Happy Video Game Nerd: Enemy Zero (SAT)

[@hkoizumi3134]

Eno-san was actually one of my father's friend. My father owned a camera shop back in the 90's and Eno-san was fond of antique camera for his private collection. I was too young to remember Eno-san but I do remember he gave me 10,000 yen for otoshidama when I was 5 lol

[@RadJordy]

I really hope this comment is true.

[@LegendaryShokyo]

It's such a shame that Kenji Eno passed away, he truly was one of the greatest creative minds in the industry, there will never be anyone else that can match his style. Rest in peace Mr.Eno

[@jeremym9011]

I agree. I wish his first company, EIM lasted longer and wanted to actually make games based off of Licensed franchises, and I wish he wasn't such a HARD-ASSED SON OF A BITCH, who HATED licensed games and franchises, just like every single other Japanese person and game creator is.

[@Carlitonsp1]

This video I think best shows Derek's best reviewing skill: the ability to make an experience of playing sound positive in spite of flaws. He's gives an incredibly fair review that acknowledges the problems with the game, but because of the way he talks and the words he uses, you KNOW that there's something worth while to playing this game. I really need to take notes on this video, because I think this is his best review, with his other two Halloween reviews from that year being shortly behind. You really make me want to continue Cutting Through the Hype, which is hilarious, because that's basically the exact opposite of this show. Still, this show is always a great way to show people that you need to look at game and be more happy.

[@RadJordy]

I definitely agree. Derek's sold me on so many games and consoles. I need a Saturn. EDIT: Just found out this game came out for Windows.

[@caragio]

Rest in peace Mr.Eno

[@NocturnEternal]

caragio Mad respect to this man.

[@klondikebar48]

Rest In Peace Kenji Eno.

[@SuperLlama42]

I'm suddenly imagining Eno leaving that press conference by driving out of the room on a Harley while flipping a double bird, and I refuse to believe it happened any other way.

[@drunkensailor112]

This game is so intense it's virtually unplayable and that's a huge compliment to the game.

[@mradamcooley]

D2 is my favorite game ever and I love Warp and everything they did... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. RIP.

[@1ncognitus]

Really enjoyed your D-trilogy retrospective,man.Very pleasant to watch and learned quite a lot. \m/

[@DeanWhipper]

Jeez you really hit us with some hefty content here Derek, much thanks

[@Carlitonsp1]

Dude, I got to admit, you're voice acting for some of these lines is amazingly impressive.

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

@JorenCarlson No Starship Amazing in the video. The music at the end is from Gargoyle's Quest 2.

[@thenordicrtsreport535]

I got this by accident when I bought it on a sale in my local game store... love the game. One of the first games I uploaded to my main KZbin channel that was a horror game :)

[@genericsavings]

Deeply saddened by Eno's passing. E0 was one of my favorite horror games. Truly, a unique genius.

[@ugoplatamia]

Michael Nyman actually helped produce "Eight Melodies" from the Mother CD.

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

@Masterhand1027 it's important to watch the whole thing before you comment.

[@Fuuntag]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 one day Kenji’s games will bubble to the surface of the latest zeitgeist.

[@LockwoodMichael]

your a seriously good reviewer. i watched my brother play D when i was a little kid and mention of that game has always made me feel really uneasy. that game was so freaky. i had no idea that there were other games like it. Thanks dude!

[@aortaplatinum]

As derivative as the story is, essentially being ALIEN 1 almost verbatim, I still think it's the best part. I've never played an FMV game to the end until this one, and I think the story and puzzle segments were the main reason. The MYST/D sections are fantastic, but while I really loved the real-time hallway gameplay, it definitely took it's toll in disc 3 where the game essentially becomes first person Pac Man Also I do have to make a correction since this is one of the few reviews of this game on youtube- the first puzzle DOES have an answer given to you, after you encounter it, go to a network terminal and call Kimberly one or two times. Once she realizes she's only able to send video and not audio, she'll pick up a pen and pad and draw you a diagram of the buttons to push for the puzzle.

[@gloomyoceanexplorer]

Thanks for the interesting review. This video is actually my favorite. Thank you and good luck!

[@Brian12327]

@VaderGaming that doesn't matter. You can format them to be in widescreen or record them in widescreen.

[@SpiritCrusher333]

Love how you used music from The Man with the Movie Camera. Absolutely loved that sound track.

[@SpiritCrusher333]

+John Or.. At least I think that's where the music is from?

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

+John I don't know if the music appeared any place else but it's all stuff from the soundtrack shown at the end.

[@timmadone8930]

+John Are you referring to the guitar chords played at the very beginning where it says "lophatjello Productions Presents" ?

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

+Tim Madone; that's me playing a part of the 1st Dr Wily theme from Mega Man 2

[@timmadone8930]

Ah ok. I have never played that game. lol

[@SNARC15]

RIP Kenji Eno. I'll never forget the way you stood up to Sony.

[@davemarx7856]

*Every* old RPG could have used a "refresher" reminding you where you're at and what's happened so far - the way this game does. A game that's story driven and designed to be played in segments? You'd think a "last time on dbz" would have been a naturally occurring concept during production. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to start a new ff3 file.

[@MovieMowDown]

It looks awesome.

[@UnkleRenoGaming]

Great video, I've long wanted to give this game a shot but this is the first time I've seen an informed and honest review of it.

[@SebastianLundh1988]

Man, just 3 short years from now, this review will be as old as that game was back when the review was released. Back then, for someone born in '88, '96 was eons ago. Now, I think 2010 wasn't that long ago. I mean, it's been a few years, but not that long ago.

[@Akatsukileader9]

I just read this game's plot, it's just Alien but with multiple invisible Aliens, down to one of the crew being an android (two, actually), the company wanting the creatures as bio weapons, the crew being expendable without their knowledge, crewmembers that are aware of this etc

[@luisemilianogonzalezvinces3400]

Akatsukileader9 a black guy called parker, the crew coming back to earth and awakening from criosleep

[@FreDaN92]

last video of the halloween 2010 videos they were all awesome and a lot of fun. thx Derek =D

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

I loved the voice of Laura was the lead singer from Luscious Jackson.

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I love how deep and thought out your reviews on, you almost wax philosophical in some sense =)

[@vadergaming8195]

@Brian12327 Yes, but then it would be stretched, cutscenes are rendered in an entirely different way than actual gameplay. If I popped in Final Fantasy 7 on my HDTV, the game would be in 4:3, but it would be stretched to 16:9, whereas the cutscenes would stay in 4:3.

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

And so young too just 42 years old such a shame :'((.

[@steve5123456789]

Thanks for the review, finally someone made a review, chronically confused if I want this are not.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

I found D at my local retro gaming store and I decided not to pick it up. Then I whent back a while later and it was gone. The 3 games seem very interest and I love story heavy games like this. I really want to play the games! Nice vid!

[@retroNES2600]

theres not too much of a reason to point this out but your guns on begginner dont have unlimited ammo until u get davids gun near the end me and my friend were playing and an alien was approaching and in a panic i shot a whole bunch and ended up running out of charges for my gun so it is possible to run out on begginner i beleive your gun holds 6 or 7 charges before running out

[@MerrickEgberMusicand]

I rushed right to this page after I had heard the bad news because I immediately thought of you, Derek Alexander, and your work documenting the work of Kenji Eno. It is ironic that the video on the front of your page is one of his games. Unfortunately he passed away way too soon, but it is games like D that allows an artist to live on after they pass away.

[@rockah12]

I really wish that the invisible and extremely deadly monsters thing was used in more games. I can think of exactly one other game that used this well, the free horror game Mouth Sweet. For an RPG maker game, it doesn't PLAY like an RPG maker game. What other RPG maker game has you trudge through corridors, being pursued by things you can't see, armed only with a revolver with limited ammo and forced to use audio to locate these things that want you dead?

[@SARRIMAVEA]

I like this guy, Kenji Eno.

[@Blurgleflargle]

Michael Nyman is a bit of an enigma himself. Satan knows what drugs Damon Albarn and he were taking when they came up with the amazing score for Ravenous :-D.

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Ravenous has one of the best scores of all time.

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

@redwolf2222 ... um, ok. but did you like the video?

[@TheMightyPika]

I miss the HVGN series ... :(

[@abcdestroyer]

Honestly I feel like the Happy Video Game Nerd isn't really a character moreso that he's just... well - Derek. All of his reviews and videos even today still capture that positivity and attitude in my opinion.

[@JohnnyCrayfish]

Recently replayed it... still holds up. As does this nearly seven year old review. :)

[@HollyGameShow]

Im such a hero. I idid it on normal and I agree about the ending stage. It was the most tense and scary moment of my gaming life. im 34

[@MiLOzzkilo]

Great review man!!

[@JDster4ever]

lol i love the game and we did about the composer in school, i remembered right afther "enemy zero" was mentioned on the list of nymans compostions

[@pat4luigi13]

Kenji Eno is one of the most interesting people in the video game industry. Everything you have pointed out about him made me more interested about him. His career would make a great addition for Gaming Historian. Also, he's a musician too?! Goddamn does he get more respect from me as a musician!

[@VampiresCrypt]

Fantastic review ^^ I also want to mention there is a PC version of Enemy Zero available at least here in europe.

[@Zeithri]

Didn't occur to me the first time I watched this but, the ending theme - Gargoyle's Quest II on NES?

[@MP83]

Nice review, Derek. In fact, all yours are. :) There's one flaw in this one, though. Enemy Zero was also released for PC. I've owned it, played it, but never finished..

[@AcevedoDMA]

I just saw this game named on another channel. I had a triggered memory of how hard this game was. I remember my best friends and me being up for hours attempting to what this. We played this all summer one year and never beat it. I kind of want to watch a full play through. I bet there is some person speed running it in like an hour nowadays. :-D

[@maxmatson1578]

One of my favorite games of all time! I actually never got to play the American version I was only able to get it on Japanese import what is a first couple stage walkthrough when it first came out cuz I was such a big fan of the game D I just recently got D2 for the Dreamcast 👍

[@MavHunter20XX]

This reminds me of Silent Debuggers for the NEC TG16/PCengine

[@Dinnergetsserved]

Just wonderful! I loved this review! :)

[@MetalHeartGunner]

14:44 Actually it came out on PC as well, it was fine for a 90s pc port of a console game given how often these sucked, i own it and it surprisingly worked on Windows 10 right away last time i played it.

[@VermillionDX]

RIP Kenji Eno; You fuckin' rocked.

[@eastnewyorka22]

We need a video on WARP...at least I do!!

[@whatamalike]

I just heard Kenji Eno passed away...RIP You glorious rebel :(

[@CGoody564]

Maybe he was able to slip the shower scene in because no play testers were actually able to beat the game on hard mode :p

[@neontetsuo]

tho it came out on PC as well? it's the only version i've played

[@pigsmellfrommecca]

THE most scary video game in history

[@NocturnEternal]

pigsmellfrommecca The Game Over screen gave me nightmares for a few months.

[@skyrunner14]

I love the Enemy Zero story... not the in-game story (I haven't played the game yet, so I don't know it yet anyway, don't want it spoiled), but the whole "Playstation-to-Saturn" story. I wonder if somewhere out there someone recorded that trailer... I'd love to see it.

[@redwolf2222]

@davistoa Numbers can be displayed differently. Our decimal mathematical system knows numbers from 0 to 9. Thats 10 different states. The binary mathematical system knows only 2 states 0 and 1. Thats what makes it so great to solve such puzzels. Those buttons know only too states too, pressed (1) and not pressed (0). See wikipedia "binary mathematical system" for details.

[@timmadone8930]

Hi Derek. I really enjoy your videos. But I have to correct you on two things concerning this one. Laura's father does speak in all the Japanese ports of "D". His voice is not shown in text only. Of course he speaks in Japanese. As for the music in the first "D" game, it's true that he wrote all of it. But he only performed the piano cues that you hear a few times throughout the game. The symphonic score was performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. I'm sure you know that. But what you might not know is that Kenji Eno actually hired the orchestra to perform the music that he wrote for the game. But that's not all, he actually took over as the conductor of the orchestra too. And not only that, he did not use a baton. He conducted the orchestra with just his hands. He also performs the instrumental song "Torchlight" which you hear during the end credits of the good ending. He's not performing the entire song, only the guitar parts. Speaking of the guitar, can you please tell me the name of the song & the artist that does that great guitar rift that plays during the opening where it says "lophatjello Productions Presents" ?

[@whatamalike]

I do like his rebelious nature, but Playstation to Saturn in 1997 probably wasn't the smartest move from a financial point of view. But I guess he wasnt bothered about that as long as he can just about pay the bills...

[@MerrickEgberMusicand]

Sometimes legendary artists can burn out so fast because they've managed to take 50 years of impressions and condensed them into 10 years or 20. I am pretty sure that he is somewhere, where he will either have new work developing in the afterlife or there will be some kind of presence. It is sad, and it is uncommon for people in the video game industry to die so young, but I am pretty sure that his final fate isn't at all. There is a game on the Wiiware program called You and Me and the Cubes.

[@swarmtown]

Great review!

[@Bylga]

I must have this game!

[@SpawnofHastur]

Kenji Eno collaborating with Suda51 would be mindblowing.

[@bookseducationblue]

I have a problem. I recently bought a Sega Saturn and Enemy Zero because I enjoyed the HVGN's review of the game. But, when I try to play the game it won't work. The power light goes on and the disk spins in the console, but the game doesn't start. I have all of the necessary cables for the console and they're all hooked up properly. If anyone has any idea what the problem might be, please let me know because I don't.

[@missspectra]

You got your facts wrong Derek. There's a PC version of Enemy Zero, and is considered to be the superior version due to a few upgrades that the Saturn version didn't have.

[@dennett316]

This is also available for the PC if you want to play but haven't got a Saturn...that's how I own it.

[@BGSlopy]

I love the gutar sound at the very beggining of your vidios . Where is it from ?

[@derrickhaggard]

This was a unique game.

[@skyrunner14]

Just a minor correction: that puzzle Derek talks about that supposedly doesn't give you a solution an you have to figure out yourself? The game actually does give you the solution! After you kill the enemy in the basement at the start, calling Kimberly again will have her show you a drawing of what buttons to press.

[@Holty48]

It only gives the solution on the easy/beginner difficulties as far as I know - correct me if I'm wrong. I've never gotten the no enemies code to work - would you know anything about that?

[@basman2006]

Kenji Enno seems really cool and sinister. i want to learn more about that guy!

[@vadergaming8195]

@Brian12327 Because it's a sega saturn.

[@gabimismash]

Enemy Zero is on the pc to.

[@arcadianutopia3815]

Rip Kenji

[@m0rShh]

I know this video's p old but I want to point out the proper pronunciation of Kenji Eno's name, since I wasn't sure either at first. Even though an E in japanese is usually a long E, his given last name was actually Iino, with a short e. I assume he spelled it Eno instead of Iino as a tribute to Brian Eno, the famous musician and producer.

[@exchangediary968]

my only issue is: WHAT SORT OF FATHER WOULD BRING THEIR OWN CHILD INTO SUCH A MISSION, that poor girl she was awesome but dam what a poor parent

[@NocturnEternal]

Kelly BOI That was D, not Enemy Zero.

[@123jcso]

why does the skull has 2 candles on the same place ?

[@Brian12327]

why aren't the video game segments in widescreen format?

[@Goveynetcom]

Oh shit I just noticed. at 13:17, look at what is on Mr. Eno's desk. An EarthBound box! =D that just earned him a lot of extra cred.

[@Wesley_C]

Now it's available for PC

[@Screwy]

R.I.P. Kenji Eno

[@vembrace]

...12 years have gone by? F*ck I am old 😢

[@Maniac536]

We need this game on the switch or pc

[@OwlRTA]

I hope Eno saw this review and laughed at 4:47. I want to believe that he did

[@redwolf2222]

@lophatjello Of course ;)

[@ShinNisse]

I wonder if Laura is Samus, she has the same hair, clothes and she's in space with space monsters

[@The212b]

Well she can hear she was in a conversation with a person and they said something and Laura nodded. Proving their not mute.

[@briankennedy182]

please review the thing. its a horror game based off the movie of the same name?

[@silverwings21]

@6thhokagephil I think he said mutant, otherwise, how could he talk Michael Nyman to compose his game.

[@PhyreI3ird]

Aww, that's sad :(. And I was just about to ask if he was still developing..

[@timmadone8930]

What song is that guitar music from at the beginning of the video? I played "Enemy Zero" on normal mode the very first time I played the game. It actually did scare me. I don't think I have ever felt so uncomfortable while playing a video game before or since. It is a frustrating game to play since you can only save so many times in normal mode. And the fact that you can't turn off your console or you will have to play the game all over from the beginning. This made the game extremely challenging. I feel so lucky that the game did not freeze on me during game play. Probably the most challenging part of the game for me was towards the end when you had to navigate through several parts of the ship. I kept loosing my barrings & died quite a few times until I finally found the gun with unlimited ammo. To be honest, I think this game is way scarier than the more modern "Alien" games that are out there. I haven't played "Alien: Isolation" yet. Based on the reviews, it's supposed to be the scariest of all the games in the "Alien" franchise. As you pointed out in the review, "Enemy Zero" is clearly based on the "Alien" movie even if it is not regarded as part of the franchise. Had Kenji Eno not died, I'm sure he would have brought Laura out of retirement for a third go around with "D3". With all the advancements in technology from the time of "D2" to now, I'm sure he was just waiting for the right moment to start working on the next game to feature Laura & her magic compact. Hopefully all his games will get the HD treatment at some point & get released in a collection for the PS4 & XBOX ONE. I've played all of them including the Saturn & Dreamcast versions of "Real Sound". I don't know if you ever played that game. Basically, you play the part of a girl who along with her high school friends ( or maybe college ) have to decide what to do when school is cancelled because of a typhoon that is about to come on shore. You have the choice of going out & partying with your friends, or going home to protect your family during the crisis. Basically you need to play it twice to see ( or should I say hear ) the outcome of your decision. Great music & sound effects abound in this game, as is the case in all of Kenji Eno's games. It's probably a different experience for each person who plays it because you have to use your imagination to visualize what is happening. Thanks for all the great games & great music Kenji Eno. R.I.P.

[@shmoozii]

Hey HVGN can you please do some more saturn games. in my opinion they are WAY more overlooked than the dreamcast. it housed some of the best SHMUPS ever made. Also guardian heroes is a blast-shmoozii(PS:please respond)

[@AlluMan96]

Well to be more accurate Enemy zero was also on PC but I guess thats not a console now is it. It's worth noting since that version is the most affortable way to play the game. Seldom going over 10$. So if you can run a Windows 98 game on you're computer thats an option.

[@BENGODI]

Imagine me getting frustrated when I was young trying to play this game on my PC with no sounds :D

[@mozzmarket]

RIP KENJI!!!!!