On iPhone, the controls are cramped (use a physical controller if you can), but in widescreen you do have the advantage of additional seconds to spot upcoming obstacles or rare collectables. The first finds you installing huge sails on to your vehicle, which can sometimes be used instead of fuel. Punctuating this journey are various challenges. Fortunately, there are many moments of contemplation as you move through the landscape, taking in its strange sights.

The game omits to tell you pretty much anything: it’s down to you to figure out what’s going on and what to do. You leap about its innards like Mario, smashing switches to make the great beast rumble into action. The massive form is reminiscent of an upturned boat, and yet it has two massive wheels on its sides. Is your favourite zombie game for iPhone missing? Let us know in the comments below.Your ride is discovered almost immediately, and it’s a beautiful, baffling contraption. Rather it's a theme, which can be stretched across all manner of genres, from tower defence to FPS to roguelike RPGs for iOS. 'Zombie games' isn't a genre in itself, of course. But as we're rather partial to a good zombie game ourselves, we're not too bothered. They like games that want you to run them over in a car.

They like those that ask you to run away from zombies. People really like games that ask you to pop waves of undead in the head. All we're trying to say is that zombie games are really popular. There's just something about the whole shuffling undead thing that evidently proves. It'll get straight back up and bite you in the neck. Original article by Jon Mundy, updated by Will Quick. Updated on J- expanded several entries, and added download links for each entry.

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