Ghoul Patrol

Ghoul Patrol is an overhead action video game produced by LucasArts for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It serves as a sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors. It was re-released digitally on the Wii Virtual Console in 2010. A Genesis version was under development, but was not released.

Ghoul Patrol
Cover art
Developer(s)LucasArts
Publisher(s)JVC
Victor Entertainment (Japanese release)
LucasArts (Wii Virtual Console)
Platform(s)Super NES
ReleaseSuper NES
  • JP: May 26, 1995
Wii Virtual Console
  • NA: January 25, 2010
  • PAL: May 14, 2010
Genre(s)Survival horror, run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The game stars Zeke and Julie, the characters from Zombies Ate My Neighbors, who must travel through five worlds to save their town from a horror exhibit come to life.

According to Toshiyasu Morita, a programmer and technology manager at LucasArts during the mid-1990s, this sequel was made by a third party that licensed the use of the Zombies Ate My Neighbors engine for this purpose.[2]

Reception

GamePro commented that "Ghoul Patrol is the closest you can get to the acclaimed Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and it's a worthy successor." They particularly praised the "outrageous 360-degree shoot-em-up action" and detailed, cartoony graphics.[3] Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 7.8 out of 10, calling it "A worthy sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors" and "A great salute to old, late-night horror movies."[4]

References
  1. "LucasArts Entertainment Company | 20th Anniversary". June 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006.
  2. "Interview: Toshiyasu Morita at Sega-16.com". Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  3. "ProReview: Ghoul Patrol". GamePro. No. 74. IDG. November 1994. p. 148.
  4. "Review Crew: Ghoul Patrol". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 65. Sendai Publishing. December 1994. p. 38.


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