Worst Levels Ever # 16

[@anamariafiorito7065]

This is why I love emulators. Flawed passwords, odds artificially stacked against you? Two words: SAVE STATES.

[@DragonWalker12]

As someone who has beat the game with password for only the four final levels, I can do nothing but concur that the odds are terribly stacked against you. Me and my friend (We co-oped) had to use every trick in the book for this one. Here's how we did it if anyone is interesting. The most important thing we had to our advantage was that we had gone through most of the game not fully understanding how the neighbour survival mechanic worked. For anyone unfamiliar with this game, if a neighbour dies in one level, the number of neighbours to save in the coming levels is reduced, and replacing neighbours is very difficult. Thus, we only had to worry about a single neighbour for each level for most of the game, all with fixed locations. As such, we could skip large chunks of the stages, such as only having to kill one worm on the penultimate stage, since only one key was necessary for our route. As for the first of the four stages, you might want to rush that one as fast as possible, due to the infuriating nature of those ants, but it turns out they hide a lot of goodies in that stage. That is, behind those trees, so you can't actually see what you're picking up or that they are even there. Add to that the tight navigation you have to do with those pesky ants and the fact that two players share the same screen and you will have a lot of coordinating and route-planning to do. I recommend just looking up the layout of the map online to find all the relevant goodies and use the bazooka to blow up a few shortcuts to skip as many ants as possible. This level is crucial if you want enough fire power for the final boss. The second level was mostly finding an optimal route that allows you to shoot as few bazooka shots as possible, gets you to the two mandatory skull keys as fast as possible (I remember there being two with fixed position, though one is well hidden by some destructible environment and near a lumber jack, I think), allows you to pick up as much bazooka shots as possible and then lets you leave relatively unscathed. By far the easiest one if you get the route down. For the third one we were forced to rely on spawn manipulation, by hugging the edge of the map as soon as possible, bait out one worm and then drag it as far away from the others as possible towards the east. Hard to explain, and harder to pull off; we often ended up with two of the buggers. Worth to mention is that those things have rather wonky hitboxes too. I think we mostly used water pistols because of that, since missing a bazooka shot is way too costly. Once we got the key, we made a mad dash for easily accessible resources and bailed. The final level is one piece of work. I remember having to do quite a few tries to map out a route that gave us the most easily accessible keys without triggering too many monsters, and running from the rest. I remember planning the route around health pack pickups too, but as for the rest my memory is a bit fuzzy. As for the boss, the web can be cleared by the lawn mower, but that is only a temporary solution as he fires web faster than you can clear it. Aside from that, is was just an all out brawl, using all the ammo we had stock piled by running away from almost every single fight. What really made the difference was the beast potion at the second phase, as we managed to lock it in place somehow and pummel it into oblivion. I doubt it would have been possible except for the most hardcore without that potion. So yeah, despite with the minimum number of neighbours to save, avoiding almost every single fight and spending quite some time picking up resources, it is an incredibly close call, as they clearly did not balance the amount of resources available properly. Was it not for the absurd health pool of the final boss, this would had been soo much easier. It's good to see that it was not just us having trouble.

[@mitigamespro8757]

Dragon Walker Wow thank you for this message. I wanted to replay it since i played it in my childhood but thisgit made me run away. Now i'll play again thanks to you.

[@KnakuanaRka]

MitiGames Pro He explicitly said that this video about the last four levels if you use the password to warp to them; a full playthrough will have you enter these levels with a nice stash of weapons and items.

[@matthewbrown7834]

The G-est of gs my friend.

[@zombie1013]

@K1naku5ana3R1ka if you think doing BHLR is already tough to do Try doing A no hit all victims saved run of it I have it is really challenging but it is fun to do too

[@psychic_digit]

...and that’s how it’s done, everybody!

[@dagui2973]

Fun fact. The snakeoids have "6" health. But get one back each time they hit you.

[@kinamiya1]

6?... really? how much dmg the water gun does?

[@dagui2973]

akihiro kina Less than 1. A bazooka does 1 though, if you can save em

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

The forks and plates does 1 too.

[@risottonero7118]

@@dagui2973 So, 0.5 damage?

[@jamesputterlik225]

@@risottonero7118 probably close to 0.05 damage

[@Victini415]

As soon as you started spamming Pandora's Box, this went from "Worst Levels Ever" to "Leave My Ears Alone" _real_ quick.

[@horesfan400]

the password system was made by a team effort of Sullivan, Odio & Dr Tongue

[@whoisthisgit]

+FullVault Inc Don't forget Really, Really Scary Guy.

[@ruthmcnally310]

When does Otis get involved in that collaboration?

[@whoisthisgit]

+ruth mcnally When you enter a wrong password, he shouts, "Don't enter the wrong password in! It's rude!" Although the limitations of the SNES makes it sound more like an incorrect buzzer sound effect.

[@dmas7749]

+Ashton Diermeier Someone disliked this just because you said that. And no, it wasn't me.

[@dmas7749]

Ashton Diermeier Still, don't say shit like that. As a troper, I call it "Tempting Fate"

[@Gamesmarts194]

I've never played this game before, nor have I seen anyone LP it. When I saw the red ant walk over the hedge at 3:26, I almost literally jumped out of my skin.

[@bannanabread1697]

Ikr

[@theobserver4214]

And to think that this entire thing could’ve been prevented if this game had a battery backed save function.

[@Teknanam]

According to the devs, that wasn't in the budget. Though they acknowledge the game is way more difficult than they intended and regret that. That and they regret hiding the flamethrower so well.

[@lastnamefirst_]

the neighbors death scream still haunts me even after 20 years

[@tomahilaire3921]

I never liked hearing that. It always felt like a blatant failure.

[@forklauncher]

As someone who hates the idea ot touch damage, those red ants fucking triggered me.

[@forklauncher]

Giant robots at least have a pattern of movement, the ants just...stick to you and constantly deal damage!

[@cheesewizard3965]

13:40 41 boxes. It took him. 41. Fucking Pandora's Boxes. To kill Dr. Tongue's spider form. Are...are you...WHAT?!

[@aviinthepast]

It easier to kill it with the Water Pistol and PLates

[@reapers_scyth3181]

I might have miscounted cause of how fast the Pandora's boxes were being used, but I counted 54 FUCKING BOXES to kill the second form.

[@kinamiya1]

I remember a moment that i killed the baby with one pandora box The lights glitched out and hanged around the baby for a really long time

[@damonsipe9232]

Yeah the pandoras box is only really effective against the titanic toddlers. Use the flame thrower on Dr tongue if you have it, but if you start on lvl 45 you'll find more then enough weed Wacker ammo, which is the second best weapon to use on Dr tongue

[@bigsof7381]

I counted 42

[@bluesnare3266]

"It's still a fun game, despite some terrible design flaws." To me that sums up this game perfectly. Your description of the password system is exactly how I remember it when I owned this game back in the day for my SNES. I decided to sit down and play this game from beginning to end so that I could stock up on supplies, but when I had to fight Dr. Tongue the first time, it put me in a situation where, even though I had more supplies then using a password, I didn't have enough supplies to defeat Dr. Tongue the second time. ZAMN is one of the few games that I felt the experience of playing it is was more than enough to make me happy that I didn't care that I couldn't finish it. =) Great video, BTW.

[@martindouge4504]

Ever since I saw that vid, I'm interested in the game. Is it really repetitive ? How tough is it to keep your neighbours alive during the first playthrough ?

[@MountainMemelord]

Have you beaten the game, by any chance?

[@lukealias1uk345]

Seeing the word "ZAMN" after the context of some meme is honestly pretty surreal

[@jerhald3253]

@@lukealias1uk345 SHE’S 12?!

[@GreyWind1988]

What I think the game should have done is give a standard amount of weapons per password. Like, password 1 gives you the standard ammo plus something else on top of that and that account grows as you progress.

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

GreyWind1988 it would have been a good idea

[@DrkStmpunkr]

Like what golden sun did....

[@digimaks]

Yeah you are right! They should of given some basic inventory you are expected to have by every batch of levels.

[@someanimedweebiamsure7071]

Maybe if they make an HD remake they might.

[@DaniPaunov]

Almost or about 90 boxes to kill both phases

[@sabagabrichidze5800]

I counted 83 boxes...

[@matthewbrown7834]

Are they good for strong enemys?

[@Star_1984]

Chainsaw:4 Worm:7 Doctor:98

[@tammid8423]

*D A M N*

[@DonnieDoodles]

And that, is why Beating ZAMN with "BLHR" will make you officially badass.

[@pokedude720]

Is it just me, or is the protagonist voiced by Bart's voice Actress?

[@sombrastudios5765]

when HE gets hurt?

[@genericperson360]

Definitely sounds like it.

[@digimaks]

I BET!

[@Lime30373]

The character kind of looks like Bart, so it's fitting.

[@Green24152]

@@sombrastudios5765 Yeah, sometimes female voice actors are hired to voice young boys.

[@Nowel22222]

Those ants are nightmare fuel

[@kipkipkippers]

The second phase of Dr. Tongue is nightmare fuel

[@digimaks]

I dunno, the ants were not as problematic for me, compared to chainsaw guys. Maybe because I played on Sega, and perhaps ants speed were different?

[@henrytheanglerfish6290]

Nowel I know. I'm not even scared of spiders, yet those legs creep me out

[@BinglesP]

I absolutely love how the sprite for using Pandora's Box looks. The guy looks so goofy with his little ":D" face as he looks so surprised at the little glowy box, and the fact that it's just 1 still frame that instantly cuts in and out is part of what gets me about it. It's such a hilarious and endearing thing to come out of a game like this

[@dotapazappy]

Things you need to beat the final boss - About 10 health kits, 20 pandora boxes(yeah you can save up this many legit), 3 monster potions minimum(2 for the spider form, one for the last form), let's say 500 ammo for the lawnmower and maybe 300 of the flame thrower to finish him off. How do you save all this stuff through the game? I have no fucking clue.

[@jameschan8152]

Tam Anon savestates on a emulator.

[@kinamiya1]

There is one way Playing alone and being efficient I killed most of enemies with the squirt gun except those ants and for guys who chase me non stop i use the clowns but when i reached to the ant level im well armed enough to be no problem There are a lot of secrets with good weapons too! And of course some enemies have weaknesses like werewolf to silverware etc

[@DonnieDoodles]

Akihiro Kina- Did the same thing; Saved as many victims as possible for frequent 1-ups to save my medkits.

[@sonicmastersword8080]

There's no flamethrower on the Genesis version.

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

Here's my tips for you guys: If you know the best weapons to use against each enemy it become quite easy to stock weapons,the hard task is actually stock medical kits once you get to the stages with vampires. For example: the ants die in 1 hit with the aliens gun, soda bombs are good on that evils dolls from level 3, use the wedcutter on spiders and werewolves. On the last levels when facing the weakest enemies(zombies) try the useless items like the tomatoes and that icecream thing. Now for the bosses: The bast way to kill the giant baby is use 1 monster potion or 4 pandora boxes, the worms are weak to the forks and the bazooka(but the best idea is still use a monster potion) The spider is weak to the flamethrower which you can only get 1 on the secret hidden area of level 22 if you have at least 1 skull key unused at that point(the best way to achieve this is reach level 20 with only 2 victims left so you will use only 2 of the 3 keys). Now you might be wondering why i said to use the the tomatoes on the zombies for the final stages? its simple: dr tongue's head boss weakness is the water pistol, so you might want to have them for the final boss, he dies pretty easy with the water pistol. My only problem is the vampire,the chainsaw maniac and the frankstein, the chainsaw maniac takes too much time to kill with any weapon and I dont even know if its possible to kill the other two,the only thing you can do to take them out of your way for a while is freeze them for some seconds with the fire extinguisher. But my worst problem is the vampire, its atacks are a lot hard to avoid and it takes so much health here's where all my medical kits are wasted. Also dont use the medical kits if you have 6 lives, since 6 lives are your maximum its a better idea to die 1 time and collect a 1up instead of waste a medical kits and collect a 1up that will do nothing.

[@ThunderFlarz]

I think Cornshaq did a whole one sitting playthrough while saving every neighbour. It was loooooooong.

[@garuelx8627]

Trying to save every neighbor in this game is frustrating as fuck since one of the neighbor types become werewolves after enough time passes, and that time is very little to begin with...

[@kyuubinaruto17]

@@garuelx8627 More annoying than that is that one of the neighbors is literally impossible to save without exploits. One level has a Tourist Couple that is on the opposite corner of the map, and even with speed shoes is impossible to collect normally. The exploit is that the tourists count as 1 neighbor, but if they transform they turn into TWO werewolves. So the only way to save them is to lure enough enemies into following you that you reach the sprite maximum and the game won't let them transform.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors was freaking hard. I had the Sega Genesis version, and it drove me crazy because you needed certain weapons to defeat specific monsters and skeleton keys to unlock certain doors. And yeah, the water gun is pretty useless against most enemies.

[@zombie1013]

@MoltoRubato88 I've discovered that if you get Dr Tongues giant head in the bottom left corner of the last level he can't escape you have to use a monster potion and if done correctly you can just sit there and wait for him to die and use only 1 potion there are bunches of tricks to this game that once you learn it's super easy

[@WhiteMageMentality]

I feel like a lot of ThisGit's videos make wonderful companion pieces to GDQ runs- get a taste of the game from the perspective of a typical gamer and someone peeling the game apart, bit by bit.

[@17roses32]

That large head of Tongue is creeping me out O.O

[@329link]

I wouldn't say you're nostalgia blind in loving this one. I played it way after I was a kid and while it's far from perfect, it's pretty fun with a friend.

[@Mattrules64]

Those red ant enemies remind me of those giant metal ant spider things from Spyro 1 but not in a good way

[@doubleicecream1302]

I love the worst levels series so much! Keep up the awesome work man I've been watching you since 2014

[@NealCamerlengo]

One of those games where either Game Genie or Pro Action Replay cart is useful. Also this game is ike a cross of Splatterhouse (the chain saw guys reminds me of Rick Taylor) Toejam and Earl, Doom, Smash TV

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

I've beaten this before. in level 45, many items including two monster potions are hidden behind trees. there are also a few other bazookas you can use. of course this level involves killing as few ants as possible. 46. take the upper path with only bazookas at first, grabbing the bazooka hidden in the bush. after grabbing the first skull key, grab the bazooka you don't need bazookas for, go down and use a monster potion to punch your way to the other neighbors, making sure to grab the monster potion under the pod plant and the skull key. once only 3 neighbors remain, go back to the beginning the way you came. allow the maniac to cut the hedges in the way and try to get him caught between the meteoroid and the hedge. bazooka to the end. 47. bazookas. get right in front of the snakeoids and fire to do up to about 3-4 hits on them and only use 2 shells. once all three are dead, finish up the level AFTER GRABBING THE MONSTER POTION BEHIND THE WALL. 48. good luck asshole. jk. if you grabbed the artifact in level 45, use them against the vampire. trust me, you do NOT want to deal with him in the middle of the level. when you go to rescue the cheerleader hidden behind a single skull door, kill Frankenstein. i don't give a shit what anyone says, that fucker needs to die. he can stalk you through the level and make dr.tongue extremely difficult as if he wasn't hard enough already. six bazookas should do him in. if not, weed whacker him to death. for the werewolves, the forks and knives from level 47 should do the trick. For dr.tongues spider form, use monster potions and try to hold down the attack button and stand still. this prolongs the time you have as a monster. if you run out of potions, use the weed whacker and first aid kits when necessary. for the head, plates. 20 can be found on level 47. if those run out, water pistol. thats how I won at least. if you want, I'd like to see you try this again using these tips. you don't have to if you absoposifuckalutely don't want to.

[@kinamiya1]

punchoutplayer penguin jesus You have to be extremely efficient with ammo with that password

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

The second form of the final boss is weak to the water pistol, hide behind a corner and use against him, its the best way to kill it.

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

Classicos Nostalgicos he's also weak to plates. If you get close to him and throw, he takes more damage than usual. Water pistol works too if you run out

[@PS64Subs]

I read this as if a teen from the 90s was telling me this. also some part of me wants to see this as a Speedrunning or challenge category, if it does, what's it called?

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

@@PS64Subs probably BLHR%? I'm not sure, it is technically the fastest way through the game

[@diegorojas2049]

Could you imagine if, on top of having to save a decent amount of neighbours per level, there was also a time limit of about 3-5 minutes? That would be more hell that you could possibly imagine

[@juansandoval2735]

Masochist nuzzlock gamers: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

[@D_YellowMadness]

The worm took about 7 hits. Dr. Tongue took about 79. I counted. What the hell?

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

D YellowMadness its because they have diferent weaknesses to diferent weapons the head takes a lot less with the water pistol

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

Couldn't they have picked a better sound for the Pandora's Box? That shit starts to drive you crazy after a while.

[@EmergencyChannel]

You probably only get a handful of Pandora's Box in the game though. It wouldn't be as annoying if you only heard it once every few levels.

[@DrPootis]

I think the total you can get in the game might be around 60 that's all

[@wigwumpwormwood]

BWOO AAH BWEE

[@Skyhurricane89]

In level 45 there are tons of items behind trees including a cross and two monster potions. The cross is effective against the ants. And yes, this is very possible to beat all of these levels and the bosses without using cheats :P

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

done it in 15 minutes XD

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

Is it bad that about halfway through your spamming Pandora's Boxes on Dr. Spidertongue, I started mentally shouting "Hydro Storm!" in time with each one going off, or does that merely mean my brain holds onto old, silly KZbin videos way longer than it perhaps should?

[@endermenon4836]

1:24 That zombie just ate a baby.

[@BinglesP]

Plot twist: That zombie was the undead body of Tarrare this whole time

[@shadowlightnign]

Wow, this game looks so much like Ghoul Patrol. It even has the same gameplay and stuff. Was it made by the same people? Okay, apparently it is. And Ghoul Patrol is actually the sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Cool.

[@LANCASTER_Official]

I don't mind having this password system because it's the dev's way of saying "Fuck you for skipping levels, go back and play from the beginning." It's give and take.

[@trustytrest]

Why even have it then. May as well have zero way of saving progress.

[@yoshi6100]

Dr Tongue's form after the spider gets CREEPY

[@MagikGimp]

Back in the day you'd need an entire week to play a game. Non-stop.

[@Some_RandomYoutuber]

+MagikGimp Zelda didn't have that problem.

[@Martin-ro2zj]

It's only 3 hours

[@andrereis7993]

The bosses of 16 bit era that creep me out: The Spider of this game, and the final boss of Ecco the Dolphin.

[@shinryuvirus9987]

well the damage dr tongue gets during the final battle is kinda cool

[@eeveeon4081]

This game looks interesting, I think I might play it! 12:02 NOPE! NOPE! NONE OF THIS!

[@tomahilaire3921]

This game is an awesome classic!

[@juanoshigeru]

i think you can just hold down the button to keep shooting the water pistol. It bothers me a bit that you kept doing single shots haha. Great video nonetheless :D I think only people that have played this game can truly appreciate how unfair the life bar of the final boss is haha. Ive never finished this game, most close i got was when i was a teenager and managed to get to doctor tongue. His spider form... I emptied all my supplies trying to beat him. I managed to keep only my water pistol and couple forks and wasted everything else i had. "Hah! clutch!" I thought to myself as the giant spider exploded. But then the giant head appeared... i threw the couple forks and emptied my water pistol on him... and of course he wasnt even close to dying. So i just sat there in disbelief, no ammo or potions left, let the giant head kill me and havent even gotten close to reaching that far ever again haha. Ive played it some times after that still :D Weirdly fun game

[@Mayoncheese]

Still love that level, getting this far with a friend AND winning is just so god damn fun and rewarding.

[@AHEM1313]

Longer passwords wouldn't really be practical: With over twenty weapons and items in the game (some of which, like the water pistol or the weed whacker thing, can go up to 999 ammunition), you'd need something like forty characters in the password to cover all the combinations for all levels. A better solution would be a default arsenal for each stage: For example, starting with a bunch of bazookas and monster potions (plus plenty of ammo for the weaker weapons) if you continue to Level 45. You wouldn't have your exact arsenal, but you'd be much better equipped to handle the last few stages.

[@gordontaylor2815]

+AHEM1313 There's really no excuse because the original Metroid (an older game with a similar complexity in terms of weapons and items) had a password system as well. LucasArts would've been just as capable of putting in a good password system as Nintendo if they had wanted to try.

[@Tis-I]

This game is getting a port to the switch. I never experienced this game, but I want to. And now, I'll be able to

[@reapers_scyth3181]

I've never played this game, but Jebus H Christmas, the final boss looks impossible even if I didn't use the password!

[@maelstromofchaos2489]

That's 'cause the player didn't know where most of Level 45's hidden items were, and didn't exploit monsters' weaknesses. The plates and silverware found in Level 47 do massive damage to the final boss, and the bazooka and cross found in Level 45 behind the trees do massive damage to the Snakeoids and Chainsaw Maniacs, as well as the Frankenstein and vampire.It's not exactly easy, but I wouldn't put in in the Impossible? category.

[@selena3467]

@@maelstromofchaos2489 Well you can't blame him. Like why are plates and silverware effective against the final boss but a bazooka is not? You would never know this if you didn't look it up on the internet.

[@maelstromofchaos2489]

@@selena3467 That's true, not gonna lie. It's kind of like one of those things that either goes by word-of-mouth or perhaps even through a magazine similar to Nintendo Power. The only hint towards this weakness is in instruction manual, where it states something among the lines of "these will be useful when you have nothing else to use." Cryptic as hell, but it really do be like that back in the day.

[@thunderguyer]

One day,i want you to talk about Asterix and Obelix XXL

[@thunderguyer]

The KaBlammer Thank GOD we got the much better name....and i feel sorry for that stupid name change...i don't even know WHY they would change the name,it's not like it was something in french,it's just 3 letters and this was before Call Of Duty destroyed the innocense of children so XXL wouldn't really be a sexual innuendo

[@thunderguyer]

Net Spectre XXL2 wasn't all that great...It was ok but...not that great....In the Olympic Games is the unofficial XXL3 and it did what XXL2 should do better

[@kinamiya1]

haha at least it can make laugh some people with cheap sense of humor (like me) :D

[@Adeyum64]

@@thunderguyer Oh man, what a time to be alive :D What are your expectations for XXL 3?

[@thunderguyer]

@@Adeyum64 I expect it to be simple,good fun. Also expect it to have a story about as,or even more ridiculous than "At the Olympic games"

[@billbolt9458]

I just love how he walks

[@FormulePoeme807]

It take 40 for the first phase and 58 if we count the miss and didn't count the miss animation

[@Zulk_RS]

As someone who played but couldn't beat the game, I think I understand how this will be near impossible-ish.

[@tomahilaire3921]

This is an extremely entertaining game. It's difficult and does take a long time to beat. It's worth mastering though..

[@danielhoover2394]

This is why the Game Genie was invented.

[@dronsito]

kill final form of Dr Tongue..... a vampire kills last neighbour

[@tntmoxy9697]

2:17 the fact that in this game you can see a baby die always make so miserable Dx it's weird that you don't mention that xd also, really good video!! I never be able to reach to tose latest levels D:!!

[@maglev0789]

At least these levels have 3 of the best songs in the game

[@ironball2847]

So I was actually able to figure out the bosses' HP value, assuming this ROM Editor here is correct. For comparison sake, the Squirtgun does 1 damage, and the Bazooka does 20. Without further ado, here: Giant Baby: 70 HP Snakeoid: 75 HP Spider (Level 36): 85 HP (has a weird damage assist thing as well, so I'm not 100% sure) Spider (Level 48): 145 HP Dr. Tongue: 140 HP

[@filipmelzacki9969]

These red ants are gross.

[@ttvmarcyy7906]

you get a new victim every 40 thousand points and an extra life if you have all 10 people had to point it out cuz it bothering me but points are crucial when wanting to complete the game without a rough time

[@HalfLifer81]

wow i've never played this game and i can see it's really fun and also very difficult, i might give a try. Great video by the way, keep it up

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

Its not as hard as everyone says

[@tomahilaire3921]

You should give it a try. It's difficult to save all ten neighbors in every level. That's the difficult part (in my honest opinion). It takes strategy to master it.

[@drnumbnuts656]

It’s possible. I’ve never done it. But I’ve seen people who have. My cousin and I were screwing around and told me he could beat this shit. I didn’t believe it until I saw it. He told me that he played the game extensively as a kid and knew every trick in the book. It was insane to watch. I don’t remember exactly how he did it, but it involved using almost no ammunition nor the potion. He saves the potion, the water gun ammo, the medkit and the bazookas until he absolutely needed to use them. I remember he was at like 2 health surrounded by enemies but he didn’t use the kit because he didn’t need to. He didn’t use a single bazooka in the hedgemaze level or the ant level. He also let all but 1 of the neighbors die. He knew so much about the game that he was able to manipulate it to put the neighbor in different spots. For example: In the worm level, the 1 neighbor appeared directly in front of him, allowing him to beat the level in seconds. He’s not a speedrunner. Just a big nerd. I can barely beat the final levels normally. He can beat it with the password. It was insane to watch.

[@davejohn3600]

Does the end boss have an ideal weapon to use? I remember this game being fairly clever with the weapons being suited for some foes but not others. Games with passwords that left you unarmed for the level were all to common in that era. Only games that were based upon collecting items to progress like Metroid or Goonies 2 had codes that gave items as well generally. This game would have been better if you could quickly pick up enough weapons on the code started levels.

[@selena3467]

Apparently he is weak against forks and plates

[@Martin-ro2zj]

Use flamethrower for spider and use water pistol for the head

[@mikerider2014]

Holy shit, you got a skull-key from that mutated plant? Isn't the chance for a randomly dropped skull-key like under 1%!? You got incredibly lucky, holy shit. These giant worms don't actually have that much HP apparently, but they do restore HP whenever they hit you, so if you trade hits a fight with them can seriously drag on. Also, apparently Pandora's box inflicts less damage than the watergun against the final boss' head form, which was something that was found out... Well, not exactly not too long ago, but certainly not too long ago in regards to how old this game is at least. Edit: Even save-states might not be such a good idea, after all save-states perfectly replicate your game-state along with the current RNG and everything when they're loaded, but worst of all they retain your neighbour-count, as you have said, not having many neighbours makes the game easier, but also as you have said, not having any neighbours leads to a game over, and neighbours in this game might very well die nearly off-screen.

[@CassioFranco0211]

Very much agree with this comment,and i like your profile picture.

[@Montork]

The Jason clones scared the crap out of me as a kid

[@ericmikesell5252]

This is True survival horror before alone in the dark

[@pierreasph2199]

whats the code you used for the pandora boxes and on what cheating device?

[@ZayOsirisGaming]

The Original Binding Of Issac

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

8:55 aaaw look he’s dancing to the music

[@101Ringside]

This game gave me nightmares, made me terrified of being out at Dusk, and afraid of Zombies when I was 8. thanks older bro!

[@NoctournalDonut]

Yep, the only game where you can kill a Graboid expy with kitchen utensils, everybody! :D

[@Dre2Dee2]

ZAMN is still one of the best games ever made, even though yea... they went a little overboard Seriously though, if you ever make it to the last level and beat it you KNOW you accomplished something! :D

[@DumDoDoor]

+Rob Kang (Zambia) In all fairness, the last four stages are intentionally difficult and if you ever wanted to get there using the password... well it's your call. Other than that, this is a fine game I'll say.

[@punchingplayerpenguin3291]

Dre2 Dee2 i did it in 10 minutes using a glitch to skip dr.tongue

[@CaroFDoom]

FUCK WHY IS IT ALWAYS GIANT FUCKING SPIDERS!

[@wesrubincan9568]

+Car Of Doom I know, right? It's even worse when you have arachnophobia and are afraid of bugs in general...

[@Tis-I]

2:43 in the credit level, a developer will give you the level password, and challenge you to play through it.

[@Martin-ro2zj]

Speedrunners call it BLHR speedrun

[@KryyssTV]

As good as ZAMN was, it kinda lost its focus as the game progressed which led to this issue with the password system. Earlier levels had scattered pickups which forced players to typically be on the run unless cornered or overrun. Almost as if ZAMN was a precursor to the Resident Evil series. But as the game progressed monsters became more of an annoyance than a threat and the tone completely changed as it became yet another shooter with mandatory boss fights.This led to the problems you describe where levels were designed with minimal pick ups but the objectives required you to have loads of ammo and quite often made it near impossible to progress.

[@Teknanam]

Fun facts. The first 20 levels were the only ones that were specially designed and focus tested. Everything else was basically padding. Even then, the game was meant to end at level 36 (hence why you fight Dr. Tongue there). But they ended up with some extra dev time, so they made more levels and attempted a more climatic ending with Dr. Tongue becoming a 2 stage boss. What really hurt game though was that they didn't have the budget for cartridges with battery saves and didn't want to have crazy long passwords, so they just settled with the current short ones that leave you screwed in resources. They tried testing the password points themselves to make sure the game was still beatable, but they are still the developers so they would know how to exploit the game to beat it in the worst circumstances. Focus testing would've shown them how bad these points were, but alas.

[@KryyssTV]

@@Teknanam That would make sense as things go especially awry with Day of the Chainsaw being one of the potentially unbeatable levels if you don't have bazookas or mutation potions to knock down the hedges and the Maniacs aren't near enough to do it for you. Plus levels like Spikes were clearly padding.

[@xebatansis]

This was a very nice idea for a video series.

[@genjimain6468]

For a second I thought this was decap attack

[@piterkiedysoullink397]

And that's why long passwords are better, right Beavis & Butthead?

[@ninjabiohazard5]

in comparison to the sequel ghoul patrol this game was much easier and fair. ghoul patrol is just a nightmare. short but hard. especially those final stages. the thing that makes it a nightmare is that you can fall off building and platforms and it's an insta death.

if you manage to defeat one of those Giant Baby bosses, they turn into regular babies, which count as neighbors to save. that's the only way to get extra neighbors. only 2 or 3 in the game. and there's a really bad level that's horribly frustrating even playing from the beginning...i forget the number, but...anyway, that level has lots of those "evil dolls", which WILL kill any neighbor they see, and because of the level design, you are forced to walk through long winding corridors to reach the neighbors, making it take a long time to reach the ones you can see, and the dolls can spawn anywhere on the screen, like, for example, RIGHT next to the neighbor on the other side of the wall from you! unless you have a lot of those "soda can" weapons in reserve, and are quick enough to toss them over the walls at the evil dolls, they WILL kill ALL of the neighbors, making you lose the game even if you have 20 lives left! simply horrible.

[@maelstromofchaos2489]

Actually, you also get a bonus every 40,000 points. If you're missing one or more of your victims, you get one back. If you have all 10 vicitms, you get an extra life. If you're maxed out on both lives and victims, you get a Perfect Player bonus, which gives you 5000 points towards your next bonus.

[@gloves763]

The second phase of the final boss scarred me

[@iregretsomeofmypreviouscom3284]

You need to do Worst Levels ever and put Klobber Karnage from DKC2

[@vincentsutton9916]

57 Pandora's boxes to defeat dr. tongue(phase 2/giant head)

[@maelstromofchaos2489]

While that's true, the plates in Level 47 can make much quicker work out of the Doctor. If you angle your shots properly, you might not even need to use any more than 20 plates to beat the final phase.

[@ryanscheffer2302]

Before watching this video, I had never heard of this game. It must be pretty obscure.

[@generalzucc462]

That nostalgia right at the start

[@Faapu]

Yeah, this game is pretty rad. How about that sequel though?

[@ikillzoneblas7423]

+King Harkinian We don't talk about that.

[@f1s53r]

+King Harkinian Apparently there was, it's called Ghoul Patrol.

[@shadowlightnign]

+iKillzone Blas I like the game. I didn't even know it was a sequel to another game till I watched this video.

[@joshhodkinson9677]

I had this game for the SNES and in the instruction manual, there was a page for you to write down all the passwords as you went along.

[@grimcreeper3197]

I'm learning about Pandoras box

[@nightshademagia]

YES! I get a calculator and some Whoisthisgit to go with it!

[@millbrick]

And that is why you use save states, kids!

[@brazencoronet17]

You really need to do Round 4 from SoR 3. It's annoying with the train tracks and is way too tedious. I guess the boss is awesome's but that's the only good thing about the stage.

[@SmarkDepper]

3:22 Not to mention some ant nests are located next to a neighbor, you will need the speed effect to reach the victims before the ants. And those ants can pickup items, and when they do, they will attempt to run away and despawn. 6:34 You can stick the blob out by spamming Left and Right buttons and take just 1 damage instead of 3. If you left neighbors with blob on, they'll die. 10:46 Oh man, if you don't have the speed effect on at start, you will lose two tourist neighbors after 12 secs no matter what. Night will arrive and the'll become enemy werewolves at proximity. 11:31 No, they can't die. They only can be scared out by using cross and weed cutters. They don't take damage with anything. And less HP, more speed they gain.

[@Versitax]

more like Creepiest Thumbnails #1

[@cuddlebug9699]

It took 99 boxes to beat tongue...

[@yoshibeara3446]

oh ya I remember hating this game

[@Some_RandomYoutuber]

The title of the game misleads me since it's called "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" but when you play it then it has More Monsters than Zombies... Because in the BETA of the game it was originally gonna be just called "Monsters" but maybe they felt that the title was kinda short and lame so they i guess No one would like a title called "Monsters Ate My Neighbors" they kinda felt like maybe people like zombies more.. so they called it "Zombies At My Neighbors".... That's what i think but then again i could be 100% wrong.

[@johnjohnson392]

Trust me, you aren't nostalgia blinded. I played this, and i liked it.

[@kinamiya1]

this...game is almost impossible with two players... i just got to like....lvl 23 going solo i got to the last boss with 3 lives and with tons of op weapons :D

[@tomahilaire3921]

I don't like playing this game with two players.

[@Jopo1226]

Allegedly there is a trick to get a vampire to kill the cheerleader behind the boss bypassing the boss. This of course means you need at least 2 victims. By the way one time in level 47 I go to open the door and right after the damn snakoid kills the victim I was PISSED.

[@DarkD112]

I can live with challenging players who use passcodes to skip levels. A MUCH bigger problem for me is that some levels have the people to rescue placed in such horrible spots that it's physically impossible to save them without cheating. Literally, I was using game guides and save states and there were multiple people physically impossible to save. The only way to save them is to utilize the entity limit and prevent monsters from ever spawning near that particular civilian in the first place.

[@overnightdelivery]

I've seen speed runners save all the neighbors without cheating. But it does require that you have certain items and that you navigate the maps in a specific way. Even then it is very hard and does almost require luck sometimes. Because the enemies can spawn in random places sometimes.

[@DarkD112]

@@overnightdelivery I'm including all unintended exploits when I say cheat. So waiting for the zombies to spawn the max entity limit is cheating. I'm also including letting a neighbor die only to pick up a +1 neighbor bonus later. All the guides I've read say it's physically impossible to save them all without one of those.

[@overnightdelivery]

@@DarkD112 Even the definition of cheating can be subjective I guess. ;)

[@Martin-ro2zj]

Speedrunners can but 22b tourist is unsavable because it is just there to taunt you

[@mattjindrak]

This game was great and Ghoul Patrol was just ok. Damn shame the sequel had to make things worse instead of making them better or even just as good.

[@SuperArppis]

I remember my friend's brother beating this game. :)

[@MasterKnightDH]

So let's see: unbalanced baddie difficulty, no Anti-Frustration Features, bullshit scenarios in general, and overly durable enemies. I haven't forgotten when one of the first videos I watched on your channel was relating to Ganbare Goemon 1 for the Super NES/Famicom. You never absolutely needed more than 2000 Ryo, and there was plenty of time to gather it on the zones requiring the vast majority of it, and the sidescrolling segments where Ryo was needed to not get hit without a weapon upgrade was the same damn boss pulling the same one bit of counterattack h4x bullshit. So yeah, that game definitely holds up better. Maybe I should upload the rest of my Perfect Run vids at some point. Yeah, the shot going through the enemy thing can get damn annoying too. Why doesn't this game provide a melee option if that problem asks to be an issue. And about Lub Lub's message at the end, yeah, characters like Bayonetta are absolutely overboard. And this from the guy who YKTTW'd Savvy Guy Energetic Girl on a case of Wish Fulfillment.