Top 10 Lists: The Top 10 Ways To Kill A Zombie

Zombies.... they're everywhere in games these days! From being simple slow minded creatures, to behemoths that just won't go down. Soon they will take over the world, and do you have a zombie plan in place should an outbreak occur in your home town? If not then take notice of these ways to kill a zombie. You may learn a thing or two that may save your butt when the undead come a knocking on your door!

We start this list off with the most conventional and quintessential weapon to grace your zombie hunting arsenal. No zombie hunter was ever complete without this beauty hanging around nearby. Whether you were in a miniskirt and blue tube top or a foul mouthed cuddly squirrel, you were laying the zombie smack down left and right with your double barrel pump action. Plus who didn't feel self satisfied when you aimed for the head with this zombie repellant? A smile was always on the face of the zombie killer when the trigger was pulled with this baby!

Only the king of pop could somehow... someway... turn the moonwalk into a weapon of zombie destruction. And yet he did. Proving to all that he's not here to molest children and win every music award imaginable, Michael Jackson turned his already impressive dance routine into a form of zombie asskickery. Sure you can use the regular attacks to keep them at bay, but hit that Dance Magic button and watch the fun begin! It appears that no man neither alive or dead can keep up with the incredible pace of dancing that Michael Jackson brings to the table. Hey... he's got his own theme park and his music that he made in the 80s is still loved by all today, even by the generations that were born well after his prime. So I guess it only makes sense that Michael Jackson would learn how to kill zombies with a pelvic thrust and quick turn around.

Now here's a game that didn't mess around with the zombies. That's pretty much all you have to fight are zombies! And in glorious first person view mode too! No genetic monsters to back up the zombies here... it's all undead action! You have a nice array of items to choose from to kill these monstrosities, but the best way to do it is when you learn kung fu. Scattered about the game in rare places was a book that burned tattoos on your hands and made you learn kung fu action quickly and easily, much like Neo. Now you can take on hordes of zombies and get up close and personal with your own bare hands without a care in the world! Sucker punching zombies was never this much fun.

Since when did Jill become a zombie tamer? I swear that woman must of used her.... charm... to get them to join her side. So while she's sending the undead after you, how are you going to defend yourself? There are many ways to get rid of them in this game, but to get rid of them in style needs nothing better than a classic move that is ingrained in the hearts of gamers the world over.... down, down-to-forward, forward + Punch! Then watch the magic begin as your very own Hadoken fireball destroys the zombies in no time flat. Probably makes Jill wonder why she wasted her time getting these useless zombies on her side in the first place. Never underestimate the power of the Hadou!

And now we finally hit a Resident Evil game. Throughout the series you can be taught many ways of killing zombies. Some of them are more practical than others, while others are just plain awesome to do. This can range from blowing a zombies head off with a shotgun, to jamming a grenade in its mouth to blow its head off. Most of the weapons offered are always "aim for the head" kind of weapons or "blow the hell out of them" kind of weapons. This weapon however has always stood out as a testiment of manliness! The combat knife is always with you at the beginning of the game. Most of the time people see it as a worthless trinket, but for those who see potential... there in lies the greatness. What's more manly and/or funny than shanking a zombie back to death? I ask you! And the best part is.... it never runs out of ammo!!! Shanking pwnage!!!

Now here's a game you never thought you'd run into zombies in... yet they infected the world of Metal Slug! Is there no end to the outbreak of zombies in the gaming world? Well fortunately Marco and Tarma are armed with some heavy weaponary to take them all out. There are many insane ways to just destroy the undead and make them wish they stayed dead. You have heavy machine guns and shotguns, to even some helping hands in the form of a rain cloud and a silly little monkey packing some serious heat. But the one awesome way to do it.... by first turning yourself into one of the zombies and then turning on your own kind by unleashing all hell from your mouth in the form of a wide angle blood spewing zombie eradication attack. Put to use that diaphram and lung capacity for some zombie killing! Sure you're slow and sure you can barely shoot that pistol for crap... but when you throw up worse than drinking too much tequila and then watching Rosie O'Donnell do a table dance... that's got to say something about your merits of zombie killing.

Apparently no one got the memo that the neighborhood was being overran with zombies. I knew the damn neighborhood watch society was worthless! Well better grab a Super Soaker, some cans of Coke, and my good luck Holy Cross, because I'm taking these losers downtown! This game came with many weapons to defeat all those zombies with. Just about every weapon didn't make any sense at all, but hey... they worked and that's all that mattered. From throwing a football into their skull to finding holy treasure chests that destroy everything on screen, you thought you could take them all out in relative style. That is until you saw that weird potion sitting on the floor that seemed to accelerate puberty and send it into a whole different direction. It offered you the strength to bust through anything on the stage, made you more powerful than anything else in the game, and you're invincible! Not just oh you'll knock me down but it won't hurt invincible, rather it was I don't feel a thing and I'm still moving only faster and more pissed off now that you tried to harm me invincible. Zombies were way too easy to kill in the first place, but now that you're a hulking purple monster that's the bi-polar opposite of that stupid purple dinosaur... can anyone say zombie overkill?

There were many games that either did the Gauntlet style justice or took it to new heights. This was one that just dominated it. You're imbued with the power to unleash holy hell upon the undead that walk the streets of Ashcroft using your combat expertise or a few guns lying on the side of the road. And if that didn't send you giddy with happiness, then you must of done something to make God happy, because as the preacher in the game, you have access to one of the cheapest and yet most effective ways to kill zombies. To use the Word of Power is basically the one way to get in good with whatever deity you worship. Using this holy magic kind of attack not only got better and stronger with each level up, but it just made you feel all tingly inside knowing you were doing God's work sending the undead back to Hell where they belong. If that fails, you could always use your handy dandy crossbow, but you lose your tingly feeling.

Ok... stay with me on this one. A zombie is a person that dies and is yet still running around causing trouble for people. Every cast member with the exception of the final boss dies and yet they are given a small amount of life back to them since they are integral to the time stream. So how do you solve this time spanning zombie epidemic? You make them fight each other.... to the death!.... Again! That's right. You tell your zombie combatants that if they want to have a normal life once again, then they will fight each other for your amusement. From killing each other with vicious stage fatalities, to doing it themselves with their own hands with their fatalities, to even going so far as to using the evil god of the game to kill the zombie for you, you have many options open to you to do this. Some would say that they are all souls and not zombies in this game. Well I'll tell you what... I have never seen someone jump from behind a movie ticket booth and blast away a soul with a shotgun. That's right... that just proves it when the ticket lady knows to bust out the zombie repellent on the loser of the match. The best part is, after your little tournament, there's only one zombie left! And they have to prove their worth to getting their life back by beating you! That's just one zombie to contend with, and if you win, he gets nothing but death! It's an all win situation for you.

Frank West is more than just a man's man.... he freaking crazy! We all know that he covered two wars in his photojournalistic career, but he must have some balls of steel to jump into a mall filled with zombies.... and plan to stay there for three days!!! Now this is where things get interesting. Before Frank, we all figured the most proper way to get rid of zombies was to keep them at bay, shoot them in the head, and run when they start to close in. Now when Frank hit the scene, he just looked around and said #@$@ it, I don't need a gun to kill me a zombie! All Frank needed was an idea, space and opportunity and he would get the job done! Have you ever seen someone kill a zombie before with an umbrella rather than being made by a company called Umbrella? I didn't think so. Frank proved to all that all you need really is anything that wasn't bolted to the ground to kill off the undead. Hell Frank was so good at what he did that he even unlocked an achievement called Zombie Genocide! Becoming the Adolf Hitler of the zombie community definitely deserves a high five and a table dance. You could use a simple rock, to sporting goods, to fire arms, to lawn care equipment. It didn't matter so long as you got the job done. Frank was so bored with killing zombies with items, he decided to learn how to do it with his bare hands! How many times did you disembowel a zombie and gently push them over before it got old? That's right.... IT NEVER GOT OLD! I'm on zombie number 1,284,459,197,153 in a row from doing nothing but straight disemboweling. The point is this.... if it's undead it needs to die..... BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

So as we have seen there are many ways to kill zombies. You could go the classic route and get your favorite 12 Gauge out of the closet, or you could just get the nearest lawn mower and start your own zombie landscaping business. So long that you learn from this list that there are many ways to put that zombie down for good, rather than standing there and letting them eat you so you can join their ranks. No one wants to be a zombie... so take what you can from this list and start making the necessary preparations for the next zombie outbreak.

List by Sanctuary Remix (06/17/2008)