Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1991 video game)

This article is about the 1991 Nintendo game. For the 1986 8-bit video game, see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1986 video game).

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 2D platform game developed by Imagineering and released in 1991 for the NES. A Game Boy version was released in 1992 and although it uses the same cover as the original NES game, it is not a port of that version. The Game Boy version was developed by Equilibrium and published by THQ in Europe and the US. It was also released in Japan, where it was published by Altron in 1993.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Developer(s)	Imagineering Equilibrium (GB)
Publisher(s)	Toy Headquarters Altron
Programmer(s)	Rob Harris Dan Filner (GB)
Artist(s)	Frank Lam Rick Incrocci (GB)
Composer(s)	Mark Van Hecke (NES) Amy Dyson (GB)
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy
Release	NES EU: 1991 NA: January 1992 Game Boy EU: 1992 NA: January 1992 JP: March 19, 1993
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

The game is based on the children's cartoon Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series, which itself was based on the movie franchise Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Gameplay

The game's protagonist is Chad Finletter, a young boy who is on a quest to stop the evil scientist Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen from unleashing his Doomsday Tomato. During his journey he must fight through legions of mutant tomatoes, although this is a feat he will take on alone as the citizens of San Zucchini are too afraid of the mutant tomatoes to aid him.

Much like other platform games of its time, the main method of killing the enemies is to jump on them, in this case squashing them, or breaking them into smaller tomato enemies. There are several bosses to take on including Zoltan, Beefstake, Mummato, Fang, Ketchuck and Tomacho.