The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead is a first-person, light gun arcade game. Players assume the role of agents Thomas Rogan and "G" in their efforts to repel the dangerous, inhumane experiments of Dr. Curien, a madman.
The House of the Dead is an arcade developed by WOW Entertainment, released 13 September 1996 on Sega Saturn, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What The House of the Dead is
The House of the Dead is an arcade game developed by WOW Entertainment and released in 1996. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Saturn, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
On December 18, 1998, Agent Thomas Rogan receives a distressing, short phone-call from his fiancé, Sophie Richards at the Curien Mansion, the home and laboratory of Dr. Roy Curien, a renowned biochemist and geneticist. Together with his partner Agent G, they arrive on the scene at the Curien Mansion, amidst a series of ominous occurrences and disappearances at the mansion, to immediately discover the estate overrun with hellish creations. A mortally wounded man gives them a small field journal showing information of all of Curien's deadly creations and their weak points. It is used every time the player(s) are confronted by a boss. Curien was obsessed with discovering the nature of life and…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
The House of the Dead launched on 13 September 1996, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Wipeout XL and Die Hard Trilogy.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Wipeout XL, Die Hard Trilogy.
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