The House of the Dead 2

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The House of the Dead 2
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Distributor:
Arcade
Deith Leisure (UK) [1]
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast Gun, Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 HDR-0007
Sega Dreamcast
JP
(Gun Set)
¥7,8007,800 HDR-0011
Sega Dreamcast
US
51002
Sega Dreamcast
US
(Sega All Stars)
Sega Dreamcast
EU
MK-51002-50
Sega Dreamcast
EU
(Gun Set)
Sega Dreamcast
BR
197066
Windows PC
JP
¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190) HCJ-0302
Windows PC
US
Windows PC
EU
EI-1268
Windows PC
UK
(Xplosiv)
EI-1268
Windows PC
UK
(Fair Game)
Windows PC
UK
(Grabit)
Windows PC
KR

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

In-game credits

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

Other 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

PC version

In-game credits

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

Other 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

Artwork

Promotional material

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 AllGame
60 №4, p138[3]
Arcade
76
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Arcade
N/A
Based on
0 reviews

The House of the Dead 2

NAOMI, World (upright)
HotD2 NAOMI Manual Upright.pdf
Manual
NAOMI, World (deluxe)
HotD2 NAOMI Manual Deluxe.pdf
Manual


Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 AllGame
80 №7, p114[4]
60 №13, p98[5]
96 №88, p90-93
92 №94, p108/109
80 №216, p108/109[2]
80 №1, p24-26[6]
80 №1, p74-77[7]
90
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91 №1, p70-72[9]
№34, p56-58[10]
70 №71, p81[11]
83 №537, p35
78 №82, p82/83
87 1999-09-08
80 №1, p106/107[12]
87
85
87 September 23, 1999
88 №102, p80-83[13]
90 №1, p41[14]
88
100 2006/11/13
Sega Dreamcast
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Based on
23 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
90
[15]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
75
[4]
Arcade (UK) PAL
50
[5]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
96
[16]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
92
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[2]
Dreamcast Arena (IT) PAL
80
[18]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
80
[7]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
80
[6]
Digitiser (UK)
67
[19]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
70
[20]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
75
[21]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
91
[9]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
90
[22]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
70
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
76
[23]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
83
[24]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
83
[25]
Freak (IL)
92
[26]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[27]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
53
[28]
GameZine (UK)
90
[29]
Gen 4 Consoles (FR)
100
[30]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
91
[31]
Joypad (IT) PAL
80
[32]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
82
[33]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
82
[34]
Man!ak (PL)
85
[35]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[36]
Neo Plus (PL)
80
[37]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[38]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[39]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
90
[40]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
80
[12]
Player One (FR)
88
[13]
Playmag (FR) PAL
85
[41]
PSX Extreme (PL)
73
[42]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
90
[14]
Strana Igr (RU)
80
[43]
Strana Igr (RU)
83
[44]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
77
[45]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[46]
Sega Dreamcast
80
Based on
42 reviews

The House of the Dead 2

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Inlay
Dreamcast, US
(Sega All Stars)
THotD2 DC US Box Front Alt.jpg
Cover
Dreamcast, EU
THotD2 DC EU Box Back.jpgTHotD2 DC EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
THotD2 DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, JP
THotD2 DC JP Box Back.jpgTHotD2 DC JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
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Inlay
Dreamcast, JP (Gun Set)
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Cover
Dreamcast, BR
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Cover
THotD2 DC US Disc.jpg
Disc

Windows version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 №111, p94
Windows PC
83
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD-Action (PL)
75
[47]
Windows PC
75
Based on
1 review

The House of the Dead 2

PC, US
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Cover
PC, EU
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Cover
THotD2 PC EU Disc.jpg
Disc
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Jewel Case
PC, EU (DVD)
THotD2 PC EU Box Empire.jpg
Cover
PC, JP
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Cover
PC, UK (Xplosiv)
THotD2 PC EU Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, UK (Xplosiv) (Alt)
THotD2 PC UK Box Xplosiv Alt.jpg
Cover
PC, UK (GrabIt)

PC, UK (Fair Game)
THotD2 PC EU Box FairGame.jpg
Cover
PC, FR/NL (Sega Classics)

PC, ES/IT

PC, ES (FX)
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Cover
PC, PT (Top Games)

PC, PL

PC, KR
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Cover

External links

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

References

  1. File:CVG UK 204.pdf, page 76
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 216.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 216.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
  3. File:Arcade UK 04.pdf, page 138
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  5. 5.0 5.1 File:Arcade UK 13.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 13.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:DCUK 01.pdf, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 01.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:DreamcastMonthly UK 01.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMonthly UK 01.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
  8. File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 33
  9. 9.0 9.1 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 01.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMagazine UK 01.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  10. File:DreamcastMagazine UK 34.pdf, page 56
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:Edge UK 071.pdf, page 81 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 071.pdf_p81" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:ODCM US 01.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ODCM US 01.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:PlayerOne FR 102.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 102.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 14.0 14.1 File:ROD ES 01.pdf, page 41 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 01.pdf_p41" defined multiple times with different content
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  16. Consoles +, "Mai 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 90
  17. Consoles +, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-1x-xx), page 108
  18. Dreamcast Arena, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; 2000-01-10), page 90
  19. Digitiser (UK) (1999-10-26)
  20. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 84
  21. Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 36
  22. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
  23. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-09), page 266
  24. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 98
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  26. Freak, "5/99" (IL; 1999-xx-xx), page 29
  27. GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
  28. GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 148
  29. GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
  30. Gen 4 Consoles, "Novembre 99" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 124
  31. Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 34
  32. Joypad, "Febbraio 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 88
  33. MAN!AC, "06/99" (DE; 1999-05-05), page 46
  34. MAN!AC, "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-01), page 87
  35. Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 57
  36. Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 82
  37. Neo Plus, "Styczeń 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
  38. Next Generation, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-17), page 86
  39. neXt Level, "Januar 2000" (DE; 1999-12-03), page 44
  40. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 86
  41. Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 86
  42. PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
  43. Strana Igr, "May 1999 1/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 50
  44. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
  45. Total Control, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-16), page 114
  46. Video Games, "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-15), page 106
  47. CD-Action, "8/2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 88



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
Music
The House of the Dead 2 (1999) | Zombie Revenge (1999) | The House of the Dead 4 Original Sound Tracks (2005) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Original Sound Tracks (2019) | The House of the Dead 2 (2022)
Book
The House of the Dead Official Guide (1998) | The House of the Dead Dennou Shinan: Dr. Curien no Houkoku Sho (1998) | The House of the Dead 2 G's File (1999) | The House of the Dead 2 Perfect Guide (1999) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: The House of the Dead 2 (1999) | The House of the Dead 2 Official Strategy Guide (1999) | Dreamcast Hisshou Hou Special: Zombie Revenge Perfect Guide (1999) | House of the Dead (2003) | The House of the Dead III Perfect Guide (2003) | Prelude to an Overkill (2009)
Book
The House of the Dead "Wilder than Heaven" (1997) | Nightmare Syndrome Horror Game Comic Anthology (1998) + one more manga
Film
House of the Dead (2003) | House of the Dead II (2005)