History VideoGame / ZombieRaid

** RocksFallEveryoneDies: Fail to meet the above criteria, and you promptly get dropped onto a bed of spikes. Have fun plaything through this nightmare ''all over again!''

* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: There's clearly only one protagonist, so who the hell is player two supposed to be?

* PoisonMushroom: Usually destroying background objects reveals health and ammo powerups, but sometime you'll get a flask that says [[ShmuckBait "Drink Me!"]] You lose health if you are dumb enough to do so.

--> '''BigBad:''' Today I'm serving a special dish. It's...'''you!''

* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:Happens to Charles at the end of the fourth stage when a thug blows him away with a shotgun.]]

* ClownCarGrave: Almost ''literally.'' In the second level, you and Charles drive the latter's car to the BigBad's castle, with the BigBad's minions chasing you all the way. The number of thugs that pop up from each car seem to exceed the number of seats in a car.

* GuideDangIt: The location of the three crystal orbs needed to advance to the TrueFinalBoss. Without memorizing the busts you saw earlier and knowing which to shoot in ''exactly'' the right order, you're doomed to the bad ending.

* HaveANiceDeath: [[spoiler: Get to the end of the game without the three crystals or put in the wrong combination, you will fall to your death in a spike pit, and at your grave, the BigBad will congratulate you for making it this far and taunt you about the arrangement of the three crystals before [[EvilLaugh laughing at you]].]]

** One particularly cheap moment is with a girl hiding behind a gravestone: Since you're likely mashing "Fire" to destroy them, you're guaranteed to hit her unless you were lucky enough to break it on your last bullet.

--> '''BigBad:''' Tonight, we're serving a special dish. It's...'''you!''

A 1995 arcade LightGunGame by Sammy Industries, which tells a grim and bloody horror tale. A village in 1918 England is being terrorized by the lord of a nearby castle, who has been robbing graves and abducting innocent people. Anyone who's taken back to his lair is never heard from again, and rumors abound that ungodly experiments are unfolding within the castle's musty halls. Further fueling these rumors are sightings of horrific monsters, and corpses that have come back to life. The local authorities are powerless to stop the twisted madman's experiments, and it seems nothing can stand between him and a world filled with ghouls.

** EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted, in that his voice is relatively normal-pitched, albeit somewhat mush-mouthed. Played straight as he goes OneWingedAngel.

* BigDamnHeroes: During the elevator ride at the start of the fourth stage, a werewolf similar to the first boss drops into the elevator with Edward, necessitating him to blast away at the creature at close range to keep out of its reach. The werewolf seems invincible until the door opens and Charles, who got separated from Edward earlier, blows it away from behind.

* LudicrousGibs: Every single enemy you kill (except for bosses) gets blown apart into a mess of blood and innards.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Edward Windsor seems to favor a pump-action over-and-under shotgun.

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Charles muses that there doesn't seem to be anyone around prior to the fifth stage's boss. [[spoiler: Cue him being gunned down by a random {{Mook}}, only to rise up and reveal himself to have been turned into part of the BigBad's forces.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: During the elevator ride during the 5th stage, a werewolf similar to the first boss drops into the elevator with Edward, necessitating him to blast away at the creature at close range to keep out of its reach. The werewolf seems invincible until the door opens and Charles, who got separated from Edward earlier, blows it away from behind.

* AbnormalAmmo: Some of the weapon power ups include such examples of this trope as lightning-calling silver bullets and fiery incendiary rounds.

* BittersweetEnding: In the end, you manage to kill the zombies and their warped creator, and the villagers can live in safety. However, [[spoiler: Edward's new friend Charles was killed when he was corrupted by the BigBad, and Windsor himself is resigned to his fate as "a miserable detective" as he trudges off to find his next case.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: During the elevator ride during the 5th stage, a werewolf similar to the first boss drops into the elevator with you, forcing you to blast away at it at close range to keep it from mauling you. It seems invincible otherwise, until the door opens and Charles--who got separated from you earlier--blows it away from behind.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied to be the case with [[spoiler: Charles, whose spirit becomes helpful to you after you kill his corrupted form for the second time]].
* BrainInAJar: You encounter these in the later levels. Breaking the jars sets them loose to attack you.

* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Edward Windsor Is About To Shoot You]]: During the end of the opening cutscene, Edward Windsor swings around to point his shotgun at the screen.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the darkness that fills the screen after Charles' BigDamnHeroes moment, [[spoiler: you see a single red eye and a fanged SlasherSmile in the blackness. Later, after TheReveal that Charles was turned, he shows a similar wicked smile with his eyes turning red.]]

A 1995 arcade LightGunGame by Sammy Industries, which tells a grim and bloody horror tale. A village out in the middle of nowhere is being terrorized by the lord of a nearby castle, who has been robbing graves and abducting innocent people--anyone who's taken back to his lair is never heard from again, and rumors abound that ungodly experiments are unfolding within the castle's musty halls. Further fueling these rumors are sightings of horrific monsters, and corpses that have come back to life. The local authorities are powerless to stop the twisted madman's experiments, and it seems nothing can stand between him and a world filled with ghouls.

* KnightInSourArmor: Edward Windsor's a grizzled private eye who only took up this case for the money. However, his friendship with Edward seems genuine, and he acknowledges that things will be safer for the villagers in the ending.

* ZombieApocalypse: [[CaptainObvious No, really?]] With a title like ''Zombie Raid,'' how could it be anything ''else?'' It seems isolated to a local village for the time being, but the BigBad expresses his intent to spread it to the rest of the world when you confront him.