Ghoul Patrol

Short description: 1994 video game

Ghoul Patrol

North American SNES cover art

Developer(s)|

* LucasArts[lower-alpha 1]
* Motion Pixel

Publisher(s)| JVC Musical Industries
Disney Interactive (Re-release)
Director(s)| Kalani Streicher
Producer(s)|

* Kalani Streicher (LucasArts)
* Andrew Carter (Motion Pixel)

Designer(s)| Kalani Streicher
Programmer(s)| Andrew Carter
Artist(s)|

* Harrison Fong
* Holger Liebnitz
* Liu Pee Hieng

Composer(s)|

* Eric Swanson (Realtime Associates)
* David Warhol (Realtime Associates)

Platform(s)| Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Release| Super NES

* NA: November 1994
* PAL: 1994
* JP: May 26, 1995

Microsoft Windows, Switch, Xbox One

* WW: June 29, 2021

PlayStation 4

* WW: October 28, 2021

Genre(s)| Run and gun
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Ghoul Patrol is a run and gun video game developed by LucasArts and published by JVC Musical Industries for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994.

It is a sequel to the Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993). Both games were re-released together as part of Lucasfilm Classic Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows in 2021 by Disney Interactive.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development
* 3 Release
* 4 Reception
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Gameplay

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

## Development

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.[1]

The game was developed by LucasArts, but most of the development work was outsourced by a small Malaysian studio called Motion Pixel.[2] It serves as a sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors, although it originally did not begin development as a sequel to the game, but merely as an unrelated game that used the same gameplay engine.

## Release

It was released by JVC Musical Industries in November 1994 in North America, and later in the year in Europe.[3] A Japanese version was published by the JVC subsidiary Victor Entertainment in 1995.

It was later re-released digitally on the Wii Virtual Console in 2010, and for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Windows in 2021 together with its predecessor.[4]

A Genesis version was under development, but was not released.[5]

## 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.[6] 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."[7]

## Notes

1. ↑ Lucasfilm Classic Games version developed by DotEmu.

## References

1. ↑ "Interview: Toshiyasu Morita at Sega-16.com". http://www.sega-16.com/2008/02/interview-toshiyasu-morita/. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
2. ↑ "Ghoul Patrol - Hardcore Gaming 101". hardcoregaming.net. 2011-01-31. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ghoul-patrol/. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
3. ↑ "LucasArts Entertainment Company | 20th Anniversary". June 23, 2006. http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_2.htm.
4. ↑ Romano, Sal (May 11, 2021). "Lucasfilm Classic Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC". https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/lucasfilm-classic-games-zombies-ate-my-neighbors-and-ghoul-patrol-announced-for-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc.
5. ↑ Derboo, Sam (January 31, 2011). "Ghoul Patrol". Hardcore Gaming 101. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ghoul-patrol/.
6. ↑ "ProReview: Ghoul Patrol". GamePro (IDG) (74): 148. November 1994.
7. ↑ "Review Crew: Ghoul Patrol". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (65): 38. December 1994.

## External links

* Ghoul Patrol at MobyGames

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