Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (NES)

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Platform: NES Year: 1991 Developer: Imagineering, Inc.

For other games in the series, see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is an action-platformer developed by Imagineering and published by T*HQ. The game is based on the 1990 cartoon show of the same name, which itself was based on the film of the same name.

The player takes the role of Chad Finletter. The mad scientist Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen and his assistant Igor Smith have released living killer tomatoes in the city of San Zucchini in an attempt to take over the city, and then the world. It is up to Chad to put a stop to Gangreen's evil plans.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes has only five stages; the streets, the sewers, the factory, a silo in which Chad must defuse the tomato doomsday device, and a fifth bonus stage for watching the end credits.

The game was negatively received by critics for the short length of the game, as well as its poor control. This could be due to the game being developed by only three people.

Screenshots

The title screen. Fighting killer tomatoes on the streets. The second level takes place in the sewers. Inside the factory. Running around a silo. Playing the "secret" level.

Music

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes has only a handful of songs; not much for a game from 1990. However, the game does feature a faithful rendition of the original theme song by John De Bello.

The rest of the soundtrack has a somewhat scary atmosphere, written by Imagineering's lead composer, Mark Van Hecke. There are a total of ten songs, but only seven of them are used. The first unused song sounds like it was meant to be used as a death song, but when the player loses a life, the level's background music continues to play. The second unused song sounds like it was meant to be used during the fifth stage, but instead, one of the previous stage themes are used. The third is a version of the Monster Tomato/Rocket Launch theme that ends, so it may have been used if the rocket launches, but it appears as there's infinite time in the level, so the song goes unused.

The PAL version of the music is unique, in that it plays at approximately the same speed as the NTSC version, but still plays a half-step down.

To write the music, Mark used Dr. T KCS for the Atari ST, and converted his MIDI files to Stuart Ross' sound driver.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Theme	John De Bello	Mark Van Hecke	2:00		Download
102	Introduction/Monster Mountain	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:28		Download
103	Streets	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:09		Download
104	Sewers	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:20		Download
105	Monster Tomato/Rocket Launch	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:17		Download
106	Doomsday Tomato Clear	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:04		Download
107	Larry, the Monster Mountain Tomato	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:11		Download
108	Unused 1	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:04		Download
109	Unused 2	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:58		Download
110	Unused 3	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:07		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
201	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Theme	John De Bello	Mark Van Hecke	2:01		Download
202	Introduction/Monster Mountain	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:29		Download
203	Streets	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:09		Download
204	Sewers	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:21		Download
205	Monster Tomato/Rocket Launch	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	1:17		Download
206	Doomsday Tomato Clear	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:04		Download
207	Larry, the Monster Mountain Tomato	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:11		Download
208	Unused 1	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:04		Download
209	Unused 2	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:59		Download
110	Unused 3	Mark Van Hecke	Mark Van Hecke	0:07		Download

Credits

• Rippers: MrNorbert1994
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Theme Song Written By: John De Bello
  • Music Arranged By: Mark Van Hecke
  • Uncredited Sound Driver: Stuart Ross (American composer)

(Sources: 1, 2)

The game credits the theme song to John De Bello. The development credits can be seen after the game's completion.

Like most other games he was credited in, Mark is credited for music arrangement, even though he composed the game's soundtrack (with the exception to the theme song).

Game Rip

Format	Download

Audio Devices

The game uses the 2A03 of the NES. The game uses Stuart Ross's sound driver.

Releases

EU Title: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Platform: NES Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: T*HQ     USA Title: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Platform: NES Released: 1992-01-?? Publisher: T*HQ

Links

• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587099-attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes - GameFAQs.
• mobygames.com/game/nes/attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes - MobyGames.

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1986)	•  •
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Notable Songs	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Theme
Notable Personnel	Mark Van Hecke • Amy Dyson
Notable Companies	Global Software • Imagineering