Xenophobe (All cleared) 1987 Bally Midway Mame Retro Arcade Games

[@CrystaJoy]

After watching you play. I realized that I played this terribly as a kid. I would stay in literally one room shooting because they never stopped coming.

[@ericcannon222]

Wow, there's NO ENDING AT ALL? Not even a "Congratulations" screen? I wasted all those quarters in my youth for NOTHING?!?!

[@ayudatengopiedrasenlosrino3786]

Yes

[@justjeff386]

This is what I came to this video to find out. I am saddened

[@oddish4352]

That's how video games were back in the day. Pac Man just went and went until the game crashed.

[@chuckyluvsu13]

I totally agree !! I never liked it when a game didn't have an ending and just looped, fun fact, though: the atari Lynx version not only has an ending, but also added gamplay features such as a jetpack and extra levels. It is definitely the best version of the game from a gamplay standpoint.

[@eddienyc5740]

Lynx was such a great system. Far superior to the original Game Boy

[@argent2020]

I used to play this big time, but never made it too far.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Easy game. Rolling it over on a single quarter takes about 3-4 hours. Tips: 1) Crouch Step Most of the Time: You can hit almost every monster from this position, except for Mama & leaping Aliens that are still in the air. Plus, you can avoid some high attacks & ceiling tentacles. 2) Manufacture Grenades: Every room with 3 grenades will spawn an additional 3 grenades if you take them, go to the next room, and before the door behind you closes, throw 1 grenade back into the room you just left. Go back into that room, and there will be 3 more grenades to pick up. Repeat until you have the maximum amount of grenades you can carry (limit = 99). Use your grenade stash to quickly clear rooms. Manufacture more as needed. 3) Use the Health Machine on the Beta Level of the Starbase: The primary objective of the Starbase level should be to max out your health. Don't worry about clearing the infestation until afterwards. The room with the curtain of yellow balls is the health room. Clear the room of monsters. Hit the button on the wall. Quickly jump into the curtain BEFORE it stops flashing. Every successful jump adds 1000 to your health. Repeat until you have max health of 9999. Clear the room of monsters as needed. If Mama appears, either kill her or flee to another room, then backtrack to this room to begin the process again. If I remember correctly, this is the only health machine in the entire repeating iteration of bases/ships, so keep an eye out for each Starbase level to max out your health again. 4) Weapons: Lay down continuous fire until the room is cleared of monsters and every time a door opens. a) Laser Gun - best overall weapon for long range & power. b) Electro Gun - best sounding weapon, but worst practical weapon besides the phaser. Good power but far too short range. If you really want to use it, make sure you manufacture a lot of grenades to use for long range attacks. If you're an expert, you can also use this weapon to slow-kill Mama Alien to death, if you're mad at her (see below). c) Gas Gun - only for experts. Very short range, but kills extremely quickly. If you can successfully manufacture grenades, then you can use them in conjunction with this weapon. Use grenades liberally for long range attacks & gas gun for short range attacks. If you're an expert, you can clear entire bases in record time using this combination. 5) Killing Mama Alien: Don't linger too long in any room or Mama will appear. Avoid staring at Mama, because you'll be paralyzed, damaged, and lose your weapon. If she appears in front, either immediately turn around and flee to the previous room, or quickly throw a grenade in her face, killing her. If she's staring in the opposite direction, either flee before her thrown egg ball can ricochet hit you, or shoot/grenade her in the face. If you're angry at her, slow-kill her by shooting one shot with the laser or electro gun, watch her grimace & moan in pain, then shoot her again before she can throw her ball. Repeat these one shots until she finally dies.

[@rcschmidt668]

Not seen in this playthrough: shooting the falling slime stops it long enough to run under it safely.

[@BloodyBay]

Where were you and your guide 30 or 40 years ago? I _really_ could have put those grenade-duping and health-maxing cheats to good use! 😝 And the Gas Gun need not be "experts only" if you're playing with another player or two. They grab a laser pistol and you grab a gas gun (or vice-versa) and you stick with them. The pistol guy pecks the xenos from long range and keeps them flinching while the gas guy runs in and annihilates them with a puff or two. Ideally, the guy with the gas gun should pick up the first knife you see and stay standing for fast movement and jumping; having a knife means that you *_kill_* any tentacles that grab you (instead of merely escaping their grasp), so go ahead, xenos. I *_dare_* you to grab me! 😆 Walking and jumping aren't so bad; just keep one eye on the ceiling. The moment you see the ceiling cracking, back off. You can still shoot xeno projectiles out of the air, and mass extermination of eggs, crawlers and rolly-pollies is simple with the gas gun; just aim down as you walk around and puff-puff-puff. IIRC, that combination can even work on Queens (or "Mamas", as you phrase it); Pistol Guy keeps pecking Mama in the face from range so she can't do anything, Gas Gun Guy leaps over and blasts her in the face with his or her (because I always mained Dr. Udderbay if I got the Player 2 stick) Super Bug Spray...dead Mama is dead. 😎 I would imagine that health-maxing would work even more easily on a two- or three-player game too. "Okay, you two stand behind that curtain of yellow balls. I'll keep jamming on this button. If any xenos come into the room, shoot them. All maxed now? Okay, now switch places with me. Thanks, guys! Operation: Exterminatus continues."

[@BloodyBay]

​@@rcschmidt668 That's another advantage of two- or three-player games: One guy stands there blasting the dripping slime while the other guy(s) walk through, then one of the other guys turns around and returns the favor. No slime drops? No problem! That doesn't work so well if all two or three players do the stupid thing and split up in all directions the moment they beam aboard, but hey, you're standing right next to them, right? Just chew them out until they get with the program! The smart people stay together in horror movies, and the smart people stay together in Xenophobe; you'll clear the rooms a lot faster that way! 😉

[@bk373904]

Shoutout to Brian Colins for this game and the others that he created that made our childhoods rather awesome.

[@dpfitforlife81]

I loved this game as a kid. I do not know if there was ever an end to this game. But I do remember going through the different passage shooting up aliens and then setting the self destruct and escaping. Only to be in another space station repeating the same thing over and over. But it was interesting to have 2 people playing and having them go in opposite directions. So you did not need to be on the same screen as your buddy that was playing.

[@shalifi7774]

Been bugging me for years. Played this when I was single like 5 years old. Finally found the name. Great video

[@shocbomb23]

You don't know how nuts the last year or so I have been going trying like hell to remember the name of this game.I remember like it was yesterday playing it after school at the local deli where everyone would hang out. I recalled today that the same makers of Rampage made this game and thats finally how I hunted it down. So,so happy this game brings back such childhood memories

[@bk373904]

I had the same problem. I remembered the visuals vividly from arcades growing up. I'm 31 now. I scoured Google searching for "alien sidescrollers" and stuff to no avail. Then, I went on the websites that listed arcade games. I think cause it's Xenophobe with an "X" i'd never make it that far down the list or the name seemed obscure when I found it on a list and I didn't investigate. It evaded me for years till the other day when I saw it on the Midwest Gaming Classic's FB page in an advertisement for the creator being there. His name is Brian Colins, really cool dude. Obviously helped make our childhood's pretty dope. You weren't the only one my dude, ha.

[@NobodyEvenReadsNames]

This just happened to me. For no particular reason I just happened to remember that this was in a Midway Arcade Collection on the GameCube, and I was able to finally find the name of the game by looking through the games in that collection. Really excited to finally find this game again!

[@rcschmidt668]

I remembered that I always picked Dr. Kwack. 😂

[@BloodyBay]

@@rcschmidt668 I always played Dr. Udderbay, mostly because of her big "udders". 😁 I never played Dr. Kwack because I just couldn't take him seriously! So I played Col. Poupon if I got on Red (and Mr. Eeez or Dr. Zordirz if I was Blue). And did you ever notice that each color had one Mister, one Colonel and one Doctor? Why was that? 🤔

[@davidnott5464]

Totally agree with this players choice of weapon, it gives you enough distance from those jumpers. Not sure this is true to real game as we were constantly plagued by the head monsters who seemed to catch us in trance from 500 meters. Feeling sooo nostalgic after seeing this. We owned this game. Mike Stevens I was your wingman on this cooooool game.

[@therealstaticthreat]

I remember playing this as a kid at 7-11 back in the 80's. :D

[@ryan1303a]

+staticheadvideos Me too man. Used to grab a coke slushy from the 7-11 and play it.

[@TheKiller92272]

Wow

[@cheapy2006]

This was a great game back in the day. The arcade version with that weird joystick was great!!!

[@jamienunnery1435]

I'm 90% sure that this was the game I played at a restaurant in the 80s. I LOVED this game.

[@Matrim42]

“Base Clear Of Xenos” ::Xeno literally just rolling around as victory music plays::

[@BloodyBay]

That xeno's an outcast from his colony. He ate the queen's housecat, he voted Libertarian while the rest of the hive's voting Independent...whatever. So he doesn't count. 😁

[@jameskamlowsky9906]

Great game. Brings back memories of my college days when I spent all my time playing this in the Akron U. pool/bowling hall when I should have been studying.

[@axe6279]

Love the Lynx version. Had it back in the day and been playing it a lot on my Retroid.

[@montypizzle5780]

Someone should remake this game. A new version with new graphics and mechanics would be badass!

[@Akira625]

This game came out when I was in middle school, and I was a bit creeped out by those giant, hopping aliens that lunged at you.

[@Psycomantis1]

The bass on those stage clears. Holy shit!

[@Fortuna1]

This game is funny with 3 players Played in Midway arcade treasure 2 (PS2 version), has 3 players and autozoom when play 1 or 2 players

[@JesseH76]

It's funny how things will trigger your memory that you haven't thought about, this game looks really really familiar. It has the same graphics as Rampage, Pigskin A.D., Arch-Rivals, which I'm going to assume were all made by Bally Midway

[@shocbomb23]

Yup

[@bk373904]

Brian Colin is the actual dev and designer. Really, really cool down to Earth dude. He'll be at the Midwest Gaming Classic this year, again.

[@jean-francoisgauthier977]

The music that plays after Xenos are cleared from the base is awsome :-)

[@jean-francoisgauthier977]

I owned this arcade 10 years ago ! This is my best arcade game EVER!

[@afa78djd]

Classic long play game along with Gauntlet. Probably my 2 favorite multiplayer games of the day.

[@TheKiller92272]

I got this more then 15 years ago for Christmas with midway arcade Treasure 2

[@calvinsmith4257]

I played this on the Midway Arcade Classics for the GameCube and spent hours of my life absorbed into it. It's really cool seeing all the comments about people who played the original growing up!

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

I finished this game several times on the Atari Lynx. I should see if I can clear it on the 2600. Yes, the Atari 2600 has Xenophobe!

[@SONICBOOM1889]

The music and SFX sounds awesome and smooth.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

This always-crouching thing seems to work pretty well.

[@ZorkFox]

Xenophobe was always one of my favorite games as a kid. I still wish I could have a full-size arcade machine for it. Thanks for putting this up. :)

[@freakyfornash]

Get it via Mame, or on Midway Arcade Treasures #2 for the Gamecube, PS2 or Xbox.

[@och70]

I don't even want to think about how much money I spent playing this game. One of my all-time favorites!

[@davidnott5464]

If you played this on your own in the arcade, it was not possible to get this far, the timer simply ran down so fast you could not clear the aliens. That said, this guy has a lot of skill. The tentacles from the ceiling and floor literally grabbed you from 5 paces. A lot of the time you were bowled over by rollers and needed to use grenades to get out of room, and every door had a head monster after level 2 I think this player was either very lucky or this version is doctored.

[@dickclarkfan1]

It had more to do with your selection of character than the dip switches. For example, if you were the red player and wanted to clear the base, you NEVER picked Dr. Quack, he had the shortest time to clear the base. The only way you learned which character got more time was to simply play the game with every character. People that were series about a high score on Xenophobe in the arcade would virtually always use one of the yellow characters because they most often had the most time to clear the bases.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

+ david nott Actually this was a very easy game, if you knew the right strategy. I used to frequently roll it over (9,999,999+) on a single quarter. It takes around 3-4 hours to do it. See my comment to this video on how to do it.

[@WrightStuff2007]

One trick you can use to clear the aliens is once you find the room with the button to pause the self destruct, just hang around in that area one screen to the left or right and keep pausing. This gives you a lot longer to clear them all.

[@JurgeoLined]

I used to just head straight for the destruct order button on this - it's hard as hell. I figured the lack of health bonus was still more than the amount I would have lost. This is really meant for 3 people though, you get overwhelmed in single.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

+ AgentOrange Nah. If you knew the right strategies, you could roll this game over on a single quarter by yourself. See my comment to this video on how to do it.

[@b4ds33d2]

such a unique and awesome game.

[@chrislowee8475]

I had no clue what this game was about. After I played it I was hooked. This is a game that had more variety in it than a lot of the games these days.

[@m.a.packer5450]

Fun factoid" Gene Roddenberry was inspired by this game when he set out to create Star Trek: the Next Generation, and he wanted this character to be in the show, but eventually split him up into three characters: Laforge, O'Brien, and Jean Luc Picard

[@initra25]

We pumped hundreds of quarters back in the 80’s!!!! I wish they had a boss or alien planet end level. The game just went on and on.

[@FreakyLynx]

It was a fun game back in the day, I do want to play it again at some point.

[@monkeyswithnukes5950]

Hey, everyone. I hope you’re all doing great on this Memorial Day weekend. Stay safe out there and have fun!

[@teddybouka]

So this is how I was supposed to play this, so many wasted quarters

[@cirulis37]

I seem to recall in the arcade your health counting down. Maybe that was "Gauntlet"

[@johnlomuscio4521]

10:33 nice music

[@Its303AcidBass]

I love this game. It needs a rebooth

[@shawndavis779]

PURGE ALL XENOS!

[@johnlomuscio4521]

It's a shame Midway is a gonner

[@BlackMesaNorth]

dude such memories!

[@TheKiller92272]

Game has good music

[@anavan7]

Yup 80s arcade games. Loved and hated this one good thing I didn’t stick around to play it too long. No ending! I’ve mastered a few but that one actually I could’ve gone long play but when other people play along and just press the self destruct it sucked when that happened!

[@illDiology]

> Not playing Dr. Kwack

[@BloodyBay]

Dr. Kwack was Red. MamePlayer's playing Yellow. And Blue has the best-looking uniform, but they're neither here nor there. 😉 Now, picking Yellow and not playing *_Dr. Udderbay_* and her massive "udders" is indeed a crime that he committed! 😛

[@TheKiller92272]

This is on midway arcade treasure 2

[@WrightStuff2007]

What was the point of the recycle bin ? It just seems to spit out your current weapon and summons the maintenance robot to give you the basic weapon. Maybe some not implemented feature ?

[@BloodyBay]

I can only guess that it was to punish those players who just can't leave anything alone. The moment you lose your sweet Gas Gun and get a lousy Phaser to replace it, you learn to just leave the trash cans alone!

[@DemonOfRazgriz4]

this game was great

[@TheGemini5]

It was great and very HARD...lol

[@rocketraccoon1976]

+ GeminiBlount Wrong. Game was easy, if you knew the right strategies. I used to roll it over by myself on a single quarter. Doing so takes around 3-4 hours (to get to 9,999,999 points). See my comment to this video on how to do it.

[@TheKiller92272]

10:35 good music

[@CarlGorn]

So, I'm curious: Emulator, or actual arcade game? If the latter, original cabinet or just the guts with a new custom setup?

[@mcafton]

I had the NES version. at 999,999 points it's stops counting and you just keep playing and playing. Was so pissed.

[@stalzemsty1669]

I love this game.

[@holden6104]

Wow the last levels look exactly like the first three levels I played, and your video is over an hour long. Glad I stopped playing when I did.

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

Imagine playing this game with two other people. It would be extremely confusing and chaotic for all of you. I wouldn't be a part of that.

[@BloodyBay]

I played plenty of two- or three-player games back at Jamestown Mall back in the day. What's so hard about it? _They're standing right next to you._ Just talk to them; you might be surprised by what kind of tactics you can work out together! "You shoot the slime while I walk under it, then I'll turn around and do the same for you" is just for starters. 😉

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

@@BloodyBay The game has a really fucked up and shitty control scheme

[@BloodyBay]

@@Andrew-ze6kq Not really; you just had to remember that the left button was usually for movement actions and the right button was for interacting with whatever you were standing on. Once you had that down and played the game a few dozen times, it was reflexive. I was flicking the "Use Knife" button the very split-second I got snagged by a tentacle when I hit my stride back in the Late 1980's!

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

@@BloodyBay Don't "Not really" me. I despise this game and its fucked up controls, so please respect and understand me, and then I will respect and understand you.

[@piggyoinkoink6352]

Lol looking back at this old game they kinda look like Hydralisks drawn Rampage-style XD

[@wickywoo1635]

I remember in this game you could be a duck. and he looked like spock or something.

[@allenharper2928]

Dr. Qwak lol I always used him.

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

Dr. Kwack was that one's name. I always played as him in the NES port of this game.

[@BloodyBay]

Dr. Zordirz (Blue) or Col. Truth (Yellow) looked more like Spock than Dr. Kwack did. 😉

[@paulnguyen8910]

The Count from "Sesame Street": 15! Fifteen seconds of no shooting! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! (Thunder crashes)

[@GameStealth]

Era ora che qualcuno caricasse il video di questo gioco...

[@darrenjowett8032]

I remember playing this when I was 16 I’m 50 now.

[@BloodyBay]

That was all going pretty well, but then our boy here straight-up committed Suicide by Xeno in the last three minutes and that was depressing to watch. You couldn't just pull the plug once you got tired of playing, MamaPlayer? 😜

[@batman-gu3ce]

Did anybody find the thing that come in the doors and do the death stare at you terrifying?

[@blueconversechucks]

It seems like there is ultimately no point to all the artifacts and buttons you push. It's really just shoot them as fast as you can.

[@BloodyBay]

Not true! Pick up Tools, repair the machine that's spitting out bombs, get free bombs. Pick up ID, show ID to the security turret, the turret starts shooting xenos instead of shooting you. Pick up keycard, use keycard to shut down cell door, walk through cell door without getting zapped and pushed back. Push button next to the Self-Destruct timer to pause the Self-Destruct (or on some stages, to shut it down completely so you could take all the time you needed to clear the base). OTOH, breaking the glass and pushing the button to destroy the base right then and there was a pretty dumb thing to do, as was dropping your cool gun into the trash can and getting a lousy Phaser as a replacement. 🤔

[@chrisguevara]

And to think and alien infestation can be easily handled if you duck down.

[@MrPritom420]

I used to play it with my sister when i was a kid....those memories..... btw where can I download this game?

[@b4ds33d2]

you can go buy it.

[@waynedrew7074]

Fucking EPIC

[@jaymorpheus11]

sadly this game has more variety than 80-90% of today's games.

[@sailorpfat]

Congratulations on writing one of the dumbest things I've seen on KZbin.

[@jaymorpheus11]

clearly you either HAVEN'T watched much you tube or you're BULLSH**IN'. haha

[@chamberkingston7609]

jaymorpheus11 A burn for today's people to see.

[@werewolf74]

while there is certainly a great game for the time and a nostalgia factor here, I dont think its quite as varied as say, skyrim? Besides all games in essence are systemic, thats how you lean to work in and play by that game worlds rules..... I can sharpen an iron dagger, oh I can use the same grindstone to sharpen elven weapons. I can crouch and shoot with both these guns in xenophobe. Am I crazy or, was the rifle bad because you cant crouch?

[@perryscoon]

Why you say game complete? Game have no end.

[@daniellafferety4025]

I loved this game. Pity I cant down load it to my phone. Just everthing that I didn't want to play is available. Not the one good game.

[@davidnott5464]

Okay, whoever played the last 3 minutes was not the same player. Totally lost it!

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

That was like running through triple ghosts in Gauntlet when the arcade was about to shut off the power at closing time! Good memories...

[@samurai1833]

Forgot about this one, I played for hours on this quarter eater. Seems pretty pointless after you get the technique down, I never got the technique down.

[@ALITAISDEAD]

DIOOOOOOOOOOOS AL FIN ENCUENTRO ÉSTE JUEGO

[@xX_dash_Xx]

I was just as confused as Gavin

[@DRock1042]

@Jex Yes they were all made by the same company

[@PrivateOGITH]

i Dont Think that Theres an Ending to This Game ???

[@Kenou]

Old Rascal House days...

[@rico-s3752]

The Atari Lynx version is fucking hard, and completle different from this version...but i Love this game.

[@Penfold8]

What happened to you at the end of the game there? Was that a kill screen or something?

[@TheHulk2008]

This Xenophobe is bad ass but ridiculous for no ending 😐

[@jamesrich8463]

Is there even an end to this game?

[@johnkrauss9300]

It looks like when you master the controls and have half a brain. The game seems easy enough.

[@djmixnmagic]

Did the makers of this game ever get sued by the creators of the "Alien" franchise?

[@freakyfornash]

Well Konami who made Contra obviously didn't, despite that being inspired by Aliens. That along with Sega for Alien Storm as well.

[@Ramzblood]

I'm not a xenophobe, but our Earthly problems keep coming back to the issue of E.T.'s running the place. We're not getting anywhere until that gets addressed. sorry

[@Ramzblood]

simulation was hacked. period. forgiveness, love, mediation, all must be dealth with at that level. Underground too.

[@caimbus]

I wasted some quarters in this game

[@moedark4390]

Is this still available? i cant find it.

[@chamberkingston7609]

Valuable hardware includes: Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs Bombs

[@BloodyBay]

Knife. Why just slip out of the tentacles' grasp when you can kill the bloody hell out of them? 😉 (Also, ID. Get ID, find security turret, show your ID to the turret. Now the turret's shooting xenos instead of shooting _you._ Enjoy! 😁)

[@chargemank]

If the enemies are same men as the player, the title must be "HOMOPHOBE"

[@christonx88]

+kinzoku01 its a good thing thats not the case, sooooo..... what exactly is your point? besides having learned a new word..

[@toyblaze3850]

2:56

[@BloodyBay]

What, the Character Select music? It's good fun. 🙂 (But Dr. Udderbay was _my_ go-to Yellow character, in no small part because of her big "udders". Supposedly, there were differences in gameplay among the nine different Xenophobe characters - Health, time to complete each mission and whatnot - but I never saw that myself.)

[@Steely_Fran]

I was horrible at this game. I was much better at Arch Rivals and Pigskin.

[@ethankegley14]

looks like the same artist as rampage

[@techfall1142]

Was expecting some commentary. Boo.

[@rob16248]

If you've liked playing Dead Space🎮, you'll love Xenophobe🦠.

[@perryscoon]

Why you say game complete? Game have no end.

[@ZorkFox]

He means he showed you all the levels that are available and cleared them.

[@evilubuntu9001]

+Perry Scoon What mean you game have no end? He play game all good end, talking you about?

[@SexycuteStudios]

+Perry Scoon Do you know why is that?

[@perryscoon]

Game goes forever

[@rocketraccoon1976]

+ Perry Scoon Correct. You could roll this game over 9,999,999 points, and you would start at 0 points again.