The cult classic 16-bit Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol are coming to modern consoles, thanks to Lucasfilm Games, Dotemu and Limited Run Games.
Both titles made their original debut for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis in North America in November 1993. The games were published by Konami and developed by LucasArts.
Unlike the original games, the modern versions will include the following features: Save, Soundtrack, 2-Player Mode, and Achievements.
Disney Interactive and its LucasArts division will publish the titles. Dotemu will port them to Nintendo Switch eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, Steam, and GOG.com. The duo of titles will be released digitally on June 29, 2021 for USD $14.99. Limited Run Games has not announced yet a release date for the physical copies.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors caused controversy before its 1993 release. Nintendo of America asked LucasArts to removed depictions of blood and gore or to change them to purple ooze. European countries asked for more changes in the game.
If you not familiar with both games, check out the info and the trailer:
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
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.
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!
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.
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. Don’t miss “Weird Kids on the Block”, “Mars Needs Cheerleaders” and “Dances With Werewolves”.
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. Also grab power ups-o-rama like secret potions and bobo clown decoys. Does this game ever end?!
Ghoul Patrol
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. Naturally, they cannot resist reading it. Suddenly, a horrific snaggle-toothed spirit emerges.
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. Only you have the power to go back in time to de-spook an encyclopedia of zombified historic dudes.
Terminate, with prejudice, using crossbows, ping-pong ball machine guns, Martian “Heatseeker” guns, and more.
Vaporize garbage can ghosts and ninja spirits, rescue bug-eyed librarians and wigged-out pirates, dodge flying books and adolescent-eating plants!
Only our two heroes have the power to get the mighty beastly spirit back into his book and stop the madness. Ghoul Patrol to the rescue!
[Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Ghoul Patrol]:
[Sources]: Steam: Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol; Xbox: Zeke and Julia Return in Their 16-bit Glory in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol; Nintendo: Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol; Engadget: LucasArts classic ‘Zombies Ate My Neighbors’ heads to current consoles this summer.
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