This is an incomplete list of
video games strongly featuring
zombies. These games feature creatures inspired by the
archetypal flesh-eating zombies seen in
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
s,
B-movies and literature; such as in the films of
George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero (; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor and actor. His ''Night of the Living Dead'' series of films about an imagined zombie apocalypse began with the 1968 film of the ...
. Other variants, such as the faster running zombies, are also included.
Particular zombie rationale and depictions vary with the source.
Zombies are common or generic enemies in video games. The
ZX Spectrum computer game ''
Zombie Zombie'', released in Europe in 1984, is considered to be the first video game focused on zombies.
Zombie games became more prevalent after the release of the
survival horror game ''
Resident Evil'' in 1996.
This release, coupled with the 1996
light gun shooter ''
The House of the Dead'', gave rise to "an international craze" for zombies, in turn impacting
zombie films
A zombie film is a film genre. Zombies are fictional creatures usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. They are commonly portrayed as cannibalistic in nature. While zombie films generally fall into the horror g ...
.
''Resident Evil'' sold 2.75 million copies within the United States alone,
and its success resulted in it becoming a major horror franchise encompassing video games, novelizations, and films.
''
The House of the Dead'' is also credited with introducing fast running zombies, distinct from Romero's classic slow zombies.
List
References
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Video game lists by theme
Video games about zombies