If the player successfully rescued civilians from the zombies, the civilian would sometimes reward the player with an extra life. The first two The House of the Dead games featured civilians. There are also some different branching paths in the games, that are usually accessed by shooting a door or an object and sometimes when a civilian is killed. They are also classified by 'types', which are shown as either a number or Greek letter. In most of the games, the bosses are named after Major Arcana cards. If the boss is shot enough times, it will recoil otherwise, it will take one of the player's lives. Final bosses have no identifiable weak point. Before most battles, the game will show what the bosses' weak point is. Successful clearing will result in boss battles. The instructions on the cabinets note that a head shot is the most effective way to kill zombies. Overkill features different firearms which can be changed to the players' liking. The first two installments featured pistols, the third featured a shotgun, the fourth and Scarlet Dawn featured a submachine gun. The player must clear each area of enemies before advancing to the next area. The main gameplay mechanic is the on-rails shooting mechanic.
In many of the games, there are branching paths (determined by one's actions) and unlockable bonuses, along with different endings based on one's performances. Gameplay elements differ among the different games in the series, with each having different characters, firearms, and types of enemies. 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.
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The main series all have common traits including special agents pairing up to take on hordes of biologically engineered undead (referred to 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, also known as Curien Mansion in other media, is a survival horror light gun shooter video game franchise created by Sega in 1996.
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