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The House of the Dead 2
System(s): Sega NAOMI , Sega Dreamcast , Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Empire Interactive
Developer: Sega AM1 [1]
Sega AM4 (cabinet)
CRI
H.I.C.
Distributor: Deith Leisure [2] (UK)
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Gun , Dreamcast VGA Box , Jump Pack , Dreamcast Arcade Stick , Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Gun Shooting (ガンシューティング)[3] , Horror Gun Shooting (ホラー・ガンシューティング)[4] , Shooting[5]
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1998-11-20
¥?
?
JP (playable demo)
1998-09 [6]
¥?
?
US
1999-01
$?
?
JP
1999-03-25[4]
¥5,800 (6,090 )5,800e[4]
HDR-0007
JP (Gun Set)
1999-03-25[4]
¥7,800 (8,190 )7,800e[4]
HDR-0011
US
1999-09-09[7] [8]
$49.9549.95[9]
51002
US (Sega All Stars )
2000-08-22
51002
US (Stinger Bundle)
200x
PL-521
EU
1999-10
MK-51002-50
EU (Gun Set)
1999
MK-51045-50
DE
1999-10
MK-51002-50
DE (Gun Set)
1999
MK-51045-50
ES
1999-10
8,990Ptas8,990[12]
MK-51002-50
FR
1999-10
MK-51002-50
FR (Gun Set)
1999
MK-51045-50
UK
1999-10
£39.9939.99[10] [11]
MK-51002-50
UK (Gun Set)
1999
£59.9959.99[13] [10]
MK-51045-50
AU
1999
FHOU00DCS
BR
xxxx
197066
JP
2001-01-25[14]
¥7,800 (8,190 )7,800 (8,190 )[14]
HCJ-0302
US
2001
30593
EU
2001-06-22
EI-1268
EU (DVD)
200x
EI-1268
EU (ES/IT)
200x
BX (Sega Classics)
200x
DE
2001-06-22
EI-1268
DE (DVD)
200x
EI-1268
ES (Xplosiv )
200x
ES (FX Interactive )
200x
ES-MVM04
FR
2001-06-22
EI-1268
FR (DVD)
200x
EI-1268
FR (ESI)
200x
RTGA14
PT
200x
PT (Top Games)
200x
PT (Diário de Noticias)
200x
UK (Xplosiv )
2003
EI-1268
UK (Fair Game )
200x
UK (Grabit )
200x
HU (Ecobit)
200x
HU (EVM)
200x
PL
200x
KR
200x
The House of the Dead 2 (ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド 2) is the direct sequel to The House of the Dead . It was released for Sega NAOMI arcade hardware before being ported to the Sega Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows. It was also included as an unlockable in its sequel, The House of the Dead 3 , and has been included along with its sequel in The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return .
Production credits
Arcade version
Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
Programmers: Koji Ooto , Hitoshi Shimokawa , Kazutomo Sanbongi , Kazutaka Horie , Gen Miyazaki , Akira Ogata
Designers: Akira Watanabe , Nobutaka Tozawa , Takuya Ohashi , Norihito Omoda , Masaharu Ijichi , Shien Kato, Satoshi Kobayashi , Megumi Barada , Takashi Fukuda, Toshihiro Fujimaki
Music Composer & Sound Effect: Tetsuya Kawauchi , Haruyoshi Tomita
AM4 Staff: Eiji Nishimura , Noriaki Ueda , Akihiko Yamada, Hiroyuki Naitou , Hiroyuki Takahashi
Publicity: Mika Araki
Special Thanks: Kaori Fukano , Satoshi Nakajima , Tomiko Kusunoki , Tatsuhiko Ikeda , Naomi Library Team
Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
Presented by: AM1
Dreamcast version
Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
Programmers: Koji Ooto , Hitoshi Shimokawa , Kazutomo Sanbongi , Kazutaka Horie , Gen Miyazaki , Akira Ogata , Junji Shibasaki
Designers: Akira Watanabe , Nobutaka Tozawa , Takuya Ohashi , Norihito Omoda , Masaharu Ijichi , Shien Kato, Satoshi Kobayashi , Megumi Barada , Takashi Fukuda, Toshihiro Fujimaki
Sound Director: Tetsuya Kawauchi
Sound Staff: Haruyoshi Tomita
Publicity: Mika Araki
Special Thanks to: Kaori Fukano , Satoshi Nakajima , Tomiko Kusunoki , Tatsuhiko Ikeda , Seiki Saito
Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
ADX Copyright © 1996, 1998 CRI
©Sega Enterprises, Ltd. , 1998, 1999
Source : In-game credits
Production
Localization Producer: Osamu Shibamiya
Lead Tester: Howard Gipson
Assistant Lead Tester: Dennis Lee
Testers: Arnold Feener , Michael Dobbins , Shang-Ju Chen, Scott Etkin, Roddy McNevin, Gabrielle Brown, Karen Brown , Paulita Escalona, Jeff Sideno, Beejey Enriquez , Steven Peck
Marketing
Manual
Special Thanks: Peter Moore , Heather Kashner, Martha Hill, Dereck Schulman, Kathleen Joyce , Teri A. Higgins , Charles Bellfield , Sega Online, Sandra Castagnola, Sheri Hockaday , Jason Kuo , Jin Shimazaki , Shinobu Shindo , The Wookies, Kurt Busch, Mike Lopez
Source : Other credits
PC version
Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
Programmers: Koji Ooto , Hitoshi Shimokawa , Kazutomo Sanbongi , Kazutaka Horie , Gen Miyazaki , Akira Ogata , Junji Shibasaki
Designers: Akira Watanabe , Nobutaka Tozawa , Takuya Ohashi , Norihito Omoda , Masaharu Ijichi , Shien Kato, Satoshi Kobayashi , Megumi Barada , Takashi Fukuda, Toshihiro Fujimaki
Sound Director: Tetsuya Kawauchi
Sound Staff: Haruyoshi Tomita
Publicity: Mika Araki
Special Thanks to: Kaori Fukano , Satoshi Nakajima , Tomiko Kusunoki , Tatsuhiko Ikeda , Seiki Saito
Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
Source : In-game credits
Empire Interactive (UK)
Producer: Iain Riches
QA Manager: David Cleaveley
Assistant QA Manager: Ste Chainey
Lead Tester: Mark Klocek
Testers: Rich Naughten, Darren T. Bennett, Carlo Bush, Chris Matlub, Gareth West, Christopher Giggins
Production: Anthony J. Bond Jr.
Marketing: Simon Orams
Design and Artwork: Philip Goldfinch, Paul Flewitt, Jamie Young, Stephen Brennan, Jayshree Mistry
Source : Other credits
Magazine articles
Main article: The House of the Dead 2/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Print advert in
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-11ex: "1999-11 extra (1999-04-02ex)" (1999-03-19)
Print advert in
Next Level (AR) #10: "Noviembre 1999" (1999-xx-xx)
Print advert in
Next Level (AR) #19: "Agosto 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
Print advert in
Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:
PDF
PC press release
Artwork
Physical scans
NAOMI version
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60
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NAOMI, World (upright)
Manual
NAOMI, World (deluxe)
Manual
NAOMI, upright
Manual
NAOMI, US (deluxe)
Manual
Dreamcast version
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Based on19 reviews
Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Dreamcast, JP (Gun Set)
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Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc
Inlay
Dreamcast, US (Stinger Bundle Pak)
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Cover
Dreamcast, EU (Gun Set)
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Cover
Disc
Dreamcast, BR
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Cover
Disc
Dreamcast, AU
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Disc
PC version
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PC, JP
Cover
PC, US
Jewel Case
PC, EU
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Cover
PC, EU (DVD)
Cover
PC, FR
Cover
PC, BX† (Sega Classics)
Cover
PC, ES/IT
Cover
PC, PT
Cover
PC, PT (Top Games)
Cover
PC, PT (Diário de Noticias)
Cover
PC, PL
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Cover
Disc
PC, HU (Ecobit)
Cover
PC, HU (EVM)
Cover
PC, KR
Jewel Case
Technical information
In the Dreamcast version, the second level renders up to 2.2 million polygons per second, about 36,000 to 37,000 polygons per scene at 60 FPS. The Player 1 character consists of about 3300 to 3400 polygons in the Dreamcast version.
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
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Build Date
Source
Comments
External links
References
↑ Sega Arcade History , Enterbrain, page 150
↑ Computer & Video Games , "November 1998" (UK; 1998-10-14), page 76
↑ File:THotD2 DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 http://sega.jp/dc/990109 (Wayback Machine: 2009-11-25 16:54)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-10-23 17:28)
↑ Edge , "January 1999" (UK; 1998-12-23), page 122
↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
↑ http://www.sega.com/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=237 (Wayback Machine: 2002-01-03 08:59)
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine , "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-24), page 111
↑ 10.0 10.1 Dreamcast Magazine , "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 70
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine , "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 87
↑ 12.0 12.1 Revista Oficial Dreamcast , "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 41
↑ Computer & Video Games , "November 1999" (UK; 1999-10-13), page 108
↑ 14.0 14.1 http://sega.jp/pc/hod2/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-02 15:36)
↑ Neo Plus , "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus , "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus , "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus , "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Neo Plus , "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Arcade , "March 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
↑ Arcade , "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-06), page 114
↑ Arcade , "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-01), page 98
↑ Computer & Video Games , "November 1999" (UK; 1999-10-13), page 108/109 (108)
↑ DC-UK , "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 24-26 (24)
↑ Dreamcast Monthly , "September 1999" (UK; 1999-xx-xx), page 74-77 (74)
↑ Dorimaga , "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
↑ Dreamcast Magazine , "No. 1" (UK; 1999-09-09), page 70-72 (70)
↑ Dreamcast Magazine , "No. 34" (UK; 2002-04-25), page 56-58 (56)
↑ Edge , "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-21), page 81
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine , "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-24), page 106/107 (110)
↑ MAN!AC , "06/99" (DE; 1999-05-05), page 46
↑ Player One , "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 80-83 (80)