Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
| Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster | |
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Sega Saturn cover art
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| Developer(s) | Amazing Media Tachyon Studios (Saturn) |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn Windows 3.x Mac |
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PC Sega Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Point-and-click adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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| Publication | Score |
| Adventure Gamers |
  (PC) |
| AllGame |
 (MAC) |
| Maximum |
(PC) |
| Next Generation |
(MAC) (PC) |
| Sega Saturn Magazine | 74% (SAT) |
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster is a point-and-click adventure video game that stars Tim Curry as Dr. Frankenstein, and has the player controlling a newly created Frankenstein monster. Other cast members include Robert Rothrock as the voice of the monster, Rebecca Wink as villager Sara, and Amanda Fuller as Gabrielle, the monster's daughter. It used full motion video clips and 3D CGI graphics similar to Myst. The game was developed by Amazing Media and published by Interplay Entertainment Corp for the PC in 1995 and for the Sega Saturn in 1997. The game was given a "Teen" rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, but was originally rated as K-A.
There are two situations in the game where the player's actions decide the fate of a certain character, branching the game into multiple endings.
Scientist Phillip Werren's daughter, Gabrielle, is killed in unexplained circumstances, and Phillip is charged with her murder and hanged by Judge Rothenbush. Dr. Frankenstein believes that life is created by a mysterious energy called "Energy L", and that a compound he has discovered called "lifestone" can be used to channel Energy L and reanimate deceased tissue. After several failed attempts at this process, he brings Phillip back to life in his laboratory. His memories hazy, Phillip explores Frankenstein's castle, collecting his notes in order to recreate the process by which he reanimates the dead. During his exploration Phillip unknowingly releases a second Frankenstein monster from captivity and comes across another of the doctor's experiments, a talking reanimated hand called Dirt. Enraged that Phillip has been stealing his notes, Frankenstein throws him in the dungeon and tortures him.
Phillip escapes the dungeon and resumes his exploration, discovering documents which note that before his death, he had developed a protein cream that could regenerate damaged tissue. Frankenstein was funding his research, which served as the foundation for Frankenstein's discovery of Energy L. Phillip also discovers notes that connect Dr. Frankenstein to the corrupt Judge Rothenbush and reveal that Frankenstein was sexually attracted to Phillip's late wife.
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