The House of the Dead III

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The House of the Dead III
System(s): Sega Chihiro, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Windows PC, PlayStation Now
Publisher: Sega Sega PC
Developer: WOW Entertainment Sega (Shanghai) Software
Distributor: Infogrames Europe (Europe) Leader (IT) Wizard Soft (KR)
Peripherals supported: PlayStation Move
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages: 日本語 English Français Deutsch Italiano Español
Release Date RRP Code JP 2002-12-19 ¥? ? US 2003 $? ? UK 2003 £? ? JP 2003-01-30 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e Q74-00001 US 2002-10-29 $49.9549.95 64006 DE 2003-03-14 ES 2003-03-14 FR 2003-03-14 UK 2003-03-14 FI 2003-03-14 IT 200x AU 200x $99.9599.95 JP 2005-03-17 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e HCJ-0360 EU (FR/DE) 2005-02-11 SEGA-PC007-FG INL-S007-FG BX 2005-02-11 SEGA-PC007-UK INL-S007-UK ES 2005 INL-S007-SP ES (Best of Atari) 200x SEGA-PC007-EX INL-S007-EX FR (Xplosiv) 200x UK 2005-02-11 SEGA-PC007-UK INL-S007-UK UK (Sold Out) 2006-11-03 £4.994.99 UK (MAD) 200x £9.999.99 CZ 200x HU 200x PL 200x AU (Gamer's Choice) 200x NZ (Gamer's Choice) 200x BR (Tech Dealer) 200x KR 2008 SEGA-PC805-KR SG (Replaygem) 200x EX 200x SEGA-PC007-EX INL-S007-EX JP ▼ 2012-04-19 ¥952 (1,000)952 (1,000) NPJB-00197 US ▼ 2012-02-14 $6.996.99 NPUB-30580 US ▼ (Demo) 2012-02-07 EU ▼ 2012-02-15 €5.995.99 NPEB-00849 UK ▼ 2012-02-15 £4.994.99 NPEB-00849 AU ▼ 2012-02-15 $8.958.95 NPEB-00849 KR ▼ 2012-02-14 ₩8,6008,600 NPHB-00453 TW ▼ 2012-02-14 NT$225225 NPHB-00453 JP 2015-09-16

The House of the Dead III (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド3) is an entry to the The House of the Dead series, and a direct sequel to The House of the Dead 2. It was initially developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for Sega Chihiro arcade hardware in 2002.

Gameplay

Achievements

Main article: The House of the Dead III/Achievements.

History

Legacy

The Dreamcast version was first announced for release in February 2001, but was cancelled around November.

Following its Chihiro launch in 2002, The House of the Dead III was ported to the Xbox home console in 2003. A Windows PC port was released in 2005, and the game was re-released on the Wii as part of The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. A version for the PlayStation 3 with PlayStation Move support was released by Sega in early 2012.

Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on The House of the Dead III arcade machines on March 31, 2017.

Production credits

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

Downloadable content

Title and description	Links	Releases
Exclusive Dynamic Theme PlayStation Plus subscribers only.	PlayStation 3: US	US 2012-02-14 FREEfree
Z2 Avatar	PlayStation 3: US	US 2012-02-14 $0.490.49
Agent G Avatar PlayStation Plus subscribers only (US).	PlayStation 3: US, UK, AU	US 2012-02-14 FREEfree UK 2012-02-29 £0.200.20 AU 2012-02-29 $0.350.35 EU 2012-02-29 €0.250.25
Lisa Avatar PlayStation Plus subscribers only (US).	PlayStation 3: US, UK, AU	US 2012-02-14 FREEfree UK 2012-02-29 £0.200.20 AU 2012-02-29 $0.350.35 EU 2012-02-29 €0.250.25
Z1 Avatar PlayStation Plus subscribers only (US).	PlayStation 3: US, UK, AU	US 2012-02-14 FREEfree UK 2012-02-29 £0.200.20 AU 2012-02-29 $0.350.35 EU 2012-02-29 €0.250.25

Digital manuals

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  Chihiro US wiring diagram (deluxe)

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  Chihiro US wiring diagram (standard)

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  Chihiro US manual (upright)

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  Chihiro US service bulletin

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  Chihiro UK manual (deluxe)

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  Chihiro UK manual (upright)

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

PDF

Chihiro UK info sheet

PDF

Chihiro US flyer

PDF

Chihiro EU flyer

PDF

PSN reveal press release

Artwork

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Photo gallery

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  Deluxe cabinet

Physical scans

Chihiro version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score (AU) 85

	85
Based on 1 review

The House of the Dead III

Chihiro, US

Chihiro, EU

Xbox version

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score (FR) PAL 83 (US) NTSC-U 72 (US) NTSC-U 67 (US) NTSC-U 88 (US) NTSC-U 70 (AU) PAL 77 (UK) PAL 71 (US) NTSC-U 90 (PL) NTSC-U 70

	76
Based on 9 reviews

The House of the Dead III

Xbox, JP
Cover
Disc

Xbox, US
Cover
Disc

Xbox, UK
Cover
Disc

Xbox, FR
Cover

Xbox, DE
Cover

Xbox, ES/IT
Cover

Xbox, AU
Cover

PC version

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score (HU) 70 Virtual'nyye radosti (BY) 60

	65
Based on 2 reviews

The House of the Dead III

PC, JP
Cover

PC, UK
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (Sold Out)
Cover

PC, UK (MAD)
Cover

PC, FR/DE
Cover
Disc

PC, FR (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, BX†
Cover
Disc

PC, ES
Cover
Disc

PC, ES (Best of Atari)
Cover

PC, IT
Cover

PC, GR (CD Media Collector's)
Cover

PC, PL/CZ

PC, AU (Gamer's Choice)
Cover

PC, NZ (Gamer's Choice)
Cover

PC, BR
Cover

PC, AR

PC, KR
Cover

PC, SG (Replaygem)
Cover

PC, EX†
Cover

PC, HU
Cover

PC, SI/HR/YU (Game Zone)
Cover

Technical information

Main article: The House of the Dead III/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1			GD-ROM
?	CRC32 1e983608 MD5 911a416d747b35b8c48ec6bbae59b842 SHA-1 355feb0eb54793f5df34dddb65c81ba5efaaef5a	7,825,162,240		DVD-ROM (US)
✔	CRC32 9d68fa0e MD5 49079360c4d53e446a2738f8b1dadd44 SHA-1 82ea2be6f88eda617b718a1d3dc9127b883fa3be	7,825,162,240		DVD-ROM (EU)
?	CRC32 c61f2d89 MD5 6095546533538ee95748fa100de18aab SHA-1 ec54c275b3c1cb16fc9cbaa95b18a00eb6790e18	7,825,162,240		DVD-ROM (JP)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2002-09-04	DVD-R				Page

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Arcade, Xbox, PC, PlayStation 3
• The House of the Dead III on PlayStation.com: JP, US, KR
• The House of the Dead III on PlayStation Store: JP, US, UK, AU, KR, TW
• The House of the Dead III on Xbox.com: US (archive)

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
	(1999) | (1999) | (2005) | (2019) | (2022)
	(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)