The House of the Dead 2 is one of my top ten Sega Dreamcast games, hands down! First off if you have ever played House of the Dead on the Sega Saturn, ( and loved it ) ........ ( I know I do! ) you'll absolutely love THOTD2. Game Informer ranked it 99 in it's best games of all times, WOW! Back in the day when I bought the game, ( 1999 )  only third-party light guns could be had for the Dreamcast. So when I first played the game I used the hand controller to kill the zombies, and it was harder than hell! ( not to fun ) About a year later I got a Mad Catz Dream Blaster, and "boy howdies" did it make the game great! It has auto reload, and automatic rapid-fire along with the standard fire option. Great Gun! The HOTD2 is a horrer themed on-rail light gun shooter that I still have a blast playing even today. Yeah, yeah, I know the graphics aren't up to par with today's games but so what, the game simply put, ROCKS! Great game-play has always been more important than eye candy in my books. THOTD2 is certainly no easy cake walk, but with all of the power-ups and the help of an automatic weapon, a good time is there for the taking. THOTD2 is an continuation of the first one, ( on the Saturn ) but now you're blasting your way across the waterways of Venice, in the Central Plaza, The Roman Colosseum, and then Goldman's Tower! Caleb Goldman was the man who funded Dr. Curien in making his evil creations during the Curien Mansion incident. ( in the first game, pay attention! ) Goldman resurrected 'The Magician' the main boss from #1, he's bigger, he's badder, and he has no since of humor at all. He was created to oversee the birth of 'The Imperor'. ( Oooooh ) He's a shape shifting being designed to rule over nature and to destroy mankind!  I think it's cool that the game's endings can change based on different conditions and the different paths that can be taken. I.E. If you play solo or with a friend, how many continues are used, how many innocent bystanders you kill, and the number of points you've earned. When you find the AMS agent  G, he'll give you a field journal that shows you all of the Bosses weak points, and boy is that a helpful thing! There are a lot of the same characters in this installment and also new ones, and that helps in tying the story of the two games together. THOTD2 is a perfect port from the arcade classic, but now you don't waste handfuls of quarters to enjoy this awesome game. The graphics are great for the day, and the colors are crisp and sharp. It's so fun shooting the arms off, then blowing a gaping hole in the chest,  then a leg ( or two ) and then blowing the scum-buckets head off to finish him ( or it ) off. Blood, lots of blood. And boy are there a lot of zombies, critters, monsters, and bosses to shoot at. The voice acting is as cheesy as it can get, but that only adds to the charm of the game in my opinion. Unlike the first Saturn game, this one won't set you back much at all, the Saturn's HOTD can run up to $150.00, but the Dreamcast one you can get for 10-20 bucks, and man is it worth the price. But I advise you to get a light gun it's way more fun than using the pad. Sega's The House of the Dead 2  is a "must have" for any complete Dreamcast collection! " Happy Zombie Splatting! "