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1986 video game
Zombi
Developer(s)Ubi Soft
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Designer(s)Patrick Daher
Programmer(s)
  • Yannick Cadin Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
ReleaseAmstrad CPCOther versions
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. 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, being set in a zombie-filled shopping mall blocked in by articulated trucks. The player controls four protagonists exploring the mall. 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, Chris Jones and Steve Chance), Commodore 64 (Jean Noel Moyne, Laurent Poujoulat, Jean Francois Auroux), Amiga (Alexander Yarmitsky), Atari ST and DOS (Yannick Cadin).

Legacy

Another Ubisoft title ZombiU was release for the Wii U in 2012 and later ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015. It is debated whether or not this game is a remake/reboot of the original.

Reception

Reception
Award
PublicationAward
Computer and Video GamesC+VG Hit

The ZX Spectrum version was awarded 87% by Sinclair User magazine and 77% by Your Sinclair, 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%.

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 The reviewer said that the gameplay is outdated and is very similar to Catch 23, a 1987 ZX Spectrum game.

Reviews

See also

  • ZombiU, a similarly titled 2012 game from Ubisoft

References

  1. "Games, Games and More Games" article from Start magazine volume 3 issue 8, March 1989; retrieved from Atarimagazines.com
  2. Zombi at Lemon64.com
  3. Zombi at Hall of Light
  4. Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 101, April 1990, page 80
  5. Sinclair User issue 98 at World of Spectrum
  6. Your Sinclair issue 52 at World of Spectrum
  7. Amiga Joker March 1990 and CU Amiga May 1990 reviews at Amiga Reviews (archive.org copy)
  8. "Zombi for Amiga (1990) MobyRank". MobyGames. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  9. "Jeux & stratégie 40". August 1986.
  10. "Jeux & stratégie 59". June 1989.
  11. "Jeux & stratégie HS 3". 1986.

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