The House of the Dead 2 (Windows)

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Description

The House of The Dead 2 is a conversion of Sega's popular light gun arcade game. In this game you play the role of a detective out to stop a madman who has unleashed zombies and other horrid creatures on an Italian city. You have to kill the monsters, save people and find out the plans behind this mayhem. The game uses a auto game camera which pans around in a preset manner as you venture through the city killing the creatures and rescuing people. Extra modes like training and time trial are included for replayability.

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Alternate Titles

• "HOD 2" -- Informal short title
• "ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド 2" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Genre: Light Gun Shooter
• Launch title: Dreamcast (North America)
• Middleware: CRI
• The House of the Dead series
• Theme: Zombies

User Reviews

Fun game, bad dialogue

kvn8907 (179)

Critic Reviews

Independent Zin	Feb 10, 2019	90 out of 100	90
VicioJuegos.com / uVeJuegos.com	Nov 24, 2012	82 out of 100	82
PC Zone	Aug 13, 2001	7.4 out of 10	74
Shooterplanet	Jul 12, 2004	67 out of 100	67
PC Zone Benelux	Aug, 2001	65 out of 100	65
All Game Guide	2001		60
Game Over Online	Jul 02, 2001	60 out of 100	60
Super Play (Sweden)	Oct, 2001	5 out of 10	50
PC Games (Germany)	Jul, 2001	45 out of 100	45
GameStar (Germany)	Jul, 2001	34 out of 100	34

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of The House of the Dead 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Extras

Some versions of House of The Dead 2 came with a free copy of Sega Swirl. The documentation for Sega Swirl takes up over half of the Readme file included in HOD2.

German index

On September 29, 2001, The House of the Dead 2 was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Version differences

The blood in the German version of the game is rendered green, but you can play through a level, shooting all of some gadgets to unlock red blood.

Awards

• Game Informer
  • August 2001 (Issue #100) - #99 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll

Information also contributed by ClydeFrog, phlux and Xoleras

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: The House of the Dead 2 (article in the open encyclopedia about the game)