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The House of the Dead 2

The House of the Dead (1996) was alongside Resident Evil (1996) as one of the games that reinvigorated something of a zombie craze in video games. While Resident Evil was a much more nuanced and slower paced horror affair, The House of the Dead was far more bombastic and fast paced game. Resident Evil was a console smash-hit, but Sega’s The House of the Dead was a coin-operated success story…

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'98 Game Showcase, Arcade Luke Habib '98 Game Showcase, Arcade Luke Habib

Fighting Vipers 2

When Sega’s AM2 division makes a fighting game, the world would do well to sit up and take notice. After creating the 3D fighting genre with the seminal Virtua Fighter in 1993, many competitors would arrive in this exciting new field of competitive gaming. AM2 themselves would put a new spin on their Virtua Fighter gameplay with 1995’s Fighting Vipers…

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