The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead is a light gun shooter arcade video game, first released by Sega in Japan in September 13, 1996, with the international version released following in March 4, 1997. Players assume the role of agents Thomas Rogan and "G" in their efforts to combat the products of the dangerous, inhumane experiments of Dr. Curien, a mad scientist.

Plot
On December 18, 1998, AMS Agent Thomas Rogan receives a distressing phone-call from his fiance, Sophie Richards, at the Curien Mansion, the home and laboratory of Dr. Roy Curien, a renowned biochemist and geneticist. Amidst a series of ominous occurrences and disappearances at the mansion, Rogan arrives on the scene with his new partner, Agent G, to immediately discover the estate overrun with hellish creations. A mortally wounded man gives them a small field journal showing information about all of Curien's deadly creations and their weak points. It is used every time the player(s) is confronted by a boss.

It is revealed that Curien was obsessed with discovering the nature of life and death. While supported by the DBR Corporation and its own team of scientists, Curien's relentless pursuit of this goal slowly drove him insane, with his behavior growing more erratic and the nature of his experiments beginning to take a gruesome turn. Curien's plan for his research ultimately resulted in the release of his experimental subjects free into his mansion. Wasting no time, Rogan and G storm inside the mansion in order to find and save Sophie, as well as the several other scientist trapped inside, where they witness first-hand the terror unleashed by Curien's zombies and abominations.

When Rogan and "G" arrive at the mansion, they find Sophie, but she is just as soon captured by a gargoyle bat-like abomination called the Hangedman, who takes her away to the mansion. They later find Sophie in an empty room, but she is knocked against a wall by the Chariot, a gray armored super soldier carrying a blood-stained halberd. Rogan and G defeat Chariot and attend to Sophie, who passes out. Rogan, in a fit of rage, goes off to avenge his fiance by seeking out the Hangedman. He and G find him on the rooftops surrounding the courtyard, where he intends to stop them. He then drops two scientists to their deaths before fighting Rogan and G. He nearly kills them by knocking them off the roof, but they manage to hang on and continue fighting. They finally shoot him down, causing him to fall to his death.

The two push on to find Dr. Curien, while having to fight an even larger horde of zombies in the process. They eventually reach him, but he escapes into his underground laboratory and releases the Hermit, a giant spider crab monster, to finish them. They manage to kill it, and continue the chase.

Upon confronting Curien a second time, the AMS agents are introduced to his masterpiece, The Magician, a humanoid demon-esque creature that possesses a mastery of fire. After Curien releases the creature from his incubation chamber, the Magician reveals himself to be self-aware, refusing to serve any master; Dr. Curien is subsequently killed by his own creation. To prevent the Magician from escaping the mansion and destroying the world, Rogan and 'G' confront him in one final battle. Before dying, the Magician gives one last, chilling warning, and then explodes. Rogan and 'G' leave the mansion, taking one last look at it from the outside.

There are, however, alternate endings that the player can achieve upon completing the game. Good ending, in which the camera pans to the foyer one last time; the doors open, revealing Sophie to be alive, running towards the camera saying "Thank you!", showing that her injury from earlier did not kill her if the score is at least 600000 points. Bad ending shows Sophie having become an undead, the last corpse remaining. Which ending the player gets depends on the player's final score and the number of continues used.

Why It's The House of the Dead (No Pun Intended)

 * 1) Zombies! Zombies anywhere within the mansion!
 * 2) Cool and polished 3D graphics
 * 3) Gruesome creatures to kill.
 * 4) Cool and fast-paced gameplay.
 * 5) Awesome soundtrack.
 * 6) 4 fearsome bosses with given weak points you encounter.
 * 7) Creepy settings.
 * 8) Great story.
 * 9) Player 1 controls Thomas D. Rogan and player 2 controls Agent G as this game's main characters.
 * 10) Speaking of the plot, you will see Sophie again depending on how well you performed in the game's actual story. If the score is medium to reach 620000 points, then you will look at the mansion.
 * 11) Many innocent lab folk to rescue. Some will even give you extra health!
 * 12) The number of lives is up to five. The game expands if you get extra life to continue playing (one life if three hostages are rescued or two if six or more hostages are rescued).
 * 13) Find and shoot coins and golden frogs to earn more points.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) No music in the game without the CD (in PC version only).
 * 2) The Sega Saturn and the PC versions have bad graphics, specially when compared to the original arcade version.
 * 3) Like most 90s horror games (e.g: Resident Evil, and Silent Hill), it has cheesy voice acting.
 * 4) The Remake is not that great, due to the sound track not being as good as the OG although it is still powerful and catchy, the controls (atleast on the switch) being subpar, and lacks replay value by today's standards, its still has some charms though.

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