Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja---How it got to be Zen's job to take out the trashZen would have been nothing more than a speck of space dust if he had stayedon his birth planet. But lucky for him, and for intergalactic ecology, he wasrescued by the Masters. It was on their planet OM that the young Zen learneda futuristic form of ninja and meditation for superior mental ability. As hegot older, these skills earned him the reputation of being the most soughtafter soldier-of-fortune in the cosmos.Zen even captured the attention of the Gordons, an ancient alien race of highintelligence. They observed the brash blue vigilante on routine missions as hebrought swarms of interstellar outlaws to their knees with his Photon-Stick.Just the Intergalactic Warrior for the job. The Gordons, being the environ-mental watchdogs of the entire galaxy, hired our hero to be their enforcer.Zen thought it sounded like an easy job on the third planet from a sun in theMilky Way galaxy. Little did he know he was about to face his ultimate neme-sis.The trouble starts on Planet Earth, one of the Gordons' most amusing favorites,at the brink of serious disaster. Just when Earthlings have started to becomemore careful about how they treat their planet, they're plagued by the crazyplans of the putrid Lord Contaminous. The treacherous Contaminous emerged froma festering toxic waste dump and he and his army of foul followers are out totrash the biosphere. To make things more complicated, an Earthboy named Jeremyhas accidentally discovered the Geocrystal, a gem with the power to save theworld, and the forces of Contaminous will stop at nothing to snag that rock.So Zen must save Jeremy the Starchilde, pocket the Geocrystal and defeat thesupreme forces of filth if Planet Earth is to ever see another Earth Day! Readon to see how you can help.---How to start putting litter in its placeThe pollution-powered pests are already making a mess of things. So the firstthing you've got to do is insert the Game Pak into the NES and turn it on. Watch the introduction or press the Start button and you will be at the titlescreen. At the Title screen you can select Start or Option by pressing theControl Pad up or down to highlight your selection. Press the Start button tolock in your choice and move to the next screen.In the Option mode, you can adjust the settings for Rest (number of life re-store units), Difficulty (difficulty level), BGM (background music) and Sound(sound effects). To make an adjustment, move to the specific item by pressingthe Control Pad down or up. Press the Control Pad left or right to review youroptions. Press the A or B button to lock in your choice. Select End and pressthe A or B button to return to the Title screen.Once you return to the Title Screen, press the Start button and you will moveto the Stage Select screen.---Staging the Pollution Solution RevolutionOnce at the Stage Select screen, you can pick the stage you'd like to tacklefirst by pressing the Control pad right or left until the catastrophe of yourchoice appears in the selection window on the screen. Lord Contaminous hastaken control of every environmental disaster known to civilization and hasplaced his Generals of Junk in command of their individual area of expertise.Each of the 4 stages has a unique objective to accomplish to earn a fight withthese grungy Generals. Once you have completed your mission you move on to theBonus Stages and the Boss Stages.---Getting mean to keep the Earth greenOnce you've selected a stage, you will receive instructions from your employ-ers, the Gordons. Pay attention so you'll know how to smash the trash and beatthe Boss. Some stages are side-view and some are diagonal-view, so be readyfor anything. Earn points along the way for defeating enemies and keep an eyeout for Bonus Items and Life Items to earn extra lives and gain special powers.You've got some Zen-sational ninja moves, but if the enemies wear down yourlife gauge, you're wrecked. Once you've used up all your life units you can choose to continue when the Continue screen appears. Choosing Continue allowsyou to go back to the Stage Select screen or continue from the beginning of the stage you were just in. Press the Control Pad up or down to select Con-tinue and press the Start button to carry on.---Zen and the art of intergalactic martial artsAll StagesJump: Press the A button.Attack: Press the B button. Use Life Item: Press the Select button.Side-View StagesCrouch: Press the Control Pad down.Hang from a branch or pipe: Press the Control Pad up and press the A button tomove and the B button to kick.Drop to a floor below: Press the Control Pad down together with the A button.Rebound Jump: When you hit a wall, press the Control Pad in the direction ofthe wall and at the same time press the A button. By doing this consecutively,you can climb to a high place.Jab: Press the Control button in the direction of the enemy and at the sametime press the B button to jab attack. While jabbing, if you make contact withthe enemy, hold the B button down and press the Control Pad in the oppositedirection for a powerful blow.Diagonal-view stagesCrouch: Hold the B button to crouch after an attack.Mid-air Attack: During a jump, press the B button to attack, or tap the Bbutton rapidly to extend your jumping distance.Jab: Press the Control Pad in the direction of the enemy and press the B but-ton to jab attack. After the jab attack, you can hold the B button down andpress the Control Pad in the opposite direction for a powerful blow.Jab and Toss: During the jab attack, once you make contact, you can hold downthe B button and rotate the Control Pad to swing the enemy in a circle. Release the B button and the garbage goon will go flying to that great dumpin the sky.---All the world is a stage, and you must clean up its actAcid Rain ForestThe beautiful botanical gardens have been poisoned by s-s-s-sneaky Sulfura'sacid rain clouds. You must tap each flower with your Photon-Stick to reviveevery one. Then you must spring up high on a bouncy patch of grass to reachSulfura's lofty perch. Press the A button and use careful timing to make thejump. Stop that vixen from bullying the blossoms once and for all.Note: A Flower Moisture Gauge will tell you when the flowers become dried out.If they all dry out, your life decreases.Slixxon Oil RigRescue people trapped in an off-shore oil rig that has been set ablaze by thecrude Oil Slick. You will find a fire extinguisher to help you after you'vedefeated about ten of Oil Slick's cronies. To use the fire extinguisher, pressthe Control Pad up and press the B button. An indicator will tell you how manypeople you have left to save. Don't let Oil Slick slip away!Biggs Toxic FactoryThe Biggs Toxic Factory has been coughing out noxious fumes that are making itawfully hard to breath easy. Now a time bomb is ticking away inside, so youmust defeat Smogger, the CEO of bad air himself and escape the factory beforeit explodes.Runaway Railway CarA high-speed chase down the tracks is a maze to really put Zen's mental powersto the test. Once you find the way out you must face Garbageman, the guru ofrubbish. You'll have to hit the junction switch with your Photon-Stick to change the maze paths.Rescue MissionYou'll be climbing the walls. Not because you're bored, but because thatconniving Lord Contaminous had captured the Starchilde Jeremy! Use your Re-bound Jump to scale the nearby walls so you can battle the creep and saveJeremy. If that cold-hearted kidnapper escapes, you can be sure you'll meetagain.---It pays to recycle in the bonus stageThe Recycled Heroes were cleverly created by Zen with the Gordon device, theRecyclotron. In the Bonus Stage, you can receive powerful Bonus Items by re-creating your allies. Recyclable materials will fall from above and you musttoss them into the Recyclotron. Each time you get six in, you will createanother homespun hero.Lawn Ranger: (made from leaves)Earn 10,000 bonus points.Pulp (made from magazines)Earn a life item, powered by ultra-intensive meditation.Bottle Bandit (made from glass bottles)Earn a shield item to block enemy hits.Can-it (made from aluminum cans)Earn an extra player.Lights-out (made from batteries)Earn maximum life value.---The places of the most uncleanIf you have survived so far, you are one spiffy recycler. But don't get toofull of yourself. You have yet to face the Houses of the most Hideous wherethe nastiest Boss enemies live. Very few brave environmentalists have survivedto tell about these terrible beasts. But we can tell you one thing. They fightdirty.The Cavern of CrudYou're plunging through a deep cavern of gunk that's so treacherous and smelly, even the Boss character has split! While you're falling, you must gothrough the ledges by moving left or right.Move fast, because the ceiling is also inching downward to squash you into ablue pancake.The CesspoolMeet the "charming" slimeball spewing creature of the Cesspool. Too bad no oneever told him it's not polite to spit rabid fighter soldiers.Scrap Heap's HeavenIt all comes together in the trash when a heap of rusted out junk forms to-gether to make the meanest heavy metal foe you'd ever want to face.The Impostor's HideoutZen discovers an evil twin who's trying to thwart his noble efforts. The nerve! Help the real Zen clobber his misguided (but good looking) clone.Lord Contaminous' ShrineYou're about to come face to fang with the Prince of Pollution himself in hisown digs. But hold on to your granola because this fiasco is only a preview ofthe ultimate showdown to come.---Good junk to collectLife itemThrough ultra-intensive meditation, all player life units can be restored.Once you've stocked the Life Items, you can use them by pressing the SelectButton. (Cannot be used during a jump, while falling, or while hanging.)ShieldWill protect you from enemy hits.1-upGives you one extra player.---Friends of the earthZen - Intergalactic NinjaJeremy the Starchilde---Oh rotten onesSulfuraOil SlickSmoggerGarbagemanLord Contaminous