Talk:Zombies in computer and video games

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Should "Zombies ate my Neighbors" be on there twice?

[edit] Request for MUD/MMORPG listings

Now I know there's hundreds of them out there, but I'd love to see some MUD/MMORPG listings with a post-appocalyptic zombie (be they viral or voodoo) theme on here. Anyone willing to help and contribute some? Jachin 19:00, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

>shouldnt bloodrayne and fable be on the list? in bloodrayne you fight zombies, then nazis, then zombie nazis. in fable you have to go to the graveyard and fight through a ton of zombies. also i think nearly every zelda game had redeads, gibdos, or (in majoras mask) an anubis. and final fantasy 10 had seymor who was killed and reanimated so i guess he was technically a zombie. sphinx had the mummy of tut in some levels. jade empire had deaths hand (reanimated by his brother). prince of persia had every person in the castle killed by the sands of time and maximo is full of zombie killing joy. even pokemon has some zombie type species. fatal frame was more of a ghost game but the "ghosts" can act solidly (they can strangle/push you around). in metal gear was solid a "zombie" in one of the games? hope these get added to the list ^ ^ *ashy-kun*<

[edit] Needs some clean-up

By its own definition, this should be a list of games that prominently feature zombies. Unfortunately a lot of games which just feature zombies at some point (or even zombie-like enemies, particularly from sci-fi games) seem to have been clagged in. 10 out of 10 for enthusiasm, but zombies have become ingrained in pop culture to the point where a huge amount of games will feature a token zombie enemy. RPGs in particular feature zombies and skeletons as regularly as the generic bat and slime enemies. I'm going to start trimming a few of these entries which are clearly not games prominently featuring zombies. QuagmireDog 07:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree, and also possibly organize by genre; for example a 'Fantasy role-playing games' header with a brief explaination that most of those games include zombies as a monster type, and then a list of those that are actually zombie themed. Marasmusine 08:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Once we get some more titles that'd be a great idea. I'm continuing to remove the tenuous links. If something is borderline then I'm leaving it in, at this point in time removing the games which feature a zombie 'somewhere', either as one of a hundred different monsters to fight, or as a pop-culture nod to Romero are going. I should also point out that there's more games to go on the list, I know of 3 or 4 for the PS2 alone which aren't featured, so it's not just going to get depopulated. QuagmireDog 02:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Alternatively, we can list by 'zombie archetype', which means defining the archetypes:

• Traditional (as inspired by Romero and other zombie films)
• Parasitic (Headcrabs etc)
• Fantasy
• ..? Marasmusine 20:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and tried something, based on some types given in the main Zombies article. I've not re-listed them all yet. Marasmusine 21:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Definitions, Goals of list, please participate

Can I suggest two things that would save contributors time:

• The goal is to create and maintain a list of all commercially released and notable freeware/MMOG games, on all formats, where zombies are the main focus of the game.
• The goal isn't to list every video game that contains a zombie.

Some agreement on what exactly constitutes a zombie would also help

Contributors should consider zombies to be -

• Corpses reanimated by any means, which behave in the typical zombie manner.
• Corpses possessed by demonic entities that demonstrate relentlessly violent behaviour (like the Doom series).
• Corpses or living hosts possessed by a parasite and forced to behave in a zombie-like fashion (headcrab zombies for instance)
• Reanimated corpses who are referred to as zombies by the game, whether or not the behave as a zombie or possess normal intelligence (Stubbs the Zombie would be the typical example, as would 'comedy' zombies "BRAINS!").
• Voodoo type zombies.

Contributors should consider the following not to be zombies -

• Animated skeletons, whether intelligent or not. They're a different beastie altogether.
• Ghouls - humans mutated through corpse-eating, or semi-intelligent undead which feast on flesh. Again, these aren't zombies and usually don't act like them either. Examples being the undead factions from the Warcraft series and the radiation-ghouls from the Fallout series.

The reason I suggest that ^ is that I'd like everyone to have fun adding to the list rather than feeling down that their addition has been removed because it doesn't fit in with the list. Anyone have any thoughts? QuagmireDog 06:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I concur. Furthermore, I see your Zombie Revenge and raise you a Beast Busters. Marasmusine 09:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)