

- HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE GAMES FOR LAPTOP WINDOWS 7 HOW TO
- HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE GAMES FOR LAPTOP WINDOWS 7 PC
switch the window style to "default" and check the "lock win style" below the modal styleġ0. find game executable in the directory (thotd.exe)ĩ. The House of the Dead) in the text bar and click a. you'll be greeted with a panel showing name of the game, and path of the executable, and a launch option.

right click on the white screen and click addĥ. once installed extract the files and put them to a folder of your choiceĤ. I made this tutorial for those who want to play in windowed modeĢ. If you want a rail shooter with a more varied and longer gameplay, try the sequel The House of the Dead 2 instead. But if you (like myself two days ago) just want to 'let off steam', lack classics like Space Invaders, and you are not too sensitive about "bloody" gameplay, you may want to try HOTD. On the other hand I cannot think of anybody else for whom it might be suitable. Probably because you can toggle the settings in such a way that it makes the game easier :-) And that is the problem with this game in my opinion: I think it won't be suitable for hardcore shooter-fans out there due to limited gameplay and weapons. But in some sick way I enjoyed HOTD for the 4 hours it lasted. Perhaps it's really not my kind of game, on the other hand maybe perhaps I am just hopeless at them -). Also bonus-gems (why these had to be frogs only SEGA will know) can be found hidden within the game. Some of the directions you can alter are quite obvious, while others are hidden behind trapdoors. Therefore, although HOTD is a rail shooter, it offers a certain amount of nonlinear gameplay. On the other hand, rescuing them (by shooting the monsters around them) will get you an extra-live as well as increase your score, or can open up optional paths. If you accidentally shoot them, it will cost you a life. What makes HOTD more challenging and unique compared to other shooters is the fact that you have to be careful not to shoot innocent civilians.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE GAMES FOR LAPTOP WINDOWS 7 HOW TO
The 4th (and last one) just offers you an "unknown type" so you have to find out how to defeat this one yourself.Īs you can tell by now, its a rather common and 'uninteresting' implementation of an usual setting. While fighting the bosses of the first 3 stages you get a firm information sheet where to shoot to harm your opponents. so nothing really surprising here either. You have to fight your way through 4 stages, at the end of each awaits some sort of boss. The game also features the "Boss-Mode" where you can train only the bosses at the end of each stage. The "Reload" option of the gun can be switched on and off, and the lives you have can be set from 1 to 5. You can also choose from several gameplay modes, chiefly "arcade" which gives you fixed settings you cannot alter, and "PC mode" where you can choose your avatar, and along with him alter the damage he does as well as the chamber-size of the pistol. German Authorities (and most likely other as well) will be glad to hear that you can alter the color of blood in the game (yellow, blue, green, red). The graphics will remind you of Alone in the dark and similar games, but with more detail. The game plays as well with or without Direct-X support, depending on the options you select. Let me say this way: "losing your head" gets a whole new meaning when playing The House of the Dead -) Even though the only weapon you have is a plain 9mm-pistol, that thing obviously leaves holes in bodies in gory manners that are definitely not suitable for kids.

As you are 'led' by the game around a place overcrowded with zombies and monsters of all kind, you will constantly be busy shooting, no more, no less. You, being the chip of the Hero, want to rush out to the place in order to free her. Your girlfriend Sarah leaves a message on your answering machine, telling you she has been captured by a guy called Curien. So all that is left to you is shooting on anything that moves :-) Think Rebel Assault on foot, and you'll have a good idea of what HOTD is about.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE GAMES FOR LAPTOP WINDOWS 7 PC
The House of the Dead is a "rail shooter" - a kind of game I have not seen before on a PC platform although it is well known for arcade fans.įor those of you who aren't familiar with the expression "rail shooter": unlike the usual first-person shooters such as Quake, Doom and so on, in House of the Dead you are not able to choose the directions yourself, only where the game wants you to go.
