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Skullmonkeys

Description

Skullmonkeys is the successor game to The Neverhood, which came out only on PC (and, in Japan, as "Klaymen Klaymen" on PSX). It is an old-school Jump and Run type of game, with tons of humorous FMVs and the whole game molded in clay. You control Klaymen through the game, your main opponent being Klogg, who wants to destroy Klaymen's homeworld, The Neverhood, via a huge robot called "Evil Engine No. 9". He uses an army of extremely dumb skullmonkeys to stop Klaymen in his quest - with the exception of some strange clay birds, each and every enemy in the game is a monkey. The game features music with odd lyrics by Terry Scott Taylor.

Alternate Titles

• "Klaymen Klaymen 2" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Rendered in clay
• The Neverhood / Klaymen Klaymen series

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User Reviews

A fun platformer, but not a truly worthy Neverhood sequel

David Mackenzie (51)

The Press Says

Game Revolution	Apr, 1998	A-	91
Mega Score	Mar, 1998	90 out of 100	90
Absolute Playstation	Mar, 1998	84 out of 100	84
Gamezilla	1998	83 out of 100	83
IGN	Jan 28, 2008	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Feb 15, 1998	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

The game soundtrack by Terry S. Taylor, which features the infamous "bonus room" song with hilarious lyrics, is available on a double CD together with the soundtrack to "The Neverhood" and "BoomBots" (all three games ever released by The Neverhood, actually). It is called "Imaginarium" and is available through the website of Taylor's band Daniel Amos: http://danielamos.com/store/

There's something special to the game soundtrack here, apart from many levels featuring (mostly mumbled) lyrics in their music. Each level consists of several stages (three, in most cases). In the first stage of each level, you get a reduced version of the music, with the vocals and/or some instruments missing. Sometimes you just listen to the percussion first... The second, third or last stage of each level then features the whole set, so you have some kind of musical climax here. :-)

When you regularly start the game, you begin at the "Science Center". This is not the true first level, though. The real first level is called "Skullmonkey Gate" and is only accessible via level password. You see Klaymen falling from the sky in the intro screen to that level, so you get a quite neat transition from the FMV intro there. I don't know really why they decided to add it only as a bonus, but nothing much really happens there and the graphics and music aren't that impressive compared to the other levels. So I guess it was a decision based on the first impression the game ought to give.