A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course. Unless it's a corpse that's been featured in a video game. Let's just get right to it- zombies make good video game characters. Whether you're playing as one or fighting off a slew of them in the middle of a disturbing situation, there's a lot in enjoy with a member of the undead. So stop watching Shaun of the Dead for a minute and pay attention to our latest and greatest picks for best zombie gaming moments ever. We guarantee it'll knock you dead. Ha! I made a funny! OK, never mind...

Mutant League packs a killer game

The Sega Genesis was (and remains) the place to be for undead sports. In 1993, EA released Mutant League Football, a game loaded with many ghoulish players, including several members of the undead. It uses the Madden '93 engine, but don't be expecting any real-time football action here. Instead, you have a game with such teams as the Darkstar Razors and the Midway Monsters duking it out on a murky football field, where anything can happen. One minute you're watching out for hell pits on a running play, and the next you're killing the ref that you failed to bribe properly.

Mutant League Hockey followed a year later and managed to take the brutal sport and make it even more brutal. The Mutant Monsters, the Mighty Weenies, and other teams take to the ice, making players explode off of mighty checks while shoving other players under the ice. And what other game features a gigantic slug being ridden by a leather-clad woman as the team Zamboni? Skeletal zombies are featured throughout, along with robots and trolls that dish out their own piles of corpses. This series is in serious need of a comeback, especially now. What other time would be perfect for on-ice bludgeoning?

That's right, you're the zombie

So many games have you blasting zombies or putting them back in their place of...well, a pile of mushy goo. But what about a game where you actually control one of the undead and roam around, chewing out brains and overthrowing society? Well, Stubbs the Zombie gives you the chance to do just that. This offering from Aspyr Media puts you in the shoes of a traveling salesman who's been bumped off, and now makes his (its?) way through the town of Punchbowl, seeking revenge and eating away at citizens. The game had a lot of great features going for it, including a familiar engine (Halo 2) to strengthen the gameplay, and a soundtrack featuring absolutely killer music that would fit right in at a 50's nightclub. Load up in a Sod O' Mobile and make the living pay the price, I say!

So...were the neighbors delicious?

In 1993, Konami released a game produced by LucasArts aptly named Zombies Ate My Neighbors. In the game, you control Zeke and Julie, two horror buffs who find themselves pitted up against all kinds of demonic forces. Not only are zombies on the list of pain-in-your-asses, but so are werewolves, demonic kid dolls, and vampires. The tongue-in-cheek style the game uses is its driving force, as the game is just as funny as it is scary. If it isn't about escaping a giant temple loaded with mummies, it's about saving cheerleaders from a mammoth space ship. On a football field, even. But the zombies have their day, even if the kids are able to take them out with...tomatoes. Hey, tomatoes can be killer. I once learned this from a movie.

Even the Master of Unlocking would be scared

In 1996, the undead really had their day in Capcom's Resident Evil, a game that resembles Alone In the Dark in terms of its gameplay but offers plenty of new scares. Here, you are effectively introduced to members of the dead in shocking moments, such as a zombie turning its head and giving you the coldest stare you've ever seen. And then there's the zombie dogs, which have a bad habit of chasing after you by jumping RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW. These are just the beginning of your problems, as spiders and other biological terrors from the Umbrella Corporation await you. The series has since seen more improved sequels come about, but few will forget the impact the first game left. Even with its ridiculous dialogue. "Barry...!"

We shall walk you to your doom!

Their presence may have been minimal, but zombies left a bit of impact in the Castlevania games. In fact, in the first game for the NES, zombies are the first enemies you run into, coming at you randomly from the left and right sides of the screen. Sure, they're easily defeated with a whip, an axe, or whatever weapon you have on you. But their debut here made Dracula's message loud and clear. "We're undead and aren't taking any shit! Unless you kill us, that is." Zombies have since made small appearances in other Castlevania games, including Super Castlevania IV. They had a neat little death effect, too. You kill a zombie here and their "eternal flame" flies up to heaven. Neat.

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