Zombies

Zombies
Biographical information
AKA	Zombie Stalkers
Gender	Male
Gameplay information
Soul type	Minor Evil
Behind the scenes information
Appears in	MediEvil (1998) The Graveyard Cemetery Hill Return to the Graveyard Inside The Asylum MediEvil 2 The Museum Kensington Whitechapel MediEvil: Resurrection The Graveyard Cemetery Hill Return to the Graveyard Inside the Asylum Sleeping Village

"The stinking dead have risen up to dance with the lifeless living, and they want to do it over your dead body." ― A book in the Graveyard.

Zombies were reanimated undead who would stop at nothing to get their next meal, and unfortunately for Sir Daniel Fortesque, he often found himself in the middle of the crowd.

Gameplay

Strategy

These enemies are the easiest to defeat in the games. It doesn't take much to defeat them, the Small Sword (or the Short Sword in MediEvil: Resurrection) are both more than capable of taking these shamblers down in a couple of swipes. A lit torch or club can also burn them.

MediEvil (1998 original)

Zombies are one of the three enemies that don't disappear when killed; the other two are Headless Zombies and Wolves.

Official Strategy guide entry

The only enemy you'll face in the Graveyard is the slow-witted zombie. These lumbering goons come in a variety of colours, but all act just about the same. They stumble about aimlessly until they pick up your scent and will even fall flat on their faces from time to time. A few well-placed swipes from your Small Sword will send them back to the grave.

MediEvil 2

Official Strategy guide entry

Zombies are found throughout the world of MediEvil II and are more of a nuisance than a threat. This doesn't mean you can let your guard down around them, however, as they are surprisingly fast. With each slash of your sword, you will slowly dismember them. Watch out! Even without limbs, they still try to butt heads with you.

MediEvil: Resurrection

An Adventurer's Guide to Monsters entry

Your common or garden zombie is (to be blunt) a slow witted goon head of monumental proportions. It seems a shame to hurt such feeble minded weapon fodder, but they will likely insist on trying to bar one's progress and eat one's brains. A few well placed sword swipes are the order of the day, which should effectively teach them to mind their own business.

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Book of Gallowmere entry

These guys were fashionably undead before it was fashionable to be undead. Your brain may have long since rotted, but that won't stop them from eating it.

Just a few chops should do them in. Be careful not to miss! That would be embarrassing.

Behind the scenes

Development

MediEvil (1998 original)

According to Jason Wilson, the game's art director, the game's zombies were inspired by zombies from the 1966 film The Plague of the Zombies.

In the MediEvil trailer featured on the PlayStation Plus Video Preview '97 VHS, zombies can be seen in the Pumpkin Gorge level. They cannot be found in this level in the final release.

MediEvil 2

Early versions of zombies seen in some pre-release screenshots resemble their concept art more closely than their final counterparts.

In other media

2012 – PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Zombies make an appearance in The Graveyard stage of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Caskets constantly rise from the background and produce zombies. If a casket is blown up by the angel statue in the graveyard before the zombies are released, then the casket will drop AP.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Arabic	الزومبي alzuwmbi	-
Bulgarian	Зомбита Zombita	-
Croatian	Zombiji	-
Czech	Nemrtví	Undead
Danish	Zombier	-
Finnish	Zombit	-
Greek	Ζόμπι Zómpi	-
Hungarian	Zombik	-
Italian	Zombie	-
Japanese	ゾンビ Zonbi	-
Norwegian	Zombier	-
Polish	Zombie	-
Portuguese (Brazil)	Zumbis	-
Romanian	Zombi	-
Russian	Зомби Zombi	-
Spanish (LatAm)	Zombis	-
Spanish (Spain)	Zombis	-
Turkish	Zombiler	-

See also

• Headless Zombies
• Regal Zombies
• Zombie Guards