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Mr. Bones
A reanimated skeleton with a pure heart and a knack for blues guitar sets himself on a bizarre journey to stop an evil skeleton army in this Saturn platformer.
Overview
Mr. Bones, stylized mr. Bones, is a 2.5D platformer developed by Zono and published by Sega (Company) for the Sega Saturn in North America in late 1996, in Europe sometime after, and in Japan on June 27, 1997.
Players guide the titular reanimated skeleton as he sets out to foil the plot of the dark magician DaGoulian, who is using a special set of drums to summon an evil army of skeletal soldiers. Much of the game's theme is tied to the musical genre of blues rock, with several parts of the soundtrack performed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose (who also appears in a live-action cutscene as a blind guitarist).
While most of it is played as a platformer, the game is known for each level having its own unique gimmick, either through new gameplay mechanics (such as the addition of a puzzle goal, a perspective change, or auto-scrolling) or by being a mini-game in a different genre. Most platformer levels make use of another notable feature of the game, in which Mr. Bones is able to lose his limbs (which can be re-attached, either normally or in a different configuration).
The game's CGI cutscenes were animated by Angel Studios (Company), who previously animated cutscenes for Ecco: The Tides of Time, as well as the CGI sequences in the 1992 film The Lawnmower Man.
Levels
- Grave Escape
- Masoleum
- The Valley
- Guitar Solo
- Night of the Bats
- Dawn of the Bats
- Day of the Bats
- Rolling Logs
- Drum Solo
- Glass Shards
- Big Bones
- Vortex
- Underwater Ride
- Little People Village
- The Icy Lake
- From Beneath the Ice
- Shadow Monster
- Dry Moat
- Hall of Pane
- Skeletism Generator
- Funny Bones
- Los Endos
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- Name
- Mr. Bones
- Release Date
- Q4 1996
- Platform
- Saturn (Platform)
- Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Action (Genre)
Platformer (Genre) - Theme
- Fantasy (Theme)