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Zombie Nation is an action shoot?em up horror game developed by Live Planning and published by Meldac of America, released in 1990 for the NES. This is a single-player game.
This game received mixed reviews from the gaming press; it was praised for its originality and strangeness; but at the same time other critics considered that it was a too simplistic game (even for its time).

For its time Zombie Nation was taking place in a futuristic world (in 1999); at the beginning of the game you learn that a meteor crashed into the desert in the United States. From the meteor comes out a mysterious creature called Dark Seed.
Thanks to his mental and magnetic powers he soon turns all the population of the United States into zombies and he is also able to exert influence over various weapons and objects.

Darc Seed eventually also owns a legendary samurai sword Shura. The true owners of the sword decide to send one of their best warriors to defeat the creature. The Great Head of the Samurai is then sent to defeat Darc Seed (the samurai s name is to be taken literally it is, indeed, a giant disembodied head).

His main weapon is the ability to shoot goo and boulders across the screen at various enemies, objects and buildings. You will play through four main stages New York, Grand Canyon, an oil refinery in Texas and a cavern. To restore your character health do not hesitate to eat a human non-playable character.

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