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+ | * [[Original Mode (The House of the Dead 2)|Original Mode]]: This is similar to Arcade Mode, except that it allows a player to use 2 bonus items prior to starting the game. These items can be collected have a wide variety of uses, ranging from increasing life and credit score to selecting costumes. |
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* Options: The options screen gives the player various controls over game settings such as lives, continues, blood color, volume control, etc. |
* Options: The options screen gives the player various controls over game settings such as lives, continues, blood color, volume control, etc. |
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Revision as of 02:45, 7 April 2020
- For the 2005 film adaptation by Michael Hurst, see House of the Dead 2 (film).
The portal to carnage is about to open again...
Tagline
The House of the Dead 2 (ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド 2, Za Hausu obu za Deddo 2) is a horror-themed rail shooting game developed by SEGA AM1 (now WOW Entertainment) and released by Sega to arcades in 1998. It is the sequel to The House of the Dead, and the second game overall in the House of the Dead series.
Set almost two years after the 1998 Curien Mansion incident, the game follows AMS agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart as they investigate an unnamed, Venetian-inspired city overrun with biologically-engineered creatures.
Upon release, The House of the Dead 2 was praised for various improvements over its predecessor, but has often been derided for its voice acting. The game received several console ports and spin-off games.
A sequel, The House of the Dead III, was released in 2002. A remake of the game was confirmed by Polish-based video game distributor Forever Entertainment in 2019, with MegaPixel Studio involved as the developers.[1]
Plot
Characters
Synopsis
On February 26th, 2000, AMS agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart investigate an outbreak of vicious creatures in an unnamed city. James and Gary meet their injured partner G, who provides them his field journal of creature weak points.
James and Gary rescue civilians and defeat Judgment, consisting of the armored giant Kuarl and the imp-like Zeal, and the aquatic Hierophant. During a rendezvous with partners Amy Crystal and Harry Harris, the latter reveals that Caleb Goldman, the mastermind of the 1998 Curien Mansion incident; funded the late Dr. Curien's research, which he then used to engineer the citywide outbreak.
In a phone message, Goldman invites the agents to meet him at the Roman Colosseum; they hesitantly accept and split up. James and Gary enter through the sewers, battling the Hydra-like Tower, while Amy and Harry directly enter the Colosseum. After losing contact with them, James and Gary fight into the Colosseum to rescue Amy and an injured Harry from the chainsaw-wielding Strength.
James and Gary drive Harry's car to Goldman's headquarters, in the process fighting a revived Judgement, Hierophant, Magician, and Tower. The agents confront Goldman, who claims that he wants to protect the life cycle from mankind. He awakens Emperor, a creature intended to be humanity's ruler. After the Emperor's defeat, Goldman warns that "a successor will come". He then commits suicide by throwing himself off the roof of his building.
While unsure if their actions were correct, James and Gary vow to keep fighting.
Endings
One of three endings plays at the end of the credits. This is determined by the following:
- If a solo game was finished as either player 1 or 2
- If both players defeated the last boss
- Number of continues
- Points earned
Normal ending: Amy, Harry, G, and a group of civilians appear outside of Goldman's headquarters. thanking the player(s).
Bad ending: An undead Goldman appears outside; James and Gary exclaim his name. The screen fades to white as a gunshot is heard.
Good ending: AMS agent Thomas Rogan appears at the entrance to Goldman's headquarters. He reveals that G and Harry are alright, and says "On we go, to our next battle". This prompts replies from either James ("As long as we have the will to live") or Gary ("As long as there is an answer").
Modes
Depending on the version of the game (Arcade, Xbox, PC, Dreamcast, or Wii), there are a variety of gameplay modes available.
- Arcade Mode: The standard mode of play. It features one or two players playing through the game normally without any bonuses. Each player's gun holds only 6 bullets per round. However, unlike the arcade game, the player is able to set the number of lives and continues on the options screen. This varies from the arcade, where each player's life value depends on what the operator set it to.
- Original Mode: This is similar to Arcade Mode, except that it allows a player to use 2 bonus items prior to starting the game. These items can be collected have a wide variety of uses, ranging from increasing life and credit score to selecting costumes.
- Training Mode: This mode consists of 10 training stages which feature various situations that must be cleared in order to pass. Each training stage has different levels of difficulty.
- Boss Mode: This mode allows the player to play a time attack on the game's various boss fights. Each boss must have appeared during normal gameplay (either Arcade or Original mode) before it appears in this mode.
- Options: The options screen gives the player various controls over game settings such as lives, continues, blood color, volume control, etc.
Release
A deluxe House of the Dead 2 arcade cabinet.
Home ports
The House of the Dead 2 was ported to the Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, the Microsoft Xbox (as an unlockable in the port of The House of the Dead III), and the Nintendo Wii (in the compilation release The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return).
Remake
In late September 2019, Polish website Grampospolita.pl reported that Forever Entertainment, the developer responsible for remaking the first two games in Sega's Panzer Dragoon series, will remake the original The House of the Dead 2, as well as the original House of the Dead.[2] Forever Entertainment confirmed via Twitter on October 3, 2019 that they had signed an agreement to produce said remakes. No further details were provided.[1]
Chapters
- Chapter 1: A Prelude
- Chapter 2: Muddy
- Chapter 3: Darkness
- Chapter 4: Despair
- Chapter 5: Dawn
- Chapter 6: Original Sin
Bosses
Trivia
- The House of the Dead 2 was the first game to use SEGA's NAOMI board arcade system. The board was able to host up to 3,000,000 polygons per second (in comparison, the PlayStation could host only 650,000 polygons per second), making it one of the most realistic looking games of its time.[3]
Gallery
Data
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/ForeverEntert/status/1179705137616556038
- ↑ Michał Król (September 25th, 2019). "Polacy stworzą remake dwóch części The House of the Dead". Gramposolita.pl. “The House of the Dead: Remake i The House of the Dead 2: Remake będą mieć nową, dostosowaną do współczesnych standardów grafikę oraz lekko zmodyfikowaną rozgrywkę, ale w pełni zachowają oryginalny scenariusz. Spółka zapowiedziała, że materiały z pierwszej z gier zostaną zaprezentowane w najbliższych miesiącach.”
- ↑ FAQ by Guy Type R". Game FAQs (April 6th, 2000). “HOTD2 is the first ARCADE game that uses the SEGA's NAOMI (Nay-o-mi) board (Same board as the Dreamcast's). This board can soup up to 3,000,000 polygons per second (Playstation only has a maximum of 650,000). So the graphics can be "skin-like", meaning that everything looks real (Just look at the new Magician Type 0!).”
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