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Zombie Smashers X2 Giveaway
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Game Giveaway of the day — Zombie Smashers X2

Ready for some intense zombie-smashing action? Take back the streets from zombies, vampires, robots, pirates, and more! Use a monstrous arsenal that includes garbage cans, katanas, tuna, uzis and super-powerful magical techniques like slow time and berzerker!
$19.81 EXPIRED
User rating: 187 61 comments

Zombie Smashers X2 was available as a giveaway on July 4, 2007!

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$200
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A real-time global game in 3D for online strategy battle fans.

Ready for some intense zombie-smashing action?

Take back the streets from zombies, vampires, robots, pirates, and more!

Use a monstrous arsenal that includes garbage cans, katanas, tuna, uzis and super-powerful magical techniques like slow time and berzerker!

Features:

  • Retro “8-bit era”-style gameplay with improved graphics;
  • Fast-paced street fighting action;
  • A large world to explore that encompasses nations, planets and eras;
  • Plot-driven and experience-based character development;
  • A fully customizable soundtrack of underground garage music;
  • 1 or 2 player gaming with joystick support;
  • A “casual epic” design—a sizable adventure with a simple learning curve and very little time investment required.

System Requirements:

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP; Pentium III/AMD Athlon 450 MHz; 64 MB RAM; 16MB Direct 3D Video Card; Sound Card; DirectX 8.0 or Higher; 250 MB Free Hard Disk Space

Publisher:

Xing Interactive

Homepage:

http://www.merscom.com

File Size:

171 MB

Price:

$19.81

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#61

I haven't tried playing it yet, but I'm listening to the music!

Reply   |   Comment by Adeptus  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#60

I really enjoy this game! I even left the music on, which I never never play anything with music. Thanks for the free game and don't listen to the gift horse looker in mouthers, ggotd is awesome!

Reply   |   Comment by rabbits  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#59

I get a runtime error 429 under vista

Reply   |   Comment by Berry Dekker  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#58

Oh gee!!! x3 !!! Love it ,plus it gave me a good laugh too !! :D lol

Reply   |   Comment by .:*TaBBy*:.  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#57

Other than taking an hour to download on DSL and it took another 5 minutes to activate the game, no, not a three hour download. But you do have a point, today is a holiday and many people are off so maybe they are on the net which of course does affect the flow of your download.

Reply   |   Comment by Barbara  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#56

Wont run under Vista.

Reply   |   Comment by Phil K  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#55

Loved the game, tons of adventure and the graphs are awesome. Thanks B

Reply   |   Comment by Barbara  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#54

This doesn't work under Vista ?
Runtime error ?
Not even under compatabilty ?

Reply   |   Comment by Phil K  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#53

Welll... I've learned to figure around any downloading/activation differences, and find my own shortcut. But this game... I guess I wasn't smart enough to figure out what the commands are. Tried keys, mouse... nothing would move. And after a few minutes of trying, I didn't even care. Offfff it went, with all it's space-grabbing and lack of instructs. But thanks anyway, GAOTD... I've got a whole folder of great games from you.

Reply   |   Comment by Mamoo  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#52

I downloaded and installed Zombie Smashers X2, about 10 minutes into the game my screen went white, and nothing worked. When I pressed Ctrl/Alt/Delete to bring up the task manager everything on the screen was sideways. Thank God for XPs Restore program or I would have been in big trouble.

I didn't even like the 10 minutes of the game I got to play. I have never had this happen before.

Reply   |   Comment by nannyx2  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#51

Why is it the largest download ive ever seen on here *by almost 3 times* is on a day that every public place that has high speed internet is closed. :) Ill have to pass since im on dial up and every source I have for faster intenet is closed.

To bad this wasnt yesterday and yesterdays download wasnt today.

Reply   |   Comment by Gerry  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#50

This is stupid. I finally downloaded the game, then when I went to activate/install it the Activating... window has been sitting there for 3 hours! I turned off my firewall before starting, so I know it is not that. I have installed many games from GGAOTD with no problem. I am wondering if the servers are having trouble on the activate. It took a very long time to get a response on the download. Anyone else having a problem activating?

Reply   |   Comment by PC Student  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#49

Like i said previously i think it would be nice to have a shortcut option on the desktop which it appeared they tried to do that but for some reason it didn't work :( Other then that it is an ok game nothing i will be keeping for a long time though, but keep up the good work and thank you to both GGOTD and Merscom :)

Reply   |   Comment by bluhoteyes  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#48

Whiterabbit--Many thanks for the pcworld link.I've just downloaded Cloud,which is beautiful. Somehow, the atmosphere reminds me of a very old adventure game called 'Loom', which is one of my all time favourites.

Reply   |   Comment by maz  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#47

Not sure if anyone else is having this problem, but I can hardly even get the page to load up. Out of 12 tries, I have gotten the page to load 5 times (taken 10-12 min each time) and all the downloads have failed. I cant imagine that it is that busy, but *shrug* guess I will keep trying. Before anyone asks, yes I have DSL through the cable co.

Reply   |   Comment by ibwebb  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#46

Now, this is the first giveaway that I've actually considered impressive. I don't have anything against the other things I've seen but they've mostly been the usual dull indie game Breakout and Match 3 clones and the like, with the few exceptions being of questionable quality.

I have little doubt that this giveaway is being facilitated by Merscom, but the company that actually made the game is called Ska Software. They are awesome. This is, in essence, a River City Ransom clone with more options and a really crazy sense of humor. It was well worth the $20 I originally spent on it, and for you folks to have a crack at it for free...well, you are lucky suckers indeed.

Reply   |   Comment by malkav11  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#45

This game is a change of pace for this website from all the abstract puzzle offerings, but that doesn't make it not terrible. I can't believe there have been so many thumbs-ups for this.
The basic graphics would be acceptable if this were a kid's 10 MB high school project, but at 271 MB (installed), and for an ostensibly "commercial" game, they are an insult. The characters are nicely drawn in a cartoony way, but the backgrounds are one big muddle of grey sameness. In the same vein, the gameplay involves interminable walking around bland environments with fits and starts of uninteresting, unstrategic, untactile fighting.
"Zombie Smashers" might be a passable time-waster for those who are not demanding or discerning, but anyone who has ever played another side-scrolling beat-'em-up will tire of it very quickly.

Reply   |   Comment by Donald  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#44

Oh...My...GAWD!!! Frickin' Zombie Smashers made it on Giveaway!!! Dudes, this game is t3h b0mb! It even got "2005 Action Game of the Year" on GameTunnel.

See? We can all put up with a little "Brave Dwarves", can't we? In the end GGAOTD delivers! Well done, GAOTD!!

A++++

Reply   |   Comment by Satchelle  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#43

It's a good thing I don't care for violent games, this would take 2-3 days to get it downloaded! However being a RPG fan, kinda wish I could have a look at it. Oh well, be back tomorrow! Have loved the level of games lately!

Reply   |   Comment by RR  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#42

A bigger download than I am willing to take right now, so I guess I'll pass. The comments were not encouraging. I do agree, however, that the stupid Dwarf games are getting pretty old.

However, I'm still not complaining about the price even though I cannot reinstall if my crumby computer allows the files to get corrupted. (OK, OK, maybe its the crumby computer operator!)

Still, thanks, GGOTD. I am still enjoying many of the games I got from you!

Reply   |   Comment by Cheryl McGraw  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#41

I actually played the demo of this game a year ago and enjoyed it immensely...Thanks for posting this one GGOTD!

Reply   |   Comment by Jack Pinoski  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#40

#33: It's only free today...duh.

Reply   |   Comment by BonE  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#39

what

How is this not a 'real game', especially compared to everything else on the list? Anyway, great title, just like ZSX, Blood Zero, and Survival Crisis Z. Here's hoping for more!

Reply   |   Comment by Endaso  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#38

sorry will pass on this one as I still live in the dark ages, in the back end of nowhere so dont have broadband, still have dial up...shame as it looked good

Reply   |   Comment by June  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#37

COME ON! You guys actually downloaded this game WITHOUT looking at the screen shots? The screen shots tell you everything. You shouldn't even need to read the comments on this one. Draw your own conclusions!

Reply   |   Comment by Wakeup  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#36

I was directed to this site recently by a friend of mine, who posted a link to GAOTD on the forums we administrate, and impressed by this initiative as I was I have been checking it daily.

I'm not a fan of puzzle-games myself however, nor am I the least bit interested in any of those damn "Brave Dwarves -- Beating A Dead Horse packs", so I was pretty stoked to finally see a slightly more adult-oriented "kill things"-type game such as this one, the story and review of which managed to pique my interest despite the file size, and music (which, as stated, takes up an inordinate chunk of said download size) being nowhere near my taste...

So I went and downloaded it right away, feeling somewhat excited towards the end...

Having completed the download and installed the game without incident, I'm really disappointed to find that I'm actually unable to play the bloody thing. See, when I go to double-click the .exe file and fire it up, the game appears to open fine and my screen turns a pale grey: But no sooner than I get ready for some lovely, mindless, pixelated wanton violence, I'm immediately interrupted by an error message which reads [ahem!];

"Run-time error '-2005532632 (88760028)':

Automation error"

Does anyone else who's attempted this game experienced any similar such error? Anyone have any ideas as to what the cause might be, or how to correct it? Yes? No? "Bugger off"?

Sorry I can't offer a comment nor rating on the actual game itself, but this is the best I can do given it's as close to playing it as I can currently get.

At least if the developers pay any attention to the comments left herein, they may be able to intercept such errors in their software (assuming of course it is indeed with the software, as I'm inclined to believe) in future and spare those who pay for their games this nuisance...

Cheers anyway, to GAOTD for this service, and my fellow patrons hereof. ;)

Reply   |   Comment by Stix17  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#35

Well only played it shortly but so far its been worth the 2 mins of download, sure its a classic beat em up game, but zombie smashing is always fun, and how can you not love tha good ´ol retro music.

Reply   |   Comment by MAGAM  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#34

AHHH!!!! Couldn't you guys put something up that you CAN'T find all over the web? Like a REAL GAME?? Sorry, put I usually only check the normal giveaway, I can find thousands of games like this for free....

Reply   |   Comment by BonE  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#33

Thanks for the heads-up everyone! I haven't got time to download and install a large file today, (July 4th holiday today in the USA), but it might be worth a look someday in the future.

Reply   |   Comment by Justin  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#32

Reminds me of a game i used to play on my Nintendo (NES) I used to love the game so im gonna try this one. Anything to kill some time lol.

Reply   |   Comment by Vella  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#31

ahhh, finally. A non-Dwarf/Doubldeday game. I loved their game DNA, so I'll definetly give this one a try. a couple hundred megs? no problems. Honestly, games are not going to get much smaller.

Reply   |   Comment by nerkel  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#30

ooh ooh "Zombies vs Brave Dwarves: The Reckoning"

thx Whiterabbit for the pcworld link. Looks outstanding. Check out the graphics on Tumiki Fighters (links to dev's homepage).

Reply   |   Comment by ballpeen  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#29

HOLY ****!

That looks mouth watering... I'm downloading it, NOW!

Reply   |   Comment by Simon  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#28

This is an OK game. Kind of a huge download for the passing interest it generates. Even my 4 yo grandson got bored with it in a short time. I did not notice any glitches. But, then again, no one here has cared to play it for very long. Those graphics as just _too_ retro. And, ther is too much music. someone offered thier opinion that there should be a version with less music - I agree.

Reply   |   Comment by Hempman  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#27

Sorry but I just have to say -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMERICA

Love it or hate it, it's still their Birthday (ME? - A former American who is now a Swedish Citizen ;-)

Thank You GAOTD, I am now starting to load games and software on my kids computer. They both really enjoy playing this one AND (OH NO!) "THE BRAVE Dwarves" Too! (I know some people are bitching about the Dwarves but I say keep them coming)

Reply   |   Comment by StarPilot  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#26

never mind! I found it!
program files/ska software/zsx2

Reply   |   Comment by Sparrow  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#25

I've just followed a link from one of the comments over on the giveaway page and came across the following link:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131325-page,1/article.html

That gives you access to 15 free games. I've not had any malware warnings with my security system (F-Secure). Somewhere amongst that page you'll find a link to the top 101 freeware applications. Check it out. I've already found a couple of games that are worth keeping (IMO). The pages are a little cluttered with links, but you shouldn't have any problems. :)

Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit aka Stephen  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#24

http://www.reflexive.com/ZombieSmashersX2.game

Read the reviews. It says it all. You have those that love it (even with the bad graphics) and you have those that hate it.

I myself don't care for the graphics (80's punk rock cheapo game style)
The music...130 MB or half of the total install is huge. If you can't recognize bad programming then so be it.
The other half of the install isn't exactly spend on fantastic animations and backdrops.

This game isn't for the grandparents or their grandchildren. It isn't for the adults. Nor is it for the teen with serious gaming experience.
Which means that their target audience is real small. I bet that their biggest fan are their classmates and siblings.

If you want some serious mayhem action go here :
http://rockstargames.com/classics/wmc.html
you can download 3 games for free. They do come with a serious chunk of audio (music) but at least you'll have something that doesn't look as if it was drawn by a 4 year old and the music isn't just one particular style.

Reply   |   Comment by Belgian Dude  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#23

does any1 knows cheats?

Reply   |   Comment by CerealKiller  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#22

Sparrow comment #20. If you follow the path:

C:/games/ZombieSmasherX2

You'll find the executable file. Right click on it and scroll down to create a short cut and click, or scroll down to extract, then choose where you want to create your short cut for the game.

Unfortunately Merscom games come with a retro installer to, lol.

If you're a complete beginner with computers and don't know your RAMs from your ROM, go to the start menu, click on search, then input the name of the game into the search engines box. :)

I hope this helps.

You will find all Merscom games do the same thing, so if you've installed previous Merscom games and haven't found them yet, you will see them all in the path:

C:/Games/

Have a great day.....

A shorter than normal review 'may' follow later, (some will no doubt say hooray) depends upon how my packing goes as I'm off to Turkey for a few weeks very soon. No doubt I'll miss some good games, so i rely on you folks to give them a good bashing, so that I can decide whether to try the demo's as a prelude to purchase.

I've bought all those games I really liked following my loss of a HDD the other week. IMO it's the decent thing to do if you can afford it, so I want this project to survive for as long as possible. :)


I think after the holidays I'm going to start putting just a precis in the comments section and the main body of the reviews I write in the forums, with a link to the page. It's about time I started to use them.

Have a great July the 4th my American friends. :)

Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit aka Stephen  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#21

Where does the install save the game to? I can't find it in my games folder or my programs folder and it didn't make a desktop shortcut.

Reply   |   Comment by Sparrow  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#20

I love the music! The game play wouldnt nearly as good without the music. A game can never have to much music!! A 100 mb of mp3s isnt all that much. Most of us love the music, no matter how many mb it takes. The game itself is good too.

Reply   |   Comment by chuck  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#19

Largest... game... giveaway... ever!!!!

P.s. I downloaded it already :)

Reply   |   Comment by Hadeda  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#18

#14 - Didn't you know: Dwarves are the offspring of a Zombie and Troll mating?

Reply   |   Comment by Gameplayer  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#17

yea yea i know that was a complaint but ive missed another merscom game due to file size. times they are a'changin. thank you for your great offer.

Reply   |   Comment by arkanoidfan  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#16

I do love this site but over my dial-up i cant even download this program before the 24 hour time period. thank you for the games but this is just a crazy file size. I hope you could take us country folk into consideration in the future.

Reply   |   Comment by arkanoidfan  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#15

This is a pretty hefty dwnload for anyone not on highspeed.
One suggestion I'd make to the developer, offer a version without all the mp3 tracks, as they extract to 130megs. The total game install size is 275megs, so the music tracks take up a fair chunk.
Since you can substitute your own tracks in the folders and the game will play them, this would be a good alternative download to offer.
I haven't played it yet so I can't comment on that aspect, however the observation on removing the music tracks is something the developer might wish to consider.

Reply   |   Comment by Fred  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#14

Im just happy its not a dwarve related game :)

Reply   |   Comment by Simon  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#13

This game is completely outdated, it runs too fast to be usable. maybe it was Ok 5 or 10 years ago.

Reply   |   Comment by PierreP  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#12

I think it said it requires 263.4 MB for installation. Simple, fun, violent. There's a readme in the program files directory (it also lists the bands).

Reply   |   Comment by Fubar  –  16 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
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