Hell is the third chapter in Meat Boy (and the final in its main game), the fourth chapter Super Meat Boy, and the fifth chapter in Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine.
As the name suggests, it is a sinister, subterranean area beneath the mortal world, filled with boiling magma and twisted creatures. The area has infrastructure inside it, but is mostly composed of bricks or metal.
Overview[]
Meat Boy (Flash)[]
Super Meat Boy[]
Like all other chapters in Super Meat Boy, it consists of 20 Light and Dark levels, four warp zones and a boss. Only 17 light levels are need to be completed to fight the boss. This chapter is the turning point of Super Meat Boy in terms of difficulty, especially in the Light World.
Hell is noticeably more difficult and complex than the previous worlds; its levels tend to be fairly cramped, with lava and sawblades everywhere (especially in the Dark World). Other hazards include spikes (although less frequently than in other chapters), lava and buttholes strange openings that constantly spit out balls of magma that can roll and bounce around the level. New enemies include Laser Eyes which swivel towards Meat Boy, and Black Maws which appear out of portals and explode into nine miniature versions when they touch walls. Hell also introduces portals which transport Meat Boy between them.
Hell seems to have some sort of machinery or mechanisms in place, as rustic metals and hellish contraptions can be located throughout Hell. The area however, is mostly made of brimstone and lava. The skeletal remains of the victims lie here as well, a reminder to any visitor who dares visit here. During the beginning of the chapter, there is mountainous terrain and lava lakes, but more mechanisms and structures will appear the further into Hell Meat Boy goes. The last few levels has him go through a flooded castle like structure, made of dark brown bricks, with a metal framework.
The Boss of this world, "Little Horn", is an enormous conglomerate of these Meat Boy corpses, seemingly given life by (or at least under the control of) Dr. Fetus. He follows a set pattern of hand and head smashes. He only need to head smash three times before the boss is defeated. After the boss is defeated, the Earth is nuked and Meat Boy must explore the ruins of The Rapture.
Hell is succeeded by The Rapture.
Levels[]
Meat Boy[]
Level | Name | Bandaid? | Level | Name | Bandaid? |
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1. Easy Peasy | ![]() |
2. Lava Awareness | ![]() | ||
3. Speed Demon | N/A | 4. Going Down | N/A | ||
5. THE BURNING | N/A | 6. Posession | N/A | ||
7. Touchy Feely | ![]() |
8. Slippery Slope | N/A | ||
9. The Floater | ![]() |
10. We Reach | N/A | ||
11. Long Long Demon | N/A | 12. Hell House | ![]() | ||
13. Six Six Six | N/A | 14. Backlit | N/A | ||
15. SATANICA! | ![]() |
16. Final Destination | N/A |
Super Meat Boy[]
Light World Levels[]
Level | Name | Secrets | A+ Time |
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4-1 Boilermaker | N/A | ![]() | |
4-2 Brindle | ![]() |
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4-3 Heck Hole | N/A | ![]() | |
4-4 Hex | N/A | ![]() | |
4-5 Pyro | N/A | ![]() | |
4-6 Leviathan | ![]() |
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4-7 Rickets | N/A | ![]() | |
4-8 Weibe | ![]() |
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4-9 Deceiver | ![]() |
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4-10 Ball N Chain | N/A | ![]() | |
4-11 Oracle | N/A | ![]() | |
4-12 Big Brother | N/A | ![]() | |
4-13 Lazy | ![]() |
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4-14 Adversary | ![]() |
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4-15 Abaddon | N/A | ![]() | |
4-16 Bow | ![]() |
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4-17 Lost Highway | ![]() |
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4-18 Boris | ![]() |
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4-19 The Hive | N/A | ![]() | |
4-20 Babylon | ![]() |
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N/A | N/A |
Dark World Levels[]
Level | Name | Secrets | A+ Time |
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4-1X Gretel | N/A | ![]() | |
4-2X Golgotha | N/A | ![]() | |
4-3X Char | ![]() |
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4-4X Altered | ![]() |
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4-5X Wicked One | N/A | ![]() | |
4-6X The Gnashing | N/A | ![]() | |
4-7X Thistle | ![]() |
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4-8X Billy Boy | ![]() |
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4-9X Glut | N/A | ![]() | |
4-10X Gallow | ![]() |
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4-11X Surrender | N/A | ![]() | |
4-12X Beholder | N/A | ![]() | |
4-13X Oblivion | N/A | ![]() | |
4-14X Old Scratch | ![]() |
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4-15X Bone Yard | N/A | ![]() | |
4-16X Starless | N/A | ![]() | |
4-17X Invocation | N/A | ![]() | |
4-18X Sag Chamber | ![]() |
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4-19X Long Goodbye | ![]() |
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4-20X Imperial | N/A | ![]() |
Warp Zone Levels[]
Level | Name | Secrets | Level found |
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4-8 Weibe | |
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4-14 Adversary | |
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4-18 Boris | |
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4-7X Thistle | |
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+1% completion | Any level |
Trivia[]
- This is the only chapter that does not have the word "The" in its name.
- Like the Forest and the Salt Factory, Hell was one of the original levels of the "Meat Boy" flash game. However, its light world soundtrack, unlike the soundtrack of the Forest or the Salt Factory, is not a remix of the music in the original level. (Instead, the original level's music got remixed into the Rapture light world soundtrack, "It Ends".)
- The XBLA version of "Long Goodbye" has two bandages: one on the top left and one on the bottom left, both in the fragile rocks.
- Stage 8, "Weibe", is a reference to Steve Wiebe, a two-time champion of Donkey Kong. Its Dark World version, Stage 8X, "Billy Boy" is also a reference to Billy Mitchell who held the world record before Steve Wiebe took it.
- This is further referenced because in the stage, the rolling lava balls resemble the rolling barrels in Donkey Kong.
- Large Black Maws will occasionally not kill you if they pass you in mid-air. Only the miniature versions and the explosion when it hits the wall will consistently.
- The introduction cutscene to this chapter references the NES game Ninja Gaiden.
- Hell in Meat Boy Flash uses the song It Ends. This song would be used in the sequel for The Rapture.
Related achievements[]
Chapters in the Super Meat Boy series | |
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Super Meat Boy | The Forest · The Hospital · The Salt Factory · Hell · Rapture · The End · The Cotton Alley* · Teh Internets** · Super Meat World** |
Super Meat Boy Forever | Chipper Grove · The Clinic · Tetanusville · The Lab · The Other Side · 0xDEADBEEF* |
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine | The Forest · The Hospital · Salt Factory · Tetanus · Hell · The Lab |
Meat Boy | The Forest · The Salt Factory · Hell · Expert Chapter* |
Meat Boy (Map Pack) | Easy Levels** · Medium Levels** · Hard Levels** · Expert Levels** · Impossible Levels** |
* = Bonus chapter; ** = User-generated content |