

They continue on, trying to save the town's civilians from the zombies.ĭuring the chaos, James and Gary face Judgment consisting of Zeal and his giant, headless, axe-wielding armored puppet Kuarl. The pair are then met with a massive undead horde, similar to the kind from the Curien Mansion incident. Upon finding a wounded G alive in a local library, James and Gary converse with him and G gives them a field journal showing the bosses and weak points. They suddenly encounter the impish Zeal, who had recently dealt with G. On February 26, 2000, American AMS agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart are dispatched, along with Amy Crystal and Harry Harris, to investigate and evacuate the populace of Venice. Curien's operations in Venice, Italy, where a zombie outbreak takes place. The flashbacks to the first The House of the Dead in the game's introductory sequence were recorded using the game's engine.ĪMS Agent G's further investigation on the 1998 Curien Mansion incident leads to his mysterious disappearance upon his discovery of the remnants of Dr. The game served as the springboard for the arcade, Sega Dreamcast, and PC release The Typing of the Dead, the Nintendo DS release English of the Dead, as well as the inspiration for the Game Boy Advance game, The Pinball of the Dead. This is expanded upon with far more paths than the original and can even lead to completely different stage layouts/locations, although the general story itself will always remain the same. Like the first game, it incorporates a branching path system that allows for a variety of different routes in each stage depending on the players actions. Bonus health can be awarded by rescuing civilians and finding first aid kits hidden in crates and barrels.

Health is represented by torches at the bottom of the screen and are lost when the play is hit by an enemy or shoots a civilian. Players must shoot their way through hordes of zombies and other monsters while attempting to rescue civilians being attacked. It includes an auto-reload feature that allows players to point their guns off-screen to reload their weapons without pulling the trigger. The House of the Dead 2 is a rail shooter light gun game.
