House of the Dead 2
- Debut: 1998
The original House of the Dead arcade game was a big success, making the sequel highly anticipated. It exceeded all previous expectations. Sequels are seldom better than the original, but HOTD 2 certainly was. It landed in arcades in late 1998 and was an instant hit among gamers. Made by SEGA, they let it breathe in arcades to see how it would do before eventually deciding to release it on their consoles the following year. It even ended up on Microsoft Windows in 2001, and eventually the third would be released on the Xbox. Yet none of that would have been possible if House of the Dead 2 did not have great success in the arcades first.