Zarok's Beast Transformation

This article is about Zarok's beast form. For his human form, see Zarok. For his serpentine form, see Zarok Serpent.

Zarok
Biographical information
AKA	Zarok Beast
Gender	Male
Gameplay information
MediEvil (1998)
Health	1500 HP
Previous boss(es)	Lord Kardok
Entity	ZlZarHead
MediEvil (2019)
Health	2000 HP
Behind the scenes information
Appears in	MediEvil (1998) Zarok's Lair MediEvil (2019) Zarok's Lair

"None shall defeat the mighty Zarok! So prepare to die Fortesque!" ― Zarok, after his transformation.

Zarok's Beast Transformation was the form Zarok adopted in his final battle against Sir Daniel Fortesque in 1386.

History

After Sir Dan defeated Zarok's Champion Lord Kardok, Zarok finally decided to face Dan himself. He left the room to transform into this great beast. After Dan defeated him, his beastly body imploded and Zarok reverted to his original form.

Legacy

500 years later, a recreation of Zarok's Beast Transformation appeared in the Kensington museum as part of the Myths & Legends exhibit.

Gameplay

MediEvil (1998 original)

Strategy

Zarok's initial attacks are him chasing Dan around, spitting acid at him and swiping at him. He has a magical shield around him, which is disabled when he stands up on his hind legs. That's when Dan should strike. Dan should use a weapon like the Magic Sword, Dragon Armour or the Spear. Beware, though, once half of his life is diminished he'll start performing another attack which involves creating a powerful force field around him which will not only harm Dan, but will also set him on fire for a while.

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Book of Gallowmere entry

Psychologists all agree that the final, desperate form adopted by an on-the-ropes evil sorcerer once his minions have all been felled tells us a great deal about his particular psychosis.

What does this form tell us about Zarok? Well, I'm no psychologist, but if ever there was a clearer case of narcissistic agora-paranoid kleptomaniacal dysmorphism then... my name's not Geraldine.

Behind the scenes

Development

In pre-release builds of MediEvil dating as far back as August 1997, Zarok's Beast Transformation featured a pair of breasts. This is because this form of Zarok was based on a ship's figurehead. The entity GsZarHead, a Ghost Ship version of Zarok's Beast Transformation, can be found in the GS.BIN overlay in the MediEvil ECTS Pre-Alpha, suggesting that Zarok's Beast form was set to appear in this level at some point. The work-in-progress version of Zarok's Beast Transformation found in the Pre-Alpha also has an animation for climbing down the ship's bowsprit. It is unknown whether this form of Zarok was already set to be the game's final boss or not at the time. The breasts were removed from Zarok's model in build 0.41D, just 48 days before the final game version was made.

The WIP version of Zarok's Beast Transformation in the MediEvil ECTS Pre-Alpha has 23 animations:

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  Walking while looking right animation.

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  Walking while looking left animation.

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  Walking while looking ahead animation.

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  Turning animation.

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  Jump attack animation.

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  Crawling idle animation.

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  Standing idle animation.

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  Standing swipe attack animation.

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  Crawling recoil animation.

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  Sitting down animation.

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  Another crawling recoil animation.

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  Standing recoil animation.

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  Floating recoil animation.

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  Crawling to standing transition animation.

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  Jumping animation.

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  Acid spitting attack animation.

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  Dying animation.

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  Diving animation.

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  Animation of Zarok climbing down the Ghost Ship's bowsprit.

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  Floating attack animation.

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  Another floating attack animation.

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  Yet another floating attack animation.

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  Floating recoil to crawling transition animation.

Evolution of Zarok's Beast Transformation

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  Zarok in versions before 0.41D.

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  Zarok in version 0.41D and thereafter.

In other languages

Language	Name
Arabic	تحول وحش ”زاروك” tahawul wahsh "zaruka"
Bulgarian	Преобразяването на Зарок в звяр Preobrazyavaneto na Zarok v zvyar
Croatian	Zarokova transformacija u zvijer
Czech	Zarokova proměna v obludu
Danish	Zaroks forvandling til Bæst
Dutch	Zaroks beesttransformatie
Finnish	Zarokin muuntuminen hirviöksi
French (France)	Zarok bestial
German	Zaroks Bestienverwandlung
Greek	Η Μεταμόρφωση του Zarok σε Κτήνος I Metamórfosi tou Zarok se Ktínos
Hungarian	Zarok bestiaalakja
Italian	Trasformazione in bestia di Zarok
Japanese	ザロック・ビースト Zarokku bīsuto
Norwegian	Zaroks monstertransformasjon
Polish	Zarok przemieniony w bestię
Portuguese (Brazil)	A Transformação do Monstro Zarok
Portuguese (Portugal)	Transformação monstruosa de Zarok
Romanian	Transformarea lui Zarok în bestie
Russian	Зарок-чудище Zarok-chudishche
Spanish (LatAm)	Transformación en bestia de Zarok
Spanish (Spain)	Transformación de la bestia de Zarok
Swedish	Zaroks Monstertransformation
Turkish	Zarok'un Canavara Dönüşümü