The Houses Of The Dead - A Series Review 

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Fun fact, in one version of the second game, instead of throwing himself off the roof, Goldman pulls a ‘I have to go now, my planet needs me.’ And flies up

This, Time Crisis, Area 51, The Lost World Jurassic Park, Carnevil, etc. Good times.

i got a seizure from watching through all the flashes from the first game

Watching this at 3am is like watching multiple flash bangs going out

Harry Harris is a perfectly acceptable name Gman, I don’t see the issue

I will always remember the "I dont wanna die!" Npc guy from the second game.

I was known back then in my local arcade for beating the game with one token. How'd I did this? Well the arcade cabinet of our House of the Dead (1 , 2 , and 3) can be wired and those times security cams weren't good to be depended on. Since the thing below the box can be opened (because of it not having a lock) and you can just open the thing and just keep putting the token and take it back by that process. Damn those were times I literally was ripping off the place but they didn't cared about it tho for some reason even if tho I got caught like 5 times. They're still running until now.

POV: you’re in a midwestern bowling alley in 2004

"Apparently that was a hell of a slap" (Watches an 8 foot monster smack a 150 pound woman with a giant battleaxe) Well it was quite a slap

"I am X! I am everything, I am nothing. The universe started with me and ended with me. Mankind's rule is at end. I shall destroy all the living. Eternity is waiting!" 5 mins later: *Dies by a handgun*

This guys memory is incredible, the amount of references he can make in each review is impressive.

House of the Dead 3 was one of my favorite arcade games to play back then. I got so good at the game that I managed to complete the whole game with one coin. I still remember the crowd of people standing behind me being absolutely bewildered. My hands were sweaty and my finger got blisters from shooting so fast. I developed a technique to use two fingers to shoot really fast. It was basically a machine gun at that point, not a shotgun. Really fun game but really freaking hard.

When I was a kid my parents split up, so when I would go see my father he would take me to the movie theater's which had a arcade inside. Our favorite game was House of the Dead 2.

I remember like 20 people crowding around two teenagers who made it to the last level of House of the Dead 4 and everyone was watching in amazement because nobody had ever made it that far. It was beautiful, like a once in a lifetime event lol

I beat the first game back in 1999 with just under $5 at a local arcade. I was a sweaty mess, my body hurt and my eyes ached but I felt accomplished. Never played another light gun game after that but it left me with great memories! Great content. Keep at it.

I played the crap out of House of The Dead 2 on the Dreamcast when I was 8yrs old. Was one of my favorite Dreamcast games and I still feel obligated to sacrifice a couple coins whenever I see one of the arcade cabinet versions. It's been awhile but I think House of The Dead 2 also had branching paths and where you went depended on who you saved or how well you did. I might not remember it correctly cuz it was 20yrs ago.

If you're lucky enough, after killing magician, there's a cut scene of a zombie Sophie right after the end credits.

G: *About to save Sophie* Chariot: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.

7:29 I can imagine the JoJo fans want to play House of the Dead after this.

the third game was my favorite. shooting a shotgun in the arcade just felt so badass lol

Finally, one of the most iconic light gun games in history!

Damn I forgot how bad the flashes where in this game lol

I just love how the graphics looks for HoTD 1 and 2... The arcade versions, that is. It's that transition between high quality ps1-like looks to the ps2, and I just love it.

I remember playing The House of the Dead 2 with my dad on the Dreamcast, along with the weird gun (actually not the one you showed, I had a different one). It was a pretty wild game By the way at 14:35 - I'm pretty sure Judgement also has a weak spot in that tiny hole in his armour, just above his waist

7:38 so you shoot the armor off, then shoot the skin off.. "the longer the icon of sin stays on earth the stronger he'll become"

TO PROTECT THE LIFECYCLE #bringbackgoldmann

It was pretty cool how the arcade cabinets for 1 - 4 had different gun plastic models (with reload options) modeling the weapons used ingame, HOTD1 had a small pistol, HOTD2 had a bigger pistol closer to a revolver, HOTD3 had the pump shotgun and HOTD4 had the Uzi/Ingram type gun.

I used to play House of the Dead because I only had that game for a whole year and my god, it was so much fun. I had forgotten everything about it but just watching these few clips were enough to bring back the great memories. Goddamn, being a kid is truly the pinnacle in a man's life.

Remember the secure feeling of having a ton of quarters on you when your parents dropped you off at the mall or movie theater??? Probably spent a couple hundred bucks in the late 90's - early 2000's on these arcades. There was a decent Star Trek one too wherein whenever you had to reload it would say "REMODULATE".

One of the reason I purchased a Dreamcast was so I could play HoTD 2. Me and my Dad spent hours playing original mode.

I remember back when I was in elementary school (3th and 4th grade) my mother would go to the mall every Saturday and I would go with her. I would save up all my quarters and we would go to the arcade in the mall and we would play these shooting games together. Our favorites were Area 51, Aliens 3, and this one. Good times. Was something magical about going to the arcade.

12:55 When you get saved but actually wanted to die.

Happy to see the Gman getting sponsored. But let me tell you Sonny Jim - if you ever gonna do a sponsored Video for Raid, you're DEAD TO ME

I watched the entire video to only be disappointed that Typing of the Dead wasn't here

I've managed to flawless the Empress in House of the Dead 4. The key is to remember that only the head takes damage so you need to make sure you aren't wasting your ammo with body shots when she is above or on the side of the train. The blue reticle on the monochromatic blue model kinda makes it harder to see where her actual hurtbox is so it's really easy to waste ammo with body shots without even realizing it. She follows the same route and attack pattern each time though so with some memorization you should be able to lead your shots when she goes behind one of the doors which blocks her hitbox and hit her as she becomes vulnerable again instead of wasting ammo and not having enough time to reload.

Also the second game, in stage 2 and 3, has different boss arenas depending on your actions. Also a cool fact about stage 3. Depending on what arena you fight in stage 2 you actually go backwards in stage 3 from that arena. For example; You fight stage 2 boss on the actual bridge (A path) you end up by the wooden bridge and fight the stage 3 boss. If you fight on the wooden bridge (B path) you will end up near Sunset bridge for the boss fight for stage 3. Stage 4 has 2 different starting areas as well depending on the path you take in stage 3.

This series is the ultimate stonks of the 90's Let's use a gory Virtua Cop to appease everyone And they did it

When a Sega game loads up: "SAY GAH" Gman: "See ga"

House Of The Dead 2 & 3 on the Wii was actually my introduction to the series. The difference between these versions, aside from how you aim, is the amount of extra content outside the main game, I think. 2 has two challenge modes. One tests certain aspects of your shooting abilities at three different difficulties each, and the other is a time attack against bosses. On top o' that, there's two ways to play the main game. Arcade is just the main game as is, but Original Mode lets you equip all sorts of different bonuses and extras such as a larger magazine, damages booster, shoot the UFO, and even weapons like a double-barrel shotgun, grenade launcher, and a bass lure launcher. 3 has only two unlockable main game modes, but they make the game way more replayable: Time attack takes you through the whole on a short time limit, but you can increase it by playing skillfully and hunting for bonuses, and Extreme mode locks you in solo, makes enemies tougher, and your shotgun is essentially a rifle now (in other words, AIM CAREFULLY), but it gives you a faster reload, and a melee attack.

I remember way back in like 2006 when I was 15 me and a group of friends that I met on a cruise all chipped in and we ended up beating HOTD2, HOTD4, and Area 51/Maximum Force. Between the four of us we spent a lot less individually by essentially “passing the stick”. I actually remember that being the first time seeing a HOTD4 cabinet.

I almost cried when you talked so much good stuff about hotd 1 and 2. I grew up by playing those. These 2 were and still are my fav arcade games. Thank you.

I remember going on a school trip to a bowling ally and just blitzing Time Crisis 4 and House of Dead 4, good times

The OG 1996 game will still be my most fav, will never forget Hangedman's iconic sinister "nobody leaves here alive" line as he takes away Sophie and his batty giant vampire like figure, ability to commands bats to attack you, nearly throwing you down from the roof and throwing two scientists to their deaths cold heartedly and the mansion itself the blood near the entrance, a true horror game gem! With the music off its even scarier the zombie sounds, machine sounds, death sounds and more all more sinister and horror vibe.

I remember being a kid looking for all the emulators of these shooters. Took me a while but now I can *somewhat* play HoTD4 on PC, which brought a tear to my eyes

The voice acting of the sequel never gets old lmaoo

Jeez, that gunfire flashing makes me feel like I'm going to have a seizure.

I LOVED playing this as a kid at the arcade growing up. Me and a friend went from blowing 20 bucks on a run through to 5 bucks bucks between us both. I want to say I was 9 or 10 and it was 1998. I was so in love with the series that I bought HOTD3 for the Xbox with the light gun attachment for at home. Oh Nostalgia.

I actually played the third one on arcade, and while it was wasn't easy it was rare to see a shotgun shooter in an arcade, and let me tell you reloading with a working pump action on the gun was one of the most satisfying gaming experiences I have ever encountered.

I remember playing these games a lot as roller rinks when I was a kid, me and my friend would play it every time we went and we spent all of our tokens to beat it

House of the Dead 2 experts, did I miss something when they obveously start in Venice, then proceed to the Colloseum? Like in Rome? Isnt that a 6 hour drive on a good day?

I’ve played all of these, but the 4th one is the one I played the most. It’s the most fun I had, mainly because it’s the only rail shooter I really cared for. Fun fact: you can chuck a grenade into the 1st boss’ mouth. It’ll reduce the “shoot the weak spot” part of the fight. Idk if it works if he’s covering his mouth or not. I’ve also fondly played the 3rd one in the arcade. You actually reload your gun by pressing the button that’s on the pump of the shotgun. It was weird, but fun regardless.

Just played first two games in an arcade/videogame museum and had to go and watch stuff about them as soon as I got back home because they were so fun. Never heard of them before today

"I'll probably do a video on House of the Dead Overkill in the future." That's got me veeeeery interested. The game's dialogue hit me like an ice cream truck barreling down the road.

A shame it hasn't been ported out, because Scarlet Dawn is actually super fun in the arcade cabinet. Introduces new weapons you have limited ammo for at the start of each stage and can switch out to at any time.

I loved this game so much back in the day. My dad would give me a small hand full of quarters to play in the tiny arcade at the ice arena my older brother would play hockey at. I never gotnpassed the third stage. I recently visited an arcade bar that had it on free play so i was finally able to finish it. What a blast!!! Also i never remember curtains around the cabinet. Inwonder if that was an Australian thing.

This was the first video I’d seen of yours and instantly I was enthralled by your opening. I love ou

I remember back when I was a young tween a Friend and I had a blast playing House of the Dead 4 in an arcade. We ended up spending about $50 and made it all the way to about the 4th level. It may not have been the greatest game in the series but that was one memory I'm not going to forget anytime soon.

This game was so good. I miss the old ones. But my preferred arcade shooter was Lost World Jurassic Park

I worked/managed an arcade on a beach during the summers from 2006-2010 and every year, we would have a couple go's at my favorite game aside from time crisis 3. House of the dead is only beatable if you have like maybe $30 in quarters on hand, or a barrel key that would open up the mechanism and allow you to add as many credits as you would like. But I will always love that game. And time crisis 3.

I looooved how many little secrets there were in HotD2. Like shooting a cat that appears or the boots of cars to find hidden weapons inside.

Goldman is simultaneously the most heinous, yet the most relatable villain in gaming history, if not all of fiction

"dogs of the ams, TIMETHEYMADEAMOVE"

Man Gman I wish you would upload more often this is quality content.

The skating rink near my house had a HoTD 2 machine and I used to play it while trying to balance on ice skates. On weekdays all the machines were free.

Seeing how you talked about House of the Dead, I think it's only fair to cover the other well known *Or rather lesser* rail shooters like TIme Crisis, Ninja Assault and Vampire Night. Edit: Bonus points if you mention the Jurassic Park arcade rail shooters too.

the first house of the dead was literally my childhood, I remember playing it in secret on my parents shitty computer and finishing it over and over again. The different sound effects and voice lines are forever imbedded into my mind.

Just a note here regarding the reference to Shatner and Flying High. Flying High was the AU and NZ title of Airplane! In the context of the video it refers to Airplane II: The Sequel. That should make it easier to find

man that "two weeks later" noise and scene brought back so many memories lmfao, i played the hell out of HOTD3 on xbox when i was like 6. still remember taking foreeeever to actually beat it and when you did you could play the 2nd game and when i got that i was hyped as fuck because it was a whole new game and watching this makes me see what 2 was like and i DEFINITELY wouldve loved how fluid and open 2 was and how it felt adventurous instead of closed into a fantasy map ig. then i played the game one day with my 4 year old sister, then later on she ended up starting a new game on my save that had HOTD 2 unlocked so i could never play it agan unless i beat 3. i cried lmao

Used to play this at the Arcade, it's cool you reviewing it. Now I'm going to watch the video, thanks for the video

Having recently watched JoJo's, I can't help but notice how similar The Lovers look in this game compared to Araki's rendition. Also, Chariot seems ridiculously similar as well - right down to losing their armour. I'm not going crazy, am I?

Just reminds me of being at laser tag, and they had the arcade machines in the waiting area always with these games

I have such fond memories of house of the dead 2, I actually found it online in 2020 lol. My buddy and I spent hours and hours playing it on my dreamcast. We beat it back then plenty of times, but I had to do it again by myself 20 years later lmao.

20:45 wait I listened to Limp Bizkit i still have a wallet chain oh god...

Typing of the dead was my jam!

The mall in my area had HOD3 cabinets with shotgun light guns, completed with functional pump racks. That shit was rad af

I remember House of the Dead being at multiple Walmart stores...including the one in Daytona, but they didn't have Daytona USA...my buddy had it for Saturn. Segue, Die Hard Arcade was the most awesome co-op game for Saturn.

"You almost feel like you could have an epileptic seizure sometimes." Gee, I wonder why that is.

16:57 "Flying High"? We know it as "Airplane!" in the States.

The "r-re-re-re-r-re-relo-re-reload" was the soundtrack to me.

Man ur channel it's really nice I like your way to talk and do your analysis lol

My favorite light gun series , a mix of virtua cop and an Italian zombie movie. My favorites are 2 and 3. I have the Wii port of 2 and 3 , it's a great port. Love these games

It's so great to see this series being talked about today. Such a fun game this is. Also, Sega needs to stop playing around and give us what we really want. An ACTUAL good remaster of HOTD1 for the PC with online co-op.

15:35 actually if you're doing really well in the game and you haven't taken damage in a while, the Tower will start attacking with 2 heads at a time. The Magician increases in difficulty if you're doing well too, getting faster and faster and once his little after-image movements glow white instead of red then you know he's at max speed and "I want you to put more money in."-mode.

There was never any black curtain around this machine here in the US; at any arcade I ever went to. It was there for all to see.

I remember when Sega Gameworks still existed and me and my buddy beat HOTD 2 opening dayh in one go with only like 8 lives each. We had a crowd around us by the end and yes, people did applaud when we finally beat it. I fucking miss OG arcades, why did Sega have to fuck up so hard...

“like simps materializing to defend their favourite camgirl.” 💀

I had this and the light gun for my dreamcast. Loved games like this. My cousin had Area 51 and lightguns on ps1. Man those were good times.

Then you got the final boss named "the world" me playing the game: yare yare daze

If anybody has the chance to play House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn do it, the game is super fun in arcade and it is as violent if not even more than previous games, you are set against bigger hordes compared to previous HOTD, and you have to mow them down with machine guns and rocket launchers. Good times.

"Joey Jones or Robbie Robinson" What about Joey Jojo Jr Shabadoo?

It should be noted that number 3 in the arcade didn't have a shotgun animation on screen because you was using an actual shotgun lightgun that you had to cock to reload, I loved this feature. I also played it on the original Xbox back in 2003.

HotD 1 still might be my favorite arcade shooter. Time Crisis 3 was pretty good as well... and of course the Aerosmith and T2 games.

Used to go to the mall arcade when I was a kid every Friday where they had Time Crisis 2, Crisis Zone, and The House of the Dead 1. These games were such a blast to play. I played these games so many times I somehow managed to be able to play through all 3 in a row without getting hit once in any of them. Literally memorized everything in each game. I really do miss these arcade classics. Thanks for the nostalgia trip lol

The fedora bit gave me a good laugh

as a really young kid I remember playing HoTD 4 at an arcade and I can't believe this game actually has a series with an actual story, though I was too young to make it to one boss

Always loved this series, thanks for doing a in-depth look at it!

Holy smokes you brought up The Secret World of Alex Mack..where's the youtube love button....dammit

I remember like it was today the place where my parents used to go on vacation when I was 12 and that little obscure bar that had this game in its corner. I used to spend half my days there playing that game and was quickly able to beat it with one coin only. I became so well known for that that there was an audience of 9-12 kids and teens around me watching how I played and finished the game with that one coin. Oh the good times and epic game :D

Managed to get to the final boss on the first game with 1 credit in the arcades back in the day, think I was about 15. Also remember an older guy beat the whole thing on 1 credit on quite a few occassions. He even dual pistolled when he got a bit bored ~ man, he was awesome 😂