The House of the Dead: Overkill

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The House of the Dead: Overkill
System(s): Wii
Publisher: Sega (JP), Sega of America (US), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer: Headstrong Games
Distributor: Halifax (IT)
Peripherals supported: Nunchuk, Wii Zapper
Genre: Rail shooter
Number of players: 1-4
Official in-game languages: English Français Italiano Español 日本語
Release Date RRP Code JP 2009-09-17 ¥4,800 (5,040)4,800 (5,040) RVL-P-RHOJ JP (Wii Zapper Doukonban) 2009-09-17 ¥5,980 (6,279)5,980 (6,279) RVL-P-RHOJ US 2009-02-17 RVL-P-RHOE RVL-RHOE-USA AT 2009-02-13 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-FRG ES 2009-02-13 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-ESP ES (Collector's Edition) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-ESP ES (Shotgun bundle) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP FR 2009-02-13 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-FRA FR (Hand Cannon bundle) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-FRA IT 2009-02-13 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-ITA IT (Collector's Edition) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-ITA UK 2009-02-13 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-UKV UK (Collector's Edition) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-UKV AU 2009-02-19 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-AUS AU (Collector's Edition) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP RVL-RHOP-AUS AU (Bang Bang Box) 2009 RVL-P-RHOP CA 2009 RVL-P-RHOE

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The House of the Dead: Overkill (ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド： オーバーキル) is a first-person rail shooter developed by UK-based Headstrong Games and published by Sega for the Wii. It is a spin-off title in the House of the Dead series and a prequel to the original The House of the Dead arcade game. It is a Wii exclusive game, and makes use of the Wii Remote instead of a light gun. Overkill was bundled with the Wii Zapper shell for the Wii Remote; in Japan, this was a separate package deal called The House of the Dead: Overkill Wii Zapper Doukonban (ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド： オーバーキル Wiiザッパー同梱版).

An enhanced port for the PlayStation 3, The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut, was released in 2011.

Production credits

Main article: The House of the Dead: Overkill/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: The House of the Dead: Overkill/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Product overview

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Fact sheet

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Plantation House press release

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Carny press release

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The House of the Dead: Overkill

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Prelude to an Overkill

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 79a26ab2 MD5 bc092d04e7ee32def5af8be1e7d98de6 SHA-1 53115d592e08e4f7c177d5335c031c33b2b00d7c	4,699,979,776		Disc (US)
?	CRC32 59ef0ed6 MD5 405ee54b6519303800165e436f922bcc SHA-1 6de3d2b14830ffc3f120f735431e2f32a3aa1c90	4,699,979,776		Disc (EU)
?	CRC32 c3e55313 MD5 0e7154a474641be3a2e81e7331b540ae SHA-1 8b5bf2d9ae04d7d36fded10c691f04d504c4e0b9	4,699,979,776		Disc (JP)

External links

• Official website on Sega.jp (offline)
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Wii
• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK

References

The House of the Dead series of games
The House of the Dead (Remake) (1996) | The House of the Dead 2 (1998) | The House of the Dead III (2003) | The House of the Dead 4 (2005) | The House of the Dead: Overkill (Extended Cut) (2009) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn (2018)
The Typing of the Dead games
The Typing of the Dead (1999) | The Typing of the Dead 2003 (2002) | The Typing of the Dead 2004 (2003) | The Typing of the Dead: Zombie Panic (2004) | The Typing of the Dead for Mac (200x) | The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat (2006) | The Typing of the Dead 2 (2007) | The Typing of the Dead Featuring Rakuten Minna no Shushoku Katsudou Nikki (2010) | The Typing of the Dead EX (2012) |The Typing of the Dead: Overkill (2013)
Spin-off games
Zombie Revenge (1999) | The Pinball of the Dead (2002) | Ai Sareruyori Ai Shitai: The House of the Dead EX (2008) | Zombie Shiki - Eigo Ryoku Sosei Jutsu: English of the Dead (2008) | The House of the Dead LL (20xx) | Zombie Utsu: Flick of the Dead (2012) | The House of the Dead: Overkill The Lost Reels (2013) | Darts of the Dead (2017) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Battle Genesis (2019)
Compilations
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2008) | The House of the Dead Bundle Pack (2012)
The House of the Dead related media
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	(1998) | (1998) | (1999) | (1999) | (1999) | (1999) | (1999) | (2003) | (2003) | (2009)
	The House of the Dead "Wilder than Heaven" (1997) | Nightmare Syndrome Horror Game Comic Anthology (1998) + one more manga
	(2003) | (2005)