A sequel, The House of the Dead III, was released in 2002. It received numerous spin-off adaptations, including The Typing of the Dead, which became a series of its own.
The game was ported to multiple platforms. The game is currently the highest-rated title in the series, receiving a 91% approval rating upon international audiences and eventually winning the Dreamcast ULTRA Award in 1999. However, it gained notoriety for its poor voice acting. The House of the Dead 2 was praised for its graphics, music, and large variety of branching paths. The game was a launch title for the Sega NAOMI arcade hardware. They desired including scrapped ideas from the previous game and a new atmosphere. Most of the original House of the Dead 's development team returned for 2. Set almost two years after the 1998 Curien Mansion incident, the game follows AMS agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart as they investigate an unnamed, Venetian-inspired city overrun with biologically-engineered creatures. It is the sequel to The House of the Dead and the second game overall in the House of the Dead series. The House of the Dead 2 ( ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド 2, Za Hausu obu za Deddo 2 ?) is a horror-themed rail shooting game developed by Sega AM1 and released by Sega to arcades in 1998.
