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{{Infobox video game
|title= Zombi
|image= Zombi box.jpg
|caption= 
|developer= [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]
|publisher= Ubi Soft
|designer= Patrick Daher
|series= 
|engine= 
|released= '''Amstrad CPC'''{{Video game release|EU|1986}}'''Other versions'''{{Video game release|EU|1990}}
|genre= [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]]
|modes= [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms= [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
}}

'''''Zombi''''' is an [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure video game]] for the [[Amstrad CPC]]. It was published in 1986 as the first game from [[Ubisoft]].<ref>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n8/games_games.html "Games, Games and More Games"] article from ''Start'' magazine volume 3 issue 8, March 1989; retrieved from Atarimagazines.com</ref> ''Zombi'' was programmed by Yannick Cadin and S. L. Coemelck, with graphics by Patrick Daher and music by Philippe Marchiset. Ports to [[Amiga]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[ZX Spectrum]] were released in 1990.

==Gameplay==
A first-person action adventure, it borrows heavily from the [[George A. Romero]] film ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', being set in a [[zombie]]-filled [[shopping mall]] blocked in by articulated trucks. The player controls four protagonists exploring the mall. If a character's health is depleted, he turns into a zombie, which then roams the room they died in. Zombies can be killed either by numerous body shots or a single shot to the head. Characters are named after the creators of the game.

==Ports==
The game was re-released in 1990, with [[Video game port|ports]] developed for the [[ZX Spectrum]] (by Geoff Phillips, Chris Jones and Steve Chance), [[Commodore 64]] (Jean Noel Moyne, Laurent Poujoulat, Jean Francois Auroux),<ref>[http://www.lemon64.com/?game_id=2949 ''Zombi''] at Lemon64.com</ref> [[Amiga]] (Alexander Yarmitsky),<ref>''[http://hol.abime.net/1628 Zombi]'' at Hall of Light</ref> [[Atari ST]] and [[MS-DOS]] (Yannick Cadin).

==Legacy==
Another [[Ubisoft]] title ''[[ZombiU]]'' was release for the [[Wii U]] in 2012 and later ported to the [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] in 2015. It is debated whether or not this game is a remake/reboot of the original.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| award1Pub = ''Computer and Video Games''
| award1 = C+VG Hit<ref>Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 101, April 1990, page 80</ref>
}}
The ZX Spectrum version was awarded 87% by ''[[Sinclair User]]'' magazine<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue098/Pages/SinclairUser09800022.jpg  Sinclair User issue 98 at World of Spectrum]</ref> and 77% by ''[[Your Sinclair]]'',<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue52/Pages/YourSinclair5200039.jpg  Your Sinclair issue 52 at World of Spectrum]</ref> both reviewers were impressed with the immersive atmosphere.

''[[CU Amiga Magazine|CU Amiga]]'' awarded the Amiga version of the game 85%, whilst German magazine ''Amiga Joker'' scored it at 69%.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080905093415/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/zombi.htm Amiga Joker March 1990 and CU Amiga May 1990 reviews at Amiga Reviews (archive.org copy)]</ref>

''[[Zzap!64]]'' awarded the Commodore 64 version of the game 72%. The reviewer said that the gameplay is outdated and is very similar to ''Catch 23'', a 1987 ZX Spectrum game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/zombi/mobyrank|title=Zombi for Amiga (1990) MobyRank|publisher=[[MobyGames]]|access-date=24 November 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

*''[[ZombiU]]'', a similarly titled 2012 game from Ubisoft

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/zombi|name=''Zombi''}}


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[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Ubisoft games]]
[[Category:Video games about zombies]]
[[Category:Video games developed in France]]
[[Category:Video games scored by David Whittaker]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]

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