When a player sustains damage or shoots a hostage, one of their torches is removed. A set of torches next to the magazine of each player represents remaining health. The characters’ pistols use magazines which hold 6 rounds players reload by shooting away from the screen. Players use a light gun (or mouse, in the PC version) to aim and shoot at approaching zombies. It is the first game in The House of the Dead series. The House of the Dead is a first-person light gun arcade game, released by Sega in Japan on September 13, 1996, and later internationally on March 4, 1997.
