It is a fast-paced, gory, horror, first-person shooter that relies on reflexes and aims to be played. While the main proposal of the game, kill zombies, is pretty simple, The House of The Dead 2 keeps the experience fresh with multiple types of zombies, that pose unique challenges, and different boss fights. Zombies keep coming after you, and your only job is to fill them with hot lead. Plug in a light gun and challenge four chapters with branching storylines. In total, you'll have to defeat more than 11 types of enemies. All of the undead react realistically to your shots. The House of the Dead: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform. A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new. Description of The House of the Dead. Read Full Description. The House of the Dead is a 'rail shooter' - a kind of game I have not seen before on a PC platform although it is well known for arcade fans. For those of you who aren't familiar with the expression 'rail shooter': unlike the usual first-person shooters such as Quake, Doom and so on, in House of the Dead you are not.

House of the Dead is one of the most beloved light-gun rail shooters that has a presence in just about every arcade in the world ever since its original release in 1996. Pitting one to two players against countless zombies in rail-shooting action, a new House of the Dead remake will allow fans to bring the experience home once again.

House of the Dead has had various console releases both for the original title as well as its multiple sequels. The series has been credited alongside Resident Evil for popularizing zombie video games which have become a massive genre in their own right ever since.

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Now, a new remake of the game that defined light shooters titled House of the Dead: Remake is making its way to Nintendo Switch. Developer MegaPixel Studio has said that the game will boast updated graphics as well as changes to gameplay that bring the shooter more in line with modern standards. However, for any worried fans of the series, it has also confirmed that the game will keep the plot faithful to the original game, including the series' legacy of having multiple endings to discover and unlock, and the trailer shows that the gameplay also looks faithful despite receiving some updates to make it feel more modern. The remake will also feature an entirely new cast of characters for players to pick from.

Fans of the series may remember that the remake was announced back in 2019 from publisher Forever Entertainment alongside a remake of The House of the Dead 2. However, the released trailer only delivers an update on The House of the Dead: Remake and fans will still have to wait for news on the remake of the sequel. The trailer also only confirms that the title is coming to Nintendo Switch, so it remains to be seen whether or not the game will eventually make it to other platforms like PC and home consoles.

The trailer comes as a bit of a surprise as it was released quickly after Nintendo's Indie World stream event early today, but the news is definitely welcomed by fans of the series that have been waiting for news since the remake's announcement. Hopefully, the title will be available on other platforms as well as the Switch so that more fans get to re-experience the classic shooter.

The House of the Dead: Remake is set to be available later this year on Nintendo Switch.

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Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Games developed for older versions of Windows may not run on recent systems. You will probably need a Virtual Machine to run the game.

Additional info

Input: joystick, keyboard, mouse

Distributed on: cd-rom

Also published for: Saturn, smartphone

Abandonware DOS views: 102438

Comments

this game I think is pretty good on windows XP not on windows 10
It Says Please install CD-ROM no Exe. File please help!
i like it very much
Had this one for the Dream Cast along with Resident Evil to round of the horror survival shelf. Interesting to see it floating about and seemingly more popular than I thought it would be. It is pretty fun (shooter on rails like Operation Wolf, but with zombies).
super game...
It tells my that you need the house of the dead CD or something like that please anyone help.
@ramesh: there's more than one exe, I just checked. Could it be that your antivirus automatically deleted the EXEs? I guarantee that House of the Dead is virus free
house of the dead exe file is not there
nice game
You are right Moldy.. my mistake. I changed the system data accordingly.
This is actually a Windows 95/Windows NT game and cannot be played on vanilla DOS.
I ran all of the executables in DOSBOX, a MSDOS 7.10 Virtual Machine, my stand alone ThinkPad running IBM DOS 4.01, and also my 2003 Dell Dimension 4600. It would only work when running under Win XP or 98 on my Dell.

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