It's Alive...ALIVE!!! Frankenstein's Monster for the Atari 2600

Retro horror month means getting down and oogie boogying with the most frightening freak of them all Frankenstein's Monster. Not only is Mary Shelley's creation of colossal creepiness the star of novels, movies and TV shows, but he's also stacked his screaming stature in nearly 20 classic video games.

From the side-scrolling NES action game Frankenstein: The Monster Returns to the interactive movie Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster starring Tim Curry, the square-headed heart stopper is a horror gaming sensation. While the games fluctuate in quality, the finest, first and most funkadelic Franken-title to date is Frankenstein's Monster for the Atari 2600.

So this evening as the ghouls and ghosts come out to haunt the night, turn down the lights and cozy up with a good book like Frankenstein...or better yet, toss the novel and fire up your internet to check out our retro horror gaming review of the Atari 2600 classic Frankenstein's Monster.

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