






ZEN, THE INTERGALACTIC NINJA

NINTENDO GAMEBOY

VERSION 1.2

Created by Thanos rulzs

April 17,2002

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Version History

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

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Contents

1.	INTRODUCTION

2.	LEGAL NOTE

3.	 Game Walkthrough


3.1 Controls
3.2 Bonus items
3.3 Basic Guidelines
3.4 Enemy Guide
3.5 Game walkthrough

4.	Codes and secrets

5.	 FAQ and Profile

6.	Contact Information

7.	My review

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. 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 
maxidestroyer@hotmail.com.
       
       
       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 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.

@Copyright Thanos rulzs


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   3. Game Walkthrough

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       Well, after the introduction in this game, you are entitled to 
four pollutant areas that you need to beat to advance further into the 
game.  A Gordon is there to guide you through the process of selecting 
stages: Oil, Garbage, Smog, and Acid rain.
       
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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.


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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.
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:

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

Robots dogs:

Rather irritating, moves and jump fast to have a bite at you and do 
keep a look out for them
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

Things to avoid:

*	Lasers
*	Projectiles
*	Big rocks
*	Garbage following Zen
*	Fire
*	Acid rain




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      3.5 Stages

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Oil stage:
	
This stage is quite easy at the first, just use the photon burst to 
killed all robots and enemies be careful that the ground is tainted 
with oil and don't lose your momentum or you will fall of and lose a 
life. Now you have reach the second area, press down and A button to 
jump down from pillar to pillar, but beware of enemies and flames of 
fire along the way. 

There's a 1-up as well as a crystal here if you want to take it. Now 
you have reach the third area. Be careful to jump from pillar to pillar 
as well as killing enemies and the robot dogs along the way. There's a 
crystal for protection from the dogs should you get hit.

Now there's a tricky part here, you must jump from drum to drum that is 
moving up and down, one mistake would led to one life loss. If you 
manage to survive, there's a life lift along the way before the boss.

BOSS: Oil slick

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. When he becomes an oil ball, 
just slide from one end to another with good timing, you should avoid 
damage. 

Then when he sticks at the top right/left hand corner just be at 
right/left hand side of the screen and duck to avoid projectiles. You 
should defeat after a while.

Bonus stage: 

Here you need to save some flying animals that is stuck at the oil, be 
careful to avoid mines or you will not get the bonus points. You also 
need to save a requirement of water birds to get the bonus marks.
	
Pollution Dam stage:

The first area is easy, just killed enemies and robots dogs with the 
water current doing some tricky business. There's a life up and a 
crystal and life lift along the way. The life up will appear after you 
jump from one place to another, look where you jump or one life loss. 

Once you reach the second area, there's a tricky part here, you need to 
jump with skill or you will fall off and need to jump up again. You 
also need to kill those sensors that can detect your presence to avoid 
damage. It would be frustrating at first, but eventually you will reach 
the highest platform and jump up to face the boss.

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.

Bonus stage: 

This is easy, just shoot the can with the cursor by moving your Dpad 
and shoot with A or B button and hit the cans with the required number 
of cans to get the bonus points.
	

Acid Forest and factory stage:

This stage has three areas, the first area is easy, there's a life up 
and life lift along the way, but be careful when sliding down the trees 
platform, one off them would drop off with a distance from the ground. 
The acid rain part is easy, it would giving a warning before it rain, 
just go to a shade to protect yourself. 

Now you have reached the second area, there are a lot of powerful fans 
and sensors and enemies along the way, which is easy to pass through. 
But be careful when jumping from one moving platform to another, with 
wrong timing with end up contacting the spikes and a life loss.

The third area is easy; just move from one area to another area and 
killing the dogs along the way. There's a life boost here if you are 
damage. You will then meet the boss.



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 and damage him again. You can beat him in no time.

Bonus stage: 

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.

Rancid County Dump stage:


This stage has five areas; the first part is tricky. Just kill enemies 
along the way and avoid the spikes or a life loss. There's a life lift 
and a crystal along the way. When you reach the second area, it is 
rather tough. There's a load of garbage behind you, hot on your heels. 
Just keep moving and jump down from a platform that can be jump down 
(easily recognized). 

If you are fast enough, you can get the life up. If you don't, just 
jump down and reach the third area. Should you get hit, you will lose a 
life. When you reach the third area just kill all enemies along the 
way.

Just avoid the moving spikes and jump carefully at one place which has 
a spike and a small platform, press lightly at the jump button will do. 
If not, you would touch the spike and lose a life. There's a life lift 
along the way. 

Now you have reach the fourth area, just kill robots along the way and 
jump the teleporting platform with perfection, or else you have to 
start over jumping again. 

When you reach the fifth area, just killed all enemies and robot dogs 
and pick up a life lift along the way. Be careful of the machine that 
drops garbage, it will damage you. Also avoid the spikes to prevent a 
life loss and you will reach the boss.

Boss: Garbage man

Boss attacks:

*	Throws garbage at you
*	Slides down the garbage
*	Escape into the garbage
*	Then delivers a punch 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. 

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 this steps and you will defeat him eventually.

Bonus stage: 

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.

Note: 

All bonus stages are worth 10,000 points if you successfully complete 
the mission. There will be a limit arrow to tell you the requirement to 
complete the mission. 

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,



Final stage: Lord Contaminous Lair
This stage has three areas. The first area is easily. Just clear all 
enemies and avoid the sculptures that shoot flames along the way. 
There's a crystal and a life lift along the way. 

When you reach the second area, you will face a falling rocks 
constantly falling down. Just avoid them and there's a life up and a 
crystal along the way. 

These rocks are quite damaging so do your best to avoid them. Jump down 
from each platform to reach the third area. Now you have reach the 
third area, just avoid the skulls and pick up a crystal and a life 
boost and reach the last area before the boss. Just clear all dogs and 
you will face Lord Contaminous himself.

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. 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
       
       
       
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      5. FAQ and profile

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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

FAQs:

How do I play this game?
View the above FAQ

Any Passwords?
See the codes and secrets section.

Any tips for bonus stages?
Read the above FAQ.

How fun is the game?	
Read my review section




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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 maxidestroyer@hotmail.com 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.


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    7. My review 

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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. Controls and moves are easy to learn, just 
read the instruction manual and you will do fine. 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. 

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. 

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.  

Video and audio:

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 
audio is great, especially the Oil and Dust stages. Overall, the video 
and audio is okay for anyone.  

Replay value: 

Unfortunately, this game does not worth any replay value, because it 
has nothing to offer much so once you completed this game, you will 
shove it aside unless you are real addicted to this 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.  
 
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)




@Copyright
Thanos rulzs
maxidestroyer@hotmail.com

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