Difference between revisions of "Dr. Franken"

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Dr. Franken

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System
Publisher: Codemasters Elite Systems
Developer: Eden Entertainment Software^[1] Rage Software
Developer(s) of original games: Motivetime
Planned release date(s): 1993-12^[2]
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Game Gear demo dumped

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Dr. Franken is an unreleased Mega Drive, Game Gear, and Master System action game. A port of the 1992 Game Boy game of the same name, it was scheduled to be released in late 1993^[2], with Codemasters publishing the Mega Drive version and Elite Systems publishing the Game Gear and Master System versions. Ultimately, no version of the game ever made it to Sega's consoles.

A demonstration build of the Game Gear version has since been leaked online.

Magazine articles

Main article: Dr. Franken/Magazine articles.

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	c9907dce
MD5	8fdba752802f09cfa1583bf0192e3554
SHA-1	e64e08db40c9e2358535b143cf7a18bc7c315846

128kB

EPROM cartridge

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.linkedin.com.2Fin.2Frobdorney.2Fdetails.2Fexperience.2F-1] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/robdorney/details/experience/

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p12-2] 2.0 ^2.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 12

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-| publisher={{MD}} [[Codemasters]] {{GG}} [[Elite Systems]]
+| publisher={{company|[[Codemasters]]|system=MD}}{{company|[[Elite Systems]]|system=GG,SMS}}
-| developer=[[Motivetime]] {{GG}} [[Rage Software]]
+| developer={{company|[[Eden Entertainment Software]]{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/robdorney/details/experience/}}|system=GG,SMS}}{{company|[[Rage Software]]|system=GG}}
+| originaldevelopers={{company|[[Motivetime]]}}
 | development=
-| date=1993-12 {{magref|maniac|1993-11|12}}
+| date={{MissedRelease|MD|1993-12{{magref|maniac|1993-11|12}}}}
-| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Game Gear]]
+| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Game Gear]], [[Sega Master System]]
 | genre=Action
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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an action game developed for the [[Game Boy]] by [[Motivetime]]. [[Codemasters]] acquired a license to port the game to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Elite Systems]] were due to bring it to the [[Sega Game Gear]], but neither version materialised.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an unreleased [[Mega Drive]], [[Game Gear]], and [[Master System]] action game. A port of the 1992 [[Game Boy]] [[wikipedia:Dr. Franken|game of the same name]], it was scheduled to be released in late 1993{{magref|maniac|1993-11|12}}, with [[Codemasters]] publishing the Mega Drive version and [[Elite Systems]] publishing the Game Gear and Master System versions. Ultimately, no version of the game ever made it to [[Sega]]'s consoles.
-A "demo" build of the Game Gear version has since been leaked online.
+A demonstration build of the Game Gear version has since been leaked online.
 ==Magazine articles==