The House of the Dead - Arcade Review

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The horror based Sega on rails arcade shooter.
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Opening 3D Logo By:
Jan Neves
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Opening 2D Animation By:
Kevin Bhall
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Episode Notes:
1. Saturn footage from real hardware. Arcade footage from Nebula Model 2 emulator.
2. There is a lightgun in the works for the PC that allows you to use it on LCD monitors(or any other type of tech) called the Sinden. It's expensive but could be the answer for those of you looking for that authentic feel.
3. The arcade footage you are seeing is running at 640x480 but can run much higher with AA.
4. I have long fought the desire to own this arcade machine in my home. It's big and shaped funny, so the footprint is simply unwieldly. They are usually around $1000 or so in good working condition.
5. Getting the real ending to The House of the Dead is no easy thing. There are 3 endings and only the bad one is easy to get.

[@pablovicentelo3562]

I have the original cabinet working on my home :)

[@moviemetalhead]

That's cool it's building your house for you. How far along is it?

[@pablovicentelo3562]

@@moviemetalhead jajaja

[@ishakali3421]

Do you have it on free play?

[@pablovicentelo3562]

@@ishakali3421 ye

[@random_gamer_guy82]

@@moviemetalhead Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣mind read

[@iansmith8783]

There was also “typing of the dead” which replaced shooting with typing out words as fast as you can to improve your wpm. I used to play that one a lot.

[@aztecklover69]

noice!! I played mario type world!! basicly mario bros one where u tipped to walk, run, jump and climb^^

[@goldend-pad5257]

i ended up playing that more since modern lcds became more and more the norm and lightguns just didnt work on them, but its still great it didnt improve my typing much though.

[@jordanwhite352]

So it's someone who's eventually going to cover all of these there's actually three of them what you probably played was the first Typing of Dead which is based after the House of the Dead 2 game it's two sequels was they had one that was based after House that Dead Three and the last one was based after the spin-off House of the Dead Overkill. There's also English of the Dead which I implore you to look up on KZbin because it's hilarious and technically impressive.

[@iansmith8783]

​@@jordanwhite352 you're right, that's the one!

[@terrybuttkins]

Even though the Saturn version looked like it was drawn on an etcha sketch, I played the hell out of it. I loved the arcade so much.

[@jamesragsdale3069]

All about that virtua cop 2, though.

[@capcomfan82]

That’s a expensive ass game

[@vasileios6301]

Saturn was ugly compared to the original but the whole gameplay was there,arcade perfect on that department!

[@MichaelGreen-dm2ov]

Etcha Sketch I haven't thought about that in many years. Talk about memory lane. Thanks Terry

[@ulysses2162]

It was a rush job apparently on the Saturn. Could have looked a bit better had they taken the time on it.

[@baronvr1]

ANOTHER go to at the movie theatre. Didn't see this one in the local arcade but at the movie theatre. DUAL WIELDING MADE ME THE MAN I AM TODAY!

[@wing0zero]

😅 once missed a plane due to playing House of the Dead in an airport.

[@agentchris1482]

lol oops

[@bigballzmcdrawz2921]

Worth it

[@VSSEDragon3]

Arcade in an airport

[@baronhausenpheffer]

Saturn HOTD was my jam! It wasn't anywhere near the arcade in its visuals, but the gameplay was still there, and if you had a Stunner light gun, too... Man, it was the envy of my friends when it came to that particular genre. Almost every time they came over for a good year or two, a round of HOTD was a given.

[@bottledviolence133]

Oh man this is my childhood, used to play the PC versions with limited continues and finish the game every time and the boss rush mode was the best

[@jordanwhite352]

Curious, was the soundtrack correct on your PC? Because on mine the Boss music and the opening theme were reversed and I wonder if that's common with PC versions?

[@bottledviolence133]

@@jordanwhite352 I don't really remember man it's been 20years

[@irkalla100]

I had this on PC. My wife and I have a tradition of playing the cabinet at the cinema we usually go to before every movie. Hope that cabinet is still there!

[@eponymous7910]

The model 2 had a certain aesthetic charm that subsequent arcade boards lacked. I'd argue that the games released for it were Sega's zenith

[@DarKKnightt07]

I always like how this game had zombies in the background just wandering around. I always did my best to try and shoot them all. This is one of my favorite arcade games of all time. Its an arcade classic.

[@heyretrogamers2403]

i love this channel , Sega Lord have a huge gaming culture, and we always learn new things in all the videos, 100K are on the way.

[@majorjoe23]

I’m surprised this wasn’t on the Wii compilation with House of the Dead 2-3.

[@therealisticgamer5834]

I remember playing this at the arcade dual wielding🔫🔫

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

best way to play it i must say.

[@zachw2538]

Totally worth the dollar it cost.

[@justinholmes5614]

Bad Man !

[@edge6441]

Heck yeah my maaan!

[@sneakyking]

Watch out. We have a baddass over here!

[@justincalderon1018]

I love this game so much, I remember it used to scare me as a kid in the arcade but I kept wanting to go back and play it

[@GiftFromGod]

I absolutely loved playing THOTD as well as Virtual Cop when I was a kid! This is so nostalgic to see and can't wait to see what the re-make has to offer :D

[@joshbanks6367]

This was my favourite era for light gun games, it’s never been bettered in my eyes (especially the voice acting!)

[@jamesragsdale3069]

Was amazing to play through this and 2 in the arcade.

[@DerivitivFilms]

I loved Lightgun games! You need to try VR! VR shooters are like the natural evolution of the arcade light gun, except you are actually in the game and have to physically dodge bullets and take cover, sooo good man!

[@yesmate78]

@@DerivitivFilms all light gun needs remaster on ps4 or 5

[@Divide]

I rember driving to my local Kmart to play this back in 01. There was a small arcade near the cash registers. I had just gotten my driver's license too. I remember they had a ton of Sega classics in there. They also had Virtual on as well, with the big two seater machine, and joy stick controls. So much fun.

[@ciotay5469]

Used to bunk off school to go Sega Park and play this with mates lol Awesome days

[@slash5235]

Still have House Of The Dead in my local arcade, it's still the same as I remembered as a kid, hasn't changed with new equipment yet probably never will.

[@duckpwnd]

You're Sega Lord X. You're welcome for my view. And I will catch you next time.

[@MakopoweredGaming]

Than you for covering the arcade version! Most HotD videos I see are just dunking on the Saturn version, so it's nice to see the original arcade game get some love.

[@MasaCheez]

Man I just LOVE your content. There are a lot of top quality retro channels out there but to me, yours is absolutely tops. Thank you for all you do!

[@mcbaby]

SLX is a beast with these constant uploads.

[@Trialwolf]

Live in a tourist city and on one of the main strips there were three different arcade style places, but from these three places you could play all four House of the Dead arcade games and this has been accurate up till about a year or two ago, due to current situations I have no idea if they are still there or even open but it was just so much fun taking a day and playing each game in order for the day.

[@earlyriser03]

Love this to bits Sega Lord! Maybe also have the flashing screen warning in the video beginning too next time for those that are sensitive? Thank you for all you do! :)

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Wish these videos were an hour long! Thank you ❤

[@davidt3563]

Man so many great memories with HoTD! I still want an arcade cabinet of it in my basement. Played the living heck out of it on PC/Arcade.

[@Larry]

You could also use a Sinden light gun to play it authentically on PC.

[@PerfectlyAnywhere]

Exactly after finally seeing reviews for the light gun I’m actually going to buy one to play these old school games I can’t wait

[@Konuvis]

I received my 2 Sindens recently, can't wait to set up my coinops

[@panadolf2691]

Yep PC version is something in between Saturn and Arcade.

[@dieciseis]

im not native english, but you speak so good i can understand everything on your videos. thanks for upgrade my english and the content

[@mtshark7]

Awesome review man! I love playing the Saturn version from time to time.

[@archimagirus_sancti]

Once a month my cousin would drive us down to this huge arcade in Ann Arbor MI. I played the hell out of this and Virtua Cop. Also loved SFII and Metal Slug

[@DerivitivFilms]

I would Kill for a modern VR rerelease for these games and virtua cop!

[@TaggartExpress]

Hoping Arcade1up can pull some magic and get us a cabinet with the first three.

[@adamberthiaume309]

Bring back the light-gun era!

[@qaninjallc853]

You should try ordering the Sinden Lightfun it's amazing for this and works om modern tvs and monitors

[@VSSEDragon3]

I agree

[@jasonscott7527]

Bro the Wii had the house of the dead overkill and that was a freaking masterpiece.

[@chrisw8069]

Thought maybe I was going crazy for remembering a wii version.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@chrisw8069 I mean it got ported to the PS3 as well as mobile so there is that.

[@rockrollarc9792]

Best light gun game on the wii Best light gun game ever

[@cgriffith84]

Yes! I actually had a couple copies of Overkill! That game is amazing!

[@GamingOcelotArmy]

If I remember correctly, 2 and 3 also got released as a bundle or something like that

[@Soulintent95]

This game was the shit. To this day if i see a unit somewhere, i still get excited. I only play with a friend though. Ill never forget all the times i played it as a kid at the pizza shop with my cousins in plymouth. Not only were we having fun exploring plymouth, but wed end our day eating good and playing one of the best arcade games ever made.

[@shaunbowen]

I'd like to see your review of the Sinden Light Gun with these classic Sega Arcade games.

[@TitchgamerRG]

Been playing the hell out of this with my Sinden, Great game and great review :)

[@ElVlogdeBob]

I loved that game on the arcades. I had the PC version and for many years that was the only way to play it at home. I can't wait for the Remake!

[@Riz2336]

I was actually pretty stoked to see that there was going to be a re release of the first game, it didn't age well graphically over time so it'll be nice to see a new better graphics version of it

[@daniell1509]

Great video. Have you considered doing a review video on the major modern light guns for PC (and how well they work with emulated games like this)? Like Sinden Light Gun, etc.

[@littlejohn-pi7kk]

Played this series on Dreamcast. Such a good machine to play arcade games.

[@EliteGamersUnited]

Hey Sega Lord. Another top notch video. I remember getting HotD on Saturn for my bday in June 98. So much fun. That has to be one of the few games with awful graphics, that was still amazing and tons of fun.

[@thebigness71]

Had this for Dreamcast. It was awesome.

[@rafadono]

I would love to play a vr version of this franchise!

[@ALJ211]

That would be dope to have on the oculus quest 2!

[@dreamcastfan]

It’s good to see the original HOTD getting some love, I just finished getting a broken HOTD arcade machine up and running again (it was a real mess inside) and have been really enjoying playing the game. I haven’t managed to get the best ending yet but I’m going to keep trying.

[@ericliu8488]

I hope arcade1up will make a home version arcade. I loved this game, played so much that my trigger finger got blisters.

[@retroweirdo5818]

I have the now expensive long box version of this for my Saturn. This game and Darkstalkers were the pretty much the main reason I bought the Saturn when it was released. House of the Dead 2 is great on the Dreamcast and HotD Overkill is also great on the Wii.

[@aprichman]

I always thought this was the coolest game at the arcade when I was younger!

[@gamingwithmama4059]

I really loved the video. Maybe you should make a video of segas other shooters like Vampire Night and Ninja Assault.

[@Walboro]

Unfortunately the reason HotD1 was never re-released is because Sega lost the code for the game, so there’s no possible way to bring it back in its original form.

[@sushisunbreak]

All my allowance went into this game. Even now, 26 years later, I still remember where every monster pops up.

[@HolyWar2009]

Love your channel man, keep the great content coming

[@guitarspud1723]

I'd love to watch a sonic 3d blast genesis vs saturn, or a resident evil code veronica saturn timed exclusivity at the time(man I feel old). Your videos rock!

[@ClockedIt]

What a game. Possibly one of my most played arcade games to the point where my initials were in the top 1 to 10 in my local arcade version of it, and the only way to get your initials in were to complete the game heh. When the Saturn version came out, I'd never been so upset with a port in my life. I never bought it at the time and to this day I don't regret it. Great review of an all time classic and I'm very much looking forward to the remake.

[@Aragorn7884]

ZOMG the voice acting is hilarious 🤣

[@Akiga_games]

Man I used to love going to the arcade

[@walshja81]

Love this channel. Keep up the great work!

[@user-ok8yq6nc6x]

I used to play house of the dead 2 at dave and busters all the time, what a classic

[@3diamonds524]

You're knocking out vids like crazy, dude!

[@Gnamut]

If there's one Sega rail shooter arcade I'd love to see in this channel that's The Ocean Hunter. I loved thar game as a kid

[@KayoMichiels]

Wouldn't it be cool if you could play this in VR!!! I mean, not in it, but in an arcade cabinet and you're holding a lightgun.

[@Lynxan]

The have worked together in the past so I wonder of there is a possibility of Sega and Arcade 1up making a cabinet of House of the Dead 1,2 and 3 with guns using the tech of the Big Buck Hunter cab they put out recently.

[@crimsonshadow1140]

the voice of the child you hear calling out occasionally freaked the living shit out of me when I first played this, it was almost like Curien used a deceased child as the host of one of his creations 😣

[@darktetsuya]

I didn't really get into the series til I had the sequel on dreamcast, so I missed out on this one. I do have the entire model 2 catalog on my PC so I might check it out that way until the remake drops on switch! hopefully they give HOTD2 the same treatment, though! great review as always.

[@Savitor]

Wonder why Sega didn't release this as a budget title for Dreamcast much like Namco did with RE2 & RE3, it would have been a nice companion to HOTD2.

[@brettdulaney697]

Sega lord x!!!, the undisputed king of video game content on you tube

[@dbzeh6837]

Just bought it for the SS, the obly one I didn't play with a Light Gun yet.

[@shamrice]

My friend and I dropped so many quarters into this game back in the day in the arcade. When I finally had a chance to buy it on Saturn, I also had the option to pick up Burning Rangers. I went with Burning Rangers instead and picked up House of the Dead for the PC. (This was probably 2000?) Glad that I did, but I would still like to pick up a copy of House of the Dead for Saturn some day to play with the light gun again.. I have a CRT TV in the basement that I could hook it up to.

[@chexmixkitty]

The Saturn version was pretty rough, but I loved playing it at home with a light gun

[@tsunamirider9895]

Great video. Love the House of the Dead series, and even though the Saturn port wasn't great, I played it a ton and still loved it! House of the Dead 4 on PS3 w/Move and SharpShooter attachment is pretty awesome too! Really a shame they didn't put Light Gun games on the Wii U. Loved the Sega games on the Wii (House of the Dead 2/3, Ghost Squad, LA Machineguns/NY Gunblade). The Wii U would've been perfect for some HD light gun shooters as well! (really need an HD version of LA Machineguns/NY Gunblade). The Jurassic Park Arcade game, House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn, Luigi's Mansion Arcade, Terminator Salvation Arcade, Let's Go Jungle would be so awesome to have home ports of. Would've been great on Wii U (and possibly PS3 w/Move, but Wiimote Plus and sensor bar seemed better for these type of games). I'm not sure the Joycons will work out as well without a sensor bar as reference, but I'm still hoping for the best. Looking forward to House of the Dead on Switch. Hoping it will make way for more light gun shooters to come to home consoles in the future. Heck, we still need updates of Virtua Cop 1&2, and need a port of 3!

[@McShufts]

If you haven't already check out the Sinden lightgun, it's really good! Been play a ton of lightgun games recently when they arrived.

[@godofmediocrity7582]

Apparently the source code is lost for HOTD 1, sooo... That didn’t stop FFVIII tho.

[@Trialwolf]

I still have the PC Port released by Expert Software and it is pretty good, curious if it could still install on a modern PC or if it will need some 3rd party help.

[@RobertLewis85]

I remember House of the Dead 2 was installed on almost every pc at school

[@keynanmartinez]

One Of The Greatest Light Gun Rail Shooters Ever!

[@Spacebar2000]

When I was a kid, I really have a rough time to beat the final boss, Magician. After figured out the weak point, I managed to beat the game. Truly nostalgic.

[@ThatOldSchoolMagic]

Hyped to see the remake soon.

[@mattb9664]

"Don't come! Don't come!"

[@huhuhu557]

I dont know if sega lord x will see this comment, but the main reason why the house of the dead never got ported to any consoles like wii or ps3 is due to the fact that sega lost the source code the game. The funny thing is that people in sega tried to remake THOTD 2 times for the sega model two ( there is a video where a youtuber has that prototype but he will not released but from what I see they only had about 1/2 of the game finish before they canned it, but you could see it in the intro of the house of the dead 2) and during the xbox 360 era but never got past the pitch.

[@DrGamelove]

The Saturn light gun is still my favorite and that Virtua Cop double pack-in was an amazing deal. I think the remake needs VR control, not sloppy joy con aim... joy con aim is probably better than analog control but it’s not a true light gun experience unless you have precision aim.

[@SilverAxe13]

I’m stoked for the Switch remake. Hope Virtua Cop is next!

[@AnthonyRiddle]

Every single arcade in the 90s had this game somewhere off in a corner. I play these games dual wielding p1 and p2 guns in each hand, it's a much better experience

[@denNESdanMAKU]

I don´t know but I´m pretty sure that the japanese Saturn port has red blood. I have it and still playing it from time to time and I think it is there.

[@BobZ1313]

I use a dolphin bar when I emulate this on PC to use my wiimotes. Not as good as a real lightgun but way more fun then a mouse. Also can work for the Overkill PC port (Included with Typing of the Dead Overkill).

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

I was lucky enough to find a working arcade of House of the Dead to play a few weeks back. Didn't SEGA lost the source code to this game when they were moving their main office to another location?

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

You bet I got my Saturn NTSC-U copy CIB. With the black Japanese guns CIB. Don’t forget the Sony 32” Wega Trinitron TV.

[@DafyddBrooks]

I hope and pray that this game will be on the saturn mini when sega make that eventually :)

[@n0isyturtle]

I'm psyched for the Switch remake!

[@biofreak234d]

I would spent $10-$20 on this game at the Arcade, and use both guns! Even had a small crowd cheer me on onetime. Those were the days!

[@Ozzie_1986]

the title screen song is my alarm

[@charliehustle2591]

I wish to heck we still had light gun games with modern TVs and systems. 😢

[@fakeshemp9599]

This is my all time favorite light gun game no doubt about it

[@rickkitcthing3750]

One of the best gun games ever still have a copy on the Saturn and the remake

[@infernogott]

You CAN get the Lightgun experience playing this on PC with a Sinden Lightgun!

[@SegaLordX]

I’m interested, but have yet to use one, myself.

[@DemomanX614]

And to think we just got House of the Dead 5 a year or two ago. I'm sad I don't work at an arcade anymore so I can do a full playthrough like I did the others.

[@VSSEDragon3]

You mean Scarlet Dawn

[@hawaiianpunchaho]

5:40 I don't know why I was thinking of Lost Vikings rip-off 🤨🧐🤔😂😂

[@culspot9092]

Have this arcade machine in my kitchen now. Might play it later, maybe ?

[@clone0azul9]

Always wondered why didn't they put in it with the Xbox Original HOTD3 port, they already had the Saturn Emulator running Panzer Dragoon. Just Sega doin some Sega stuff

[@djvader666]

I'm totally buying the House of the Dead bundle on PS3 PSN!