The Typing of the Dead

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Description

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).

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Alternate Titles

• "死亡打字機" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "死亡打字员" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "ザ・タイピング・オブ・ザ・デッド" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• The House of the Dead series
• Theme: Zombies
• The Typing of the Dead series

User Reviews

This quirky and clever "Port" is a fun time waster	Windows	Kaddy B. (791)
WASD is not most dangerous four letter word in gaming	Windows	lasttoblame (427)
I don't think I've seen anything more bizarre in my life...but I sure as hell liked it!	Dreamcast	Satoshi Kunsai (2085)
type or die... but for experienced typists only	Windows	tante totti (15)
The greatest typing tutor ever programmed.	Windows	Dr.Bedlam (56)

Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Dreamcast	Feb 18, 2001	A-	91
Game Informer Magazine	Dreamcast	Oct, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Defunct Games	Dreamcast	Sep 11, 2004	89 out of 100	89
GameSpot	Dreamcast	Apr 11, 2000	8.7 out of 10	87
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Windows	Feb 15, 2001	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Windows	Oct 04, 2001	8 out of 10	80
GameZone	Windows	Oct 09, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Game Revolution	Dreamcast	Feb 01, 2001	B	75
Gamekult	Windows	Mar 29, 2001	6 out of 10	60
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 2001	21 out of 100	21

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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).

Related Web Sites

• 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))