One of the most interesting things about looking back over really old games is reminding yourself just how long certain companies have been around.
Today’s Atari ST game, Zombi, was actually Ubi Soft’s first ever game in its original Amstrad CPC incarnation. The ST version followed a little while later, but it was still early days for this up-and-coming French publisher at the time.
As for the game itself? It’s a first-person action adventure that gives you very little feedback on the actions you take, making it rather hard to work out what you’re supposed to be doing, even if you’ve read the woefully inadequate manual! Cool music, though…
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My uncle had this on the Amstrad and we only ever played it once. Have to agree with the game not being user friendly. We had no idea what to do.
Literally all it needs is just a tiny bit of text saying “this is a key”, “that doesn’t work”, “if you continue in this direction you will be eaten by a horde of zombies”. But no!