Zoo Keeper (video Game) - Gameplay - Bonus Stage: Ride The Escalators

Bonus Stage: Ride The Escalators

The third type of stage finds Zelda on a platform at the top of a series of escalators and poses the question "Can you win a bonus keeper?". At the bottom of each escalator is an unlocked cage filled with animals of various types which charge out away from the escalator toward Zeke. Zeke must jump over the animals and the cages to ascend the escalators to get to Zelda. This is challenging because while players will be familiar with how to jump over the animals, they may have trouble anticipating the pattern in which they emerge from the cages. Furthermore, the cages themselves are taller than the animals and electrically charged, so jumping over them requires a correct starting position. If Zeke does not clear the cage, a loud noise is heard and he is bounced backwards (a reaction to the electricity around the cage). Each stage has at least two escalators, alternately ending on the right and left sides of the screen on the next platform.

The first escalator stage is after the second time Zeke rescues Zelda from the monkey. It is another intermission/bonus stage and, aside from avoiding the animals, has no other elements from the main escaping animals stages. If Zeke rescues Zelda, the player receives a bonus life and Zelda also has a romantic exchange with Zeke (she showers him with kisses the first time, but in subsequent escalator stages a "curtain" is pulled down over them, and players are left to their imaginations). If Zeke touches the animals, Zelda will say "Oh No!", Zeke will curse "#$%&*@!!!!", and he will have to try again.