The House of the Dead 4 (Arcade)

The House of the Dead 4
Developer: Sega AM1 Publisher: Sega Platform: Arcade (Sega Lindbergh) Released in JP: December 21, 2005 Released in US: December 2005 Released in EU: 2006 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models.

To do: Add unused text messages that would've notified the player when they completed certain actions (closing a door, stopping a car, etc.) in the final levels. There's more unused textures to add, including some strange ones. Add the unused cutscene of James and Kate in Goldman's office.

The House of the Dead 4 is the fourth mainline installment in the long-running series, which introduces hordes of zombies (er...creatures, according to the game director), machine guns, grenades, a combo mechanic, and surprisingly competent voice acting. An expansion of sorts, The House of the Dead 4 Special, was released the following year.

After being exclusive to arcades for nearly 7 years, a PlayStation 3 port was released digital-only on April 2012.

Unused Graphics

Placeholder Textures

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  A placeholder texture with the Japanese kanji for "water" (水).

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  A placeholder texture presumably for the coffee shop in the fourth level.

logo.bnk

All of the below graphics appear twice in this file.

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  An unused "coming soon" graphic from likely a location test version of the game.

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  Artwork of Stones-A (standard Humanoid creature) reaching at the player against a black background. Most likely used after the Continue screen before showing the game's map.

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  The game logo against a red background.

stage02_common_vr.bnk

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  An unused subtitle that reads "And, time flows." Possibly was intended to appear at the start or end of the second level's opening flashback.

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  The word "Chapter" in a different font for the original, likely for the level's title screen.

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  The chapter number in a different font.

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  The English version of the second stage's title, Lost, in a different font.

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  The Japanese version of second stage's title, Lost, in a different font.

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  An unused texture consisting of blood splatters.

stage02_0intro_vr.bnk

This file has 30 unused low-quality screenshots of the game's first level. For convenience, they have been arranged on this page in chronological order, from the start of the level to the end.

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stage04_b00.bnk

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  A blue-colored geometric pattern.

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  A screenshot of an area in the fourth level.

Miscellaneous

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  An unused life item texture. The final texture is more detailed, with the word "AMS" (the fictional government agency in the House of the Dead series) emblazoned on the red cross.

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  A screenshot of the train section of stage 3.

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  An unused blood effect, likely from shooting the creatures or being damaged by one. Judging by the blood color, it's likely that the blood belongs to Ebitan (water-based creature).

Unused Model

The model and textures of Caleb Goldman, the posthumous antagonist of the game, are present in the files. Goldman only appears in the game via full-motion video cutscenes, thus this model goes unused.