Reviews

1984 Virgin Games Ltd (UK)
by Martin Wheeler

Clearly inspired by Manic Miner, and with three of Pac-man ghosts as your oponnents, Dr.Franky would never win any originality contest. It's also not the best programmed game ever, and I bet it was written in compiled Basic.
Nonetheless Dr.Franky is an amusing game. Demanding fast actions and good timing.

I would love to love this game ... but I can´t .

I´ll explain myself : Dr.Franky and the Monster has every possible ingredient to attract me -beginning with the title- but there is something about this game that doesn´t quite work .

The game is cute , imaginative and charming , the main problem is the reduced movility of the characters .

What do I want an imaginative and colorful program for if the main character just doesn´t move or moves like an idiot ?

So , nothing to do with the superb atmosphere and glorious game-play of Jet-Set Willy or Manic Miner , just to mention two really good platformers .

Nice plattform game by Martin Wheeler (Sorcery, Dan Dare) in which Dr
Franky must turn his terrific monster into a human being by collecting a flask in every screen, 9 in total, full of ghouls.

Poor graphics and a clumsy movement, but really addictive.