reassemble her.
As Franky navigates through each level, he must avoid enemies that will result in his death if touched too many times. However, Franky has a unique ability – kicking enemies to defeat them. The main objective of every level is to find the hidden package containing Bitsy's parts. To reach it, Franky also needs to solve switch puzzles that unlock the path forward.
The game features 20 regular levels and four additional bonus levels, providing a challenging experience for players as they guide Franky through his quest to reassemble Bitsy.
eBay Product ID:
170244109 (United States)
UPC-A:
739711811086 (USA)
ASIN:
B00002STX1 (United States)
Part #:
SNS-6F (USA)
Nintendo Media PN:
SNS-6F-USA (United States)
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Number of Players Supported:
1 Player
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
In this globe-trotting platforming adventure, a brainless monster named Franky must rescue his girlfriend, Bitsy, after his plan to mail her body parts to their vacation destination goes horribly awry. Players must guide Franky through 20 time-sensitive global locations to retrieve Bitsy's scattered parts and other useful items while visiting bonus areas to collect lives and energy. Once every piece is recovered, the player must return to Transylvania to successfully reassemble Bitsy and complete the quest.
Story
The Story
Franky and his girlfriend Bitsy have decided to take a foreign vacation. Unfortunately, Bitsy does not have a passport. Not to be thwarted, our spare parts hero has devised a cunning plan.
He dismantles Bitsy, packages up her parts and mails them to their vacation destination - New York City - with predictable results. The combination of Franky's lack of brain cells and the incompetence of the Transylvanian post office has scattered Bitsy across the globe.
The Quest
Throughout 20 locations around the globe, Franky must piece together the misdirected parcels containing parts of Bitsy or useful items. These items are scattered into four parts at each location.
Time is of the essence during this search. Spend too long searching and Franky will suffer the consequences!
Bonus Locations
While on his travels, Franky may come across one of four bonus locations. In these special areas, he may collect:
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Extra energy
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Points
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Lives
The Goal
When Franky has retrieved all the missing pieces, he must travel back to Transylvania and reassemble Bitsy.
How to Play
Getting Started
Ensure the power to your SNES unit is turned OFF. Insert the Game Pak into your SNES unit and turn the power ON.
After the DTMC logo and licensing screens have cleared, the Main Menu screen will scroll up on to the bottom half of the screen. Using the UP or DOWN buttons on the control pad, select the 'START GAME' option and confirm this by pressing the START button.
After the 'PLAYER START' message has cleared, the Game Map screen is displayed. You begin in the Transylvanian castle of Von Frankenbone. Press the START button and the game begins with Franky in the center of the screen.
Parcel Pieces
To complete the 16 levels containing the sections of parcels, Franky will need to locate and collect 4 sections of each missing parcel. Some of the parcels contain bits of Bitsy. The others contain important items you will need to travel the world and put Bitsy back together again.
Packages containing pieces of Bitsy have the relevant piece of Bitsy drawn on the side. Most of the sections of the parcel are visible. Others will only appear when you are very close to them.
Packages containing items essential for the completion of your mission may also be visible or may be hidden, appearing at random.
Collected sections of the parcel flash momentarily, then appear in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When all four sections have been collected, Franky must head towards the bobbing 'Exit' sign and leave the level.
Energy
You begin the first level (or any level after losing a life) with half of the maximum energy. Contact with any of the other enemy creatures will deplete this energy. Collect battery icons to restore Franky's energy level. Two sizes of battery icons exist.
The Franky Glow
Some of the locations Franky visits are dark and forbidding. Only his phosphorescent glow provides him with essential light.
The light given off by Franky is proportional to the amount of energy he has. The more energy he has, the more light he gives off.
Timer
Each level is played against the clock. You must complete the level before the grains of time have slipped away; else you will lose a life.
Bonus Lives
As well as the extra bonus lives hidden within each level, one bonus life is also awarded for every 200,000 points accumulated.
In-Game Puzzles
Some of the levels offer a straight-forward solution to gathering all the sections of the parcels. Others require a little thought:
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Dockland Crane: Franky may control these cranes in order to reach inaccessible items. To control the crane, Franky must jump on a button. The crane then moves to a new position. No other buttons may be pressed while this is happening.
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Moving Platforms: Some sections of the parcel may seem totally inaccessible. They may only be reached by lowering platforms or by raft. On such a level will be two levers. Both must be thrown in order for Franky to reach the parcel fragment.
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Spring Boards: While traversing each new level, Franky may come across objects which are particularly springy. Continually bouncing on such an item increases the distance Franky can jump.
Bonus Levels
During Franky's travels he will come across 4 levels containing plenty of bonus goodies and very few enemy creatures, if any. There are NO parcels to collect on these levels.
The Bonus Levels should be used purely to boost low energy, gain extra lives and increase your score. However, nothing comes that easy!
Controls
Control Pad Left
direct Franky in the relevant direction
Control Pad Right
direct Franky in the relevant direction
Control Pad Down
crouch
Control Pad Down + B Button
allow Franky to drop off platforms
Start Button
pauses and unpauses the game
Select Button
Not used
Y Button
kick to the left (on the ground or during a jump); spinning kick to the right (if running or facing towards the right)
B Button
jump (height determined by length of time held)
A Button
kick to the right (on the ground or during a jump); spinning kick to the left (if running or facing towards the left)
X Button
overhead kick in the direction Franky is facing (only while stationary); normal kick in the direction he is running/facing (during a jump or while running)
L Button
release a smart bomb in the direction Franky faces (can also be done during a jump)
R Button
punch in the direction Franky faces (creates a sonic wave of energy to stun attacking enemies)
control pad
navigate the map
Items & Weapons
1UP
Provides 1 bonus life and is worth 10,000 points.
Large Battery
Provides 3 energy units and is worth 1,000 points.
Small Battery
Provides 1 energy unit and is worth 250 points.
Smart Bomb
Provides 1 smart bomb and is worth 2,500 points.
'P'oints
Provides bonus points and is worth 5,000 points.
Shield Icon
Provides invincibility for 30 seconds and is worth 4,000 points.
Super Jump
Provides super jumps for the level and is worth 2,000 points.
Tips & Maps
Energy Bar
Always keep a close eye on your Energy Bar, and when Franky gets low on energy, stand your ground and let enemy creatures come to you instead of running around.
Bonus levels
Identifiable by their lack of enemy creatures, you should look for all bonus lives before leaving them as you cannot return to a completed level.
Exit sign
When starting a new level, always keep an eye out for the bobbing 'Exit' sign.
Hidden icons and parcels
Some hidden icons and sections of parcels are barely visible, so jump up and down to speed things up if they haven't popped up when you reach them.
Hot and wet things
In general, hot and wet things are not very good for Franky!
Lightning and falling weights
On some levels, lightning strikes and falling weights can be very hazardous to Franky's health, so do not hang around in the same place for too long.
Kicking enemies
The type of kick used to dispatch an enemy creature dictates the size of the battery left behind.
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