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Blue hair, anyone? Stinkoman's always got fightings and challenges to keep him busy. Jump and shoot your way to all ends of Planet K. End Boss feature!! --Videlectrix description

Stinkoman 20X6 is a side-scrolling platformer game which stars Stinkoman. This game is based on the classic Capcom Mega Man series. It also parodies the poor "Japanese to English" translations common to video games of that era, similar to those that appear on the current Games Menu.

The Brothers Chaps demonstrated the game at their talk at NYU before it was released.

Date: March 21, 2005

Contents 1 Updates 2 Easter Eggs 3 Fun Facts 3.1 Trivia 3.2 Remarks 3.3 Goofs 3.4 Glitches 3.5 Inside References 3.6 Real-World References 3.6.1 Nintendo Entertainment System 3.6.2 Mega Man series 3.6.3 Legend of Zelda series 3.6.4 Super Mario Bros. series 3.6.5 Other Games 4 External Links

Updates

• March 21, 2005 - Debut
• April 26, 2005 - Level 4 Added With Stinkomanual Article
• May 9, 2005 - Level 5 Added With Stinkomanual Article
• May 16, 2005 - Level 6 Added
• May 24, 2005 - Level 6's Stinkomanual Article Added
• July 4, 2005 - Level 7 Added
• July 6, 2005 - Level 7's Stinkomanual Article Added
• August 1, 2005 - Level -0 Added With Stinkomanual Article
• September 5, 2005 - Level 9 Added With Stinkomanual Article, icons added to the menus, "Continute" menu select-colours changed and shooting mechanism changed slightly.

Easter Eggs

• Hover your mouse below "Controls" on the main menu to access the Stinkomanual.
  • When you click it, "loading manuél" appears briefly.
• Wait long enough at the title screen to see an intro cinematic.
• Stay still long enough and Stinkoman will yawn.
  • On the Level 4 stages, after yawning Stinkoman will rest against his giant fist.
  • On the Level 5 stages, 1-Up will fall asleep and blow a snot bubble.
  • On the Level 7 stages, Stinkoman will shiver and eventually freeze (this costs you one unit of energy.)

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This is the first time we have seen Stinkoman's House. (Or any 20X6 character's house, for that matter).
• In the "Game Over" screen, Stinkoman has a green tongue, just like Strong Bad in Super NES, although it's red or pink all other times that it is seen in the game — though the green tongue may be due to the fact that his "stummy hurts."
  • Just as well, 1-Up's "Game Over screen" has him standing with the caption "My tongue is green..."
  • The Level -0 "Game Over screen" has a glitched up sprite of Stinkoman and 1-Up with the caption "Sorry, Hamburger."
  • The Level 9 "Game Over screen" is like the normal screen, only it includes a destroyed Stinkowing with the caption "Our stummies hurts..."
• In the bottom right-hand corner of the PLAY GAME! screen it says "V7.1 EPISODES 1-9".
  • It said "V6.0 EPISODES 1-8" until September 5, 2005, when the ninth level was added.
  • It said "V5.0 EPISODES 1-7" until August 1, 2005, when the eighth level was added.
  • It said "V4.0 EPISODES 1-6" until July 4, 2005, when the seventh level was added.
  • It said "V3.0 EPISODES 1-5 THUS FAR" until May 16, 2005, when the sixth level was added.
  • It said "V2.0 EPISODES 1-4" until May 9, 2005, when the fifth level was added.
  • It said "V1.X EPISODES 1-3" until April 26, 2005, when the fourth level was added.
• This game used to lack the gray navbar at the bottom of the screen to move to other parts of the website. But when Level 4 was added the links were added also.
• The quality of the music in Level 7 onward is higher than the other ones, resulting in sharper sound.
• In versions 4 (and below), the Flash 7 Warning in the bottom left corner read "FLASH PLAYER 7 REQUIRED". In version 5, it read "FLASH 7 VERY REQUIRED". In version 6, it read "FLASH 7 REQUIRED, 8 IS COOL TOO". In version 7, it reads "FLASH 7 OR HIRE REQUIRED".
• In the beginning of level 6, in the cutscene when Stinkoman is playing the game the music is the same as the moon level. When he gets Game Over it is also the same music you get when it's Game Over. He might be playing Stinkoman 20X6!
• When world 8/-0 was first released, the Poorbt at the beginning of level -0.1 came from the right side of the screen. It now comes from the left.
  • With the release of version 7.1, it comes from the right again.
• The Level 8/-0 "MORE LEVELS TO COME" screen has/had a glitched screen, with a miscolored Stinkoman, and the bronze Pan Pan from the intro, with the caption reading "^{MORE LEVLS} _{TO C OME}". A piece of the music would loop like a broken record until the page eventually refreshed.

• The Level 9 "MORE LEVELS TO COME" screen had the picture from the "TRY LEVEL 9.X" screen, with the caption reading "LAST LEVEL TO COME!"
• Version 7 enabled the menus to be navigated with either the mouse or keyboard.
• When version 7 was released, Stinkoman's punches changed from the usual pattern. They used to fly forwards a small bit, while falling slightly, and then disappear. However, it seems they now have much the same traits as the lasers the ship fires, heading almost straight forward without any hindrance.
  • Because of this, you can kill the Greggo at the beginning of 1.2 by shooting repeatedly as you fall into the level.
• The "No Flash 7" warning box reads;

      FLASH PLAYER 7
       IS REQUIRED
   TO PLAY STINKOMAN 20X6

THIS THING SAYS YOU DON'T HAS

• When level 9 was first released, your number of shields would remain constant after losing a life. This meant that you could hoard shields if you had lives to spare, or that you could use up all your shields on one life and have none on the next. This has since been changed: after losing a life, your shield count always resets to 3.
• Aside from the "Kerrek" and "Trogdor" versions of the Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer, stinkogame.swf is the single largest Flash file on the site.

Remarks

• This is the second instance of sprites modeled after 8-bit Megaman, the first instance being with Coach Z in Hip Hop Dance.
• On Levels 4.1 and 4.2, Stinkoman can actually fall down in certain spots to join 1-Up, but you will eventually lose because there will be no one to jump on the tiles.
• To get capsules that are hiding behind enemies without having to kill the enemy, run into the enemy with health to spare. You will take damage, grab the crunch and will be invincible long enough to escape unharmed.
• The head of the silhouette at the end of Levels 5 and 6 and beginning of 7 and -0 appears to match the head of 20X6 Coach Z in the Games menu.
• Stinkoman "breaks the Fourth Wall" by saying (in Level 5) "No way! I helped you in Level 4!"
  • He does it again at the end of Level -0 by saying that 1-Up and Pan Pan "are on Level 10."
• The meteors in Level 5 cause the game to lag for a split second when they crash. This may be done on purpose to emulate how easy it is to put stress on older game systems.
• This is the first new game not to use some sort of scoring system.
• In Episode 4, when Stinkoman is facing to the right, his giant fist powerup is a left hand but when he turns around the fingers are still facing the player so it turns into a right hand. This "sprite mirroring" is common in older games to conserve memory. A notable exception is Metroid, in which Samus is always left handed.
• When 1-Up falls into the fiery lava below (usually when a platform is not in the right position), the screen pans to the right for a little bit before losing the life. Is 1-Up still walking down there?
• The 1-Up sprites in Level 4 are slightly different from the ones in Level 5 — they were not reused, as the Stinkoman ones are.
• There are three kinds of ladders used in the game: Ladders with small rungs (1.1, 1.2, 5.2), ladders with large rungs (2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1), and ladders with duck rungs (-0.1, -0.2).
• If you type in the URL for volume 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, for a split second the page title will say "Old Stinkoman Game Page R.I.P." then it will take you to the current one.
• The sound made when collecting a capsule or an extra life is the same as cracking a Bitzar.
• In Level 2.3, if you listen closely, when Brody tries to peck you, you can hear him shriek. Also, Ekersby shrieks when he raises his arms.
• The background music of the cutscene of level 1.1 is the same as the music in the background of the level 3.1 cutscene.
• It is possible to get a ton of extra lives in level -0.2. Since there are two extra lives available, once you get both, you can die and start over, gaining one more for each time.
• All of the voice clips in the game have been taken from previous 20X6 'toons and sped up. ("20X6!"; "Are you asking for a challenge?"; Stinkoman's victory laugh; "I wanna be the guy too!")
• Sackastanos and Semulades sport visors which are edited Browntant visors.
• During the fight with Brody, he will lift both of his legs off the ground at the same time. How could he be still standing?
• Harvax XVII's hands are white, but his face is purple.
• There is no cutscene before the boss battle on Level 9.3 against Harvax XVII's.

Goofs

• Manual inconsistencies:
  • Kolkaryu is listed under level 2, but Kolkaryu already appears in level 1.
  • Old Sage is listed under level 2, but Old Sages already appear in level 1.
  • Level 3 is called "Dumb Wall" on the level select screen, but it's called "Up 'n Down" in the instruction manual.
  • In Level 1 in the manual, the original version said "face treats" instead of "fave treats."
  • Level 3 is the only part to have its title constantly on the top of the page. All of the other Levels' titles disappear after the first page.
  • When v4 (Level 6) and v5 (Level 7) were first put up, The Brothers Chaps forgot to update the Stinkomanual to include Level 6. This was fixed, but the release of version 5 seemingly broke it again. Later in the day, the level 6 section was replaced, the level 7 section was added.

• In the Videlectrix catalogue, if you click Stinkoman 20X6, a screenshot of the game will appear. In the bottom right corner, it says "Level 1" and not "Level 1.1".
• Any damage you took as Stinkoman in levels 3 and 4 will remain on 1-Up in level 5, even though they're not the same person.
  • Similarly, any damage you took as 1-Up in Level 5 will remain on Stinkoman when you progress to level 6.
• The two Pooru-Poorus at either end of Stlunko seem to be hovering above the ground.
• When you fall off the conveyor belt on Stlunko and stand on the ground below the belt, you'll still be carried along with it. (However, once you jump or are hit by one of the Pooru-Poorus, you appear back on the conveyor belt.)
• When Stinkoman wears his giant fist, it is slightly larger than when Stlunko has it.
• Before level 4, 1-UP says he is taking a short cut. Before level 5, they are back at Stinkoman Headquarters. The "short cut" didn't go anywhere!
• In levels 4.1 and 4.2, if Stinkoman walks directly beneath the lavafall and then hits the ground with the rock fist, he apparently deflects the lava with his head.
• In the "Level Select" screen, levels 9.1 and 9.2 were listed as -0.1 and -0.2. This was fixed later in the day.

Glitches

See Stinkoman 20X6 Glitches.

Inside References

• "Check out my new gameplay!" is a reference to Stinkoman's quote "Check out my new cosplay!" in 3 Times Halloween Funjob.
• Level 3.2 reveals that Stinkoman hates apples, just as Strong Bad does in The House that Gave Sucky Treats.
• The health-restoring pills are a reference to the capsule containing the "power crunch" from the Strong Bad Email time capsule.
  • They are also a reference to the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu, where you can get similar capsules to change your ship.
• Grundy's illustration in the manual shows him running in a manner similar to Homestar Runner.
• Stlunko, the level 3 boss, bears a striking resemblance to the Visor Robot.
• The Rose Blake's description in the manual as a "'Lectric burner" is a reference to the email extra plug, where Strong Bad gets 'Lectric Boots.
• The line "blast em up Dan!" is an adaptation of "fry 'em up, Dan!" from TROGDOR!
• The sentence in the manual, "Falling from the skies and bove", references That Time of Year.
• The Stobats in Level 2 blow up like the ducks in Duck Guardian after being hit with the hatch ray.
• 1-Up saying "I'm going this way!" is a reference to Meet Marshie.
• 1 Up in the level 5 cut scene says "Mooooooon" just like a soy drunken Strong Bad did in personal favorites and in Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon when Strong Bad says, "We're takin' this baby to da MOOOOOOOOOOOON!"
• When 1-Up defeats Nebulon, he says no one likes his style, just like Strong Bad did in New Boots.
• 1-Up saying that he's just a kid, and maybe when he's older is a reference to japanese cartoon.
• The ship that flies by at the beginning of 5.1 and 5.2 is featured twice in "japanese cartoon" that was originally intended to be the 20X6 version of The Cheat.
• The background in Level 5 looks like the third background in the Games menu.
• The Saargtsson intro cinema contains yet another appearance of Stinkoman's signature attack, the Double Deuce, but this time uses a Single Deuce.
• There are ladders in level -0 that resemble ducks from Duck Guardian.
• The red and green lamps on Level 2 are similar to the one in the bar in the Theme Song Video.
• The ship you fly in Level 9 is the Stinkoman ship in the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu.
• Stinkoman's line at the end of Level 9, "Prawn Salad", is a reference to the easter egg in 3 Times Halloween Funjob, where Stinkoman says "I love prawns! Simple as that!"

Real-World References

• Stlunko, 404 is a reference to the 404 error that browsers give when a webpage cannot be found.
• The Piedmont region of the United States is the area between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Appalachian mountains. Atlanta, home of the Brothers Chaps, lies in this region. Piedmont is also a region in Northern Italy.
• Lundsford is a reference to the symbol and/or mascot of Georgia Natural Gas. Billboards featuring this symbol and character can be seen in many places in the Atlanta area where The Brothers Chaps live.
  • This is more accurately a combination of Moldorm and Hewdraw from Kid Icarus.
• Negatory is Citizens' Band Radio (CB) slang for no or negative.
• Protek is a Tempe, AZ based company specializing in Transient Voltage Suppression products. This may explain why the Protek enemy is an electric outlet.

Nintendo Entertainment System

• The game controller Stinkoman is holding in the cutscene for level 5.1, bears a striking resemblance to the redesigned NES controller (AKA the dogbone controller).
• The fade-in is a reference to NES games that had large images in the background fade in. Because the NES did not have many colors to choose from, there would be weird color glitches with some games when they'd have something fade in.

Mega Man series

• The sprites used for Stinkoman are patterned after 8-bit Mega Man sprites, and the same applies to the enemy Poorbt and Astromund.
  • In fact, the poses of the Videlectrix Mascot in the logo are taken directly from the NES Mega Man series.
• The sounds of the text appearing in the cinematics are also the same as in Mega Man.
  • The chime noise for the main menu is taken from the first Mega Man X game.
• In Mega Man V, there is a chicken robot similar to the chickens encountered in level 2.
• When Stinkoman says that the large gray fist could be a new powerup and takes off with it, this is an obvious reference to Mega Man taking the power of defeated bosses.
• At the start of the first side-scrolling stage the little theme played is very similar to the old Mega Man starting theme. In fact, the whole soundtrack was probably meant to sound like Mega Man game music.
• Stinkoman being unable to clear the wall using his normal jump is also a joke from Mega Man.
• When all three characters flash onto the screen during the intro, that is also a Mega Man reference, where in one of the arcade games (namely Mega Man: The Power Battle) Mega Man, Proto Man, and Bass would flash onto the screen in a similar way.
• The spikes that can kill Stinkoman instantly (Old Sage) are a reference to similar spikes which were placed under moving platforms in Mega Man games and which would also kill Mega Man instantly.
• The dropping platforms are a reference to the original Mega Man, in which similar platforms were found in Guts Man's stage.
• Only three of Stinkoman's flying fists can be on the screen at the same time. In the Mega Man series, Mega Man's Mega Buster shots also suffer from the same drawbacks. Even in Level 4, Stinkoman can only drop three clusters of rocks onscreen when pounding his giant fist.
  • Early sprite-based video games suffered this fate as well. Limiting the number of sprites on screen prevented slow down.
• Greggos are similar to Metalls (also known as Mettaurs, Metools, Mets, or Hard Hats), who were also invincible while ducking.
• Stinkoman fights like Mega Man X by shooting at enemies while 1-Up fights like Zero with acrobatic melee attacks.
• The Bendini Sisters that fall on level 5 are similar to the meteorites that fall in Star Man's stage in Mega Man 5 for the NES.
• The "Evil Fortress" in the levels 9 and 10 are an obvious parody of the Skul Fortress in MegaMan.
• The bulky, muscular Stinkoman on the box art is likely a reference to the first and second Mega Man games, where the original American version of the game's box art had a big, muscular Mega Man that looked nothing like the character in the game. It could also be a reference to time capsule where Stinko Man got huge muscles from eating a power crunch.
  • This problem wasn't exclusive to the Megaman series. Almost every game localized for the U.S had new box art made for it. This continued right up till the days of the SNES.

Legend of Zelda series

• My Benj is similar to the Bit enemies in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
• Stlunko is one of many, many video game bosses that consist of a mostly inactive head defended by two enormous disembodied hands. Such bosses are popular in The Legend of Zelda series, examples being Bongo-Bongo from Ocarina of Time, Gohdan from The Wind Waker and Mazaal from The Minish Cap.
• Saargtsson is most likely a reference to Moldorm from The Legend of Zelda video games, who was almost exactly the same in terms of appearance, and having a weakness in its tail.
• The fact that Gaspeau (red) and Frotzer (blue) are almost the same exact enemies may be a reference to the old Zelda games where an enemy could be red or blue and that the blue version of the enemy was always harder. In fact, many game have used the method of recoloring an enemy to represent a harder version.
  • This was common practice among sprite-based games. To get the most use out of the graphics ROMs, designers would re-use game graphics by drawing them with any of several palettes. An object drawn with a different palette from the same graphic looks identical to the original except for its colors, like Gaspeau and Frotzer, or like the normal Browntant and the blue variant on Level 6.

Super Mario Bros. series

• Tampo moves in a similar way to that of Krow, the first boss in Donkey Kong Country 2.
• The manual mentioning this game has no "weepy princess crap" is a reference to the Super Mario series, the Legend of Zelda series, and a few other games where you had to rescue a helpless princess.
  • Likewise, Pan Pan being kidnapped references the countless games which featured a random character being kidnapped, such as in Donkey Kong Country 2 or 3.
• Hold B is a reference to Super Mario Bros. and a few other Nintendo games in which if you held down B, you would run faster or power up your weapon. In this game, holding S (which is like a B button) allows you to rapid fire. In Megaman, this would allow you charge up your shot for a more powerful hit.
• There are a vast number of seemingly unexplainable appearances of letter P in NES-era games. Ranging from P-switches, P-wings, P-gauges etc. in Super Mario Bros. 3, to the Arm Cannon/Mega Buster character designation in Mega Man 2. This may explain the collectible Ps in level 3.
  • P most likely stands for "power" in these games.
• Firey-Hot is a lot like the fire coming out of the cannons in the airship levels on Super Mario Bros. 3.
• The Old Sages on the moon look mysteriously like the spikes on the moon in Super Mario Land 2.
• In the cutscene after 6.3, Liekand is defeated and shows that it was a rat after all. This may be a reference to the Sega Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog, where defeated enemies revealed that they were once an animal.
  • The mouse looks amazingly like Mouser, the first and sixth boss of Doki Doki Panic, or Super Mario Bros. 2.
    • In the same game, the level 4 boss was a flame wearing sunglasses called "Fryguy", which resembles the Liekand.
• Level -0 (Negatory) is a reference to the Minus World level found in the original Super Mario Bros. game, which was a glitch that could be found by walking through a wall in level 1-2.

Other Games

• In one portion of level 5.2, if you jump off of the top of a platform, you will see a planet that has a C-shaped portion on its left side. This portion bears a striking similarity to the stylized C in the title of "Chrono Trigger".
• Stinkoman's becoming bored when idle is an old gag first found in the old PC game Boulder Dash, later emulated in Sonic the Hedgehog and countless other titles.
• Right after Tampo blows up in the cinematic, you can hear the same sound that is played in Metroid when Samus phases in.
• Stinkoman doing a forward flip is a reference to characters such as Samus Aran and Duke Nukem, whose over-the-top flips served little or no in game purpose.
  • However, it does allow Stinkoman to jump a small distance further.
• The first boss, Tampo, is similiar to the final boss of Star Fox 64, which was the giant, floating brain of Andross, which had the same weak point (medulla).
• The pose with the large fist is a direct reference to the old NES game Battletoads.
• Jaro's explosion appears to be modeled after many of the character explosions in Rad Gravity for the NES.
• 1-Up's spin kick bears a resemblance to the Street Fighter move "Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku" (otherwise known as the Hurricane Kick), which Homestar uses in dangeresque 3.
• The "pink cloud zone" in level 6 could be a reference to countless video games with cloud zones, but is most likely to Earthbound, where the sixth Your Sanctuary location (in Dalaam) is called Pink Cloud.
• Level four is a reference to many such levels in classic period games, (now often called "protect-the-idiot levels"), in which a character would keep walking with no A.I. at all—right towards all sorts of enemies and such traps! Many gamers became annoyed with this, as it would be hard to protect this weakling, and if it died, they died. This design is still used frequently today.
• Fullbide's drawing in the "manuel" resembles the shield attacker enemy from various Mega Man games.
• The mysterious character in the cutscene before level 7.1 is a reference to the evil boss Ashtar from the Nintendo game Ninja Gaiden II, who appears in a silhouette from behind in the cutscene at the beginning of the game, laughs maniacally, and is surrounded by lightning.
• Stinkoman blasting the wall away in level -0 is a reference to Dragon Ball where a similar attack called the "Kamehameha Wave" is used. It even looks the same when Stinkoman charges it up.
• The text "PI...PI...PI..." in the cutscene at the end of level 9.3 refers to messages spoken by robots in the NES game Bionic Commando.
  • It also might be a reference to Dragon Warrior Monsters 2, where one of the secret bosses was a Roboster, that, after a few battles, would say the same thing.
  • More likely it is a direct translation of Japanese "robot sounds"... the robots in Chrono Cross and a few other games also say similar things.
• The flying ship levels are strikingly similar in context to Operation Neptune, a submarine/math program devised by The Learning Company. That game also involved sea-like creatures moving in an erratic fashion. In this game, you had to gather special pieces of a space capsule which crashed into the sea. Gameplay was similar, yet you didn't have infinite ink pellets to shoot, and you could turn around, no autoscrolling etc. etc.
  • They are also similar to the NES game Gradius.
• The fact that the main villain sends out an aquatic armada echoes the second to last level of Sonic Heroes.
• Harvax XVII fights exactly like Kaboola, a blimp-like enemy from Kirby's Dream Land.

Stinkoman 20X6
Levels	Level 1 (Go Home!), Level 2 (Pick a Bone!), Level 3 (Dumb Wall!), Level 4 (Fisticuff!), Level 5 (Oh, the Moon!), Level 6 (Stratosfear!), Level 7 (Ice 2 Meet U), Level -0 (Negatory!), Level 9 (Turbolence), Level 10 (Lastimost!)
Gameplay	Playable Characters, Enemies & Items, Stinkomanual, Walkthrough
Media	Intro Cinematic, Screens, Level 10 Launch Trailer
Miscellaneous	Series (Character), Source Files, Development of Level 10, Make-O Your Own Stinko, Level 1 Theme
Fun Facts	Trivia, Remarks, Goofs, Glitches, Inside References, Real-World References, Fast Forward

External Links

• Play Stinkoman 20X6
• Play the Game (Flash file)
• See the Stinkoman 20X6 object library