First zombie videogame

- Who
- Entombed
- What
- First
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 1982
The first videogame with zombies is Entombed, released for the Atari 2600 by US Games in 1982. The player stars as an archaeologist as they navigate a vertically scrolling maze (or catacombs), trying to avoid zombies or getting caught in a dead-end. The game pre-dates Mike Edwards' isometric dungeon-crawler Zombies, released by Bram Software for the Atari 800 in 1983.