House of the Dead

==Summary==
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. Originally released in arcades, it uses a light gun on the platform, but playable with standard controllers on consoles and a mouse or keyboard on home computers. For the PlayStation Network releases of III and 4, they can also be played using the PlayStation Move controller.
There are six House of the Dead games originating in a first-person light gun rail shooter format. 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). The games contain chapters which culminates in a boss battle against usually massive, terrifying creatures. The bosses in the first four games as well as the sixth are all named after the Major Arcana of occult tarot.
Gameplay elements differ among the different games in the series, with each having different characters, firearms, and types of enemies. 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.
Several spin-offs to the mainstream storyline have also been produced (including a virtual pinball game, an English tutorial and a typing tutorial), as well as a film trilogy. In addition, select enemy characters appearing in the first two games into fully articulated action figures by Palisade Toys, which canceled the second toy line before street release due to limited returns from the first series.
The House of the Dead has been, along with Resident Evil, credited with popularizing zombie video games as well as re-popularizing zombies in mainstream popular culture from the late 1990s onwards, leading to renewed interest in zombie films during the 2000s.
==Power of the Verse==
Although not particularly formidable, House of the Dead is considered anything but "fodder". A majority of the playable characters in the series such as Thomas Rogan and Agent G apparently possess Superhuman Physical Characteristics, easily placing them at Wall level. Most of the zombies and bosses throughout the series are capable of breaking walls and floors, granting them Wall level striking strength and attack potency while also giving the main playable characters Wall level durability. Judgement destroying cars, and Death digging up from underground are all placed at Small Building level. Hierophant on the other hand is placed at Building level due to destroying a section of Sunset Bridge.
As far as speed goes, the playable characters hold Athletic Human perception and reactions along with Transonic to Supersonic attack speed via mostly their firearms. The Magician bears Subsonic movement speed, and the Wheel of Fate utilizes lightning which gives him Supersonic attack speed.
==Calculations==
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|-|Attack Potency/Striking Strength=
*Punch through an interior wall (Wall level): Scales to most of the creatures
*Rogan Kicks a Bookshelf (Wall level: 99.85 KJ): Scales to Rogan and other protagonists
*Destroying a Car (Small Building level: 48.47 MJ): Scales to Kuarl and Zeal
*Hierophant Destroys Bridge Section (Building level: 0.62 to 0.689 Tons): Scales to Hierophant and other bosses
|-|Speed=
**Typical fighting stats - gun quick drawing and shooting (Athletic Human: 0.114 second/round): Scales to most playable characters
**Typical fighting stats - knife throwing (Superhuman: 16.85 m/s): Scales to Drake
**Speed of Electricity (Supersonic: Mach 1.63): Scales to the Wheel of Fate
|-|Durability=
***Falling from Great Heights (Wall level: 98.31 KJ): Scales to some creatures and protagonists
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==Supporters/Opponents/Neutral==
===Supporters===
*CreatorJoe
*Tonygameman
*JTGamer96
*Colonel Krukov
*Flashlight237
===Opponents===
===Neutral===
==Characters==
===The House of the Dead===
*Thomas Rogan
*Agent G
*Hangedman
*The Magician
*Dr. Curien
*Sam
*Cyril
*Drake
===The House of the Dead 2===
*James Taylor
*Gary Stewart
*David
*Judgement
*Hierophant
*The Magician
=== The House of the Dead III===
*Thomas Rogan
*Agent G
*Death
*Wheel of Fate
===The House of the Dead 4===
*James Taylor
*David
*The Magician
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