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* ZEN, THE INTERGALACTIC NINJA *
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* NINTENDO GAMEBOY *
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* VERSION 1.23 *
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* Created by Thanos rulzs *
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* April 17,2002 *
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Version History
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17th April 2002 - Version 1.0- Created this FAQ
3rd March 2002- Version 1.1- Added enemy guide and review section
6th June 2002- Version 1.2- Make the FAQ neater as well as add boss attacks
15th July 2002- Version 1.3- Updated FAQ,redo FAQ,slow updates,I apologise
because I'm very busy these days.:(
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Legal notes
3. Game basics
4. Game walkthrough
5. Q & A
6. Contact Info
7. My thoughts of the game
8. Credits
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1.Introduction
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I feel bored. So I decided too dig up some old games of mine and write this FAQ
as a guide to benefit everyone who plays this game as this guide seems to have
no FAQ,so I decided to took upon myself to write one as I don't normally write
guides as I prefer to play games,not wrote FAQs. This is my second FAQ so any
suggestions to improve my FAQ skills would be greatly appreciated.
This FAQ is free and no one should sell, copy, modify. This guide is only on
the GAMEFAQS and no other places unless I’m been contacted and approved of it.
Anyone that spot that this FAQ is altered or put up by some websites, please
kindly contact me at
[email protected].
THANK YOU!!
The universe is fighting the losing battle against pollution led by Lord
Contaminous until a kid came into the picture. Jeremy Baker, the holder of the
Geocrystal, who can destroy the army pollutants with the Geocrystal. Now he’s
been kidnapped and Lord Contanminous wants the Geocrystal that it is his only
threat as well as killing the star child (Jeremy). So the Gordons need you and
Zen’s help to save Jeremy as well as aiding to decimate Lord Contaminous.
Braced yourself to trash the four stages of grime fighting. After wasting
bosses at each stage and finally meet Lord Contaminous and defeat him to save
Jeremy, the holder of the Geocrystal, which is used to destroy all pollutants.
This game for a single player and is created and copyright by Konami with
respect with Zen comics INC. If I have left out anything and I MEANT anything
please drop me a mail and I will credit you. With all said and done, sit back
and enjoy this FAQ.
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2. LEGAL NOTES
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Like I said earlier, this guide is only on the Gamefaqs. Anyone who voids this
disclaimer will be found out and be prosecuted by international law. This game
is a trademark of Konami, the staff that makes great games.Read all the notices
below.
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3. Game basics and necessities
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3.1 Controls
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Movements:
Dpad: To control Zen’s movement.
Duck: Press down on Dpad
Buttons:
A button: Jump
Start Button: Pause the Game
B button: Attack Button
Jump down from a platform: Press down and a button together
Special moves:
Sliding: Press down and hold A button depending on how long you want to slide
Photon Burst (A projective power): Hold down B button until the power bar is
max out and release the button to get a burst of energy.
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3.2 Bonus items
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Life lift (a small circle with Zen in it): Recover 3 units of life back to life
bar
Life Boost (a big circle with Zen in it): Recover 5 units of the life bar
Zen up: 1 life added to your total life score
A crystal: Temporary invincibility
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3.3 Basic guidelines
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On the screen when playing will show life units, power bar, and the number of
lives. You will lose a life when your life gauge is gone meaning every time you
get damage, your life bar’s circle will no longer be dark meaning you got
damage. The game ends when you used up your lives with the option of continuing
the game.When you store a photon burst,when you head down the platform below(if
possible),you will lose your photon energy and need to store again.Be ware of
some harzards like the acid rain which will damage you if you are in contact
with it.You will lose life by either falling off ledge to the ground,get kill
by spikes etc.Always store photon energy and move on till you see an enemy and
kill it as the power of it is more damaging.After scoring a certain number of
points,you will get a life up as there's many tricky areas to die in all 5
areas so it's best so gain lives to progress further into the game.
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| Things that damage | Damage |
| Zen | Amount |
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| Acid rain | 1 unit |
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| Spikes | Life Loss |
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| Fire | 1 unit |
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| Rubbish | 3 unit |
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| Skull | 3 unit |
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| Rock | 3 unit |
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| Spike machine | Life Loss |
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| Fire trees | 1 unit |
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| Acid Rain | 1 unit |
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3.4 Enemy Guide
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Robots:
Very big in size, move slowly and can take up some damage
Comment: Needs lots of hits to bring down this robot
Found in stages: Oil and Dust
Robot sensors:
Stays at a point as when it detects Zen, it opens up and shoot bullet towards
Zen
Comment: Kill it before it can do damage
Stages found in: Dam, Smog, Oil
Barbarians:
They stood still at a spot and throw grenades.The aftershock of the grenade of
the bombs will damage you.
Comment: Avoid the grenades and finish this guy off with the photon burst.
Stages found in: Smog, Dam and Oil
Robot with cannon on the head:
They shoot bullets from their mouth and one bullet at a time
Comment: Just simply duck to avoid the bullets and kill it with the photon
burst
Stages found in: Oil and Dust and last area
Armed Men(Shooters):
They got weapons on their hands and bullet shoots one at a time.
Comment: Just duck to avoid and anyways, the bullet speed is slow and easy to
avoid
Stages found in: Oil, Smog
Ninjas:
Jump toward the screen and delivers a punch
Comment: Jumps rather fast so be careful and finish it off with a photon burst
before it can do damage.
Stages found: Dust, Smog, and last area
Robo dogs:
Rather irritating, moves and jump fast to have a bite at you at the photon
stick to damage you and do keep a look out for them.They are quite slow but
usually come in numbers.Remember to shake it off when it n=bite your stick,as
the longer it bites,the more damage you receive.
Comment: Very fast into biting Zen’s stick and take some life units. But one
small hit is enough to finish but need to kill it fast when it comes with a
pack
Stages found in: Dust, Smog, Oil, Dam and last area
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Boss section:
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Stage : OIL stage
BOSS: Oil slick
Difficulty: Easy
Boss attacks:
· Change into a oil ball and pounce around
· Sticks at the ceiling and shoot three oil projectiles
· Stands and shoot projectiles
Strategy:
This boss is easy; when he ‘s on one end you should be at another and duck as
well as should some photon bursts.Because at the other corner,he will stick up
at the the ceiling and shoot three oil projectiles,then he will get up and
shoot a projectile before changing to oil ball again. When he becomes an oil
ball, just slide from one end to another with good timing, you should avoid
damage. Note that when he becomes an oil ball or stick at the ceiling,he cannot
be damaged.He can only be damage when he becomes to full form(standing
upright),he only will be sure be damaged.
Stage: SMOG stage
Boss: Smogger
Difficulty: Easy
Boss attacks:
· Shoots out smoke at you
· Use the skate to move around
· Escape into the pipe
This boss has two attacks; one is blowing smoke towards you the other is use a
board moving from one end to another. This boss can be easily beaten. Just stay
here you are and duck and store some photon bursts while he’s blowing smoke
towards you.
When he polluting the air, it’s the best time to throw some photon bursts at
him. When he jumps into the pipe, just wait for him to come out as the smoke
clears and damage him again. You can beat him in no time.While he jump out of
the pipe,it's a;so one good time to damage him him as much as possible.Just
note that when you throw the photon bursts,you will not hit him if his smoke is
with contact with it.
Stage: DAM
Difficulty: Easy
Boss: SULFURA
Boss attacks:
· Flies up and down the screen
· Chants and gives acid rain throughout the screen
· Stays at a platform and throw out grenades
Strategy:
This area has two platforms so make use of it. The boss has three attacks, one
is the acid rain falling down (try to avoid this), One is moving up and down,
and one is staying at a platform; throwing grenades.
You need to damage the boss as many photon bursts as much as possible, when the
boss is the middle storing some acid rain, it’s a bit tough to dodge.
So my strategy is to finish off the boss before she can perform the acid rain.
The other two move can be easily dodge, just avoid her when she’s moving up and
down and stay at one end of platform while she’s throwing grenades, at the same
time, shoot as many photon bursts as possible. You should beat here in no
time.Head up the platforms when you can and damage her as much as possible.But
don't fall off the ledge of running water or lose a life.
Stage: DUST
Difficulty: Easy
Boss:Garbage man
Boss attacks:
· Throws garbage at you
· Slides down the garbage
· Escape into the garbage
· Then delivers a punch while in the garabges at a pattern
Strategy:
This boss has three attacks. One is sliding down, the throwing garbage; the
other is disappearing into the garbage and throwing out punches. Just keeping
hitting him with photon bursts to avoid the sliding attacks meaning when he
gets hit is will be flashing for a while so that you won't get damage at all.
Just move up and wait for him at the right hand corner of the first step, after
he’s done throwing the garbage, he will jump onto the platform and disappear.
Just hit him again before he disappears. Just avoid the punches, which can be
easily avoided because he throws punches with pattern. Just continue these
steps and you will defeat him eventually.I have listed the patterns of the
punching pattern.1 will show it's first punching pattern,2 will show his
punching attack after one around.He will repeat the same pattern of attack
listed above so you can beat him easily.
His punching attack:
2 1 2
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Stage: FINAL STAGE
Difficulty: Easy
Boss: Lord Contaminous
Boss attacks:
· Throws smoke at you
· Summons acid rain and make it fall throughout the screen
· Uses it’s legs to hit the ground and the garbage rise up at a certain pattern
· Creates a oil ball which pounces throughout the screen
Strategy:
This boss has four attacks, all are similar to the four bosses you faced
earlier. The first attack is the acid rain. Just stay under the shade and you
will do fine as well as store up a photon burst, Second attack is the smoke
attack. Just stay at one end of the corner and duck to avoid the smokes.
Then there’s a time where you can hit the pipe where Jeremy is in and hits as
much as possible. Then the third attack is performed. His hand will appear an
oil ball, which moves one end to another twice. Just avoid the ball and hit the
pipe when the pipe that comes to your area. This is the best time to damage the
pipe. (I usually save Jeremy before the boss performs his last move).
The fourth is his feet hitting the ground and all the garbage come up from the
ground. Just stay under the feet of the boss and wait for the time to hit the
pipe with the photon burst. Repeat these steps and you will save Jeremy
eventually. Sit back enjoy the ending.
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4. Game walkthrough
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You will start of with 4 stages to choose from:Oil,dust,dam and Acid Forest and
factory stage.After each stage is completed,eco-power sign will be at the stage
you completed.Compelete this 4 stages to gain access to the last stage.A gordon
is there to guide you of your conquest on where you choose.
At the start,a gordon will appear and say:"There are 4 areas of environmental
danger.Lord Contaminous is trying to destroy earth." CHOOSE AN AREA IN ORDER TO
SAVE EARTH.
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Stage difficulty: Normal
Boss difficulty: Easy
Bonus stage difficulty: Hard
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Area 1:
At the start,jump over the first ledge.Store some energy bursts and kill Robot
at second ledge.Jump over the third ledge and kill another robot.Jump over to
the fourth ledge,kill the robot on the top of the barrel.Jump on that
barrel,kill the shooter .Jump on another barrel,kill the robot.Move to the
end,kill the shooter at the fifth ledge on the top of barrel.Be careful of the
tainted floor on the sixth ledge.Jump over there and kill a robot.Go to the end
and kill another robot at the seventh ledge.Jump over the 7th and 8th
ledge,kill the shooter on the top of the barrel.Jump on the barrel and kill
another shooter appearing at the back.Jump over to the ninth ledge,kill the
shooter on the top of the barrel,move on and climb on the thick pipe and
proceed to area 2.
Area 2:
Head down the big pipe,the white color small pipes are the ones you can jump
down.Kill the Barbarians,take the crystal and head down.Kill the sensor and
head down till you see Barbarian,kill him and go to the left and head down
because if you head down to the right,there's fire over there to damage
you.Head down till you see a sensor and Barbarian.Kill them and head right for
a life boost and head down to kill more Barbarians.Then move to the left and
kill the Barbarian.Then head down and kill the sensor near you first ,then kill
the other one as you head to its platform.This way,just jump up to get the 1-up
and head down on the left as the right has flame and reach area 3.
Area 3:
Jump onto the small pipe,then big pipe to kill the Barbarian.Note that if you
fall off to the oil,you will lose a life.Then kill robo dogs that appear.Jump
onto another pipe then jump to the small pipe and kill the Barbarian you see on
top of the barrel.Move over the barrel and the floor over the other side is
tainted with oil.Don't slide because sliding in the oil increase speed and you
might die because of that.Jump on the small pipe,kill the robo dogs and jump on
the platform,below has a small pipe with a crystal.Grab it and here's one of
the tricky part,there's two moving barrels that move up and down,jump with
timing so that you won't touch the oil and head to the platform and kill the
Barbarian.Kill another Barbarian,then jump onto the platform of oil and kill
robo dog.Then comes another tough part,you will need to slide with good timing
onto the moving barrel in order to head to the other platform.Just wait for the
barrel to move down,then slide just in time as the moving barrel heads up.Then
jump onto another pipe and kill the Barbarian.Jump onto the two moving barrels
and to another platform and kill Barbarian.Jump over another set of moving
barrels to the oil platform and kill the robo dogs and move on and kill
Barbarian.Head over the two barrels with Barbarian on top of it and kill the
robo dog as you head over the second barrel.Then you will need to slide on the
moving barrel again and jump onto another pipe and there's a life lift.Take it
and jump to the oil platform and prepare for a boss fight.
Boss!!!!!
Oil Slick:"The ocean will be bath of oil"..
Zen:"Your not that slick!"
BOSS: Oil slick
Difficulty: Easy
Boss attacks:
· Change into a oil ball and pounce around
· Sticks at the ceiling and shoot three oil projectiles
· Stands and shoot projectiles
Strategy:
This boss is easy; when he ‘s on one end you should be at another and duck as
well as should some photon bursts.Because at the other corner,he will stick up
at the the ceiling and shoot three oil projectiles,then he will get up and
shoot a projectile before changing to oil ball again. When he becomes an oil
ball, just slide from one end to another with good timing, you should avoid
damage. Note that when he becomes an oil ball or stick at the ceiling,he cannot
be damaged.He can only be damage when he becomes to full form(standing
upright),he only will be sure be damaged.
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Bonus stage:
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Here you need to save some flying animals that is stuck at the oil, be careful
to avoid mines by jumping up and remember,timing of jumping is important or
else there's a chance you might hit the mines.If you hit them, you will not get
the bonus points. You also need to save a requirement of water birds to get the
bonus marks of 8 if you manage to not get hit at the end of the bonus stage.
If successful the Gordon will say:
"Good job,you have save the sea birds.You gain 10,000 pts"
If unsuccessful the Gordon will say:
"Too bad,Now move on and save another world".
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Pollution dam stage:
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Stage difficulty: Normal
Boss difficulty: Easy
Bonus stage difficulty: Normal
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Area 1:
Move on and kill the robo dogs and Barbarian. Then slide and move on and kill
robo dog and Barbarian.Then move on and kill more robo dogs and reach at the
end of the room.Then you will need to slide as the small bridge will
explode,sliding will help avoid falling and kill a robo dog.Move on,avoiding
the lasers,killing a dog.Move on and take the crystal,avoiding the
lasers,killing the robo dog and Barbarian.Then keep sliding and pass the
laser.Once you reach the water,take the life lift and kill the Barbarian on
the other side and kill him and a robo dog.The Barbarian will respawn if you
move back.Keep moving and kill another Barbarian.Then jump platform to
platform,pass the running water which has a gap.Take note of that and keep
moving pass the running water and laser and jumping from platform to
platform.You will see a gap between the running water and two lasers.As you
pass the gap,a 1-up will be at the back so take it and keep moving and kill the
Barbarian and life lift to reach area 2.
Area 2:
Keep jumping from platform to platform and destroy the sensor.Keep jumping
platform to platform and head up the moving platform.Then destroy sensor.Keep
jumping and kill the sensor.Keep jumping,there's some platform you will need to
jump up with skill.Then you will need to time your jump from appearing
platforms then appears with pattern.Then jump and kill kill the sensor.Keep
jumping till you reach the top on the left and jump up and face the boss.
Boss: SULFURA
SULFURA:"My acid rain will melt earth."
Zen:"Yeah right.I'll rain on your parade."
Boss attacks:
· Flies up and down the screen
· Chants and gives acid rain throughout the screen
· Stays at a platform and throw out grenades
Strategy:
This area has two platforms so make use of it. The boss has three attacks, one
is the acid rain falling down (try to avoid this), One is moving up and down,
and one is staying at a platform; throwing grenades.
You need to damage the boss as many photon bursts as much as possible, when the
boss is the middle storing some acid rain, it’s a bit tough to dodge.
So my strategy is to finish off the boss before she can perform the acid rain.
The other two move can be easily dodge, just avoid her when she’s moving up and
down and stay at one end of platform while she’s throwing grenades, at the same
time, shoot as many photon bursts as possible. You should beat here in no
time.Head up the platforms when you can and damage her as much as possible.But
don't fall off the ledge of running water or lose a life.
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Bonus stage:
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Gordon:"Great job.Our enemies want to poison the waters.Stop them."
This is easy, just shoot the cans with the cursor by moving your Dpad and shoot
with A or B button and hit the cans to gain the required number of cans to get
the bonus points of 8.The can will come from any directions and be sure to be
fast and observant or else once the can fall into the river,you will miss one
chance of hitting 8 cans.
If successful the Gordon will say:
"Good job,you have save the waters.You get 10,000 pts"
If unsuccessful the Gordon will say:
"Too bad,Now move on and save another world".
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Acid Forest and factory stage:
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Stage difficulty: Normal
Boss difficulty: Easy
Bonus stage difficulty: Normal
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Area 1:
Move on and kill a ninja.Climb on the branches of the trees and note that
those light color branches are loose ones,which means once you step on them it
will fall.So keep jumping on the branches and kill a shooter.Then you will need
to slide on the platform to the other side.Keep jumping on the branches and
kill a ninja.Once you reach a small land,kill a ninja and you will need to to
slide on the platform to the other side.Then kill the shooter,slide below the
wall to get a life lift.Then to slide on the platform to the other side.But
this time,you will need to jump as there's a small gap that you may fall and
lose a life.Then kill the shooter.Jump over the fire tree and kill another
shooter and keep moving and kill another shooter.Keep moving till you see a
shade,kill a Barbarian on the top,there's a tricky part here now;there's always
rain after a lightning acid rain and some time so you will need to take cover
under the shade to avoid damage.Keep moving and kill a shooter.Keep moving and
kill a Barbarian on the top.Keep moving,jumping over the fire tree and keep
moving and kill a shooter and slide below the wall to get a crystal,then get
back and jump on top of each platform and kill a kill a Barbarian on the
top.Then move on and kill a shooter and kill a Barbarian on the top.Then slide
all the way and at the end there's a 1-up,remember to control your sliding
speed or else you will fall into the waters and lose a life.Then slide back and
climb up onto the platform occupy by a Barbarian earlier and head up and into
the shade.Then kill another barbarian.Once you reach the other land,the rain
will stop and keep moving while killing the barbarians and some barbarians on
the top and keep on moving till got into some fan area for area 2.
Area 2:
Kill the barbarian you see and there's a fan blowing you back but you will need
to move in order to head up.So keeping mvoing and climb up on the fan and keep
heading up till you kill a barbarian and keep heading up sensor.Then see a
barbarian on the top,let him throw first and then up to kill him as the
aftershock of his bomb will damage you if you don't do so.Head up and kill the
sensor and head up till you see two moving platforms.On the diagram below,you
will need to jump from platform to platform with good timing or else you will
hit the spikes and lose a life.If successful,I see you at the next area.
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Platform Platform
You
Fan
Area 3:
Keep moving and kill a robo dog.There's a life boost for you to get after a
smoke from the chute clears.Keep moving while fighting the fan speed and kill a
robo dog.Then grab the crystal and keep moving by jump roof to roof while
fighting the fan speed that try to push you off the ledge that results to a
life loss and kill more robo dogs.Keep moving and to a lower roof and kill more
robo dogs and jump to the other roof and face the boss.
Boss!!:
Smogger:"Just try to breathe now!"
Zen:"Clean air will reign,Smogger!"
Boss: Smogger
Boss attacks:
· Shoots out smoke at you
· Use the skate to move around
· Escape into the pipe
Strategy:
This boss has two attacks; one is blowing smoke towards you the other is use a
board moving from one end to another. This boss can be easily beaten. Just stay
here you are and duck and store some photon bursts while he’s blowing smoke
towards you.
When he polluting the air, it’s the best time to throw some photon bursts at
him. When he jumps into the pipe, just wait for him to come out as the smoke
clears and damage him again. You can beat him in no time.While he jump out of
the pipe,it's a;so one good time to damage him him as much as possible.Just
note that when you throw the photon bursts,you will not hit him if his smoke is
with contact with it.
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Bonus stage:
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Gordon:"Great job.Now stop the factory smoke!"
Just hit the smoke coming up from the three pipes and reach the limit with the
arrow and get the bonus points .Use the A button to hit the smoke and avoid
contact with the smoke because it will minus one units from your score at the
left hand corner of the screen.
If successful the Gordon will say:
"Good job,you have stop the smoke.You get 10,000 pts"
If unsuccessful the Gordon will say:
"Too bad,Now move on and save another world".
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Rancid County Dump stage:
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Stage difficulty: Hard
Boss difficulty: Normal
Bonus stage difficulty: Normal
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Area 1:
Move on and kill Robot with cannon on the head and jump up platforms and kill a
ninja.Move on and kill Robot with cannon on the head.Then kill the ninjas as
you progress.Then see a Robot with cannon on the head below.Jump down the
platform and get the crystal and kill the Robot with cannon on the head.Then
head on and kill two Robot with cannon on the head.Then as you move in betwwen
two platforms,there's two ninjas coming left and right so clear them.Move on
and kill Robot with cannon on the head.Jump over,avoiding the spikes.Move on
and see a Robot with cannon on the head on the top, kill it.Then head
up,killinh a ninja appearing from the back.There's a life lift here to
take,then keep moving to kill ninjas and Robot with cannon on the head.Then see
some stairs to head up.There's the hard part here.As you move,a pile of garbage
will come after you.Once it nails you,you lose a life.Keep moving and head down
and keep by jumping down the platforms that a white plus black in color.There's
a life boost along the way and keep sliding down left to right and middle and
keep moving,don't just stay put or lose a life.At the end,see a 1-up,if you are
fast enough,slide and take it and slide back and jump off the platform to area
2.
Area 2:
Kill the Robot with cannon on the head you see and kill another Robot with
cannon on the head.Here's another tick part:There's spike machines here,so you
will need to move fast and quick and lose a life.As the spick machine
rises,that's the best chance to progress quickly without harm.After passing
three spike machines,kill the two Robot with cannon on the head.Jump over to
the other side and kill three Robot with cannon on the head,and press the jump
button lightly,because full force will let you hit the spike machine so after
passing two spike machine,the third one is trick,you will need a good jump
passing the third spike machine to the other side.So jump correctly and kill a
Robot with cannon on the head and move on to kill two more Robot with cannon on
the head and grab the life lift and reach area 3.
Area 3:
Kill the Robot with cannon on the head and head up and kill a robot.Continuing
heading up and kill another robot.There's a similar:you will need to time your
jump from appearing platforms boxes then appears with pattern just like the dam
stage.But in this pattern and I will see you in area 4:
Platform
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platforms boxes
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platforms boxes
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platforms boxes
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Area 4:
Keep moving and kill robo dogs.There's a machine that throws garbage here,so be
careful not to get hit.Keep moving while avoiding the garbages thrown at you as
well as the robo dogs attacking you.Then jump off to another land area,avoiding
the spike while killing robo dogs.Then see some platform with spike and
platform with spike.Jump over the first one to reveal a life life,then jump
back and jump over all the platforms while kill robo dogs and see some garabge
stairs and prepare for a boss fight.
Boss!!!!
Garbage man:" I'm going to trash the whole world."
Zen:"I'm here to stop you Stinky"
Boss: Garbage man
Boss attacks:
· Throws garbage at you
· Slides down the garbage
· Escape into the garbage
· Then delivers a punch while in the garabges at a pattern
Strategy:
This boss has three attacks. One is sliding down, the throwing garbage; the
other is disappearing into the garbage and throwing out punches. Just keeping
hitting him with photon bursts to avoid the sliding attacks meaning when he
gets hit is will be flashing for a while so that you won't get damage at all.
Just move up and wait for him at the right hand corner of the first step, after
he’s done throwing the garbage, he will jump onto the platform and disappear.
Just hit him again before he disappears. Just avoid the punches, which can be
easily avoided because he throws punches with pattern. Just continue these
steps and you will defeat him eventually.I have listed the patterns of the
punching pattern.1 will show it's first punching pattern,2 will show his
punching attack after one around.He will repeat the same pattern of attack
listed above so you can beat him easily.
His punching attack:
2 1 2
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1| |1
- -
2| |2
- -
2| |1
- -
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Bonus stage:
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Gordon:"Great job.Now put 12 cans into the recycle bin!"
Just hit the cans dropping down from the trash shooters and avoid the garbage.
Just B button to swap the can and A button to jump. Use the Dpad to control
Zen’s movement. When you hit the requirement on the left hand part of the
screen, you get the bonus points and meet an old friend from Zen comics.
Each time you successfully reach an objective from the bonus stage, the shaded
unit, which is visible, will be clear and clear as many as you can to get the
points. After each stage you beat, there’s an ecopower sign at the stage
meaning you have cleared the stage.
If successful ,there's a background picture with words:
"Good job,CAN-It is here.You get 10,000 pts".
If unsuccessful the Gordon will say:
"Too bad,Now move on and save another world".
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Final stage: Lord Contaminous Lair
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Stage difficulty: Normal
Boss difficulty: Hard
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Once you beaten all the four stages,the screen will turn to Lord Contaminous
with the starchilde with him.
Lord Contaminous:"I have the starchilde.Come and get him!Don't forget to take
the Geocrystal.Ha ha ha ha ha...."
Gordon: " Save Jeremy.Destroy the pipe of the pot which Jeremy is in.And give
him the crystal"
Area 1:
Kill the ninja you see.Jump over the platform and kill the Robot with cannon on
the head.Move on and kill the other one at the back.Move on and kill ninja.Jump
up the platform and kill the ninja and the Robot with cannon on the head at the
back.Move on till the end of the platform,head down for a crystal.Take the
crystal and jump over to the other side,sliding over the wall,killing two
ninjas.Move on to the end and kill Robot with cannon on the head and ninja at
the back.Jump over and kill Robot with cannon on the head and ninja.Jump on the
platforms and kill Robot with cannon on the head and the ninja.Move to the end
and be careful,there's some flame rising from the mouth of the floor(can be
seen).Jump over,avoiding all the flame rising from the mouths and kill Robot
with cannon on the head and the ninja.Jump over and avoid the flames again and
kill a ninjas.At the end,there's a flame guarding the life lift,so be
careful.Get it and jump over and slide over the wall,killing the ninja.Now,just
time your sliding as there are flame traps waiting to damage you.Once you reach
the end,you have finish area 1.
Area 2:
Keep movind down till you see a crystal.Take it and head down the platforms,the
small thin lighter ones,you can head down.Keep out from the rocks that keep
coming down to damage you.At one part,moe left so that you can head down
easily,then go right and head down and slide past the wall to get 1-up and keep
sliding down left or right whereever the small light platform is till you fall
down to the ground and reach area 2.
Area 3:
Move on and kill a dog and be carful as you jump to a platform which on top has
a hole,which will appear a skull and try to damage you.Then kill the robo dog
and head down the lower platform,take the crystal and head back up,escaping the
skull and kepp moving,jumping platform to platform avoiding all the skulls and
kill a robo dog.Jump over and escape the skull,head down and get the life boost
and get back up and jump from platform to platform till you reach a land area
and keep moving and kill two robo dogs and see a skull on the top.Enter the
place and prepare to face the final boss.
Boss: Lord Contaminous
Lord Contaminous:"Give me the crystal"
Zen: "Come and get it,Creepazoid."
Boss attacks:
· Throws smoke at you
· Summons acid rain and make it fall throughout the screen
· Uses it’s legs to hit the ground and the garbage rise up at a certain pattern
· Creates a oil ball which pounces throughout the screen
Strategy:
This boss has four attacks, all are similar to the four bosses you faced
earlier. The first attack is the acid rain. Just stay under the shade and you
will do fine as well as store up a photon burst, Second attack is the smoke
attack. Just stay at one end of the corner and duck to avoid the smokes. Note
that you are not suppose to damage Lord Contaminous,but the pot which Jeremy is
in while avoiding all his attacks.
Then there’s a time where you can hit the pipe where Jeremy is in and hits as
much as possible. Then the third attack is performed. His hand will appear an
oil ball, which moves one end to another twice. Just avoid the ball and hit the
pipe when the pipe that comes to your area. This is the best time to damage the
pipe. (I usually save Jeremy before the boss performs his last move).
The fourth is his feet hitting the ground and all the garbage come up from the
ground. Just stay under the feet of the boss and wait for the time to hit the
pipe with the photon burst. Repeat these steps and you will save Jeremy
eventually. Sit back enjoy the ending.
-==== Spoilers =====-
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-------------| Ending |-----------------
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Zen Give Jeremy the crystal.Jeremy grabs it and points it at Lord
Contaminous.He's destroy and a pictur of his reamins go back to the
spaceship.Then the backgroun picture appears and some words appear."Lord
Contaminous is destroyed.The earth is saved but the others Contaminous may come
back.Then,can we see Zen again?You are the one who save the world.
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4. Codes and secrets
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Passwords:
After smog: Blank, bottle, tire, Can
After the Dam stage: newspaper, blank, newspaper, tire
After Dust: Tire, newspaper, blank, Can
Final stage: Bottle, Tire, Can, Can
Game genie codes:
North American version
Start with 1 life:
015-91F-E66
Start with 5 lives:
055-91F-E66
Start with 10 lives:
0A5-91F-E66
Unlimited lives:
FA9-6DE-4C1
Instant staff power-up:
01A-3ED-F7E
Hold B.
Start lives with 50% energy:
051-668-C42
Start each life with 7 energy points:
071-668-C42
Unlimited energy against fire:
FA1-B1A-4C1
Unlimited energy against bullets and most enemies:
FA2-A4B-4C1 FA3-36B-4C1
Unlimited energy against hang-on enemies:
FAF-DAD-4C1
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5. Q and A
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Que:
Can you tell me Zen's profile?
Ans:
Zen’s profile
Name: Zen
Occupation: Environment enforcer, under contact with the Gordons
Background: Lone survivor of superior race, raised on Eastern Zen philosophy
and arts of self defense and meditation on Planet Om
Appearance: Blue, no mouth, speak telepathically, carries a photon stick
Que:
How do I play this game?
Ans:
View the above FAQ
Que:
Any Passwords or cheats?
Ans:
See the codes and secrets section.
Que:
Any tips for bonus stages?
Ans:
Read the above FAQ.
Que:
How fun is the game?
Ans:
Read my review section
Que:
Are there any more Zen games?
Ans:
I don't think so,but any reader can always correct me if I'm wrong.:P
Que:
Why don't you response to my email?
Ans:
Please read my contact information below for the answers.
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6. Contact information
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Any thing you feel should be added or left out, please inform me and I will
credit you. Drop me a mail at
[email protected] for questions or
anything you want to know. Please forgive me if I contact you late because I
still got studies to catch up on. Thank you.
Emails I will take:
· Constructive criticisms
· Boss strategies
· Any things I miss out, corrections
· Requesting the FAQ to put on certain website
· Questions
· Useful information, bonus stage stratgies
Email I will not take:
· Spam mails, hate mails
· Spam my thoughts on the game
· Stupid questions
· Useless information
· Questions that’s covered in the guide
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7. My thoughts of the game
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This game is one of the first few game I bought for the gameboy.Well,I don't
know why I bought it,just by looking at the cover,I decided to try the game out
to see the game's good or bad.So I bought the game and played for a while,then
I realise the game's actually from a comic fictional character,so I thinks it's
cool.The game is not bad as I played the game for some days before I actually
stop playing and decided to switch to other games.Zen's attacks are cool,but
the attacks are rather jaded as it is rather slow but the game's fast and
furious which makes the game good though.
Story line:
The story is like this. The universe is fighting the losing battle against
pollution led by Lord Contaminous until a kid came into the picture. Jeremy
Baker, the holder of the Geocrystal, who can destroy the army pollutants with
the Geocrystal.
Now he’s been kidnapped and Lord Contanminous wants the Geocrystal that it is
his only threat as well as killing the star child (Jeremy). So the Gordons need
you and Zen’s help to save Jeremy as well as aiding to decimate Lord
Contaminous.
Braced yourself to trash the four stages of grime fighting. After wasting
bosses at each stage and finally meet Lord Contaminous and defeat him to save
Jeremy, the holder of the Geocrystal, which is used to destroy all pollutants.
Well, if you read Zen comics, you should understand the story plot or by simply
reading the cut scenes or the booklet also gives basic understanding about Zen
comics.
Gameplay:
This game is a action fighting game that fight through stages with some
environment cleaning to do. The stages fits the bosses of pollutants and the
bonus stages are fun because it's a rescuing mission, which is based on real
environmental situations which allows you to save the world from it's
pollutants which is cool in my view. There's one rescue mission tough which is
the oil stage,so it may take a while before you succeed in the game for maximum
points.
The game is easy with some simple strategies to complete this game, but, it can
be frustrating at time because it's rather hard to complete rescue missions due
to traps and some obstacles that is rather tough to crack and need to be
observant in order to do well.
Zen has a few decent attacks,like photon burst,sliding,attacking which makes
the game rather bored as I think there should be a wide variety of attacks.The
power-ups are okay like the crystal which allows you temporary invincibility
but I think they should add more power-ups like increase in attacks which makes
the game better.
It's rather difficult and frustrating, at times, as some situations are rather
tricky and one wrong move will cost your life when you play the first few
times. There are all sorts of enemies ranging from robot dogs to sensor
traps.The game's rather short as you only play about 5 stages before you
complete the game.
Controls:
Controls and moves are easy to learn, just read the instruction manual and you
will do fine or just play the game for a while by playing around with the
controls and you will learn the game's control fast.In any aspect,you won't
find much difficulty to deal with this area of problem though.
Difficulty:
Like I say earlier,the game's not really difficult as long as you know the
basics of the game.You will need to go through some tough situations before you
can excel and complete the game.It may be frustrating at first as one mistake
may led to death,but you will overcome it with a clear mind and this game is
very easy after you gain some experience though.
Video and audio:
Video:
The video is okay because of Gameboy's capability, it's quite clear images of
enemies which in turn brings some enjoyment to the game. The background is nice
a it suits the stages you are in but there's always room for improvement like
make the background more lively instead of it looking 'dead'.
Audio:
The audio is great, especially the Oil and Dust stages. Overall, the video and
audio is okay for anyone. However the sounds effects are poor,there's no much
in this game except for drums rising and acid rain noises.They lack enemies'
sound effects so I hope they improve in this area though.
Replay value:
Unfortunately, this game does not worth any replay value, because it has
nothing to offer much so once you completed this game or after you played a few
times, you will likely shove it aside unless you are real addicted to this game
since there's nothing much to play for so I hope they improve on that.
Should you try out the game?
Overall, this game is okay but it's not worth buying it because of the replay
value. Renting this game is better rather than buying it unless you are a fan
of Zen comics and want to own the game.
Gameplay:8/10
Video and Audio: 7/10
Replay value: 2/10
Entertainment: 6/10
Overall score: 6/10
Note: This review is based on what I think on this game. Do not send spam or
hate mails or I will blacklist you and block your mail or will not reply for
any question for the FAQs I wrote.
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8. Credits
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I would like to thank:
· Myself (for this FAQ)
· CJAYC (the person that give me the chance to put this FAQ on his website)
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