![]() It demonstrates why the SNES entranced a generation. If the SNES era is your dream aesthetic, Zombies Ate My Neighbors is your REM cycle. It’s a noticeable flaw that this paid game doesn’t offer as much as the freebies. (Passwords still apply but don’t keep your inventory.) If you’re used to playing retro classics via the SNES or NES Online service, you might miss some of those features, particularly the rewind. A quality-of-life save feature was added, but that’s about it. ![]() One of the big issues here is that ZAMN for Switch doesn’t include any thoughtful improvements in the overall gameplay, including accessibility options like rewind. Wonky controls throughout don’t make things any easier, either. And with 55 levels to conquer, you’re going to need them. Seems like it’d make things easier but without the ability to rack up points on the scoreboard (more civilians per round = more points) you won’t earn any extra lives. You start with 10 and once you lose one, they’re gone. The same management applies to the civilians you rescue. Freeze blobs with fire extinguishers, throw silverware at werewolves, etc. There’s a rock-paper-scissors element too. The strategy is all about momentum You want to stockpile powerful weapons from earlier levels, relying on dodging danger so you can carry health and extra lives into the late-game. This is where your bazookas come in handy, provided you didn’t squander them. This is as close as I’m going to get to being alive in 1993 again, so it’s well worth the $15 price of admission. The titanic toddler crushed me again and again. There were 100-ft Snakeoids coming once I got through Troy McClure-sounding levels like “Chopping Mall” and “Mars Needs Cheerleaders.” I never even got the chance. You race around 16-bit labyrinthine levels collecting random weapons and saving civilians as you battle chainsaw maniacs, werewolves, little green men, and plenty of zombies, among other classic chilling villains. Tongue unleashes a bevy of silver screen horrors. Players control Zeke or Julie, plucky teens in suburbia whose lives are transformed when the nefarious Dr. Many millennial gamers will remember this co-op classic from the halcyon heydays of the mid-‘90s. Such is un-life in Lucasfilm Games’ re-release of Zombies Ate My Neighbors (and Ghoul Patrol) for the Nintendo Switch. Only our two heroes have the power to get the mighty beastly spirit back into his book and stop the madness.I should’ve shot that giant monster baby with a bazooka before it killed me. Vaporize garbage can ghosts and ninja spirits, rescue bug-eyed librarians and wigged-out pirates, dodge flying books and adolescent-eating plants! Terminate, with prejudice, using crossbows, ping-pong ball machine guns, Martian "Heatseeker" guns, and more. ![]() ![]() Only you have the power to go back in time to de-spook an encyclopedia of zombified historic dudes. Now, this snarling phantom and his dastardly minions are infesting Metropolis and slithering their way into the history books, where they plan to rewrite history with their spooky ways. Suddenly, a horrific snaggle-toothed spirit emerges. Naturally, they cannot resist reading it. Zeke and Julie, our intrepid teenagers, visit the Ghosts and Ghouls exhibit at the city library, where they find an old treasure chest containing an ancient spirit book. Also grab power ups-o-rama like secret potions and bobo clown decoys. You can fend off the freaks with a virtual candy counter of weapons like uzi squirt guns, exploding soda pop, bazookas, weed wackers and ancient artifacts. Don't miss "Weird Kids on the Block", "Mars Needs Cheerleaders" and "Dances With Werewolves". Will these crazy kids survive the night? Find your way through 55 horror-filled levels like a grocery store gone bad, a shopping mall awry, a mysterious island and your own back yard. Who could put this SLICE of suburbia in such goose-pimply hysteria? Zombies, relentless Chainsaw Maniacs, Mummies, Evil Dolls that just won't die, Lizard Men, Blobs, Vampires, Giant Ants, Martians and more. What are Zeke and Julie, our two wholesome teenage stars doing in a 16-bit game like this?! Trying to save the nice neighbors, cheerleaders and babies from a fate worse than polyester! Hey, where's that scary music coming from? Yikes! It's Zombies Ate My Neighbors, where you appear in every demented horror flick ever to make you hurl ju-jubes. The cult classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its sequel make their long awaited return in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol! Play these classics from the golden age of 16-bit gaming with new enhancements and never before seen museum features.
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