The House of the Dead - 104,140 (No Continues)

A no-continue playthrough of the arcade version of The House of the Dead via the Sega Model 2 Emulator, using the mouse. HOTD1 is my favorite entry in Sega's horror-themed rail shooter series, and was the game that got me into arcades in general.
In this playthrough, I achieve a great score (scoring 100K or higher is considered amazing). However, it's not my personal best; you can watch my PB run here: • The House of the Dead ...
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For faster kills and higher score, you must shoot the humanoid creatures, dogs, and monkeys in the head. The weakest of such enemies die in one headshot, while the strongest die in two. For enemies like bats and maggots, they can't be headshotted, and will die in one hit anywhere.
Saving researchers gives you points and extra lives. If you save them all, in the final level you unlock a secret bonus room filled with extra points and lives. Shooting a researcher costs a life and points.
The House of the Dead has tons of branching paths, adding more replay value. Depending on if a researcher dies or not, or If you shoot certain objects, your path changes. In this playthrough, I take the highest-scoring route. At 3:45, I deliberately get knocked down by an enemy, which deducts a life, to take the most optimal path in stage 1.
Coins are worth 300. Golden frogs are worth 1000. If you're at max lives (5) and collect a life, you get a bonus 300 points. I stupidly missed at least one coin and frog in this playthrough -- sorry about that -- so I could've potentially scored 1300 more here.
There's more little scoring quirks and optimizations but those are just the basics. HOTD is fun, in my opinion, and also fairly-designed. Every instance of damage, every missed item, and every missed headshot is your fault. With practice, you can clear the game without dying and score high. I love this game.
0:00 Intro
1:23 Chapter 1: Tragedy
7:19 Chapter 2: Revenge
15:30 Chapter 3: Truth
22:31 Chapter 4: The house of the dead
28:51 Ending/Credits
30:51 High Score Entry

[@Multibrawlr]

Check out my newest playthrough of this game. 105K, using a GUN4IR (no mouse): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGbXaIiPaamWr7c

[@Mazinkaiser88]

"Winners don't use drugs" Lance Armstrong : Actually...

[@lancecurry7538]

3:47 - Still cracks me up that getting knocked down a pit is the key to getting more points on this run.

[@Multibrawlr]

Poor Rogan!

[@rcdrifter]

Nice job! Man, this really jogged my memory about how satisfying it is to get clean headshots. I’m also a huge fan of how accuracy over speed rewards the player

[@Multibrawlr]

Thank you! And yes, I love that stuff too! Fun challenge.

[@stuarthough8440]

@@Multibrawlr even though he's a bad guy its good seeing the magician in all the house of the dead games he was in but it was a shame he wasnt in house of the dead 3 or scarlett dawn

[@sebastianselvarajan]

I had over 97k at the arcade using the light gun, I was convinced it had to be a record at the time. You can get a higher score by not saving all the civilians as the game takes you down longer routes with more enemies to kill. Also a bit of "torture" for the zombies adds to the score. If 2 body hits give 20pts and a head shot gives 110pts then a body hit + head shot gives 120, double head shot enemies can also take a hit or two to the body before dying.

[@Multibrawlr]

Nice score. I tend to rescue all the hostages since the bonus room is worth so many points, and often helps me break 100K.

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

Still one of the best zombie shoot’em up arcade games ever.

[@jarrodedson5441]

Agreed

[@Multibrawlr]

Never gets old for me, always a blast!

[@Multibrawlr]

I'm working on a video that analyzes why I enjoy the original House of the Dead. Stay tuned, and thanks everyone for checking out my channel!

[@rawpotato5829]

I think you will agree with me that house of the dead 1/2 should be ported to mobile because of the touch screen, example: you just have to tap on the zombies.

[@zerotheero]

The things about HOTD1 that stands up to me is that how creepy it is without the music (the PC port I always come across was sanitized of music because warez), the "DIE!" sound clip they carried over from Virtua Cop 2, and to this day I still feel the voiceover in this game is not as narmy as I see people always make it to be. For me that's HOTD2's thing more than this game.

[@pimpinpres]

Great job, man! Been seeing a lot of HotD1 gameplay vids lately, both from the original and remake. I'm glad the series is getting a new life!

[@Multibrawlr]

Thank you!

[@naufaldegea]

1:28 scientist "oh, no!" Classic line ever

[@Vixx89]

This game and Cruisin USA were the the main reasons I loved going to the movies with my friends, we played the hell out of these games in the 90s and early 2000s…good times

[@GoogleAids]

I've seen some crazy intros but that fbi into stands out

[@Multibrawlr]

Definitely a classic for sure.

[@maksudmobassherahsan1604]

Great job, man! Now, I really want you to do a high scoring video for HOD 2! Great job again!

[@Multibrawlr]

Thank you! I'll try my best to get a HOTD2 video up sometime. That game is very hard, though, so it may take some time!

[@Multibrawlr]

If you liked this video, please check out my no-continue run on The House of the Dead 2! I'm making more light gun videos as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHbMmat5qtyEo80

[@caz1014]

Good job man, really like that you took the diffrent routes in the stages most times I`ve seen the same routes.

[@Multibrawlr]

Thank you!

[@scootza1]

Not sure why Rogan was so worried about falling off the roof during his battle with the Hangedman... He can fall down random holes, trap doors, and elevator shafts without no problem. I don't see why a tumble off a 4 or 5 story building is an issue

[@lancecurry7538]

Even Rogan has his limit.

[@Brolly5]

Remember seeing this and some mecha action game in the K-mart arcade.

[@FinalStage4L]

This is best house of the dead hands down a true classic arcade game that deserved a way better remake .

[@Multibrawlr]

I agree. The remake should've been made in-house at Sega, not licensed out to some third-party Polish developer nobody knows about.

[@weeblbob233]

I learned a lot on how to play. Thanks. I always tho this game was a spray and pray game but it actually rewards accuracy without telling you. TIL

[@Multibrawlr]

You're welcome. Glad to hear you learned something from watching!

[@WindElementor14]

Just like old times in my Childhood 2000s I first saw this when I was little I was too scared l play it seen it in movie theaters. back in 2008 I was too scared to play house of the Dead 4 too many zombies

[@OldJohnsGamingWorld]

Wow that was well played for sure, new sub here to see more

[@purepwnage909]

I just realized you were able to get rid of the flashing when you shoot your gun, did you have to go into the fame files itself to remove it ?

[@Multibrawlr]

Fortunately no! Egregiousguy made a custom .lua script that removes the screen flash. A download link for it is in the video description. You simply place this in the "scripts" directory of the Sega Model 2 emulator, and it should work when you start the game.

[@purepwnage909]

@@Multibrawlr Thanks !

[@NathanTagalicorn12345]

6:19, Me: It is not nice to hit a girl. Chariot: (Roars) Me: Oh, now you're being mean to me?! Well, I'll show you! Bakugan brawl! Pyrus Siege stand!

[@Warblefly41]

"Winners don't use drugs" should be "Winners don't dual wield"

[@Multibrawlr]

I wish I could try dual wielding this game but I only have one PC light gun and that costed me $400, would have to do it in the arcade instead.

[@runawaycat4594]

1:29 'We're meeting G over there'

[@PlayNewApp]

Awesome, my friend. 😍💕 Big like. 👍 Have a good day.🤗✨

[@crimson11]

Jerry miculek must be proud of this guy

[@MaverickHunterX97]

Nice, new routes

[@Jiterdomer]

Holy shit!

[@giuseppejoseph8890]

Still better than the Remake. True, they tried but the music, graphics, and ending sequence just aren't the same.

[@Multibrawlr]

I agree, personally.

[@zZiL341yRj736]

How do you set this up with the mouse and everything. I'm curious to try.

[@Multibrawlr]

It should work with mouse immediately once you get the Sega Model 2 emulator and game rom situated. The .ini file in the emulator's directory has a "DrawCross" option that will place a visible crosshair wherever you point with the mouse. Game rom stays zipped and goes in the "roms" folder.

[@Mohamed.saleh141]

Can i give us a link for the full game with all of its files cuz i am looking forward to play my childhood game again and you made a very good job finishing the game at once ♥️

[@Multibrawlr]

I can't have any ROMS posted here and can't really say where you can get it, but if you search for it online, it shouldn't take you that long to find it.

[@FEAR_Operative]

I hope also wish to see you playing The House Of The Dead III arcade version port instead of the Original XBOX, PC, Wii or the HD Remaster for PS3 using direct capture footage. That is if there is an Emulator for it. There's not many gameplay footages that is crystal clear, mostly cam recordings. Those arcade machines are super rare nowadays around where my location.

[@Multibrawlr]

I know an arcade in my state that has a HOTD3 arcade cabinet. If I ever go, I'll see if I can film it!

[@LITTLE1994]

Impressive.

[@Multibrawlr]

Thank you!

[@lancecurry7538]

_Most_ impressive.

[@PrimevalDemon]

Wow elevator boss is evangelion as hell

[@filipinowhiteboy]

It's strange. I've heard this is the hardest game in the franchise from a couple of reviewers and I gotta say it really isn't in fact, it's probably the easiest in the franchise. Like I can get pretty close to the final boss before facing a continue screen.

[@Multibrawlr]

I guess with many light gun games at first, they seem hard and quarter-munchy, but with practice they can be quite easier. Scoring high in this game is challenging and requires skill, but in my opinion it's a very balanced and fun goal to pursue, once you get consistent at 1CCing it.

[@filipinowhiteboy]

@@Multibrawlr I dunno man. HOTD2 immediately steps up the difficulty. I sometimes have a hard time getting passed the first boss. And that's to say nothing of the other sequels in the series which all get even harder after that. I think one of the reasons I gravitated to HOTD1 and Area51 were because I could actually make good headway before needing to shell out more quarters.

[@Multibrawlr]

@@filipinowhiteboy HOTD2 is a nightmare for sure. I find 4 easy, 3 in the middle, and SD and the remake difficult. HOTD1 is definitely the easiest and most approachable of the games.

[@filipinowhiteboy]

@@Multibrawlr Wow, you found 4 easy!? I love that game but it just kicks my ass into next week. Especially "the Star". The minute I have to face him, I lose about $6 guaranteed. The fist boss is no slouch either. I've never been able to stop him from hitting me at least once.

[@Multibrawlr]

@@filipinowhiteboy Takes practice and muscle memory, but eventually you'll figure out how to stop all the boss phases. There's also lots of bonus lives to earn back.

[@HappySuperFace]

Have you played the remake?

[@Multibrawlr]

I have. Really don't like it. Just seems unpolished and unfair, made me want to play the original again.

[@chirris3527]

it sucks

[@HappySuperFace]

@@Multibrawlr yeah I felt the same. I refunded it after a playththrough because of how unfair it felt. Its good to know that you HOTD experts feel the same and I'm not crazy haha.

[@Multibrawlr]

@@HappySuperFace There's a lot of people who like it, which I respect, and to be fair I don't think the remake is meritless (it's very loyal to the OG level designs, some of the environments/creatures look cool, and deathless runs are possible). But I would've preferred if Sega let their AM1 arcade division work on this, rather than license this and HOTD2 out to unknown Polish devs who have poor track records.

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@Multibrawlr yeah the remake is a letdown I miss this original game

[@icewing3512]

Poggers

[@s.zhong.2000]

The House of the dead was totally better arcade game for the original one and what's the point to play the remake one for nintendo switch then the remake one is absolutely poor rating and bad one just because the aiming is really hard to shoot on the remake from the switch and it's really so annoying to play the remake one as well.

[@Multibrawlr]

Tried to get into remake but never liked it. Design-wise it felt inferior to the original.

[@PuteraNadim]

It's not a house of the dead game if it doesn't have bad voice acting lmao

[@Multibrawlr]

"Let's go in!" "Sure, why not?"

[@lancecurry7538]

To be fair, the voice acting in this game is OK. It's not hilariously abysmal like HOTD 2, but it's still incredibly hammy and cheesy.