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The House of the Dead 2
System(s): Sega NAOMI , Sega Dreamcast , Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM1 /Sega AM4 (cabinet), CRI , H.I.C.
Distributor: Deith Leisure (UK)[1]
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Gun , Dreamcast VGA Box , Dreamcast Jump Pack , Dreamcast Arcade Stick
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1999-03-25
¥5,8005,800
HDR-0007
JP (Gun Set)
1999-03-25
¥7,8007,800
HDR-0011
US
1999-09-09[5]
$49.9549.95[6]
51002
US (Sega All Stars )
2000-08-22
EU
1999-10
MK-51002-50
EU (Gun Set)
1999
BR
xxxx
197066
JP
2001-01-25
¥7,800 (8,190 )7,800 (8,190 )
HCJ-0302
US
2001
EU
2001-06-22
EI-1268
UK (Xplosiv )
2003
EI-1268
UK (Fair Game )
200x
UK (Grabit )
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
Presented by: Sega
©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
Arcade print advert in
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1998-04: "1998-04 (1998-12-11)" (1998-11-27)
Dreamcast print advert in
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-11ex: "1999-11 extra (1999-04-02ex)" (1999-03-19)
PDF
PC press release
Artwork
Physical scans
NAOMI version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Arcade (UK)
60
№4, p138[7]
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Version
Score
NAOMI, World (upright)
Manual
NAOMI, World (deluxe)
Manual
Dreamcast version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Arcade (UK)
80
№7, p114[8]
Arcade (UK)
60
№13, p98[9]
Consoles + (FR)
96
№88, p90-93
Consoles + (FR)
92
№94, p108/109
Computer & Video Games (UK)
80
№216, p108/109[3]
DC-UK (UK)
80
№1, p24-26[10]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK)
80
№1, p74-77[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (readers) (JP)
90
№, p33[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
91
№1, p70-72[2] №34, p56-58[13]
Edge (UK)
70
№71, p81[14]
Famitsu (JP)
83
№537, p35
GamesMaster (UK)
78
№82, p82/83
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
80
№1, p106/107[15]
MAN!AC (DE)
82
№1999-06, p46[16]
Mega Fun (DE)
87
neXt Level (DE)
85
Player One (FR)
88
№102, p80-83[17]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)
90
№1, p41[4]
88
Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc
Inlay
Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc
Inlay
Dreamcast, BR
Disc
PC version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Version
Score
CD-Action (PL)
[52]
PC, US
Cover
PC, EU (DVD)
Cover
PC, JP
Cover
PC, UK (GrabIt)
Cover
PC, UK (Fair Game)
Cover
PC, BX† (Sega Classics)
Cover
PC, ES/IT
Cover
PC, ES (FX)
Cover
PC, PT (Top Games)
Cover
PC, PT (Diário de Noticias)
Cover
PC, HU (Ecobit)
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.
External links
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast , PC
References
↑ File:CVG UK 204.pdf, page 76
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↑ File:ODCM US 01.pdf, page 111
↑ File:Arcade UK 04.pdf, page 138
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↑ 576 Konzol , "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Consoles + , "Mai 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Consoles + , "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-1x-xx), page 108
↑ Dreamcast Arena , "Gennaio 2000" (IT; 2000-01-10), page 90
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1999-10-26 )
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel , "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin , "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 36
↑ Dreamzone , "Avril-Juin 1999" (FR; 1999-04-15), page 115
↑ Dreamzone , "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-10-16), page 119
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "December 1999" (US; 1999-11-09), page 266
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast , "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Famitsu , "1999-04-02" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 35
↑ Freak , "5/99" (IL; 1999-xx-xx), page 29
↑ GameFan , "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
↑ GamePro , "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 148
↑ GamesMaster , "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-24), page 82
↑ GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Gen 4 Consoles , "Novembre 99" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 124
↑ Game Informer , "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 65
↑ Gamers' Republic , "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 34
↑ Joypad , "Febbraio 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 88
↑ MAN!AC , "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-01), page 87
↑ Man!ak , "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 57
↑ Mega Fun , "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 82
↑ Neo Plus , "Styczeń 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Next Generation , "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-17), page 86
↑ neXt Level , "Januar 2000" (DE; 1999-12-03), page 44
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine , "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 86
↑ Playmag , "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 86
↑ PSX Extreme , "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
↑ Strana Igr , "May 1999 1/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Strana Igr , "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Total Control , "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-16), page 114
↑ Video Games , "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-15), page 106
↑ CD-Action , "8/2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 88