Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SEGA Genesis 1993) Review

Reposted from October 2006



I've secretly always hoped that zombies would eat my neighbors so that I could go on an undead slaying rampage. As I sit here with the Silver Screen Kid, consuming 907 grams of irregular candies rejected from the factory and playing Zombies Ate My Neighbors, I'm living out my dreams vicariously through my emulator. The best part was when the hockey masked chainsaw maniac killed the baby. That's hardcore. This game was an extravagant weave of horror genres.

You start out saving your neighbors from zombies, in a wicked simultaneous 2-player mode. It quickly escalates to include ax-wielding midgets, hockey masked chainsaw maniacs, mummies, werewolves, pod-people, and a giant baby. Plus anything else you can think of. The shit has hit the fan and all hell has broken loose and it's beautiful. The Silver Screen Kid and I remapped the controls of the emulator so that we could play 2-player mode with only one keyboard. It worked well enough. 2-player mode is loads better than solo. This game will definitely be included first-thing on the emulator arcade cabinet we're building.

- SEGA Cheats - Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Analog Medium Nov 2005)