The House of The Dead 2

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The House of the Dead 2 is a first-person light gun shooter arcade game with a horror theme and the second game in The House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Sega for arcades in 1998 and later ported to the Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows, and also found on the Xbox as an unlockable bonus in The House of the Dead III. The game appears in the compilation The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return for Wii. The Dreamcast version became a Sega All Stars title.

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:Retail
Play Styles:
Setting:Zombie
Genre:Arcade
Developer:SEGA

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

Changing Aspect Ratio:

Using hex editors [XVI32], open the game executable and search for AB AA AA 3F.

You will find two of those.

Replace it with 39 8E E3 3F for 16:9 Aspect ration or CD CC CC 3F for 16:10 Aspect ratio.

For all other aspect ratio's, see this page: http://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values

Changing Resolution:

Download DgVoodoo2: http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html

From "DgVoodoo2 installation folder\MS", copy the following dlls: D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll & DDraw.dll and paste it on the root dir of House of Dead 2 [Where the game executable exist].

Now open dgVoodooCpl.exe and under DirectX tab, set the desired resolution.

Mouse cursor aiming is off and severity depends on the aspect ratio. Makes it confusing to play.
Removing mouse cursor: The misaligned cursor causes distraction and confusion. It's easier to just play without the crosshair/cursor.
files available from the [url=https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files]PC Gaming Wiki Community Files[/url] (search there) [Source of the file]

Paste the file in tex sub folder and replace the original one. Now mouse cursor/crosshair will be invisible in game.

Ultra/Super-Wide Specific Solution & Issues:

Same as widescreen solution. Replace the hex code with the ones mentioned here: http://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values
And remove crosshair.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

Follow the same methods from Baseline widescreen solution and replace the hex values with desired multi-monitor aspect ratio mentioned here: http://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values

And remove the crosshair.

4K UHD Specific Solution & Issues:

See widescreen solution and use DgVoodoo for setting 4k resolution.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 Cutscene
16:10 Cutscene
16:9 Cutscene
21:9 Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround Cutscene
4:3 Menu
16:10 Menu
16:9 Menu
21:9 Menu
Eyefinity / Surround Menu
15:9 Resolutions:1280x768
16:10 Resolutions:
Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Resolutions:2560x1080
4K UHD Resolutions:3840x2160
Multi-Monitor Types:Nvidia Surround
Multi-Monitor Layouts:3x1-L