The House of The Dead 2

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

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
4k UltraHD:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Hor+
FMV Cut-Scene:	N/A

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Tuesday, 3 July, 2001

Tested Version:

Retail

Play styles:

Single player, Co-Op

Setting:

Zombie

Genre:

Arcade

Developer:

SEGA

Links:

⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (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 (21:9/32:9) 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.