Frank N Stein

Frank N Stein

Console: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
TV Standard: Other
Developer(s): PSS
Publisher(s): PSS
Release Date: 1985-04-09
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Puzzle, Platform

Have you got what it takes to build your very own monster?
THE SETTING: Professor F.N. Stein's laboratory in his Castle in the Black Forest.
THE TIME: 1884
THE GAME: 50 Screens requiring timing, logic and planning to complete.
THE OPPOSITION: Too many to list here, but featuring: snails, bats, ice (it makes you slip!), firemen's poles, man-eating pumpkins, spiders, slime (it slows you down), caterpillars, tanks, spring, light bulbs (they electrocute you), mice, lobsters, snakes, bumble bees, jack-in-the-box, etc.
THE OBJECT: As you know, all the best monsters are hand built.
Prof. Stein's life-long ambition has always been to build his own monster - but first he needs all the bits!
You guide him around the dungeon picking up the bones - make sure you get the right order - then activate him by throwing the switch - the longer you take to complete each screen the higher will be the charge you give him - and the angrier he will become - so watch out!
JOYSTICK COMPATIBILITY: The program will work with the following joysticks:
AGF, Kempston, Protek, Sinclair Interface, Quickshot.
Alternatively you can use the following keys:
Z - MOVE LEFT X - MOVE RIGHT
SPACE - ACTIVATE (eg. when over a spring, pressing SPACE will make you jump)