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1998

The House of the Dead 2

Tonight at a glance

Platforms
Arcade · Wii · PC · DC
Mode
Single player · Multiplayer
Age rating
PEGI 16
Violence
Strong
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.

The story

The House of the Dead 2 is a first-person light gun shooter arcade game with a horror theme and the second game in The House of the Dead series of video games. The direct sequel to The House of the Dead, it was developed by Sega for arcades on the Sega NAOMI board in November 1998 then later ported to the Dreamcast in 1999 and Microsoft Windows in 2001, and is also found on the Xbox as an unlockable bonus in The House of the Dead III. The game appears in the compilation The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return for Wii. The Dreamcast version became a Sega All Stars title.

  • Action
  • Science fiction
  • Horror
  • zombies
  • rail shooter
  • bloody
  • shoot 'em up
  • death
  • bromance
  • multiple endings

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Players
73 / 100 · 70 players
Critics
67 / 100 · 1 critic
Developer
WOW Entertainment
Publisher
Sega