The House of the Dead 2

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Dreamcast NAOMI Windows PC
The House of the Dead 2
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega Sega PC Empire Interactive
Developer: Sega AM1 Sega AM4 (cabinet) CRI H.I.C.
Distributor: Deith Leisure (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), Horror Gun Shooting (ホラー・ガンシューティング), Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1998-11-20 ¥? ? JP (playable demo) 1998-09 ¥? ? US 1999-01 $? ? JP 1999-03-25 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e HDR-0007 JP (Gun Set) 1999-03-25 ¥7,800 (8,190)7,800e HDR-0011 US 1999-09-09 $49.9549.95 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 MK-51002-50 FR 1999-10 MK-51002-50 FR (Gun Set) 1999 MK-51045-50 UK 1999-11-05 £39.9939.99 MK-51002-50 UK (Gun Set) 1999-11-05 £59.9959.99 MK-51045-50 AU 1999 FHOU00DCS BR xxxx 197066 JP 2001-01-25 ¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190) 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) 2005 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 a Sega NAOMI arcade horror light gun game developed by Sega AM1 and manufactured by Sega. First released to Japanese arcades in November 1998 to critical and commercial success that surpassed even its predecessor, the game has since been regarded as one of Sega's most seminal and classic arcade titles, and is the direct basis for a number of spin-off titles like The Typing of the Dead.

In March 1999, The House of the Dead 2 was ported to the Sega Dreamcast courtesy of developer CRI, and was also later ported to Windows PCs in January 2001 courtesy of developer H.I.C.. The game also appears an an unlockable bonus in the 2003 Xbox port of its sequel The House of the Dead 3, and as a featured game in the 2008 Nintendo Wii compilation 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

• Presented by: Sega

©Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1998, 1999

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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

• Product Manager: Andrew Stein, Stacey Kerr
• Senior Coordinator: Undyne Stafford

Manual

• Writer/Editor/Translator: Luke Valentine
• Writer: Fumiaki Tomura
• DTP Operator: Makoto Nishino
• Designer: Naohiko Iida
• Supervisor: Kaoru Ichigozaki

• 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

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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

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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

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Other credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The House of the Dead 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #124: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1998-04: "1998-04 (1998-12-11)" (1998-11-27)

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:

• Neo Plus (PL) #31: "Kwiecień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #32: "Maj 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #33: "Czerwiec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #34: "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #35: "Wrzesień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)

PDF

PC press release

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Physical scans

NAOMI version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Arcade (UK) NTSC-J 50

	50
Based on 1 review

The House of the Dead 2

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NAOMI, US (deluxe)
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Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Arcade (UK) 80 GamesMaster (UK) 78 №82, p82/83 Mega Fun (DE) 87

	82
Based on 3 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 576 Konzol (HU) 90 Arcade (UK) NTSC-J 75 Arcade (UK) PAL 50 Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J 96 Consoles + (FR) PAL 92 Computer & Video Games (UK) 75 Dreamcast Arena (IT) PAL 80 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL 80 DC-UK (UK) PAL 80 Digitiser (UK) 67 Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL 70 Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) 75 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) 91 Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J 90 Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J 95 Dreamzone (FR) PAL 93 Edge (UK) NTSC-J 70 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 76 Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) 83 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 83 Freak (IL) 92 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 84 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 53 GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-J 78 GameZine (UK) 90 Gen 4 Consoles (FR) 100 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 78 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 91 Joypad (IT) PAL 80 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 82 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 82 Man!ak (PL) 85 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 87 Neo Plus (PL) 80 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 neXt Level (DE) PAL 85 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) 90 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) 80 Player One (FR) 88 Playmag (FR) PAL 85 PSX Extreme (PL) 73 Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL 90 Strana Igr (RU) 80 Strana Igr (RU) 83 Total Control (UK) NTSC-J 77 Video Games (DE) PAL 84

	81
Based on 46 reviews

The House of the Dead 2

Dreamcast, JP
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Disc File:House Of The Dead 2 DC JP Manual.pdf Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, JP (Gun Set)
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Dreamcast, US
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Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars)
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Dreamcast, US (Stinger Bundle Pak)
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Dreamcast, EU
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Dreamcast, EU (Gun Set)
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Dreamcast, BR
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Dreamcast, AU
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PC version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 83

	83
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score CD-Action (PL) 75

	75
Based on 1 review

The House of the Dead 2

PC, JP
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PC, EU
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PC, EU (DVD)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv; free game)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv) (Alt)
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PC, UK (Grabit)
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PC, UK (Fair Game)
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PC, FR
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PC, BX† (Sega Classics)
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PC, ES/IT
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PC, ES (Xplosiv)
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PC, ES (FX Interactive)
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PC, PT
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PC, PT (Top Games)
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PC, PT (Power Games)

PC, PT (Diário de Noticias)
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PC, PL
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PC, HU (Ecobit)
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PC, HU (EVM)
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PC, KR
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PC, KR (alt)

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	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, PC