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It's hard to find someone who has not played House of the Dead,

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Sega's shooter franchise that debuted in 1996 in the Arcades and Sega Saturn,

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and had its latest version for Wii,

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with subtitle Overkill and launched in 2009.

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The success of the games of the series allowed various appearances of the franchise in the company's other games,

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and even a poor quality film directed by our friend Uwe Boll.

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But many people are unaware of one of the most brilliant initiatives from Sega,

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that mixed the concept of rail-shooter with typing game,

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released for the Arcade, Dreamcast and PC in 2000.

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This game is called Typing of the Dead, and you will know it better here!

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Typing of the Dead was developed by Smilebit, old AM6,

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and is the kind of madness that only Sega could finance.

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The premise of the game is to unite the shooting mechanics of the original with those typing games,

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which are usually very boring.

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But the mix here is made perfect, because to kill every monster,

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you must correctly type the word that appears on the screen,

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before the zombie comes to attack.

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Each letter typed is equivalent to a shot,

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and the speed and the amount of errors in typing directly influences your progress in the game.

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The coolest thing is that Typing of the Dead is a totally sarcastic game that laugh at itself at all times,

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with words and phrases simply ridiculous,

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totally meaningless and out of context,

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which causes several involuntary laughter throughout the game.

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Adding this to the dated 3D graphics of the 90s,

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one of the worst dubbing of games and characters armed with a keyboard attached to a Dreamcast on their backs,

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you have a game so crude that it ends up being very funny.

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The boss fights are worth mentioning,

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since each has a different strategy,

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as this one that requires fast typing of totally stupid sentences,

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or this creature with three heads that makes a lot of questions,

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forcing the player to type the correct answer.

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Further, some mini-games appear during stages,

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which brings a little more variety to the gameplay and makes things a little easier,

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as they reward players with items that come in handy against bosses soon after.

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In addition to the Arcade mode, Typing of the Dead also features the Original Mode,

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where the player can get items and medals to enable other things in the game,

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the Boss Rush, which as the name implies, allows playing against each boss;

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the Drill Mode, with different types of exercises to practice typing,

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and a Tutorial, which not only serves to show how the whole game works,

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but also teaches you how to type correctly,

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showing how the fingers should be placed on the keyboard and which ones must press each key.

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That certainly shows that the game has its didactic side,

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teaching in a very unusual way, since even the tutorial jokes with the player.

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The only problem is really in relation to the language barrier,

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since the whole game is in English,

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and not everyone is familiar to quickly type words that are not from our native language.

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Other than that, the game is perfect,

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but if you have Windows 7 or Vista, be careful.

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On these operating systems the game can even be installed normally,

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however, for some reason,

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the keyboard apostrophe is not detected in the game, in other words,

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if any word or phrase that use the accent appears on the screen…

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There's no way: you'll be beaten until the screen of Game Over and Continue appears.

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But even with that it is possible to finish the game just fine.

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The graphics, as we can see from the images of the Windows version,

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are too much simple, because the original is from '98,

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which helps the game to be light enough to maintain a maximum and stable frame rate without disturbing the gameplay.

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The rough animations and simple scenarios help make things more 'trash'.

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But the main thing it is the sound,

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or rather, the voice acting of the characters.

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With ridiculous sentences and total absence of interpretation,

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I just wonder if the people at the time perceived how such things were rough.

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But, in the case of Typing of the Dead,

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this even helps to make the game even more funny.

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In short, Typing of the Dead is super recommended.

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It can be exhausting because the game requires concentration and constant reflections,

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but still worth it.

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The success of the game even allowed a release, years later, of a sequel based on the House of the Dead 3.

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Unfortunately, Typing of the Dead II was restricted only to Japan,

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which makes it impractical for us to try to play this version.

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Anyway, the first game is easily found out there,

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bringing a great typing practice, a good form of entertainment,

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and a plenty of laughs, and with zombies!

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Produced by Rafael Fernandes
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