The Typing of the Dead
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This is essentially the same game as the arcade light-gun rail-shooter House of the Dead 2, except they've turned it into a edu-tainment typing trainer. Instead of guns, your characters have keyboards strapped to them, and instead of shooting the zombies that constantly jump out at you you'll need to type out the words attached to the zombies in order to kill them before they crack open your head and feast upon the goo inside. The game ranks you on your typing speed and provides various tutorials and other edu-tainment sundries.
Otherwise it's pretty much the same game as House of the Dead 2. Much like the Resident Evil series, the zombie hordes have gone from infesting a vaguely gothic creepy old mansion to infesting a vaguely gothic decaying city, and its your job to stop them and save the human race (as usual).
Spellings
- ザ・タイピング・オブ・ザ・デッド - Japanese spelling
- 死亡打字员 - Chinese spelling (simplified)
- 死亡打字機 - Chinese spelling (traditional)
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Trivia
1001 Video Games
The Typing of the Dead appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
M-Rated
Quite possibly the only M-rated typing game (or edutainment for that matter).
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Article: Have You Met Your Father?
Article on the 'secret ancestry' of The Typing Of The Dead via The Train Game. -
Typing of the Dead, The
Official Website (Japanese)
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- MobyGames ID: 3268
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Game added by Alan Chan.
Arcade added by Kohler 86. Dreamcast added by Adam Baratz. Macintosh added by Ms. Tea.
Additional contributors: Indra was here, J. Michael Bottorff, lasttoblame, DURIAN, Gordon Chang, FatherJack, ZeTomes.
Last modified February 27th, 2023.