Mr. Bones (video game)

Mr. Bones
North American cover art
DeveloperZono
PublisherSega
DirectorJeff Fort
ProducerEd Zobrist
Designers
Programmers
  • Simon Hallam
  • Dave Castelnuovo
Artists
  • Michael Gates
  • Jason Hough
WriterE. Ettore Annunziata
ComposersRonnie Montrose
Jim Hedges (in-game)
Brian Coburn (Skeletism Generator)
PlatformSega Saturn
Release
  • NA: October 18, 1996
  • EU: March 13, 1997
  • JP: June 26, 1997
Genres
ModeSingle-player

Mr. Bones is a 1996 multi-genre video game conceptualized by Ed Annunziata, developed by Zono and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. The soundtrack to Mr. Bones was composed and performed by Ronnie Montrose, with cutscenes and art assets done by Angel Studios. The player takes on the role of a reanimated skeleton working to prevent the magician who revived him from using his undead army to ravage the world. Much of the gameplay relies upon effectively managing "skeletal magnetism", the magic which holds Mr. Bones's reanimated body together, and the game allows and at times requires Mr. Bones to operate with less than a full skeleton.

The game met with divisive reviews, with some hailing it as strikingly original and others decrying it as a hackneyed and generic platformer.