Lunchtime of the Damned

About

Lunchtime of the Damned is a point-and-click adventure where a teenage magician and his girlfriend accidentally unleash a zombie plague during a botched resurrection ritual. Played with mouse controls, the game lets you right-click to switch actions like walking, examining, or interacting while a top-screen menu handles inventory and saves. The humor is sharp and irreverent, with dialogue and puzzles that lean into absurdity as much as logic. Ben Croshaw’s distinct voice shines through in this 2001 release, blending dark comedy with a surprisingly cohesive story about responsibility and consequences. While short, it’s packed with callbacks and meta-jabs that reward attention to detail. With a cult following and frequent mentions in retro adventure game discussions, it’s a brisk, cheeky romp for fans of point-and-clicks with personality.

Storyline

Teenage magician Davy Jones, and his girlfriend Elandra, perform a resurrection ritual at the graveyard in hopes of bringing a deceased local to life. But everything goes horribly wrong, and they end up becoming unwitting progenitors of a brain-craving zombie. Can Davy put an end to the undead menace's existence? The game is controlled with a mouse; similarly to Sam & Max Hit The Road, right-clicking changes the cursor action (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to), while moving the cursor to the top of the screen makes a menu appear, allowing you to easily change the cursor actions, access one's inventory or save/load/quit the game.