The Typing of the Dead
The Typing of the Dead is an arcade game that was developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the NAOMI hardware. The game was released in Japanese arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Sega…
The Typing of the Dead is a shooter developed by WOW Entertainment, released 31 December 1999 on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Typing of the Dead is
The Typing of the Dead is a shooter game developed by WOW Entertainment and released in 1999. It was published by Sega. It is available on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Sega NAOMI.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The plot of the game closely follows that of House of the Dead 2.[2] The story begins on February 26, 2000, when several AMS agents have been dispatched to investigate a zombie outbreak in Venice, Italy. The player can control two characters, James and Gary, who are sent to find the original game's "G" and then tasked with restoring order.Responsibility for the outbreaks is soon traced to "Goldman," a banking tycoon and scientist who attempts to end human control of the earth. Much of the game revolves around destroying Goldman's creations, concluding with the final boss of "the Emperor." One of three possible humorous ending sequences occurs, depending on the answers given to the questions…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, educational and horror. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the The House of the Dead series
The Typing of the Dead is the second of 36 entries we hold in the The House of the Dead series. It arrived a year after The House of the Dead 2. The next entry was The House of the Dead III in 2002. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is The House of the Dead: Overkill at 82.
How it was received
The Typing of the Dead holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Typing of the Dead launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment and Little Fighter 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 3.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, Little Fighter 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Typing of the Dead yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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