A sequel, The House of the Dead 4, was released in 2005. The game also received a spin-off, The Typing of the Dead 2, in 2007. It was ported to the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo Wii (in the compilation The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return), and PlayStation Network.
The game received generally positive reviews, with praise for its graphics but criticism towards its linearity and short length. III was the last House of the Dead game that WOW Entertainment president Rikiya Nakagawa produced, as he would resign from his position in 2003. It lifted gameplay mechanics from the 2000 Namco rail shooter Vampire Night its director, Yoshinori Tomoyasu, was involved in production. III was developed on the Xbox-based Sega Chihiro arcade hardware. Set in a post-apocalyptic 2019, the game follows AMS agent Thomas Rogan's disappearance within the EFI Research Facility, and his daughter Lisa and former partner G's journey to find him.
It is the sequel to The House of the Dead 2and the third installment in the main House of the Deadseries. The House of the Dead III ( ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド III, Za Hausu obu za Deddo III ?) is a horror-themed rail shooting game developed by WOW Entertainment (now Sega AM1) and released by Sega to arcades in 2002.
