The House of the Dead

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Model 2 Saturn Windows PC
The House of the Dead
System(s): Sega Model 2C CRX, Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega Sega PC
Developer: Sega AM1 Sega AM4 (cabinet) Tantalus Interactive
Distributor: Deith Leisure (UK)
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Virtua Gun, 3D Control Pad
Genre: Gun Shooting (ガンシューティング), Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1997-03 ¥? ? US 1997 $? ? JP 1998-03-26 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e GS-9173 JP (Satakore) 1999-03-11 ¥2,8002,800 GS-9207 US 1998-05-05 $49.9949.99 81802 EU 1998-04-10 MK81802-50 EU (Virtua Gun) 1998-04-10 81805 DE 1998-04-10 MK81802-50 PT 199x UK 1998-04-10 MK81802-50 PL 1998 AU 199x BR 199x 191x71 AS 199x MK-80318-40 JP 1998-05-29 ¥7,800 (8,190)7,800e HCJ-0140 JP (Ultra 2000) 2000 JP (PC Home) 200x ¥1,9801,980 US 1998 85075 US (Expert Software) 199x T-6823-01 EU 1998 MK-85075-50 EU (Xplosiv) 2001 EI-1276 DE 1998 MK-85075-50 ES (FX Interactive) 200x MVM03 ES (Xplosiv) 2001 EI-1276 ES (PC Magnum bundle) 199x PT (Power Games) 200x UK (Fair Game) 199x UK (Xplosiv) 2001 EI-1276 UK (Grabit) 200x UK (Gamer Pack) 200x GP 083 HU (EVM) 200x PL 1998 160zł160 AU (Classic) 199x IN (Xplosiv) 200x KR 199x

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The House of the Dead (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド) is a Sega Model 2C CRX arcade horror light gun game developed by Sega AM1 and manufactured by Sega. First released to Japanese arcades in September 1996 to critical and commercial success, its widespread popularity established the long-running House of the Dead franchise, and the game has since been regarded as one of Sega's seminal and classic arcade titles.

In March 1998, The House of the Dead was ported to the Sega Saturn, and only two months later also saw a port to Windows PCs, both courtesy of developer Tantalus Interactive.

Versions

As was typical for Model 2-to-Sega Saturn conversions, the Saturn version runs at a lower resolution with a lower frame rate. The Saturn game uses lower quality textures and fewer polygons than the arcade.

Production credits

Arcade version

• Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
• Assistant Producer: Hiroshi Aso
• Programmers: Koji Ooto, Kazutomo Sanbongi, Kazutaka Horie, Tomoyuki Naito, Gen Miyazaki
• Designers: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yasutada Kawata, Nobutaka Tozawa, Takahiro Kudo, Akiko Shirota, Satoshi Ito, Norio Ishii, Yasushi Sekido
• Music Composer & Sound Effect: Tetsuya Kawauchi
• Publicity: Yasushi Nakajima, Akira Yamanaka, Jun Kasahara
• AM4 Staff: Minoru Matsuba, Yasuhiro Komori, Noriaki Ueda, Motohiko Higashiguchi, Eiji Inoue, Ken Adachi, Kenji Watanabe
• Special Thanks: Ryoichi Hasegawa, Takahiro Fukada, Yoshimi Aikawa, Katsu Oshida, Toshihiro Ando, Hitoshi Furukubo
• Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
• Presented by: AM1

Saturn version

• Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
• Assistant Producer: Hiroshi Aso
• Programmers: Koji Ooto, Kazutomo Sanbongi, Kazutaka Horie, Tomoyuki Naito, Gen Miyazaki
• Designers: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yasutada Kawata, Nobutaka Tozawa, Takahiro Kudo, Akiko Hirota, Norio Ishii, Yasushi Sekido
• Music Composer & Sound Effect: Tetsuya Kawauchi
• Lead Programmer: Paul Seedy
• Additional Programming: Brett Patterson
• Lead Artists: Simon Hart, Rohan Westbury, Warren Hawkes
• Additional Artists: Mark Jones, Andy Yong, Robert Walkley, Ben Hemming
• Quality Assurance: John Szoke
• Saturn Engine: Shane Stevens
• Technical Director & Tools: Andrew Bailey
• Executive Producer: Arthur Kakouris
• Publicity: Yasushi Nakajima, Akira Yamanaka, Jun Kasahara
• Special Thanks: Ryoichi Hasegawa, Takahiro Fukada, Seiki Saito, Katsu Oshida, Toshihiro Ando, Hitoshi Furukubo, Tim Larby, Yutaka Sugano
• Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
• Presented by: AM1

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In-game credits

Sega of America

• Production:
  • Producer: Jason Kuo
  • Lead Tester: Howard Gipson
  • Assistant Lead Tester: Dennis Lee
  • Testers: Amy Albertson, Bobby Amirkhan, Sean Doidge, Jeff Junio, Chris Lucich, Mike McCollum, Matt Underwood, Fernando Valderrama
• Marketing:
  • Product Manager: Andrew Stein
  • Senior Marketing Coodinator: Undyne Stafford
  • Manual: Doug Sipp
• Special Thanks To: Sandy Castagnola, Jadelyn Chang, Tina Claybon, Geraldine Dessimoz, James Faison, Takahiro Fukuda, Eric Hammond, Sheri Hockaday, Brad Hogan, Anne Moellering, Jon Orantes, Keith Palmer, Heather Ravenberg, Paul Sears, Dan Stevens, Bernie Stolar, Yutaka Sugano, Test Management, Shuji Utsumi and the Sega Online Team

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US manual

PC version

• Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa
• Assistant Producer: Hiroshi Aso
• Programmers: Koji Ooto, Kazutomo Sanbongi, Kazutaka Horie, Tomoyuki Naito, Gen Miyazaki
• Designers: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yasutada Kawata, Nobutaka Tozawa, Takahiro Kudo, Asako Shirota, Norio Ishii, Yasushi Sekido
• Music Composer & Sound Effect: Tetsuya Kawauchi
• Lead Programming: Greg Douglas
• Lead Artists: Simon Hart, Rohan Westbury, Warren Hawkes
• Additional Artists: Ben Hemming, Mark Jones, Andy Yong, Robert Walkley
• Quality Assurance: John Szoke, Tom Norgate
• PC Engine: Graeme Scott, Greg Douglas, Steve Passiouras
• Technical Director & Tools: Andrew Bailey
• Executive Producer: Arthur Kakouris
• Publicity: Yasushi Nakajima, Akira Yamanaka, Jun Kasahara
• Special Thanks: Ryoichi Hasegawa, Takahiro Fukada, Seiki Saito, Katsu Oshida, Toshihiro Ando, Hitoshi Furukubo, Tim Larby
• Director & Planner: Takashi Oda
• Presented by: AM1

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

PDF

Saturn JP flyer

Saturn ES print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #104: "March 1998" (1998-0x-xx)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #105: "April 1998" (1998-0x-xx)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #106: "May 1998" (1998-0x-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-10: "1998-10 (1998-04-03)" (1998-03-20)

Print advert in Click! (PL) #11-2001: "11/2001" (2001-05-24)

Print advert in 576 KByte (HU) #2002-03: "Március 2002" (2002-xx-xx)

Photo gallery

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  Deluxe cabinet

Physical scans

Model 2 version

Model 2, US (deluxe)
Manual

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Fun Generation (DE) 30 GamesMaster (UK) 85 №67, p46-48

	58
Based on 2 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Ação Games (BR) 85 Consoles + (FR) PAL 90 Edge (UK) PAL 70 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 64 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 70 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 30 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 60 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 78 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 67 Joypad (FR) PAL 70 L'essential des Achats pour Consoles (FR) 85 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 58 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 83 Neo Plus (PL) 50 neXt Level (DE) PAL 80 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 80 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 75 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 80 SuperGamePower (BR) 86 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 82 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 87 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 87 Super Power (FI) 88 Video Games (DE) PAL 68

	74
Based on 24 reviews

The House of the Dead

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (Satakore)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU (Virtua Gun)
Cover

Saturn, PT
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

Saturn, Asia (Virtua Gun)
Cover

PC version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Based on 0 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Arcade (UK) 25 CD-Action (PL) 70 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 75 Gamers' Republic (US) 75 Hacker (HR) 79 Next Games (FR) 60 PC Zone (UK) 76 Reset (PL) 70 Secret Service (PL) 60 The Gamer (YU) 75 Ultimate PC (UK) 46

	65
Based on 11 reviews

The House of the Dead

PC, JP
Cover

PC, JP (Ultra 2000)
Cover

PC, JP (PC Home)
Cover

PC, US
Disc Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software)
Cover
Disc

PC, EU
Cover
Disc Jewel Case

PC, UK (Xplosiv)
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (Xplosiv; alt)
Cover
Disc

PC, UK (Grabit)
Cover

PC, UK (Fair Game)
Cover

PC, UK (Gamer Pack)
Cover

PC, ES (FX Interactive)
Cover

PC, ES (Xplosiv)
Cover

PC, ES/IT (Xplosiv)
Cover
Disc

PC, ES (PC Magnum bundle)
Cover

PC, PT (Power Games)
Cover

PC, HU
Cover

PC, AU (Classic)
Cover

PC, KR
Cover

PC, IN
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	434,550,816		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81802-50 V1.001
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	429,169,440	1998-02-25	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9173 V1.003
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	429,167,088	1998-05-21	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9207 V1.003
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	434,536,704		CD-ROM (US)	81802 V1.000
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1998-01-27					Page