Oddworld Abe's Oddysee

The Boss of RuptureFarms. Don't take it personally when he sells your guts for fertilizer - it's only business.

Abe's "pet" is cranky, stubborn, selfish, and smells like a burst sewer pipe, and those are his good points. Fortunately, chicks dig him.

The best darn floor-waxer in RuptureFarms also just happens to be the millennial Hero selected by fate to rescue his fellow Mudokons from slavery. Pity the Mudokons.

These relentless nightmares reside in the dusty vaults of a lost desert temple. Not much to look at, but terrific dancers.

On their own, they're cute in a stomach-churning sort of way, but put them in packs and they get vicious. Kind of like children.

Gunned-up slugs in mechanical pants, with itchy trigger-fingers and room temperature IQs. Cruel taskmasters of the sadistic playpen that is RuptureFarms.

They bark, eat live flesh, and are definitely not good with children, but they're a Slig's best friend. Their favorite bone is in Abe's leg.

Mysterious spiritual leader of the Mudokons. Already a shaman, healer, and teacher, add "miracle worker" to his resume: he has to make a hero out of Abe.

Sharp-dressed, cigar-smoking, merciless corporate masters of Rupturefarms. When these creeps make a killing in the market, they use a butcher, not a stockbroker.

Half-Mudokon, half-God, all trouble. If Abe survives his quest, he gets to turn into this bad boy and kick some tail. Life is good.

Not all Mudokons are enslaved in RuptureFarms, but those that live in the wild are a vanishing breed. They don't take kindly to city-folk.

Well, there used to be these really cool creatures called Meeches, but they were slaughtered to make Meech Munchies, and now they're extinct. Industry marches on.

Robbed of their proud and ancient legacy by profit-crazy Glukkons, the Mudokons are the slave labor force of Rupturefarms. Because there are no animals left to slaughter, these chumps are the flavor of the week.

pull it

slap when it's green

slap and clear out!

jump over these

duck!

don't chant near these!

rescue these guys

touch these for clues and cool stuff

chant near these for clues

stand still when these touch you

rescue this number of guys at once to get a bonus

look out for slogs!

push the green button, don't wait too long to throw grenades!

chant near these, after you learn the song

fire these up in the temples

hit this to get a rock

jump into these

ride these up and down

make Sligs talk to these

touch these to see a map

hit this to get some meat

keep an eye on these... they're important!

throw these switches to unlock doors

whistle back at these guys

run away!

look out!

read these clues

chant near these

jump up to the pull ring, ring bell to get Elum

big fun!

Saving a game is easy. Press "START" while playing to bring up the option menu. Select "SAVE" and press "X". The PlayStation will take a few seconds to read your Memory Card, then give you the option of saving your game, deleting a file, or switching Memory cards. Your game will always be saved in the first open block on your Memory card. Note that when you restore a saved game, you will begin at the last (invisible) re-start location Abe passed prior to saving the game. This means you won't always come back exactly where you were standing when you saved, but you'll be somewhere in the neighborhood. To restore a saved game, select "LOAD" from the option screen. You can save up to fifteen games on a single Memory card. Text at the bottom of the load screen provides a brief description of your save location. You can only load a game from the option screen, so if you're already playing the game, you'll have to quit and go back to the option screen. Fortunately, you can do this from the Pause Menu that appears when you press "START" during play. If at any time during the game you simultaneously press the START, select, II, and RI buttons, you will initiate a soft-reset. The screen will turn green for several seconds and then restart from the anti-piracy sceen.