When did Mary Shelley's Frankenstein release?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first released on November 1, 1994.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Nov 1, 1994PlatformAdventureSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Sega CD

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on?: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD.
When did Mary Shelley's Frankenstein release?: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first released on November 1, 1994.

About Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Based of the 1994 movie remake of Frankenstein, the player is the artificial man created by Victor Frankenstein. After Victor rejects his creation due to its hideous appearance, the creation flees from Victor and swears revenge on him. The player goes through a number of levels, battling anything that attacks with a wooden stick. It's possible to set the tip of the stick on fire, by swinging it at the fire torches located on the walls. The player can also use a special attack: a blue ball coming out of the hands of the creation, which takes some of the player's life away. There are also some simple puzzles to be solved in order to get through the levels.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD
Developer: Bits Studios
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Horror

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

54/100

from 6 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis Details ↓	1994	$15	$37	—	—	Low
Sega CD Details ↓	1994	—	—	—	7, 8, 5, 5, 6	Medium

Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Prices are per version and are not interchangeable, and neither are the reviews: conversions in this era were often built by a different studio than the original, so a score earned on one machine says nothing about how another plays.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$15

Complete

$37

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $2.90 in Oct 2007, $14.52 five years ago, and $15.45 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$2.49	—
Jan 2009	$1.99	—
Jan 2010	$0.75	—
Jan 2011	$2.49	—
Jan 2012	$5.22	—
Jan 2013	$1.68	—
Jan 2014	$5.99	$14.97
Jan 2015	$6.50	$3.99
Jan 2016	$7.31	$10.99
Jan 2017	$8.87	$20
Jan 2018	$8.75	$19.33
Jan 2019	$9.99	$18.48
Jan 2020	$9.27	$22
Jan 2021	$14.85	$30
Jan 2022	$19.32	$41
Jan 2023	$16.50	$37
Jan 2024	$13.99	$31
Jan 2025	$18.99	$35
Jan 2026	$14.99	$34
Oct 2026	$15.45	$37

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	4 November 1994	T-93086	735009214706

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The Sega Genesis version

A moody film tie-in platformer on the Genesis that sits just above the middle on price.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is an action platformer based on the 1994 film. Bits Studios developed it and Sony Imagesoft published it, in North America on 4 November 1994. This is the Genesis cartridge; a different game with the same name, a graphic adventure with fighting, was made for the Sega CD.

Also on other platforms

Super NES · Sega CD

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits just above the median. It came out in North America only. Make sure a listing is the cartridge and not the Sega CD game.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02

Loose

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Complete

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Sealed

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Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
North America	1994	T-93155

Source: Japanese product numbers, dates and prices: Sega Japan's Mega-CD software lists, each number checked against MAME's Mega-CD software list. North American and European numbers: the number printed on the disc as recorded by Redump, shown where MAME's list agrees or has no number

Region: NA
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases of these games are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Sega CD prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The Sega CD version

An adventure with film clips and tame fighting that reviewers found uneven, and a different game from the cartridge of the same name.

The Sega CD game is a different game from the Genesis and Super NES Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Psygnosis developed it as a graphic adventure with 2D fighting, and Sony Imagesoft published it in North America in 1994.

Sega Visions described it as an action-adventure that combines clips from the film with inventory-based play, puzzle solving and some truly tame fighting. You play the limping Creature, searching for clues to your existence and collecting items. Electronic Gaming Monthly found the one-player game challenging but the one-on-one fighting awkward, and called the results mixed.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 66

January 1995

7, 8, 5, 5, 6

“This is a challenging game in the One-player Mode; however, the one-on-one fighting sequences are awkward and don’t work so well. Overall, this game yields mixed results.”
— Electronic Gaming Monthly, January 1995

“The overall problem with Frankenstein is that it tries to be a game for every genre … in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the amount of confusion and downright foolishness it invokes destroys any semblance of an intelligent game.”
— Electronic Games, January 1995

“while the control is stilted, and the puzzles are a little obscure, it has a nice atmospheric look, and the rotoscoped animation is fine. It takes some work to get into, but if you stick with it, the game has its mild rewards.”
— Next Generation, February 1995

“This Sega CD Action /Adventure combines clips from the film with inventory-based gaming, puzzle solving, and some truly tame fighting.”
— Sega Visions, February/March 1995

Electronic Gaming Monthly's average rating is the mean of its Review Crew's scores, each given on a 1 to 10 scale "in relation to other titles available for the same system."

Also on other platforms

Genesis · Super NES

Before you buy

This is a Med-risk disc, so ask for photos of the printed side, the data side and the inner ring, and check that the title and catalogue number on the disc match the case. Make sure the listing is for the Sega CD game, since the cartridge versions carry the same name.