Zombi
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer:
Ubi Soft
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Release Date:
1990
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Code:
G.
Phillips, S. Chance
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GFX:
Unknown
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Music:
Philippe Marchiset
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ZZAP64 Game Rating:
72%
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Our Game Rating:
72%
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FILE: zombiend.zip
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• Completed
& Reviewed by Brendan Phoenix
Took a while to complete this one - thanks to an incorrect
walkthrough! Doh! Managed it with all 4 characters alive
(no cheats apart from walkthrough). Takes its time as
it's icon driven and the joystick response is very
slooooooow.
This is a really good game - remember playing it for
ages on the Amiga when it came free with a copy of The
One magazine. The graphics and sound are rubbish, but if
you are a fan of the Dawn of the Dead, you will love it.
So what of the ending?
All you need to do it
press the fire button to activate it.
The chopper starts to
take off...
...and...
...that's it! The End.
HOW WAS IT COMPLETED?:
Used a walkthrough - even if it was incorrect :)
SO WHAT HAPPENS?:
You see the screen scroll upwards (indicating the
chopper taking off) showing the zombie's being left
behind and you get a very short scrolling message saying
"YOU HAVE WON!"
No ending ditty (then again there is no in-game tune and
very, very few spot FX).
COMMENTS:
- Vinny:
There is so much missing from this ending that there isn't
much to say about it. It's poor; very poor.
- Guerilla: Oh
boy, what a crap ending! I'm glad I never got a hold of
it back in the day - those hours playing it would have
left a bitter taste when finally making it to the end.
Thanks for publishing!
- Brendan Phoenix:
Having seen the end on the Amiga, I knew what to expect.
I wasn't expecting a lot as the Dawn of the Dead film
sort of just ends with the flying away chopper scene,
I'm sure they could have at least added in a static
colourful ending screen (seeing as the title screen has
one). I did enjoy playing this - although the speccy
graphics and slow icon response was annoying. I think it
is an excellent example of how a (sort of) movie tie-in
should be. They could have gone down the Ocean route
with a variety of different run and jump levels, but no
- they did an icon driven adventure - they should be
applauded (not for the ending though).
- Andy Vaisey:
Being a huge fan of the Zombie genre, be it films, games
or anything, when I saw this reviewed in ZZAP! all those
years ago, I wanted to play it. Unfortunately, I could
never get a copy of it anywhere; my local computer shop
didn't stock many disk games and my parents weren't too
keen ordering things mail order. I eventually played it
through emulation about 10 years ago. Not bad, but a bit
slow. Still, a brave attempt at doing something
different. The ending is a bit disappointing considering
the effort that would have to go into completing it...
FINAL SAY: To sum it up, as an ending it is
very poor, but in a strange way it is satisfying after
battling though the game to show you making it out
alive.
G.E.
RATING:
1
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