''Horror Zombies from the Crypt'' is a

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developed by

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and published by

U.S. Gold U.S. Gold Limited was a British video game publisher based in Witton, Birmingham, England. The company was founded in 1984 by Anne and Geoff Brown in parallel to their distributor firm, CentreSoft, both of which became part of Woodward Brown H ...

for

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, and

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. This game is inspired by 1950s

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s. The player assumes the role of a Count Frederick Valdemar and enters a mansion full of ghastly creatures such as

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zombie A zombie (Haitian French: ; ; Kikongo: ''zumbi'') is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folkl ...

s and

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. These creatures will attempt to stop the Count as he ventures through 6 levels in search for skulls. All skulls must be collected before the player may exit the level. Before each level there is an introductory screen which explains the goal of the level. Music in the game includes '' Montagues and Capulets'', played during the introduction.

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* 1990 video games Amiga games Atari ST games DOS games Millennium Interactive games Platformers U.S. Gold games Video games about zombies Video games developed in the United Kingdom Single-player video games {{horror-videogame-stub