ReMix: Zombies Ate My Neighbors 'PanicoftheUndead'

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NoppZ is back! After a five-month hiatus, we get some tasty stuff from an old horror/shoot 'em up 2D classic, Zombies Ate My Neighbors. While released by Konami, this game was developed by LucasArts, and has some of their quirky eccentricities about it. I hardly know my current neighbors, but I can think of several neighbors I've had in the past who could have been eaten by zombies without me caring one bit. Nevertheless, the hero and heroine here had to save not only their immediate neighbors but basically everyone in their quiet suburban town from ghoulies in an overhead 2D shooter sorta like Sega's old Alien Syndrome. This isn't NoppZ' most elaborate work, and he indicated in his email that there wasn't that much to work with - I don't particularly remember the soundtrack being amazing, but not bad either. This has some nice ambient storm effects & screamin' to start it off, which actually are used throughout, not just in the intro. The tune's a rockin' little thing, with some chromatic stylings recalling cheesy horror-film soundtracks from the 50's, done here with a synth-brass sort of bass and largely flutish synths and bells on melody. Portions of this - some of the ascending chord changes - are actually reminiscent of certain Castlevania tracks. Or perhaps both games' soundtracks owe something to the melodramatic, gothic-cheese B&W horror soundtrack genre, who knows. NoppZ works in some soloing and in general there's a good swing to things that keeps it moving forwards + holds interest. Great to see this game covered and even better to have NoppZ submit something after so long. Spooky, nostalgic stuff - check it out.

― djpretzel