The House of the Dead 2

The House of the Dead 2
European arcade flyer
DeveloperSega AM1
PublisherSega
DirectorTakashi Oda
ProducerRikiya Nakagawa
ComposersTetsuya Kawauchi
Haruyoshi Tomita
SeriesThe House of the Dead
PlatformsArcade, Dreamcast, Windows, Xbox, Wii
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: November 1998
  • NA: December 1998
  • EU: 1998
Dreamcast
  • JP: March 25, 1999
  • NA: September 9, 1999
  • EU: November 5, 1999
Windows
  • NA: July 6, 2001
Wii
  • NA: March 11, 2008
  • JP: March 19, 2008
  • AU: March 27, 2008
  • EU: March 28, 2008
GenreLight gun shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

The House of the Dead 2 is a 1998 light gun shooter video game developed by Sega AM1 and published by Sega for arcades on the Sega NAOMI system. It is the second installment of the House of the Dead series, and a direct sequel to the original House of the Dead, released in 1997. The story picks up slightly over a year after the original game, and follows several AMS agents investigating a zombie outbreak in Italy. The protagonists are tasked with finding the source of the attack while also locating a fellow missing agent known as G.

After its release in arcades, the game was ported to the Dreamcast in 1999, followed by Microsoft Windows in 2001, the Xbox in 2002 as a bonus in The House of the Dead III, and the Wii in 2008 as part of the compilation The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. It would also serve as the basis for several spinoff games in the franchise, most notably The Typing of the Dead.