Zombie Infection

Zombie Infection is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Gameloft. It was released in 2008 for keypad-based mobile phones, touchscreen Java ME-based phones, Android, and iOS. Between 2017 and early 2020, its two-dimensional (2D) version was included in two compilations of old successful Gameloft games: Gameloft Classics: Action and Gameloft Classics: 20 Years (the latter was formerly known as Gameloft Classics: Prime Games Collection).

2D version
Zombie Infection is a top-down side-scrolling action-adventure game. When aiming at an enemy with a firearm (except the laser gun), a yellow crosshair is displayed on said enemy, moving verticalts head (in giant spiders' case, horizontally from one group of its feet to the other) continuously (except in infected small spiders and clawed monsters' case). If a shot is fired at a regular enemy's head, it dies immediately. The player can stomp the heads of enemies that are crawling if they are near one. It is possible to choose whether or not to collect, drop, or use items, which can be stored in or taken from a box at "checkpoints", some of which also allow managing the bags of the playable characters that the player is not currently controlling. If the box or bag is filled it is not possible to store more items in it. Some items can be combined with others. The player can also access an in-game shop at checkpoints. Weapons can be upgraded by collecting or buying an upgrade for an individual weapon and combining it with said weapon, increasing its statistics, such as attack power, firepower, or clips. The current player character's inventory can be checked at any time (except during dialog scenes) by accessing the Items menu in the pause menu. Documents that have been collected by the player and four of the major characters' biographies can be checked by accessing the Documents and Characters sub-menus in the Data menu by pausing the game, respectively. If the run-attack option is enabled, it is possible to perform a special attack by pressing the button in the middle of the D-pad or 5, tapping the A button, or tapping the attack icon when moving (if there is an enemy nearby). Some weapons and items can be used by only one player character; for example, machine guns and rocket launchers can only be used by Anderson Stark, katanas and shurikens can only be used by Mike Kingsley, and the Shotgun Pro and camera can only be used by Shawna Michaels. When playing as Shawna, it is possible to record videos of enemies, strange things, or graffiti by using the camera and upload them to the Internet in exchange for points that can be used to buy items in the shop. Points can also be earned by killing enemies.

Introduction
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Sony Ericsson version
The Inside Action counter-terrorist team (consisting of police officer Anderson Stark, corruption-expository documentary director Mike Kingsley, and camerawoman-reporter Shawna Michaels) arrives at a diner at which there has been a homicide. After killing the criminal, they witness monstrous creatures rioting outside. Attempting to escape through the fire exit, they are attacked by a group of Freedom Fighters who are bombing the building, causing a huge explosion.

Five hours later, Anderson wakes up near a police station. On his way there a civilian asks for his help in finding the latter's family, which got separated while running from zombies. He agrees, and after finding andd escorting them to the station and protecting them from the zombies, enters the station, and contacts Mike, who is near the back entrance of a television station. Mike is instructed by the Inside Action TV series's creator and their handler Fritz Rotwang to find Shawna, who is nearby, as the video from the diner incident can expose the Freedom Fighters' corruption, get to the Inside Action office, upload the video to the Internet, and get to the station's roof, where Anderson is coming with a helicopter to take them to a safer place. He finds a katana and kills several zombies inside the building, finally proceeding to the front entrance, which is blocked by a fire. He tries to contact Shawna, but assumes his radio has been broken, and looks inside again. Shawna finds a handgun in a trash can and attempts to help a civilian get to safety, but is ambushed by some Freedom Fighters, who threaten to send an entire Freedom Fighter company after her and take the civilian away. She extinguishes the fire using a fire extinguisher she found inside a nearby building and meets Mike inside the station. The way to the next floor is blocked by wooden planks, so they look for an item to pry them loose. Shawna heads to the northern part of downtown New York and kills a giant mutated spider as well as several smaller infected spiders. Upon finding a crowbar, Rotwang informs her that Mike is being ambushed by a horde of zombies inside. Rushing back to the building, Shawna helps Mike kill them and clears the way to the next floor, where they encounter Addison, the producer of their show, who is trapped in the second filming set. Mike turns the electricity off and releases Addison while Shawna takes an elevator to the next floor. He gets to the next floor via the stairs, and they encounter several hordes of zombies. After killing them, they finally get to the roof, where Anderson is waiting for them. A huge clawed monster attacks, and is seemingly killed by Shawna. However, as they take off, it is seen hanging on to the helicopter, causing it to crash. The three find themselves in a forest; Shawna is injured. Anderson saw a military base across the river during the crash, and finds a broken boat. Killing several zombies, mutated spiders, and clawed monsters along the way, he finds some wooden planks and instant glue to fix the boat. While returning to the boat, Mike informs him that he and Shawna are being held prisoner, along with some zombies and spiders, by "some nutters" called Urban Patrol in a zoo to the north of the crash site; their captors think Shawna has been infected. Anderson rushes to rescue them, but is locked in a cage just in front of the one Mike and Shawna are being held in. Anderson kills zombies attacking them and shoots the switch that controls Mike and Shawna's cage, opening it. Mike opens Anderson's cage and they make their way to the boat. Anderson also optionally frees civilians trapped in a cage before rescuing his teammates.

The base is a Freedom Fighter camp. They offer to help the three. While Shawna is being treated, Anderson talks with Captain MacLane, who claims that Rotwang is responsible for the virus outbreak and has the only known cure to the virus (saying that the Freedom Fighters who bombed the diner are working in a theater with "unique stressors") and that they have a warrant to arrest Rotwang, who then moments later contacts Anderson and tells him to meet him at the diner after eight hours since the video wasn't uploaded properly (he assumes the Freedom Fighters are jamming the signal). MacLane decides to lead his army to the diner and take down Rotwang, who isn't aware of the Freedom Fighters' newfound alliance with Inside Action. Mike helps out some Freedom Fighters by recovering a gold watch from zombies, bringing back people lost in the forest, etc. After Shawna is healed, they head to the park's exit but find that the power to it is down. She gets it back online and they return to the city, where countless hordes of zombies and clawed monsters await. Anderson is given a laser gun by the Freedom Fighters. He, Mike, and Shawna come across a group of civilians trapped in an alley behind a van. Optionally, Anderson takes a copy of the van's keys and they rescue the civilians before he and his teammates eliminate all the mutants. At the diner, their van, Rotwang, and the Freedom Fighters are absent. After the team briefly argues over what to do, Rotwang suddenly appears and tells them to follow him if they want answers and their van. He insinuates that the Freedom Fighters are responsible for the outbreak while leading them to the van and leaves in a truck parked next to it after telling Anderson that they must try harder to "keep up... literally". Anderson, Mike, and Shawna give chase. They end up at Rotwang Laboratories, property of Rotwang Pharmaceuticals, the company that first discovered Swat Valley 3A, the virus that caused the infection. Rotwang congratulates them and after observing that "it seems [they] can keep up after all", gasses the three to get a cure to the virus. Anderson wakes up in a test roon for a blasting weapon called a power bracer; after passing the test, he finds Mike and Shawna, recovering, with Rotwang, and, enraged, shoots at Rotwang after a brief argument. Rotwang then explains the purpose of SV3A, and how the Freedom Fighters are responsible for the infection; he had been working on an antigen in case of an outbreak like this. Suddenly, MacLane appears and says that all he can tell Inside Action is that Rotwang couldn't figure out how to use SV3A, and that due to the virus he hasn't even had a cold in years. MacLane then transforms into a red clawed monster and escapes. Rotwang is heavily wounded and gives Anderson a document listing the ingredients needed to make the antigen (an attenuator and a catalyst and blood immune to the virus) before passing out. Mike and Shawna do research on Rotwang's work while Anderson collects the ingredients. While looking for the ingredients, Anderson encounters and seemingly kills MacLane. After collecting the ingredients, the three meet in a laboratory and mix them. The antigen's resulting color must be violet, but to the team's surprise, it is not. Mike, enraged, kicks a bookcase, and it unexpectedly moves away and reveals a secret room. After they enter it, a recording of Rotwang's voice explains that Anderson, Mike, and Shawna's blood is immune to SV3A and Addison unexpectedly appears, reveals that she is part of Rotwang Pharmaceuticals, and encourages them to do what is necessary to destroy the virus. After making the antigen, they make their way to a fire station, where there is a helicopter they intend to use to drop the antigen through the city. They must hurry as the government is launching an airstrike in order to destroy the city, and kill several mutated creatures throughout a graveyard and the forest. As Anderson gets in the helicopter after reaching the station's roof, MacLane attacks Mike and Shawna. Anderson kills MacLane and goes to aid Mike and Shawna. They get in the helicopter and drop the antigen, killing all mutated creatures.

The Freedom Fighters are exposed, with its leaders sentenced to life imprisonment. Inside Action's report on the outbreak becomes the most-watched television program of all time.

Miscellaneous information

 * Graphical format:
 * Two-dimensional (2D) – Keypad-based mobile phones, touchscreen Java phones, Android / three-dimensional (3D) – iOS
 * Graphical perspective:
 * Top-down (2D version) / third-person (3D version)
 * Internet connection requirement: No
 * Setting:
 * Time period: 2011 CE
 * Location: New York City, New York, United States (2D version) / Brazil (3D version)

Game modes

 * Main story mode
 * Van Rush mode

Difficulty levels

 * Easy
 * Normal
 * Hard

Characters

 * Anderson Stark
 * Mike Kingsley
 * Shawna Michaels
 * Fritz Rotwang
 * Addison
 * Fernando
 * Williams
 * Freedom Fighter A
 * Freedom Fighter B
 * Captain J. S. MacLane

Weapons

 * Handgun .45 Caliber
 * Electro Gun
 * Shotgun
 * Shotgun Pro
 * Katana / Masamune Sword / Hanzo Katana
 * Hand Grenade
 * Flashlight
 * Camera
 * Power Bracer
 * Shuriken
 * Machine Gun
 * Machine Gun Pro
 * Missile Launcher
 * Laser Gun

Vehicles

 * Inside Action van

Items

 * Health pack
 * Sports energy drink
 * Herbal powder (strong)
 * Herbal powder (super)
 * Gas canister
 * Gasoline tank
 * Lighter
 * Wooden planks
 * Instant glue
 * Shotgun Pro grip
 * Shotgun Pro
 * Shotgun fire upgrade
 * Machine gun fire upgrade
 * Katana upgrade
 * Attenuator
 * Catalyst
 * Blood bag
 * Syringe

Ammunition types

 * Bullets
 * Handgun .45 Caliber ammunition
 * Shotgun rounds
 * Machine gun ammunition
 * Missiles

Documents

 * Rotwang Pharma.
 * Secret note
 * Secret note

Camera footage

 * Burning car
 * Nasty graffiti
 * Dark mutant
 * Scary shadow
 * Plant
 * Rotwang's statue
 * Creep show

Chapters

 * Prologue: The Inside Action Team
 * Chapter 1: 5 Hours Later
 * Chapter 2: Showtime
 * Chapter 3: Stranded
 * Chapter 4: Mass Destruction
 * Chapter 5: Guinea Pigs

Keypad-based version

 * Left soft key: Pause game
 * Right soft key: Use currently-equipped secondary weapon (if available)
 * D-pad up / 2: Move up (double-pressing results in the current player character dashing or rolling north)
 * D-pad left / 4: Move left (double-pressing results in the current player character dashing or rolling west)
 * Button in the middle of the D-pad / 5: Draw currently-selected weapon / attack / reload currently-selected weapon (when it is empty) / interact with a certain object or character / kick a crate away (when grabbing it)
 * D-pad right / 6: Move right (double-pressing results in the current player character dashing or rolling east)
 * D-pad down / 8: Move down (double-pressing results in the current player character dashing or rolling south)
 * 1: Move northwest
 * 3: Move northeast
 * 7: Move southwest
 * 9: Move southeast
 * * : Change weapon
 * 0: Reload currently-selected weapon
 * # : Quickly use healing item

Android

 * Touch and release pause icon: Pause game
 * Virtual D-pad up-left: Move northwest
 * Virtual D-pad up: Move up (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling north)
 * Virtual D-pad up-right: Move northeast
 * Virtual D-pad left: Move left (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling west)
 * Virtual D-pad right: Move right (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling east)
 * Virtual D-pad down-left: Move southwest
 * Virtual D-pad down: Move down (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling south)
 * Virtual D-pad down-right: Move southeast
 * Attack icon: Draw currently-selected weapon / attack
 * Interact icon: Interact with a certain object or character / kick a crate away (when grabbing it)

Gameloft Classics version

 * Touch and release exit icon: Exit game
 * L: Pause game
 * Touch and release pause icon: disable all the other buttons' (the virtual D-pad, L, R, A, B, X, and Y) functionality and freeze the game
 * Touch and release play icon: Enable the virtual D-pad, L, R, A, B, X, and Y's functionality and unfreeze the game
 * R: Use the equipped secondary weapon (if available)
 * Virtual D-pad up-left: Move (turn, walk, run) up-leftward/northwest
 * Virtual D-pad up: Move upward/north (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing, rolling or tackling north)
 * Virtual D-pad up-right: Move up-right/northeast
 * Virtual D-pad left: Move left (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing, rolling, or tackling leftward)
 * Virtual D-pad right: Move right (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling rightward)
 * Virtual D-pad down-left: Move down-left/southwest
 * Virtual D-pad down: Move down (double-tapping results in the current player character dashing or rolling downward)
 * Virtual D-pad down-right: Move down-right/southeast
 * A: Draw currently-selected weapon / attack / reload the equipped primary weapon (when it is empty) / interact with a nearby object or character / kick a crate away (when grabbing it)
 * B: Manually reload the equipped firearm (except the Laser Gun)
 * X: Cycle through available primary weapons (A: manually confirm selection)
 * Y: Quick-use the auto-selected healing item