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Zombie (The House of the Dead)

GamesOtherScience gone wrong1968 to 1999

The enemies of Sega's 1997 arcade light-gun shooter. They are laboratory creations, not the risen dead, but the game was aimed at adults and modelled on Western horror films. Film historian Kim Newman dates the modern zombie revival to this game and Resident Evil.12

Battle it
First appeared
1997
The House of the Dead (1997)
Source work
The House of the Dead (1997)
Sega AM1
Made in
Japan
What causes it
Science gone wrong
Genetically engineered creatures made by Dr. Curien, a biochemist obsessed with life and death, which overrun his mansion.
How you become one
Created in Curien's experiments.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • a shot to the head, which scores extra points

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1997

The House of the Dead (1997)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Sega planned an operator setting to change the blood from red to green, purple or blue12

2

A female zombie was cut because she looked too much like an ordinary old woman12

3

A US appeals court cited the game in 2000 when striking down a ban on violent arcade games12

4

With Resident Evil it is credited with starting the zombie revival of the late 1990s12

5

George A. Romero named it alongside Resident Evil as what popularised his zombies for a new generation12

Sources

  1. Resident Evil - Wikipedia
  2. The House of the Dead (video game) - Wikipedia

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