Ken's Labyrinth v2.1

[martinthepally]

The soundtrack for the 4th level has been stuck in my head for the last 18 years

[Petrooli]

Wow never played this or heard of it, looks so much cool! Awesome stuff...

[mspeter97]

the Original Walken/Ken's Labyrinth as for kids!

and here on version 2 we have.....SPIDERS that can scare the kids!

[djsmithy]

Just noticed that the sound @ 0:53 is the exact same sound made in Ace of Spades when you get the enmies intel, which is a game that uses Ken's Voxlap engine, small world.

[SixTacchini]

this version was scarier than the normal one....

[jez0000]

This game gave me really bad motion sickness. I could never play it for more than 5 minutes.

[AetherSingularity]

Back when I was a kid (5) I played Doom and Wolfenstein and I must say this was the only game that scared me.

[strongrudder]

Ah, my childhood and playing this on my grandparents' computer. I was the only one to get past the first floor, because we were terrified of the monsters. X)

[GenyaArikado99]

Lol @ shooting the slot machine after it took all your money. =P

[SkankingKyle]

did he have aspergers

[ANoobGuyProductions]

Was this the first game he ever made?

[LoticaStudios]

@ANoobGuyProductions Yeah, it was. Then he made the Build Engine, which is most popular with games such as Duke Nukem 3D, and more.

[VTS1337]

This game is pure retro! And you can download it free too, because our friend ken released it as freeware. Download it on dosgames.com BEWARE: When you've got it unzipped, run KENSBFIX.EXE instead of KEN.EXE. Also, sometimes if you run it in Linux (dosbox) the sound won't work for some reason.

[Dakkiller1]

@VTS1337 Oh, when I was playing the game today on the High Res mode on DOSBox, around the 2nd level, the game crashed and I got this wierd rainbow like screen and then the adlib music just stops. IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME AND I TURNED MY HDTV OFF AND THEN RAIN OUT OF MY ROOM.

Then I went to press Start and then turned the TV back on to close DOSBox while trying to not look at the screen since I had a fear that it might pop back up when I right clicked on the program

Tell me why that happend

[VTS1337]

@Dakkiller1 I don't know...I never played it that much, as i am a casual gamer really. Ken's Lab is buggy, even in it's later v2.1 form. It must of been some rendering error. Also, DOSBox isn't perfect as an emulater, so it could of been playing up. I heard that Hi-Res mode can ensue issues too.

[Mrbentley05]

lol I could never forget the Slot machine part

[Videoforthewin]

''NICE BLOWJOB''

[lumpypoptarts]

I love that type of music. reminds me of sega games.

[Dakkiller1]

He should make a Ken's Labyrinth 2

Yea, had you seen his Voxel engine lately.

[GMRDUI]

What an odd, odd game

[Borin81]

i think ive played this game, atleast those blue ghost heads is tickling some vague memory.

[Noxat]

That first stage music is forever stuck in my head. I kinda miss the days of .MIDI quality game music.

[TAz69x]

lol, Ken sounded like such a wuss back then, and looked pure hurtin' in the title rollout

He's a goliath now with an adam's-cantaloupe for an apple =P

Screw Silver, Ken was pure Gold, man! Ken Goldman powered my preteens: Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and most importantly, Blood were so ridiculously fun!, esp. co-op and Dukematch.

I wish Ken had never left the gaming industry. The sands of time want Ken's Quakeyrinth!, & his polygonal engine post-Build.

Wish my 17yo. self could 3D program.

[Duvmasta]

The opening song is epic.

[WoozieCZCZ]

I use DOSbox, but it lags. What can I do?

[259]

Get a better computer. I'm serious. Emulation is not as simple as you would think and requires a lot of processing power to run efficiently. Unless you can post your specs to see if you already have a decent rig.

[Duvmasta]

reinstall it, perhaps?

[christo930]

use vpc with dos or windows 95. Make sure you enable virtualization.

[allawenchen]

this game... so awesome!

[ThaRealElTigra]

The music at 0:00 - 0:26 strikes deep my 8-bit and oldskool gaming caverns of my heart <3

Ken Silverman made a marvelous work with the soundtrack. Too bad they're all 30 secs long or less... Someone needs to make some remixes from them :3

[SamuelPetersen]

i still have my old IBM ps/2 model 56 slc and i play this game

[InAGaddaDaVida29]

I hate that those blue things. Did anyone else have that ValuSoft CD Browser?

[ThaRealElTigra]

Ah how I love the intro music (before the menu where the monster picture is shown), any possibility to convert it to a song? Or is it done already?

[Metalix01]

gimme Doom anyday

[victobob]

As I've said before, in episode 2, Sparky (the dog) is unable to fall down the holes that move, at which point, he'll just walk over them.

[victobob]

For the first time, I had a Ken's Labyrinth dream. I dreamt that I was on level 16, and I only had flying saucers for enemies. Everything else except the music were different.

[TonyAirlines]

Oh god, I had Ken's Labrynth nightmares. Those goddamn blue flying elephant heads scared the shit outta me.

[jerzmacow]

LOL ME TOO

[ThaRealElTigra]

I didn't need any nightmares - THEY SCARED ME when I was a kiddie, and playing Ken's Labyrinth.

[victobob]

I don't know if the saucers, ghosts, bees, and bats can fall down holes. I doubt they can, but I'm pretty sure that the other enemies can fall down holes.

[Drewsepho]

this game scared the SHIT out of me when I was a kid..

[victobob]

In level 16, I almost got killed by a Thunder Dayzee and my own shots with the bouncer. Eggman took away my jelly gun and homing missiles, so I have to use the bouncer...AGAIN.

[victobob]

My enemies in the Zogarian doors: Aliens, assassins, devils, giant robots, little robots, mummies, pirates, skeletons, spiders, witches.

[victobob]

In this game, Sparky can't fall down any moving holes, at which point, he'll walk over them, but Blue Cloaks don't work on Moving Holes.

[victobob]

Levles 15-30 is where my teammates will be cursed. Levels 1-14 aren't like that.

[victobob]

Victo's Labyrinth levels I died in: Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 20.

[victobob]

Oh, and level 15, too.

[victobob]

Right along with level 16.

[victobob]

I can't believe this! First, every doorway I go through turns into a ten-cent door, and now, there are fans in front of them.

[victobob]

This is double Bullshit.

[victobob]

How am I gonna deal with the fans if I'm either in episode 1 or 2? I hate fans. There are no doorways (and fans) I have to go through in episode 3. Else, I'd have to get recovery items or gray cloaks as well as pay ten coins and be stuck with a slot machine.

[victobob]

If I was doing episode 2, I'd rather take the dog with me, because I don't want to pay ten coins just to pick him up.

[victobob]

And I don't want to go through any fans just to pick him up.

[victobob]

Nope, I'm not shooting any fountains, because not only are there secret passages behind them, but there's Capters in them, too!

[victobob]

They appear in ten levels: Levels 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 18, 20, 25, and 30.

[victobob]

And every level that has fountains.

[victobob]

They're also found in levels 12, 15, 22, and 24.

[victobob]

Also, every doorway I go through turns into a ten-cent door.

[victobob]

Except the locked ones. Locked doors don't turn into ten-cent doors, even when I go through them so that I don't have to keep paying coins to go by.

[victobob]

Level 1, level 7, and level 12 are insanely hard. I hate those levels. Level 3 has Stalfoses and ghosts for new enemies. Ghosts take one shot, but with the bouncer or jelly gun, Stalfoses take one hundred shots to kill, twelve shots with the purple potions or homing missiles, and one with both.

[victobob]

Moving Holes also make their first appearance here.

[Parsec994a]

The only thing that outshined Ken's programming prowess were his superb original music compositions. He should have concerts and and sell CDs like Yanni.

I have had level 1 stuck in my head since 1993. I emailed Ken once! He in fact has a plugin for winamp to let you play .KSM files (his own standard, of course) so you can play all his songs on your computer.

[JohnMarineTube]

There are a number of things I easily get scared to in games. One of them starting in the second episode is when you start dealing with the bees and (especially) the beehives. I get scared to look at them. Thankfully, they can be destroyed with 16 shots or eight rockets. Ken Silverman was quite a young man to great such great games and game engines. He'd be the kind of person I'd willingly award a lifetime acheivement award or something to. By the way, fun game! I played it and beat Episode 1.

[victobob]

Because of Eggman, I got sent into this game, and I have two days to get out. I HAVE to get out before Christmas. Otherwise, I'll miss out on it.

[victobob]

I wish I had this game. It's on my Christmas list.

[Deep40000]

Lulz i remeber playing this game when i was like 2, i had the creepy version, and around every door i would always close my eyes or scream! There was always something around every corner. As a matter of fact it still creeps me out now.

[shadowslider11]

Creepy game...

[victobob]

Best Ken's Labyrinth vids ever! They are extremely interesting to watch. I recommend this game is easier than Wolfenstein 3d. Not that I've played this game before, but the vid was awesome, really.

[victobob]

Thank god I don't have to go through any doors in episode 3. Else, I'd be stuck with a slot machine, trying to win coins.

[Titanium640]

This game should be made into a movie!

[wolferux]

@Titanium640 David Lynch's maybe...

[2florian]

played this 1 alot, night afther night the same levels, it was'nt easy ever !

nice upload !

x

[hoji808]

Never heard of this game probably because im 2 young to ever have =D since I was 3 when it came out but damn under the right circumstances I would have played this alot. It looks hella fun =D

[candiandawn]

lols, this is still installed on my system!!

[K615]

The pink monster's face (green face) reminds me of the pictures from battle toads

[Kral995]

neat This game looks cool

[008doomguy]

wolfenstein competence? interesting...

[michalt441]

Looks a lot more better than original Ken Labirynth! I'm going to try this version.

Good playing, by the way :)