The SEGA Forever social channels enters into the territory of THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD series as part SEGA 60th Anniversary celebration with tons of interesting trivia on the classic arcade light gun shooter including console ports, plot points, and easter egg appearances in other SEGA titles. Check out the video above and be on the lookout for more SEGA Forever retrospectives!
Special Thanks to Danny from SEGA of America for giving me the opportunity to help with this video!
This is a roughly translated version of The Sub Story to the original House of the Dead roughly from the Japanese Sega Saturn Perfect Guide. Illustrations done by Lisa Lee.
Below are excerpts from Thomas Rogan’s note.
Hello AMS agents! Kori here to give you all a few updates to The Website of the Dead. I’ve been working with a top score HotD1 player, Egregiousguy, in the USA to work on a high score guide for each chapter in the original House of the Dead game (which you can find under chapters) as we prepare for the upcoming remakes by Forever Entertainment. Other games in the series will follow suit in given time.
I’ve also added a fan art section for the community fanbase from around the world to share their own HotD artwork. If you would like to submit your own House of the Dead fan art, feel free to send a direct message to WotD Twitter!
Welcome to The House of the Dead Community Fan Art section where fans of the series from all over the world can submit their House of the Dead fan art to The Website of the Dead. If you want to submit your fan art, send over a direct message on Twitter!
atAaLLGIRL – USA
GodEmperorGillan
Multibrawlr – USA
MultiFreak99 – Thailand
The official House of the Dead twitter accounthas recently made an announcement that the latest House of the Dead installment will receive an brand new attraction called House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn: The Attraction at Tokyo Joypolis in Japan which will be playable on March 19th.
The attraction will replace The House of the Dead 4 Special, an updated version and side story to the fourth game, which stopped its operation recently this month and will feature a shooting ride theater type attraction with the capacity of 12 players (4 players each on 3 screens). The objective of the attraction is to work together as a team by shooting down incoming creatures and bosses in a building while obtaining the highest ranked score. Check out screens of the attraction below the article!
Hello friends in the HotD Community! I’m here to wish you all a Happy Halloween. With the remakes of the first two games in the series in development by MegaPixel Studio and published by Forever Entertainment, I went ahead and updated the game pages for both games all this month with their own chapters, endings, gallery, music, cheats, artwork and trivia sections with high score guides coming soon on a later date with the help of skilled players in the community for newcomers introduced to the House of the Dead series.
Other House of the Dead games that came after the first two will also be updated in a similar fashion. Feel free to navigate through the pages and Happy Halloween from The Website of the Dead!
– Kori
Normal Ending
Occurs after beating the game under 80,000 pts with continues. You will be thanked by the people and fellow agents you’ve saved.
Bad Ending
Occurs after beating the game under 80,000 pts with the last digit being 0 with Goldman resurrected as zombie after his suicidal fall.
Good Ending
Occurs after beating the game over 80,000 pts with the last digit not 0. You will be greeted by AMS Agent Thomas Rogan, a key witness of the 1998 Curien Mansion. He will lead you to the next battle ahead.
Summary
“At last, you’ve come… friends. The door of fate shall open.“
Finally, we reached Goldman’s headquarters. There, an eerie creature that is completely different from the past is waiting. You can’t turn back anymore … The last battle for the human race survival begins …
Creatures
High Score Guide
*Coming Soon*
Original Mode Guide
*Coming Soon*
Boss: Emperor Type-a
Created by Goldman, this creature must be at the top of nature.
That is “EMPEROR”.
The weak point is the red core that is visible in the center of the transparent body .
Unlike other bosses, you can cut down on its health as much as you shoot, so you’ll be able to test the “accuracy” and “fire power” you’ve been using so far .
“EMPEROR” attack patterns can be broadly divided into three types.
[1] Bit Attack
Randomly attack with 3 types: throwing spheres, throwing spheres simultaneously, and rushing.
○ Spheres
One hand is pushed out before the attack.
Be careful because the speed of the sphere changes depending on the difficulty.
Spheres can be shot in one shot, so deal with them without rushing.
○ Simultaneous Spheres
When shooting spheres simultaneous, “EMPEROR” pushes
out both hands before the attack . There is no change in speed when the spheres are shot simultaneously.
○ Rushing cut
When it prepares rush, the “EMPEROR” will accumulate energy before the attack, so you can shoot a lot in the gap . If you
fire the core while its wielding a sword, you can stop the attack.
[2] Dummy Attack
If you reduce it’s health by about 30%, the attack pattern of the “EMPEROR” will change,
and will attack you by changing into the bosses you’ve have fought so far.
○ JUDGMENT
This pattern is always used when a bullet reaches the core during JUDGMENT charging.
There is no pattern of turning left and right, so fire in the middle .
○ HIEROPHANT
jumps high and tries to poke a spear.
There is no opening and closing of the chest, so you can just shoot at the core .
It’s the easiest pattern to deal with.
○ TOWER
Once it tilt its neck to the right and start to hang from the top, it is important to aim at the moment you turn right .
The aim is fixed at the upper right corner
toward “EMPEROR”, and when “TOWER” starts moving , try to shoot the place continuously .
○ The point is to aim around this
forehead slightly above the STRENGTH head .
You can shoot only for a moment before the chainsaw can hit you, so the
timing is considerably severe compared to other dummy attacks. This is the most difficult pattern to deal with.
[3] Rotation attack When the
When the remaining health is about 1/3, it becomes only the core and
rushes with a bit that rotates around .
It is necessary to aim well because the core is small, but if you aim calmly, you can easily deal with it. If you get to here, you win.
Stage Gallery
*Coming Soon*
Summary
“Our Emperor shall awaken soon… Hurry friends.”
Goldman is on the top floor of the building at A0063. Goldman is waiting for the AMS, with the emperor’s awakening in mind. Your ambition … is to stop him at all cost!
Creatures
High Score Guide
*Coming Soon*
Original Mode Guide
*Coming Soon*
Boss: Magician Type-0
One of Dr. Curien’s greatest masterpieces.
“MAGICIAN” is a powerful life form that can manipulate flames freely.
It was supposed to have been buried in the Curien Mansion case …
There are four weak points, the left upper arm, right lower arm,
left thigh, and right shin that are not covered by armor .
Attacks other than weak points are not allowed.
The weak part of the foot is easy to aim because the exposed part is larger and the movement is less .
Tips
There are two basic attack patterns.
[1]
Fire bullets at the fire projectile from both hands of the “MAGICIAN”.
While accumulating energy, fire towards the weak point, and when a
bullet is fired , give priority to shooting the projectile .
The fire projectiles can be shot down with a single shot, so
if you have reached this point, you should be able to deal with them.
[2] Flame slashing
“MAGICIAN” rushes with the flame in his arm.
Whether or not to attack. This attack will be a parting of life and death.
If you hit a weak point, you can stop the attack, so as soon as he start rushing, aiming at his left thigh or right shin is easy to deal with.
When “MAGICIAN” loses half of his health, the
fire projectiles will come down mercilessly from the sky.
10 shots fired from both hands, with shooting the
5 rounds at them in the center.
Here, the continuous rapid fire means a lot, so put a lot of power into it.
Because the “MAGICIAN” is defenseless while he accumulates energy , aim at the right foot and aim at a focused attack to take him down once and for all.
Stage Gallery
Summary
“Everything’s set. All we need to do is wait…”
Apparently something happened to Amy and Harry who separated along the way. Go through the spooky dark underpass with prisons and basements and hurry to the Coliseum!
Creatures
High Score Guide
*Coming Soon*
Original Mode Guide
*Coming Soon*
Boss: Strength Type-205
“STRENGTH” is a huge zombie that wields a huge chainsaw. The weak point of “STRENGTH” is the head, but it is hard to hit because it is shot with a chainsaw.
Tips
There are three types of attack patterns.
[1] The chainsaw cutting
“STRENGTH” rushes at a tremendous momentum and
cuts with a chainsaw .
The only way to stop him is to fire at the head.
Continue to aim to hit this ,
You got to attack so that it prevents the creature to not attack with the chainsaw as much as possible.
[2] Throwing
“STRENGTH” will throw a hatchet that has been driven into his body.
Shoot the hatchet flying in an arc, then aim at the head.
[3] Jump cut
“STRENGTH” jumps from the top of the wall.
There is a chance to shoot your head just before landing, but be
careful because the timing is severe .
From the moment you jump off, the
the point is to fire around the jaw .
Occasionally, a chain saw is raised and is threatening, but there are
plenty of opportunities. Shoot bullets into your head without mercy.
The route is divided into the east side and the west side of the Coliseum, but the basic strategy is the same. You can also shoot “STRENGTH” body and gradually reduce his health bar, but you can’t stop the momentum, so you should continue to aim at the head.
Stage Gallery
