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OPENING

Enemy Zero is an action-adventure game released for the SEGA Saturn console back in 1997/1998 on 4 CD's and is now also available for PC. The action part of the game takes place in realtime rendered 3D-corridores of a spaceship called 'The Aki' while the adventure parts are realized using pre-rendered CGI-movies inside rooms.

The spaceship vehicle 'The Aki' is returning to earth. Then, suddenly the ship gets in trouble, it's vibrating and an emergency is caused. You see something very strong but invisible attacking the door, stepping on the broken door and hunting through the corridor very, very fast.
The emergency caused the cryogenetic sleep chamber of Laura Lewis to break up and she awakes. She tries to contact a crew member named Parker via video-phone and becomes witness of his bloody death caused by an invisible, screaming alien.
Now it's up to Laura to rescue the ship, to fight the aliens and to try to return to earth. But before that, she will discover the whole story of this disaster... .

TRAINING

The training is really necessary to successfully fight the aliens, because....you cannot see them, you can only hear them!
Laura got a small device called VPS(VEXX Positioning System) in her ear that signals the presence of an alien with beeps. The nearer an alien is, the more often it beeps. The tone frequency of a beep depends on whether the alien is in front, behind or besides you.
To fight the aliens, you got a gun that unfortunatly needs some seconds to power up. Then you got only some seconds to release the button for a shot. Furthermore, some guns hold only enough energy for a small number of shots and need to be recharged from time to time.

This training does not focus on graphics, but on localising and fighting the aliens. If you want to get an impression, download and watch the VCR recorded movies of this years E0-session of me and a friend:

To watch this movies, you'll need WinRAR to unpack and a PC capable of playing .AVI files with Divx 5.0.x and an mp3 codec installed. Don't be irritated because I used WinRAR to pack it again. In this case, it really gains some compression and additionally protects the sensitive .AVI files from beeing corrupted while downloading, because it got the power to recover them.

So, my training should be a good example how to become a gunslinger in E0! But don't mind the slow start after such a long time having not played E0. Size: 5,65 MB. That is what happens to the weak guys! Be aware of acting like shown in the last seconds of the movie! Size: 5,64 MB.

WARPSTAFF

The game was created by a japanese software firm called Warp. With Kenji Eno as the founder and mastermind of Warp, the company started business with developing the Horror-Adventure D for the 32 bit console 3DO. The game featured prerendered CGI-movies on 2 CD's with Laura Lewis as main character. All over the game she does not say a single word... . This first appearence of Laura Lewis in a videogame was converted at least for SEGA Saturn and unfortunatly also for FONY PeeSX.

As far as I know, Warp first started developing Enemy Zero for the FONY PeeSX, but got trouble with that company(who does not?) and decided to exclusively publish the game for SEGA Saturn. Again, Laura Lewis is the main character, but new characters joined the team like Kimberley.

Warp also started to develop D2 for the 3DO successor M2, but that machine was never released. After a long time of development, D2 came finally out for the SEGA Dreamcast. On 4 GD's the game did not feature CGI-movies, but beautiful realtime rendered 3D graphics. Not only Laura Lewis appeared there(and rumors say she might have talked for the first time), but also Kimberley from E0.

Besides this great 3 games, Warp also developed and released other titles in japan. One to mention is a game that only used sound, but no graphics! Very cool!
It's definitly the musical talent of Kenji Eno and his extraordinary visions and ideas concerning videogames, that make these games so special.

But where is Warp today? I found out that they renamed to "Superwarp", but the webside is no longer accessible. So the truth is hard to realize, but Warp seems to be dead... .

So, here's something very cool: an interview with Kenji Eno! It was made by Sega Online.

The interview is taken from the Enemy Zero Guide which you can find in the cheats section.

START

You enter the game as Laura Lewis, just awakened from hypersleep and being located in her personal room. This is the movie-driven adventure mode in which you can navigate through the room from point to point, pick up first items, look into the inventory and save the game or use the VEXX computer system that is installed in each room to gain information about the ship, crew members, items or to contact crew members via video-phone.
But out there, outside the rooms, there are the invisible alien enemies and you haven't got a gun jet... .

So, you might have an impression on what this game is about. And now let me tell you, why it's worth to have such a cool fanpage on the net.
It's just the only game on earth, delivering such a unique experience. No other game will make you sweat and full of fear like this. And when you lay the pad besides, believe me, your heart will bump as if you'd ran for your life. And you did!
The tension of the game is so high that most people just can't stand it. Like Vorbes for example. He does not touch the pad, except for playing the training(being forced by me), but he enjoys the spectacle hiding behind the sofa very much.

So, traditionally for one time each year, Vorbes and me take out E0 and dive deep into the game's atmosphere and prepare to fight for our life. This takes so much energy that we both need one year to recover from that session!

Unfortunately, this year's E0 session did not end that successful like the one of last year. But you can watch it and see for yourself if you'll have to power up the last gun first to defeat the invisible enemies, like Vorbes adviced me to do:

To watch this movies, you'll need WinRAR to unpack and a PC capable of playing .AVI files with Divx 5.0.x and an mp3 codec installed. Don't be irritated because I used WinRAR to pack it again. In this case, it really gains some compression and additionally protects the sensitive .AVI files from beeing corrupted while downloading, because it got the power to recover them.

A real tragedy! I have never lost my life such dramatically like shown here in 2002's session. 1st mistake after 40s: stepping back and not hunting the alien in the tight area. 2nd mistake after 55s: following Vorbes' advice to not fully power up the gun. Size: 1,41 MB.

REVIEWS

I have collected some reviews from the web so that you do not have to search on your own. And I listed them here, regardless if they are critical or not.
Also, this table gives you a short overview on each one, so it's easier for you to decide which one to read.

IMAGES

Besides the 3 movies of 2002's E0 session, you can watch some images. Point over image to see a little description(at least Internet Explorer) and click to load the fullsize image.

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CHEATS

Here's a collection of walkthroughs, maps, gameshark codes and hints I've found on the web. Most come in TXT format for viewing online, some are packed with WinRAR.

NOTES

Laura Lewis' voice in US/EU version of E0 is supplied by Jill Cunnif, lead singer of an all-female rock group called Luscious Jackson. Search the web with google by clicking here.

Music was composed by Michael Nyman, the one who was involved in films like "The Piano", "The diary of Anne Frank" and "Gattaca". He says, he has never seen the game itself.
About him and Enemy Zero, you can find a bio/bibliographical text here and a story with a lot of quotations of him here.

Have you ever thought what this text is all about that shows up in the middle or at the end of the intro trailer? Never been able to read that quickly? Well, I've captured the intro and was able to pause the movie. So, the two texts are one and the same and if you want to read it, take a look at the right side of this page... .

All trademarks appearing on this site belong to their respective owners. This page is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by any company mentioned here. All images, movies are taken or captured by myself(excepts are indicated) from material I legaly own. This is just a fansite to honor the great work of Warp. Page created by Rockin'-B in 2002.