Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage Walkthrough

[@Vindicator12Music]

16 bit heavy metal at it's most epic point. the soundtrack is fuckin hardcore and badass. best part of this game

[@paulx7620]

Green jelly

[@TheMoose126]

Dude, just the Character Roster alone is one of the best parts

[@nategin9009]

Doom: "am I a fucking joke to you?"

[@travisray96]

Paul X this one has been getting played live a lot more at Green Jello shows lately

[@tripolicXcards]

Genesis version fans says it's the best version....LOL

[@dre212100]

I still have this game in my collection. It was incredibly hard, never finished it. But I still had a blast playing it as a kid.

[@jamesmiller1343]

Thats why im watching the end on here

[@briansickboy]

I never beat it either

[@rosoespinozotecnologia7449]

Same here! I was kind of 8 years old and this game even used to scare me a little bit hahahaaha

[@Centurion0081]

Me too, and love the next game that came after this one

[@jakethesnake0192]

@@Centurion0081 separation anxiety?

[@illuminatioracle]

probably the first and one of the very few video games based on comics where you can tell the dev team were actually fans. including characters like cloak and dagger, iron fist, demogoblin, etc. And the whole tone between the music and tone just fits what mid-90s comic culture felt like

[@vinylbuff1515]

The part where spiderman says “youll get no more mercy from me you animals” was so badass to me as a kid, honestly still Is

[@treyvonwilliams]

yep

[@K1ng1995]

Honestly that was the whole lesson of the story

[@Carsaib]

​@@K1ng1995 Well in the end he still spared him soo...

[@monkeyman31ful]

i really love this game, not for the usual soundtrack, bosses and difficulty, but it was really one of the first games to show a really expanded universe, ie, dopple ganger, cloak and dagger, demogoblin, etc

[@HejaWolf]

That was the first time I ever knew of Spider-Man. It was a bit of a creepy game as a kid, but it fascinated me

[@PatchesOHoulihan-hi2tb]

​@@HejaWolfCreepy? 😂

[@HejaWolf]

@@PatchesOHoulihan-hi2tb well, I was very young when I first experienced it. Plus, Carnage and his goons had some scary but cool designs.

[@PatchesOHoulihan-hi2tb]

@@HejaWolf That makes sense. I guess those characters would be pretty frightening for a toddler.

[@book59345]

I forgot that the first boss in this game were girl scouts.

[@gfl1312]

Ditto! I was just playing this game for the first time in over 15 years, and I totally forgot about that too, HAHA.

[@markiemarkjr4199]

I was stoned one night and felt less as a man to beat up some girl scouts smh the nerve bro

[@saskruffriders8234]

Nowadays people would complain about female violence in video games... so ridiculous

[@DanielBMS]

Where in the video is this?

[@serrano.pepprr]

@@saskruffriders8234 ikr. They are little bitches

[@Kev95682]

This game was so damn hard. Or maybe I was just bad at it, heh

[@MoNkDiZzLe6]

Ya, I never beat it as a kid.

[@ConLosTerroristas]

LJN was infamous for developing relatively terrible games, no surprise they went outta business and their CEO later founded THQ & Jakks Pacific.

[@matthewertle3810]

No its not you, this game was hard as shit. I never best it but got really dam far, too bad there wasn't invisibility cheat codes.

[@gentarofourze]

+Matthew Ertle What I did was if you got as far as prospect park was collect all the icons and get the continue icon, die and repeat till I had enough to spam the bosses and against the final boss just keep changing between characters for a few frames of invincile as long as you time it so you land right in front of Carange. The sequel sucks though.

[@michaeluy114]

+BeefyLevinson took me a couple years to beat it... I dunno if I could do it again

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

Hard rock/metal soundtrack, comic cutscenes, serious tone, challenging gameplay, this game is the definition of badassery

[@LightLegion]

This game is deep. You are constantly trying to avoid being surrounded. You can toss an enemy at another enemy to create space. But if you are fighting 3 men in front and you have no time to react to a guy coming behind you, you can do a dash attack to get away and knock back the 3 men in front. Venom's strength makes him powerful to use against bosses, but his overall speed makes him harder to fight crowds. Once it's down to 1 or 2 men or you have time before getting surrounded again, you can use your most powerful combos to quickly eliminate enemies.

[@PichuLondonSports]

THEY MADE A GAME THAT'S NOT SHIT!!!!

[@RpGfreak901]

Did the AVGN bring you here, too?

[@PichuLondonSports]

RpGfreak901 sure did

[@Weather..Report]

except y'know, the fact they didnt "make it" they just published it

[@Maxjohnsonsubex]

spiderman 2000 did good!

[@milkwad]

***** The rainbow of shit

[@lazzyJames]

I love the punching sounds in this game.

[@treyvonwilliams]

same

[@paulx7620]

This game should have been named "maximum callus". I grinded my thumbs so hard on this game truly a classic! I made it to the end so many times. I feel better that I didn't miss anymore then the end credits and you gave me that thank you!

[@adamcedillo7321]

The thugs with the glasses and umbrella as a weapon.... Best Thug ever! Lol

[@JustAnotherBlackDude]

Am I the only one who remembers using the double web sling smash to do a double KO on enemies when they were perfectly lined up on opposite sides of you in this game? I remember using this move to make quick work of the first two bosses and tried to pull it off as much as I could. It was my favorite move!

[@rashadavery2312]

If you did it to two bosses, then you would get an extra life.

[@KilaBOK]

Don't forget the Spin Throw. I love it - grab a enemie, rise them above Spidy\Venom head, and mash the absolute shit of B and A buttons. But not press them together - alternate. Baddy start spinning as fast as you mash'em :D

[@Zoogi.e]

Pretty sure this player did that near the beginning as Spidey. Edit: he just did it again as Venom :D

[@greyknight9638]

I like how when Venom picks something up he looks like he's trying to deliver a pizza.

[@FlynnStingray]

"If we Flip these Pizzas, Parker's Boss will flip out......Good....."

[@editingman95]

@@FlynnStingray I have many pizzas to deliver & you are late

[@Mystrohan]

The roll credits scene was so funny. I was playing as Venom, and when he said "Carnage was OURS - and you stole him from us!", I was just thinking "What? But didn't I just beat him? How is this the end?" Nice bait-and-switch.

[@mrreyes5004]

Also, he says it because in the original comics this game was based on, Venom was too weakened from escaping Carnage (which was when he tricked Carnage into shooting the symbiote at him with the sonic gun) and so didn't appear to help Spider-Man and the others defeat Carnage and his minions in the streets. After that battle, Carnage was presumed dead, and Venom only healed up enough to fight _after_ that all happened, and so confronted Spider-Man by the lake since he wanted to be the one who took Carnage down. The game, though, lets you play as either Spider-Man or Venom for that pre-credits boss fight, when really Venom wasn't there and it was up to Spider-Man and his allies (Cloak & Dagger, Iron Fist, Captain America, Firestar) to beat them, so anyone who chose to play as Venom for that fight will be confused since Venom canonically wasn't present for that battle and only reappeared in the story by the lake afterwards.

[@jonathandoe2316]

@@mrreyes5004 Nice

[@FrostedLane]

I really can't wait for the day they finally put Carnage in an actual Spider-Man movie. If only they could make it an R rated movie though, to show how sick and psychotic he really is.

[@YokaiX]

Yeah. But mostly it's his host Cletus Kasady that makes him even worse than Venom (and Eddie Brock). Wikipedia describes Cletus' insanity and his past. It's pretty fucked up. He murdered his grandmother when he was 8. But that's not even the worst thing he did. Read the Wikipedia file on him, man.

[@thepericlesof8449]

It's going to be kid-friendly thanks to Dizzy I mean Disney.

[@jascarnage7chaosofdarkness818]

Ryan Somur Disney isn't making the Venom movie. Yeah, man let's just say that my origin story isn't for the faint of heart.

[@thepericlesof8449]

Disney recently bought Fox, including the rights to the Venom movie. Which means now they have creative control.

[@jascarnage7chaosofdarkness818]

@@thepericlesof8449 But this movie was already being made before Disney did that deal.

[@bambamjames9404]

I loved this game as a kid. The intro cutscene along the music with Carnage coming out of that dudes body gave me nightmares as a kid!! For an LJN game it was actually pretty good. It gets harder as you go along. The key is to not let too many enemies surround you which was really hard to do. That intro cut scene / music though to this day made it really hard to forget this game!!!

[@TheChemicalBassist]

This game is a classic!!!

[@GORIIILLAH]

I remember beating this game knowing every patterns the enemy makes and all the secret rooms found in this video. They're 4 spots he missed, but it's no biggie just lives, hearts and a spiderman support. All you need is enough lives to beat Carnage in the End. Back then there was no internet and youtube to guide me so i had to repeat every level to explore each stages over and over again cause this game was difficult without those extra 9 lives.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

I had the same experience. I remember playing this with the feeling that I would never beat it. The fact that losing all your lives/continues meant having to restart the whole game was a real killer. But I kept at it. I found more and more secrets and got better and better strategies and skill. I might have had this game for years before I eventually beat it.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

Arturo Lora I think that would be excessive but thanks!

[@mikecahall542]

You’re the ultimate badass

[@miroe1157]

@@abstractdaddy1384 and the fact that there's no save in case if you get tired and want to close the game to rest you'll have to start over again

[@TheYamiJK]

This just hurts, you're making it look so easy.

[@JBurnz001]

One of my favorite games of all time. I never beat it BUT the music, the gameplay, and the storyline was 🔥🔥🔥

[@sloppopslop2]

Yeah, I never beat this game. But then again I never knew there were secret rooms and all the extra items hidden everywhere. May have made a difference

[@JD-mz1rl]

I never knew about them either, and still beat it as a kid. Honestly it's not that hard, it's just about knowing how to spam the right moves which protects you from getting damaged. I was kind of surprised by this playthru, it was much better in the beginning than I was, but struggling mightily at the end. The hero buddy barrage on the final level before the 1v1 carnage fights is important. But I didn't have anywhere near the heroes saved up this player had. The final carnage fights are not that hard once you know how to jump kick him properly, and walk behind his cyclone attacks

[@towinrei]

17:47 Dagger just dabs.

[@dylanxfriends]

best spider man game ever, it has a great story line and great soundtrack!

[@ii_rexvex2679]

When I was young I couldn't finish the start wow you are good

[@migzurena7]

When they make this into a movie I want this intro theme for the movie lol

[@travisray96]

migzurena7 all 800 members Green Jello would be thrilled if Carnage Rules made it into the new Venom movie lol.

[@Aulrin462]

Green jelly kicks ass A lot of these songs sound like Tool songs too. I can't believe I never noticed that. Great game. Lots of good memories.

[@porminuto7665]

Sounds like Pantera as well

[@Greenchazm]

I never thought I would see the end of this!

[@InagashiHayabusa]

I grew up on many games, but this. I'll always remember

[@paxhumana2015]

You know, if you smack bosses into one another, especially the first stage bosses, by using your webbing to smack them into one another when they are on the same level of either side of you, then you can get another 1UP for your character.

[@diepiepew12]

"THEY MADE A GAME! THAT IS NOT SHIT!" -AVGN

[@Mr_x_19922]

is not bad but not good either, it's average at best

[@THEmeepmopmoop]

+Ramiro 1992 The game has a 4.4 rating, so it's safe to say the game is pretty good.

[@patriciochamorro6283]

Ramiro 1992 sos Argentino??? bosterito?

[@LevelUp_ErikJ]

Ramiro 1992 An LJN game that isn't bad but isn't good is a GREAT LJN game.

[@GuAp_JZ]

Venom 2 trailer brought me here. This was that game back in the day. Playing SNES for hours straight

[@wjpschannel5065]

TRUST ME I KNOW HOW HARD THIS GAME IS CONGRATULATIONS MAN.

[@JedPrince]

It was so hard back then and in this video its just a piece of cake! Memories 😍😍

[@benjamintyus6957]

26:15 Venom just carries the big ads dumpster on his shoulder like a boombox

[@mrreyes5004]

Makes sense, though; in the original comics, Venom has shown _WAY_ higher strength than just lifting dumpsters. In the comics, Venom has yeeted military tanks (50+ tons), held up ferris wheels (220 tons), and even threw hands with Juggernaut who is Hulk-tier (and we all know how strong _that_ tier is). Filled up dumpsters are easy weights for him, like a kid's backpack to an irl bodybuilder.

[@diegofloor]

1:37 I remember really enjoying that music from the intro. Today I know it's a... uh... "homage" to Bullit's theme by Lalo Schifrin.

[@travellmcintosh]

Man this song Is kickass!

[@ravensnflies8167]

Fun fact: they used green jelly to make this soundtrack.

[@swjr-br1kf]

Fun fact: it sounds that at the opening credits lol

[@vakasPastando]

I remember always losing on the Venom part. And yes, I came here to see how this game ends :c

[@lafan423]

i get a kick out of the enemies names in this one!

[@LightLegion]

Venom is better at taking out bosses because of his power. But Spiderman can fight crowds better due to his speed.

[@Znarftarf]

Awww, man. This game brings back so many memories.... It's too bad, I never beat this game.

[@latinferlife]

God this game was hard as fuck.

[@gregpuritt3825]

That it was.....way too hard

[@jbelisle1986]

***** if you double web attack (the one where you pull them in and knock their heads together) the sub bosses (when there are two) as your first attack it will one hit kill them and give you an extra life. That's how I beat this game back on the SNES. Hard as fuck though.

[@chaosrein9261]

I remember playing this game when I was about 5. The beginning with Carnage killing the cops and his laugh…used to freak me out. I always told myself to push through so I could play as Spider-Man! Who’d a thought I would grow up loving all things Marvel, horror and retro🤷‍♀️

[@Smiae]

I had no idea about that secret room!

[@MattNotFat]

It's 2021 and this game still remains the only game from LJN that doesn't suck.

[@BlackBeltGamers88]

There are actually a couple of LJN games that are decent. The ones I know off the top of my head are Maximum Carnage, True Lies, Alien 3 and despite it's initial appearance Friday the 13th is actually a decent game once you learn how Jason works and figure out a few of the powerup locations. One more oddball, is Warlock for Snes. These are the only LJN games that are part of my personal collection. Warlock I picked up solely due to a friend saying she played it as a kid and that it was alright.

[@albertsmith99]

Yup.i think this is the best they published

[@teeonezee]

The secret rooms, i never knew about. Thats pretty cool styll! I like how you finished Venom's first stage w/o losing a life and how you finished off Doppelganger the first time by rushing him in the corner. Plus youre quick with the reflexes. I almost NEVER use that spin attack but you use them in the right moments. Kudos

[@bunwithattitude8281]

My favorite game when i was a kid never beat it to this day

[@cristianescobar4268]

you could try!

[@isrv]

Always loved that music when carnage escapes that asylum

[@rockhurstalum09]

Loved playing this game when I was a kid! Took me forever to beat this game! I think I rented it 3 or times....

[@dominickscott4454]

This was the first Spider-Man game I played. Coming here after beating spider-man ps4

[@VinDieselXXX]

Hollywood can't replicate that authentic comic book feeling you got when playing these games

[@mazlynn2]

I'm reading the comic book of this for the first time. It's great :)

[@nateholt429]

i love how the begging music to the central park stage (24:04) is an EXACT rip of black sabbath's "the mob rules" great song to kick some ass to

[@WhiteVastNinja]

16:50 was always my favorite when I played this. The way doppleganger came through the window then shriek moments later .

[@Hugo.345]

A movie of this game or with all these superheroes and villains, especially carnage, would be awesome.

[@dragonviper83]

This game looks so simple yet so fun

[@ZackAbramowitz]

These games were trying to cross over in the 90's and my mind is blown

[@bumbledouche3323]

Didn't access the bonus room at the start of Level 1? Or am I thinking of Separation Anxiety? I always used to refer to the stupid umbrella guys as Mary Poppins' henchmen.

[@R-1988]

+Bumble Douche That's in Separation Anxiety. The first in Separation Anxiety level looks very similar to the one in this game.

[@zephyrous8155]

0:55 IT’S MORBIN TIME

[@davidguzman176]

This wer the days getting a Sega genesis with the extended sega CD on it from my unkle. This game was so hard could never pass it, but way better then new Spiderman by insomniac that game was just pretty with no venom and carnage very disappointed. This game was a instant classic 👌

[@nateslick247]

This game was pretty good but the ending was pretty hard. I almost beat it

[@NineZeroWill]

Ah so many memories. That last fight with Carnage drove me insane... down to 1 life and about half health when I finally managed to beat him... Phew! Nice video!

[@paulakinsella2359]

Trick is switching alot between characters

[@angelolivares8754]

The most difficult thing about this game was that you had to beat all the bad dudes while headbanging at the same time

[@sag1432]

still never beat this game lol

[@ScarA]

sag1432 I remember using a game genie back in the day to get unlimited lives/health to finally beat the game. I must say, the last phase where you face off against carnage looks to be impossible in normal mode. Definitely insanely impressive if anyone completed this fairly, I sure as hell couldn't.

[@gentarofourze]

***** I beat it, but did screw up now and again, the way to do so was make sure you had a lot of lives stockpiled and keep switching characters as you have a frame or two of invincibility when you switch(but cant switch out again for a couple of seconds) you just had to time the switch so your frame of invincibility was when carange was doing that spinning attack and hit him as much as you can before you lost your frame then run away and if he charged you switch again and so on.

[@GaeasBlessing]

***** Agreed, big respect to anyone who actually beat this game legit. There's a video here on KZbin of a guy beating it without even using superhero icons.

[@georgemartinez4355]

sag1432 me neither

[@Tobias]

My little brother was almost 4 and I was 6 when we beat it on co-op. Don't feel too bad, it took us weeks and thousands of failures. I can still remember every secret room that spiderman could enter and Venom couldn't.

[@jibril2473]

Who’s here after the Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage trailer dropped?

[@mouthtomouth33]

Long live old school games!

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

The Nerd: (Sighs) All right, one more game, and then it's Happy Holidays and good fucking night. Let's end with Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage on Super Nintendo. Everyone says I should play this one, as if I haven't already played enough Spider-Man games! They're all terrible! But maybe this one's okay. After all, I'm not sure how I missed it, because it's one of the only Super NES games that's red. Anyway, let's give it a try. The Nerd: Well, the comic book cut-scenes are quite nice. The game-play? Well, it's a beat-'em-up game. Monotonous, but fun. The controls are responsive, and the hit detection works fine. The sound effects are good, the punches and grunts you hear all lend themselves to the fun, stress-relieving nature of these kind of games. It just feels good when you hit things. You can climb up on buildings, which offers some variety and breaks up the monotony. It can be a little frustrating, but not too bad. And the music is upbeat and energizing. The Nerd: And what do I hear? ("The Mob Rules" by Black Sabbath plays) It's The Mob Rules by Black Sabbath! I don't mean it just sounds similar, it's the same song! Just a 16-bit rendition. It even does the solo! (16-bit rendition of Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules" solo plays) I think it was just a rip-off, and that they never got Black Sabbath's permission, but it's still welcome to hear and adds to this game's enjoy-ability. The Nerd: That's right. I found a good Spider-Man game. Better late than never. It's no masterpiece or anything like that, but it would have definitely been worth a rental at the very least. Who made this game? (The Nerd turns over the box, revealing that is was published by...LJN! The Nerd's eyes widen in shock, and he drops the box in happiness realizing that LJN pulled through and published a decent game for once!) ("Justified" by Mark Petrie from Partners in Rhyme plays.) The Nerd: (in shock and happiness) My God. Oh my God. THEY DID IT... THEY PULLED THROUGH! OH, MY GOD! THEY MADE A GAME... THAT'S NOT A STEAMING PILE OF FUCKING SHIT! OH, MY GOD! THEY DID IT! THEY MADE A GAME THAT'S NOT SHIT! (cries) I found gold at the end of the rainbow- Oh, maybe it's not gold, maybe it's bronze or something, but... THEY MADE A GAME THAT'S NOT SHIT! (yells) IT'S NOT SHIT!

[@TheInkPitOx]

This was actually an Acclaim game, but sold under the LJN label.

[@DocMartin_88]

Very tough game and a great soundtrack, still never beat it to this day! Came here to see how it ended and I'm satisfied lol Thanks!

[@jordonvazquez7620]

If I were to be an executive producer for a Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage adaptation here's who I would cast Spider-man Yuri Lowenthal/Kazuyuki Okitsu Venom- Vic Mignogna/Junichi Suwabe Carnage- Justin Cook/Bin Shimada Firestar- Tara Strong/Maaya Sakamoto Iron Fist- Johnny Yong Bosch/Nobutoshi Canna Vision- John Burgmeier/Ryotaro Okiayu Deathlok- Keith Silverstein/Takaya Kuroda Doppelganger- Andrew Chandler/Kenta Miyake Demogoblin- Chuck Huber/Nobutoshi Canna Captain America- Roger Craig Smith/Yuichi Nakamura Carrion- John Burgmeier/Takahiro Sakurai Morbius The Living Vampire- Benjamin Diskin/Daisuke Namikawa Thunderstrike- Dameon Clarke/Kenta Miyake Shriek- Grey Delisle Griffin/Romi Park Cloak- Kevin Michael Richardson/Katsuyuki Konishi Dagger- Allegra Clark/Kotono Mitsuishi

[@quintondent5647]

Not bad. Carnage should be voiced by Dee Bradley Baker lol

[@Mugen123456789]

im here for that damn bass in all the cutscenes been humming this since i was little

[@AlejandroBelloRD]

Amazing( pun not intended) game. It was REALLY hard. The first side scroller that pioneered complex key combos to perform actions, way before Mortal Kombat made it popular.

[@BIGNOSEPOPPA]

One of the hardest video games I never finished. Great memories. Separation anxiety was way easier.

[@dominon929]

It’s when Spider Man and Venom call it a truce and partner up to take on Carnage.

[@flamesdboss4854]

I spent so many hours playing this game, never was able to beat it

[@shadonicz]

that moment when carnage's life bar turns from green to red, always gave me hope. i played this game on my mega-drive ALOT when i was a kid but only managed to beat it once with sheer luck. the worst part wasn't his fight though, it was getting to him with enough lifes on you to endure the fight XD i remember just restarting way too many times because i didn't make it to him with enough extra lifes lol.

[@edrick2001]

Truly the only LJN game that's actually good.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

I love how the whole screen shakes when you jump as Venom.

[@sonicth4]

44:19 Song stops right when Venom dies.

[@willyconil411]

Remember never to watch videos in youtube with advertisment before. When you see one, just go back and look for another video.

[@dkupke]

I had to play this on an old fashioned tv with a dial instead of buttons. Something was wrong with how it interacted with the Sega system, and the screen was perpetually bouncing. To see it like this almost feels weird.

[@projectshadow99]

Spiderman: Every villain who I beat seems to always come back Billy and Mike: Literally coming back to fight again one minute after Spiderman beat them up

[@johnnyvaliant7729]

Nostalgia overload!

[@eduardalexander5172]

Insomniac should remake this golden gem Maybe in next 2-3 years later

[@giantatt25]

Forgot the statue of liberty secret level at 54:00

[@bumblebrah]

guy playing this is amazing this game is hard as hell from what I remember gonna give it another shot tommorow

[@Razetzu]

venom in spiderman 2 for ps5 :O

[@kungfuman82]

I remember being a slightly-older teenager playing this game when my parent's weren't home and laughing my ass off at how the regular enemies had such run-of-the-mill names. "Yeah, fuck you, STEVE!" "Hey, Malcom! Eat some Alex, BITCH!" as I throw an enemy into another enemy. Good times.

[@JimmyLindner-wr4lk]

I still can’t get over the fact of how carnage is sitting on that rock while everyone is fighting 😂

[@JohnSon-vk1nz]

''climb'' is what brings this game down ...

[@kingpepperoni6944]

Dude, I love this game, it's just so cool!! Even tho it's too difficult I remember when I played it as a kid

[@TRILL57]

This game was hard as hell watched my uncle play it many times as a child until one day he finally beat it!

[@905stopdis]

LOL remember rocking this joint on Super Nintendo, GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES.

[@widapuk5750]

Young Cruise wxffghhgc /c

[@VPR2001]

I can always remember the song to the first stage.

[@juniorpena4642]

This games a masterpiece in my opinion.

[@ArachKing]

It was the best Spidey game before Spider-Man 2000 came along(which in turn got overtaken by the PS4 Spidey game)

[@Luiszerep]

Yoooo, Morbius made it into Smash!

[@akaufmanbmrly1]

The music is incredible the entire game. GREEN JELLO!!!!

[@ocantu1987]

wow many comments on never beatng the game. i too found this game very hard and never finished it. glad im not the only one.