
If you're a big fan of LucasArts classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors, there is a good chance you have done and seen it all, alone and with a friend, on plenty of occasions; the game is a true classic that somehow never fails to entertain even twenty four years later. If like many others you never acknowledge Ghoul Patrol as the de facto sequel to the first game, this news is for you.
Zombies Ate My Neighbours: The Sequel (or ZAMN -The Sequel for short) was released last week and is a four person effort (Chromister, Droter, Jon Groobz and Piranhaplant) to remake every level of the game into something new. Furthermore it includes custom sprites and backgrounds, a (much welcomed!) reverse item cycling button combination and even a new friendly skull NPC that shouts out hints and tips mid-level. An impressive effort that you can check out with gameplay below.
Since this is effectively a patch to the original game, you can dust off your original US cartridge and use it with your RetroN 5 or Retro Freak. So call up your old friend / girlfriend with whom you used to play co-operatively back in 1993 and tell them "The giant baby is back!".
[source romhacking.net]
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Love fan stuff!
So cool!
Bleugh!
I used to LOVE that game. Very addictive and just super fun survival game.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors had a sequel tho. It was called Ghoul Patrol. Did people not like that game as much?
There's already been a fan-made/hack sequel to this game for years ("Oh No! More Zombies Ate My Neighbors!"). Not sure why this random hack release is an article.
Loved playing the original with a friend back then.
@SushiGummy as I recall, it was not as nearly as well-received as the first, mainly down to some foolish design choices. I haven't played it since it came out, but I do recall giving up on it in fairly short order.
Nice hack job but if it's not HD then I won't even bother with it. The original serve me just fine.
Still wish ZAMN was on the snes mini tho but this is cool
My older brother used to play Zombies Ate My Neighbors with one of our cousins when he was a kid. I was too young to remember, so I downloaded it on the Wii Virtual Console a few years back so we could play it together. It was a lot of fun, though the level themes got repetitive and the game got ridiculously hard, with limited ammo being the biggest problem.
I'd love an HD revival with 3D character models. The nature of the game would be perfect for the two-JoyCon setup on Switch.
Loved this game back in the day, I still do. I played mostly the Genesis version though. Picked the SNES version on Wii VC.
Still own it for genesis... Love this game to death.
Got some nerve calling that a sequel! It's practically the same game.
@SushiGummy
I dunno. This is the first I've heard of it. Is it fun?
@GrailUK
True, it'd be better calling it a fan remake.
This looks awesome
@the_shpydar Because I was not writing for Nintendo Life back in 2010.
For those wondering, this is "Ghoul Patrol":
It failed to recapture the imagination of gamers and reviewers and it is often forgotten when talking about ZAMN.
@Shiryu Fair enough, that makes sense.
I'm not complaining or criticizing, was just curious why, with so many Nintendo-related hack/fan-made games out there constantly getting released, that there are occasionally random articles on assorted ones.
@the_shpydar I do what I can.
Ahhh........7th grade.
Brings back memories. Played the Sega Genesis version though.
This is the best news I've heard all week! I love ZAMN! I wish someone would re-release the original but I'll gladly take this for now!
If you think that's cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgP-NIyf5gQ&feature=emb_title
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