The House of the Dead 2
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The House of the Dead 2

73
Critic Rating
#Shooter

About

The House of the Dead 2 is a first-person light gun shooter arcade game with a horror theme and the second game in The House of the Dead series of video games. The direct sequel to The House of the Dead, it was developed by Sega for arcades on the Sega NAOMI board in November 1998 then later ported to the Dreamcast in 1999 and Microsoft Windows in 2001, and is also found on the Xbox as an unlockable bonus in The House of the Dead III. The game appears in the compilation The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return for Wii. The Dreamcast version became a Sega All Stars title.

Storyline

The game follows the fictional events of February 26, 2000, fourteen months after the 1998 Curien Mansion incident in The House of the Dead. AMS agent G has gone missing and his last known location is Venice, Italy. The city of Venice becomes chaotic when a strange zombie breakout takes place. American AMS agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart are dispatched, along with Amy Crystal and Harry Harris, to investigate and evacuate the populace. They suddenly encounter the impish Zeal, who had recently dealt with G. Upon finding G alive but wounded, James and Gary converse with him and G gives them a field journal showing the bosses and weak points. The pair are then met with a massive undead horde, similar to the kind from the Curien Mansion incident. They continue on, trying to save the town's civilians from the zombies.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story1.1h
Main + Extra2.3h
Completionist6.1h
All Styles1.4h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 9/10/2026

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Multiplayer

Local Max2 players

Languages

LanguageSupport
EnglishAudio
EnglishSubtitles
EnglishInterface

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Game Info

Release Date11/1/1998
DeveloperWOW Entertainment
PublisherSega
PlatformsArcade, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Dreamcast
GenresShooter
IGDB Rating73/100 (72)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer

Themes

Action
Science fiction
Horror

Perspectives

First person

Release Dates

DreamcastDec 31, 1999
PC (Microsoft Windows)Jul 6, 2001
DreamcastMar 25, 1999
WiiMar 11, 2008
WiiMar 19, 2008
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