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![]() ![]() It's here where The House of the Dead 2 is deemed more difficult than the third installment. Generally a head-shot is good enough to subdue the weaker zombies, but some take a flurry of shots to bring down. Thankfully, with a home version of both games, you need not sink tons of quarters into some arcade cabinet to continue when you die. The basic premise of both House of the Dead games have you on a predetermined path, requiring you to blast away zombies, killer owls, frightening frogs, swamp creatures, and much more in order to not only progress through levels but also to survive. Reenactment of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"! While the collection of two games on one disc for a low price is one hell of a deal, there's some ancient archaic design decisions that were better left for dead (i.e. SEGA put both The House of the Dead 2 and The House of the Dead 3 onto one disc for the Nintendo Wii, a system that had time and time again proven itself to be a great place for light gun shooters thanks to the system's unique Wii Remote controller and pointer functionality. Due to arcades waning in popularity, this title was also ported, but this time on the Xbox of all places.įast-forward to the middle of the generation prior to this one. Following that up in 2002 was the third entry in the House of the Dead franchise. Two years later, its sequel crept onto the scene and a little while later received a port on SEGA's haven for arcade ports, the Dreamcast. The original House of the Dead released in North American arcades in 1996. ![]()
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