Walking into the huge mansion house, guns ablaze and tearing undead minions apart has never looked so good. If you have a Direct3D-compatible video card, House Of The Dead looks very close to its arcade counterpart. The unlucky keyboard-playing participant will not be happy. If you've spent enough time and money on previous versions, you'll probably complete the game in a couple of hours.Īnd if you were hoping to get in on some two-player, split-screen action, forget it. Although the various routes do give some variety throughout the game, it's not one of those games that you'll either play for months on end or come back to time and time again. Like most arcade-to-home translations, House Of The Dead has the inherent problem of being a bit on the short side. You then have to travel down a set of stairs only to see him disfigured on the brick floor, mumbling to himself. If you are too late, however, he is flung over the bridge.

If you manage to take out the zombie without killing the scientist, he is dropped to the floor and gives you one extra life, and you then proceed across the bridge and into the mansion.

For example, the first bridge you come to on level one sees a zombie carrying one of the scientists towards the edge with the intention of throwing him over the side.

However, there are certain points in levels where your actions determine which 'rail' you will take. The voice acting? Well, it is bad, but so bad I find it good. The soundtrack though is pretty awesome with some stuff rearranged from what the arcade offered. It is also available in a longer cabinet. The one in the picture is the standard upright version. This game is available in 2 different cabinets styles. However, it can be distracting some times. This Zombie gun arcade game was made in 1997 by famous game maker Sega. The game moves at a quick pace so to be fair it is not hugely noticeable. House of the Dead has some very blocky and I mean blocky looking monsters, characters, and even the blood! However, what we got is a game that is very hard to look at. I am sure the Sega Saturn could have run this game fine with the right team behind it. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure they let someone else develop this and it shows. The original arcade game is not a bad looker to be fair, but when the game was ported to the Sega Saturn and then the PC, let’s just say that Sega did not have their A-team working on this. Curien who has been creating all kinds of monsters! The plot is a lot of fun and I love how in the early House of the Dead games they play it completely straight! The Blocky Red Stuff They are sent to investigate the work of a crazy SOB scientist called, Dr.

A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new. Say what you will about the terrible voice acting and the campy plot of this series, but I freaking love it! The story of the game centers around two agents called, Thomas Rogan and G. The House of the Dead: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform.

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