Considering how arduous Zombies Ate My Neighbors might be, it’s no shock extra individuals don’t know in regards to the secret George Lucas cameo.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is likely to be the best horror online game ever. It’s not scary in the normal sense however no different recreation higher performed off of our favourite horror tropes and characters – all with out getting slapped with an insane quantity of lawsuits. Those evil dolls? Yeah, they’re Chucky. That chainsaw-wielding dude in the hockey masks? Yup, that’s Jason, regardless that Mrs. Voorhees’ child boy by no means used one. From there, we’ve received vampires, werewolves, reptilian males, aliens, large creatures, pod individuals, blobs, and extra working round neighborhoods, purchasing malls, factories, pyramids, castles, and anyplace else you’ve already seen in basic horror flicks. But one determine that pops up at random isn’t precisely identified for horror flicks – and that’s George Lucas, whose LucasArts developed the sport.

Lots of people don’t know this, however George Lucas really has a cameo in Zombies Ate My Neighbors, showing in the extent “Monsters Among Us”, categorized as a “credit level” because it’s revealed solely after you defeat the sport’s ultimate boss, Dr. Tongue. But there he’s, as this stage is ready in the workplaces of LucasArts, the corporate that developed Zombies Ate My Neighbors. So why don’t extra individuals find out about this cameo? Well, as a result of the sport is insanely arduous! Heck, I’ve performed the sport on and off since Konami launched it again in 1993 and nonetheless haven’t conquered it with out codes (rattling you, Snakeoids!). While I did come throughout the extent by roms and found the cameo years in the past, we’ve to present credit score to Laser Time for giving us proof.

Unfortunately for some, you’ll be able to’t use your water pistol, weed-whacker or magical crucifix towards Lucas, as he’s simply a part of the surroundings and – as in actual life, most likely – unkillable. So what’s he as much as? After you save the vacationers snapping photos of him, he tells the characters, “Welcome to LucasArts Games and now get back to work.”

Getting again to work not solely entails saving your neighbors but additionally taking time to scope out every part and all people inside the partitions, that are coated in cobwebs. Taking a stroll round, we see assistant animators, musicians (Joe McDermott and George Sanger), artists (key LucasArts determine and later Pixar worker Steve Purcell), and even the top of LucasArts Kelly Flock – no, actually, it’s his large floating head watching over the studio! One worker even has his personal head on the physique of a canine, a little nod to 1978’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers. With all of that occurring — particularly in a stage that most individuals won’t ever play — you must respect the (dr.) tongue-in-cheek devotion.

Did you play Zombies Ate My Neighbors? How far did you make it?