| Zombie Smashers X | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Ska Software |
| Publisher(s) | Ska Software |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date(s) | 2001 (shareware) 2006 (freeware) |
| Genre(s) | Sidescroller |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Two player |
| Media/distribution | Digital download |
Zombie Smashers X is a 2D sidescrolling fighting game for Microsoft Windows from Ska Software. It was released in 2001 as shareware and then re-released in 2006 as freeware. Zombie Smashers has yielded two sequels with a third on the way.
The old website's introduction of ZSX:
Zombie Smashers X has a gripping, fantastic plot in which one or two characters realize(s) that Earth is becoming overrun by zombies and decide(s) to do something about it. The fighting system is basically a tribute to River City Ransom for Nintendo: street brawling with an RPG twist. Each player has stats which can be upped by buying and eating food; special moves are learned by purchasing tattoos. As the game progresses the monsters and bosses become increasingly powerful so its important to power up. The scenery is pretty diverse and interesting and encompasses one big constant world to explore.
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ZSX is a pure button-mashing game. You spend the most part of the game pushing the punch, kick and jump button. The twist is, the blood effects, the fitting sounds and music whip you, and with the crunching effects the many (sometimes even improvised) weapons, you can be held busy for hours with a very simple gameplay the average gamer adores.
Earth has become overrun with zombies and the player must fight to free the world and send the zombies back to the grave. During the trip, he encounters bosses that, during the pre-fight conversations, explain and unfold the story pace by pace, telling that eventually The One is the cause of all this.
Even though the player does not know at first, the One, a devil that can be held as (but is not be referred to as) Satan, is the cause of the zombie-plague coverring. He gets defeated in a battle that truly is tougher than most bosses you encounter.