
some games will live forever as classics
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at 1993’s classic
run-and-gun horror comedy Zombies Ate My
Neighbors developed by lucasarts this
two player love letter to be movie
horror flicks made his debut on the
Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis upon its
release this game was largely overlooked
but has since developed a healthy cult
following this is due to the game
straying from the typical horror setup
instead relishing in a slapstick
atmosphere complete with goofy monsters
and outrageous filling these freakish
baddies include more than the standard
shuffling brain eaters you will also go
up against alien pod people monster
sized ants vampires werewolves chainsaw
wielding nutjobs mermen and giant
demonic babies as the game begins
players can take on the adventure alone
or with a friend selecting between Zeke
and Julie the goal of the game is to
navigate a variety of locations rescuing
hapless neighbors by simply touching
them saving all the humans scattered
across a stage will unlock a door
allowing you to advance these areas
include suburban neighborhoods shopping
malls pyramids and haunted castles in
total there are 48 stages and seven
bonus levels to explore on your quest
your weapon of choice is a squirt gun
filled with holy water however you will
also make use of exploding soda cans
plates cutlery shape-shifting potions a
weed whacker and a bazooka you will also
find keys that open locked doors
inflatable clowns that you can use as
decoys and a radar that can be toggled
to help you conduct your search adding
to the overall challenge human survivors
will be killed if you’re too slow and
rescuing them as such every stage has a
maximum of 10 neighbors awaiting rescue
and your final count will limit the
amount you can save in the following
area that is unless you are in high
enough scores to replenish your neighbor
count originally seen is too graphic
than 10
force the developers to censor its
content as a result the game features
purple ooze instead of blood and toned
down enemies depending on the region of
its release graphically the game is very
colorful and highly detailed and
features a thrilling soundtrack that
pays homage to the over-the-top musical
scores found in older horror flicks a
beloved mixture of action game and
scavenger hunt Zombies Ate My Neighbors
is a fantastic romp that spawned a
sequel in 1994 called ghoul patrol not
only has there been talk of a film
adaptation but it has been added to
Nintendo’s Virtual Console for a new
generation to discover
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at 1993’s classic
run-and-gun horror comedy Zombies Ate My
Neighbors developed by lucasarts this
two player love letter to be movie
horror flicks made his debut on the
Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis upon its
release this game was largely overlooked
but has since developed a healthy cult
following this is due to the game
straying from the typical horror setup
instead relishing in a slapstick
atmosphere complete with goofy monsters
and outrageous filling these freakish
baddies include more than the standard
shuffling brain eaters you will also go
up against alien pod people monster
sized ants vampires werewolves chainsaw
wielding nutjobs mermen and giant
demonic babies as the game begins
players can take on the adventure alone
or with a friend selecting between Zeke
and Julie the goal of the game is to
navigate a variety of locations rescuing
hapless neighbors by simply touching
them saving all the humans scattered
across a stage will unlock a door
allowing you to advance these areas
include suburban neighborhoods shopping
malls pyramids and haunted castles in
total there are 48 stages and seven
bonus levels to explore on your quest
your weapon of choice is a squirt gun
filled with holy water however you will
also make use of exploding soda cans
plates cutlery shape-shifting potions a
weed whacker and a bazooka you will also
find keys that open locked doors
inflatable clowns that you can use as
decoys and a radar that can be toggled
to help you conduct your search adding
to the overall challenge human survivors
will be killed if you’re too slow and
rescuing them as such every stage has a
maximum of 10 neighbors awaiting rescue
and your final count will limit the
amount you can save in the following
area that is unless you are in high
enough scores to replenish your neighbor
count originally seen is too graphic
than 10
force the developers to censor its
content as a result the game features
purple ooze instead of blood and toned
down enemies depending on the region of
its release graphically the game is very
colorful and highly detailed and
features a thrilling soundtrack that
pays homage to the over-the-top musical
scores found in older horror flicks a
beloved mixture of action game and
scavenger hunt Zombies Ate My Neighbors
is a fantastic romp that spawned a
sequel in 1994 called ghoul patrol not
only has there been talk of a film
adaptation but it has been added to
Nintendo’s Virtual Console for a new
generation to discover
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