Software:Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ

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Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
Developer(s)EnjoyUp
Gammick Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)George Fan
Designer(s)Jose M. Iñiguez
Artist(s)Ikari Studio
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)
Release
  • NA: October 30, 2007 (DS)[1]
  • EU: October 31, 2008 (DSiWare)
  • NA: December 22, 2008 (DSiWare)
Genre(s)Action, shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ is an action rail shooter game for the Nintendo DS. It was published in North America by Destineer, produced and designed by Gammick Entertainment, and developed by Spanish studio EnjoyUp. The game was released as a DSiWare title in Europe. Like its title suggests, players take the role of Little Red Riding Hood as she destroys zombies with a variety of high-powered firearms.

Gameplay

The game is a top-scrolling rail shooter where the player may move left and right into one of seven spaces. Touching the character will cause them to crouch, while using the stylus to aim. Players may choose to be either Little Red Riding Hood, who specializes in guns, or Momotarō, who specializes in ninja stars, although the difference is merely aesthetic. The action of the game consists entirely of shooting and dodging incoming attacks with increasingly difficult obstacles as the game progresses.

Plot

The main characters of Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ

The game takes place in Storyland with areas representing a number of classic fairy tales, such as The Adventures of Pinocchio and the Three Little Pigs. Little Red Riding Hood and Momotarō are the two playable characters. Little "READY TO ROCK" Riding Hood grew up in the forest, spending her time visiting her grandmother and hunting for food.[2] She loves automatic firearms, citing "collecting weapons" as one of her hobbies.[2] Momotarō is Little Red Riding Hood's friend, who was born from a giant peach.[2] He has had over one thousand and one adventures—including fighting off demons, finding lost treasures, and repelling threats from the underworld.[2]

Little Red Riding Hood finds that something has gone wrong with Storyland soon after saving her grandmother from another wolf attack. Along with Momotarō, she decides to fight through the invading armies of zombies to find the source of the plague and destroy it.

Development

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ was Spanish developer EnjoyUp's second game. To promote the game, they collaborated with Destructoid to hold a dress up contest with a copy of the game and a signed promotional poster as prizes.[3] The contest ended September 30, 2007.[4]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic68/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comC−[6]
GameSpot5.5/10[7]
GameZone8.4/10[8]
IGN8.6/10[9]
Nintendo LifeStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[10][11]
Nintendo Power5/10[12]
Nintendo World Report7/10[13]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5]

IGN listed the game as number six in their feature "The Top 25 DS Games Under $20", being the first game on the list to have a sub-United States dollar 20 initial retail price.[14] It was a nominee for Best Shooting Game by IGN in their 2007 video game awards.[15] GameSpot was not as impressed, citing poor controls, slowdown and cheap hits.[7] Nintendo Life said that while the game may be a simplistic shooter it offers plenty of depth.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Are You Ready for the Zombie Invasion?". GameZone. October 21, 2007. http://www.gamezone.com/news/10_21_08_10_37AM.htm. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Zombie BBQ". Gammick Entertainment. http://www.gammickentertainment.com/zombie/base.html. 
  3. ↑ Bennett, Colette (September 20, 2007). "Update:Dress up as Red Riding Hood and win some Little Red Riding Hood BBQ swag!". https://www.destructoid.com/update-dress-up-as-red-riding-hood-and-win-some-little-red-riding-hood-bbq-swag--103242.phtml. 
  4. ↑ Bennett, Colette (October 2, 2007). "Little Red Riding Hood BBQ winners announced: it's a man in a dress!". https://www.destructoid.com/little-red-riding-hood-bbq-winners-announced-it-s-a-man-in-a-dress--106057.phtml. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ for DS Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/little-red-riding-hoods-zombie-bbq/critic-reviews/?platform=ds. 
  6. ↑ Mielke, James (November 20, 2007). "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ Review". http://www.1up.com/reviews/red-riding-hood-zombie-bbq. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stella, Shiva (December 1, 2007). "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ Review". http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/little-red-riding-hoods-zombie-bbq-review/1900-6201798/. 
  8. ↑ Platt, Dylan (November 29, 2007). "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ - NDS - Review". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/little_red_riding_hood_s_zombie_bbq_nds_review. 
  9. ↑ Hatfield, Daemon (October 23, 2007). "[Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ Review"]. http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/24/zombie-bbq-review. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Reddick, Stuart (April 10, 2009). "Review: Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (DS)". http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/04/little_red_riding_hoods_zombie_bbq_ds. 
  11. ↑ van Duyn, Marcel (November 2, 2009). "Review: Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (DSiWare)". http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/11/little_red_riding_hoods_zombie_bbq_dsiware. 
  12. ↑ "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ". Nintendo Power 235: 94. December 2007. 
  13. ↑ Shirley, Jeff (January 26, 2009). "Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ". Nintendo World Report. http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/17608/little-red-riding-hoods-zombie-bbq-nintendo-ds. 
  14. ↑ IGN Nintendo Team (November 7, 2007). "The Top 25 DS Games Under $20 (Page 4 of 5)". http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/07/the-top-25-ds-games-under-20?page=4. 
  15. ↑ "IGN Best of 2007: Best Shooting Game (DS)". December 15, 2007. http://bestof.ign.com/2008/ds/8.html. 
  • Official website
  • MobyGames is a commercial database website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes over 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms.[1] Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022.

Features

Edits and submissions to the site (including screenshots, box art, developer information, game summaries, and more) go through a verification process of fact-checking by volunteer "approvers".[2] This approval process after submission can range from minutes to days or months.[3] The most commonly used sources are the video game's website, packaging, and credit screens. There is a published standard for game information and copy-editing.[4] A ranking system allows users to earn points for contributing accurate information.[5]

Registered users can rate and review games. Users can create private or public "have" and "want" lists, which can generate a list of games available for trade with other registered users. The site contains an integrated forum. Each listed game can have its own sub-forum.

History

Logo used until March 2014

MobyGames was founded on March 1, 1999, by Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt, and joined by David Berk 18 months later, the three of which had been friends since high school.[6][7] Leonard had the idea of sharing information about computer games with a larger audience. The database began with information about games for IBM PC compatibles, relying on the founders' personal collections. Eventually, the site was opened up to allow general users to contribute information.[5] In a 2003 interview, Berk emphasized MobyGames' dedication to taking video games more seriously than broader society and to preserving games for their important cultural influence.[5]

In mid-2010, MobyGames was purchased by GameFly for an undisclosed amount.[8] This was announced to the community post factum , and the site's interface was given an unpopular redesign.[7] A few major contributors left, refusing to do volunteer work for a commercial website.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025} On December 18, 2013, MobyGames was acquired by Jeremiah Freyholtz, owner of Blue Flame Labs (a San Francisco-based game and web development company) and VGBoxArt (a site for fan-made video game box art).[9] Blue Flame Labs reverted MobyGames' interface to its pre-overhaul look and feel,[10] and for the next eight years, the site was run by Freyholtz and Independent Games Festival organizer Simon Carless.[7]

On November 24, 2021, Atari SA announced a potential deal with Blue Flame Labs to purchase MobyGames for $1.5 million.[11] The purchase was completed on 8 March 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager.[12][13][14] Over the next year, the financial boost given by Atari led to a rework of the site being built from scratch with a new backend codebase, as well as updates improving the mobile and desktop user interface.[1] This was accomplished by investing in full-time development of the site instead of its previously part-time development.[15]

In 2024, MobyGames began offering a paid "Pro" membership option for the site to generate additional revenue.[16] Previously, the site had generated income exclusively through banner ads and (from March 2014 onward) a small number of patrons via the Patreon website.[17]

On February 13, 2025, Freyholtz stepped down as the site lead to move onto new projects, leaving operations to Tracy Poff, a veteran coder on the site, and Atari staff.[18]

See also

  • IGDB – game database used by Twitch for its search and discovery functions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheehan, Gavin (2023-02-22). "Atari Relaunches The Fully Rebuilt & Optimized MobyGames Website". https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-relaunches-the-fully-rebuilt-optimized-mobygames-website/. 
  2. ↑ Litchfield, Ted (2021-11-26). "Zombie company Atari to devour MobyGames". https://www.pcgamer.com/zombie-company-atari-to-devour-mobygames/. 
  3. ↑ "MobyGames FAQ: Emails Answered § When will my submission be approved?". Blue Flame Labs. 30 March 2014. http://www.mobygames.com/info/faq7#g1. 
  4. ↑ "The MobyGames Standards and Practices". Blue Flame Labs. 6 January 2016. http://www.mobygames.com/info/standards. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miller, Stanley A. (2003-04-22). "People's choice awards honor favorite Web sites". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
  6. ↑ "20 Years of MobyGames" (in en). 2019-02-28. https://trixter.oldskool.org/2019/02/28/20-years-of-mobygames/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Plunkett, Luke (2022-03-10). "Atari Buys MobyGames For $1.5 Million". https://kotaku.com/mobygames-retro-credits-database-imdb-atari-freyholtz-b-1848638521. 
  8. ↑ "Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media". Gamasutra. 2011-02-07. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/report-mobygames-acquired-by-gamefly-media. 
  9. ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray (December 31, 2013). "MobyGames purchased from GameFly, improvements planned". http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/31/5261414/mobygames-purchased-from-gamefly-improvements-planned. 
  10. ↑ Wawro, Alex (31 December 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner". Gamasutra. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/game-dev-database-mobygames-getting-some-tlc-under-new-owner. 
  11. ↑ "Atari invests in Anstream, may buy MobyGames". November 24, 2021. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-24-atari-invests-in-anstream-may-buy-mobygames. 
  12. ↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (2022-03-09). "Atari purchases Moby Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-purchases-moby-games. 
  13. ↑ "Atari Completes MobyGames Acquisition, Details Plans for the Site's Continued Support". March 8, 2022. https://www.atari.com/atari-completes-mobygames-acquisition-details-plans-for-the-sites-continued-support/. 
  14. ↑ "Atari has acquired game database MobyGames for $1.5 million" (in en-GB). 2022-03-09. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-has-acquired-game-database-mobygames-for-1-5-million/. 
  15. ↑ Stanton, Rich (2022-03-10). "Atari buys videogame database MobyGames for $1.5 million". https://www.pcgamer.com/atari-buys-videogame-database-mobygames-for-dollar15-million/. 
  16. ↑ Harris, John (2024-03-09). "MobyGames Offering “Pro” Membership". https://setsideb.com/mobygames-offering-pro-membership/. 
  17. ↑ "MobyGames on Patreon". http://www.patreon.com/mobygames. 
  18. ↑ "An update on MobyGames leadership". 2025-02-13. https://www.mobygames.com/forum/3/thread/269628/an-update-on-mobygames-leadership/#post-269628. 
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