Responsibility for the outbreaks is soon traced to 'Goldman,' a banking tycoon and scientist who attempts to end human control of the earth. The player can control two characters, James and Gary, who are sent to find the original game's 'G' and then tasked with restoring order. The story begins on February 26, 2000, when several AMS agents have been dispatched to investigate a zombie outbreak in Venice, Italy. The plot of the game closely follows that of House of the Dead 2. Typing of the Dead: Overkill, based on The House of the Dead: Overkill, was released on Microsoft Windows in October 2013.

A sequel, The Typing of the Dead 2, was released exclusively in Japan in 2007. In 2012, an iOS remake was released entitled Flick of the Dead. The PC version of The Typing of the Dead sold 120,000 units in 2003. The player takes the role of a secret agent in a zombie-infested Venice and must quickly type letters, words and phrases in order to kill fast-advancing enemies.ĭespite falling under the criteria of 'edutainment', the game was lauded by mainstream game critics for its humor, difficulty and originality. The Typing of the Dead is a modification of Sega's 1998 light gun arcade game The House of the Dead 2 in which the gun is replaced by a computer keyboard. A Windows version was released in 2000 and a PlayStation 2 port followed in 2004.

The game was released in Japanese arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2001 by Smilebit.

Menus and gameplay are in Japanese voices in English.

Typing of the dead