The bosses in the first four games as well as the sixth are all named after the Major Arcana of occult tarot. The games are divided into chapters, each of which culminates in a boss battle against usually massive, terrifying creatures. The main series all have common traits including special agents pairing up to take on hordes of biologically engineered undead (referred to as 'creatures' in the wider series and as 'mutants' in Overkill). There are six House of the Dead games originating in a first-person light gun rail shooter format.
For the PlayStation Network releases of III and 4, they can also be played using the PlayStation Move controller. Originally released in arcades, it utilizes a light gun on the platform, but can be played with standard controllers on consoles and a mouse or keyboard on home computers. The House of the Dead is a horror-themed light gun shooter video game franchise created by Sega in 1996. Each game starting from the third entry features a different logo and style.Īrcade, Saturn, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, Mobile phone, Steam, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
