Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a video game that consists of 2 releases

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Play as Zeke or Julie through 55 deadly levels of Zombies Ate My Neighbors! Destroy zombies with your squirt gun full of holy water!

Zombies Ate My Neighbours is a top-down action shooter developed by Lucasarts. The game takes place during some unspecified event that has caused zombies and a whole host of other b-movie style monsters to run amok in a suburban setting. Alone or in two-player co-op, players have to roam a huge number of levels killing monsters and rescuing their innocent neighbours.

Gameplay

The player begins by selecting either Zeke or Julie, and in co-op, the player that they don't choose is controlled by player two. Gameplay is top-down, with fairly simple controls. Players can have one weapon and one item selected at any time, and scroll through these as needed. Most levels see the player dropped into an environment with the objective of rescuing a certain number of survivors. Survivors are stationary, and often placed in hard-to-reach areas. The player has a GPS-like radar that can be activated, displaying the number of survivors remaining and their location when sufficiently close. When the player runs into a survivor, that survivor is deemed as 'saved' and disappears. When no survivors remain in a level, a freestanding exit door appears next to the player, who can choose to further explore or exit the level. Survivors are killed if they are attacked by an enemy; a loud cry alerts the player to a death and an angel floats up from the survivor as part of the death animation. If the player fails to rescue a specified number of survivors, they fail the level.

The environment and enemies vary largely from level to level. Some levels see players facing only one kind of enemy, while others force them to deal with waves of different enemies. Locations range from suburban backyards and shopping malls to horror clichés like castles and pyramids. Each level's number and name is displayed before the level begins. These titles are often done in b-movie style and reflect the content of the level: for example, Level 12: Mars Needs Cheerleaders features only Martians as enemies and only Cheerleaders as survivors.

Julie

Different enemy classes are vulnerable to different attacks. Whilst low-level enemies like zombies will succumb to almost anything, other enemies are more vulnerable to certain weapons, and may be immune to some attacks. This vulnerability is usually referencing popular myth or fiction on the subject; Werewolves are most vulnerable to thrown silverware, for example. Other vulnerabilities are less grounded in logic; Martians, for example, are most vulnerable to tomatoes.

Weapons are found in the environment, and most are everyday objects. The basic weapon is the squirt gun, which the player always starts with. Other weapons include foodstuffs, such as Icepops, and tools, such as the weedwacker. More far-fetched weapons are also found in certain situations. Killing a Martian will force him to drop his Bubble Gun, whilst the Pandora's Box item can be found in pyramids. Levels contain chests, cupboards and similar that can be opened to find weapons and items. Most levels contain locked doors, which have to be opened with a Key or otherwise bypassed. A Key works on any door, but can only be used once. Occassionally, levels contain Skeleton Doors, which can only be opened with a much rarer Skeleton Key. Environments also contain destructible walls, which can be identified by the cracks in them. These can be opened with a sufficiently strong attack, such as a Bazooka, or by forcing a sufficiently strong enemy to destroy it with you.

Items are usually less attack-based than weapons, and have a range of effects. Medi Kits restore health, and Keys open doors. Decoy Clowns are inflatable laughing toys that distract all enemies in the area. Speed Boots give the player increased speed for a short period. There are also several potions; one turns the player into a fearsome invulnerable monster for a short period, one turns the player into a ghost who can walk past enemies unharmed and undetected for a short time.

Most levels do not actually require the player to kill enemies. The player can run faster than most enemies, and evasion is viable a tactic as firepower. Certain situations do force the player into combat, however, such as the level that forces the player to take down an extremely powerful Giant Baby to obtain the Skeleton Key required to rescue the level's lone survivor.

Zeke

The player has a life bar and a number of extra lives. The life bar is depleted when attacked by enemies or environmental hazards, but can be restored by using the Medi Kits that are found throughout the environment. Extra Lives are earned between levels by score. This makes it in the player's best interests to rescue as many survivors as possible, as rescuing all survivors in a level confers a huge bonus. When a health bar is depleted all the way, the player's character sways dizzily and falls over. An extra life is used automatically, and the player's character reappears with a short period of invulnerability. Dying with no extra lives remaining takes the player to a Game Over screen and then returns them to the main menu.

Levels

Zombie Panic (Bonus Level: Day of the Tentacle)
Evening of the Undead
Terror in Aisle Five
Lumberjack Hedgemaze Mayhem
Weird Kids on the Block
Pyramid of Fear
Dr. Tongue's Castle of Terror
Titanic Toddler
Toxic Terrors (Bonus Level: Mushroom Men)
No Assembly Required
Weeds Gone Bad
Mars Needs Cheerleaders (Bonus Level: Cheerleaders Versus the Monsters)
Chopping Mall
Seven Meals for Seven Zombies
Dinner on Monster Island
Ants
Office of the Doomed (Bonus Level: Someplace Very Warm)

The Exit
Squidmen of the Deep
Nightmare on Terror Street
Invasion of the Snakeoids
The Day the Earth Ran Away
Revenge of Dr. Tongue (Bonus Level: The Son of Dr. Tongue)
The Caves of Mystery
Warehouse of the Evil Dolls
Look Who's Shopping
Where the Red Fern Growls
Dances With Werewolves
Mark of the Vampire
Zombie House Party
The Horror of Floor Thirteen
Look Who's Coming to Dinner
Giant Ant Farm
Fish and Crypts (Bonus Level: Curse of the Pharaohs)
I Was a Chainsaw Maniac
Boardwalk of Terrors
Monster Phobia
Labyrinth of Horrors
Monsters of the Blue Lagoon
Destroy All Vampires
Pyramid of Fear Two
Martians Go Home!
Spikes
Super Fund Cleanup Site
The Curse of Dr. Tongue
Danger in Picnic Park
Day of the Chainsaw
Gridiron Terror
Curse of the Tongue (Credit Level: Monsters Among Us)

Victim Points Value

Cheerleaders - 1000

The Neighbors!

Baby - 700

Dog - 500

Explorer - 500

Trampoline Girl - 300

Tourists - 200

Inner-tuber - 100

Soldier - 100

Evil school teacher - 10

Barbecue guy – 5

Villians

Zombie
Vlad Belmont the Vampire
Jelly Blob
Mummy
Tommy the Evil Doll
Werewolf
Stanley Decker, the Chainsaw Maniac
The Pod Plant
Gillman of the Blue Lagoon (a.k.a. Brook Shards)
The Mushroom Men
Dr. Tongue

Alternative Game Names

Monsters!
Grave Consequences
Zombie Invade Suburbia
Don't Build That Mall Here!
Suburban Zombie Bake-Off
Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun
My Zombie, Make BIG Mistake
Zombies Need BAR-B-Q Sauce
Please Don't Feed the Zombies!
The Zombies Wrong Turn At Alpha 6
Michael Barone and the Zombie Hunters

Return of the Teenage Son of the Bride of a Zombie, Part 2

Items

Keys
Skull Keys
Monster Potion
Ghost Kid Potion
Random Potion
Speed Shoes
Decoys
Pandora's Box
First Aid Kit

Weapons

Water Gun
Bazooka
Fire Extinguisher
Soda Cans
Ice Pops
Plates
Silverware
Ancient Artifact
Football
Weed-eater
Tomatoes
Flamethrower

General Information Edit

Game Name	Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Platform(s)	Genesis SNES
Publisher(s)	Konami Corporation
Developer(s)	LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure
Themes	Add a new theme Horror Sci-Fi Comedy
Original US Release	Sept. 24, 1993 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	Q3 1993 know the real date?
Aliases	Zombies