Zombi (1986 video game)

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Zombi
Developer(s)	Ubi Soft
Publisher(s)	Ubi Soft
Designer(s)	Patrick Daher
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release	Amstrad CPC EU: 1986 Other versions EU: 1990
Genre(s)	Action adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Zombi is an icon-driven action adventure video game. It was Ubisoft's first publication, released in 1986.^[1] It was programmed by Yannick Cadin and S.L. Coemelck, with graphics by Patrick Daher and music by Philippe Marchiset.

Gameplay[]

A first-person action adventure, it borrows heavily from the George A. Romero film Dawn of the Dead: four protagonists exploring a zombie-filled shopping mall, gunshops, escalators, and the articulated trucks used to block the entrances. If a character's health is depleted, he turns into a zombie, which then roams the room they died in. Zombies can be killed either by numerous body shots, or a single shot to the head. Characters are named after the creators of the game.

Ports[]

The game was re-released in 1990, with ports developed for the ZX Spectrum (by Geoff Phillips, Colin Jones and Steve Chance), Commodore 64 (Jean Noel Moyne, Laurent Poujoulat, Jean Francois Auroux),^[2] Amiga (Alexander Yarmitsky),^[3] Atari ST and MS-DOS (Yannick Cadin).

Reception[]

The ZX Spectrum version was awarded 87% by Sinclair User magazine^[4] and 77% by Your Sinclair,^[5] both reviewers were impressed with the immersive atmosphere.

CU Amiga awarded the Amiga version of the game 85%, whilst German magazine Amiga Joker scored it at 69%.^[6]

Zzap!64 awarded the Commodore 64 version of the game 72%. The reviewer said that the gameplay is outdated and is very similar to Catch 23, a 1987 ZX Spectrum game.^[7]

See also[]

• ZombiU, a similarly titled 2012 game from Ubisoft

References[]

External links[]

• Zombi at MobyGames