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

• Genre: Rail shooter
• The House of the Dead series
• Theme: Zombies

User Reviews

This quirky and clever "Port" is a fun time waster	Windows	Kadath Bird (619)
This is... funny	Windows	YID YANG (164454)
WASD is not most dangerous four letter word in gaming	Windows	lasttoblame (393)
I don't think I've seen anything more bizarre in my life...but I sure as hell liked it!	Dreamcast	Satoshi Kunsai (1817)
type or die... but for experienced typists only	Windows	tante totti (15)
The greatest typing tutor ever programmed.	Windows	Dr.Bedlam (53)

The Press Says

Defunct Games	Dreamcast	Sep 11, 2004	89 out of 100	89
IGN	Windows	Oct 04, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Official Dreamcast Magazine (U.S.)	Dreamcast	Mar, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Jan, 2002		80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Windows	Feb 15, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Game Vortex	Windows	2001	80 out of 100	80
GameSpy	Windows	Oct, 2001	78 out of 100	78
Game Over Online	Windows	Jan 23, 2001	70 out of 100	70
PC Gamer	Windows	2000	69 out of 100	69
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 2001	21 out of 100	21

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Trivia

Quite possibly the only M-rated typing game (or edutainment for that matter).

Related Web Sites

• Typing of the Dead, The -- Official Website (Japanese)