Zombie Raid (Arcade)

Zombie Raid (Arcade) :

This is a funky lightgun shooter that was released in the arcades in 1995 by Sammy ! It had a shotgun attached to the arcade cab apparently, although I've only discovered it's delights via MAME and using a mouse, so it's probably lost some of it's atmosphere there...

Set in England in the early years of the last century, you play the part of Detective Edward Windsor and go roaming around graveyards and sewers battling zombies, werewolves and other creatures of the night! The screen pans around letting you pick off the baddies, who like to hide behind trees, gravestones and the like before leaping at you and biting your face off or shredding you with their claws! Occasional innocent humans will run across your screen too though, so you best avoid shooting them, or you'll lose some of your precious health!

There are a few bonus items to be found hidden behind destructible scenery, and a few other surprises like corpses hiding behind gravestones that suddenly slump forward, etc. that help add to the splendidly spooky setting!

This is a truly gruesome game, with bits flying everywhere as you blast the baddies away...it certainly isn't afraid to show you some gore! It has a nice variety of ghosties, ghoulies and long-leggity beasties to brutalize too which keeps it interesting as you advance through the game. It's all pretty standard lightgun-type stuff to be honest though, and there really isn't much more to say about it other than it's a lot of fun and should keep your trigger finger happy for a bit! Oh, and that you might have to fiddle around with the settings a bit to get mouse control working properly if you're playing it via emulator, but once you do you'll have a blast!