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The House of the Dead 2

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The House of the Dead 2
The House of the Dead 2 cover
Developers
Wow Entertainment
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows January 25, 2001
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Arcade, Rail shooter
Themes Zombies
Series The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead 2 on IGDB
The House of the Dead 2 guide on StrategyWiki
The House of the Dead 2 on MobyGames
The House of the Dead 2 on Wikipedia
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Key points

There are no graphical options to change.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Simple disc check.
Windows
The game is not sold digitally.

Essential improvements

Change blood color

The option to change blood color is absent from the in-game settings of the PC version, but the data files for red blood are still included in the game.
Swap the file names of blood graphics
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\tex\.
  2. Switch the filenames of scr_blood_green.bin, and scr_blood_red.bin.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Some text is in Japanese.

Issues fixed

Mouse cursor not captured

See Mouse locking[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Issues unresolved

Japanese text

Some parts of the game are in Japanese; for example, the Sight Speed screen, Original Mode text, and mission descriptions in Boss/Training mode.

Texts in the Empire Interactive release are all in English.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 580 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible sound card

References