Name: 世嘉的《死神打字》：殭屍殺戮教育。 (Sega's Typing of the Dead: A Zombie-Slaying Education)
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LGR Edutainment Month continues with an entry that’s debatably educational

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but unquestionably entertaining: The Typing of the Dead.

Originally released to Japanese arcades in 1999, with North American Sega Dreamcast and

And today we’re taking a look at the latter: a Windows version built for PCs equipped with

at least a 233 megahertz Pentium II and an eight megabyte Direct3D graphics card.

Now that’s how you incentivize learning how to touch type!

Increase those words per minute or face the wrath of flesh-eating zombies.

And I just love the fact that this is a thing.

Typing trainer programs were all over the place back in the ‘90s, but only one was

based on House of the Dead, thus boasting a Mature rating from the ESRB.

The sheer absurdity of combining “educational typing tutor” and “blood-soaked gorefest”

is one of the things that makes this game such a treasure, even if it did more to confuse

House of the Dead fans and members of the press alike didn’t quite know what to make

of it at first, immediately dismissing it as an idea that was too silly to be a success.

But by the time it officially reached North America in 2001, most of the critics had made

a complete 180, with the game receiving high marks pretty much across the board.

While still being fairly criticized for offering largely the same game as the two year old

House of the Dead 2, meaning that it was just about as short and simplistic as that game was.

But the impish joy provided by replacing a light gun with a QWERTY keyboard was enough

Including some who apparently didn’t get the memo that it was rated for ages 18 and

up, like this story in the Kids Corner section of an Alabama newspaper, The Anniston Star,

Despite the blood and guts, or perhaps because of them, word quickly spread that Typing of

the Dead was an unexpectedly awesome, if not entirely serious,

alternative to programs like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.

And partially due to its affordable $20 price tag, the Empire Interactive PC version ended

up selling an impressive 120,000 copies by March of 2003.

Though you wouldn’t know it when looking for a second-hand copy today, with complete

examples selling between fifty and ninety dollars at the time of recording.

But sharing the collectible goods is a big reason I make these videos, so let’s unbox

And first up is this inner cardboard container that reveals, uhh.

Apparently it comes with a small collection of Topps scratch-off cards from 1982?

Featuring Nintendo’s Donkey Kong?  Huh!

Yeah I mean, this was definitely the first time it’s been opened, the factory seals

But being that it was never sold shrink-wrapped, I guess someone jammed these cards into the

Anyway, there’s also the CD-ROM of the game itself, sealed inside a clear jewel case.

Alongside an insert that’s only the front artwork, not a manual or anything.

For that, Empire Interactive provided a surprisingly lengthy black and white Survival Guide, featuring

24 pages of instructional documentation that was undoubtedly typed out by someone with

The Typing of the Dead begins in typical Sega arcade port fashion, immediately commencing

with the arcade attract mode introducing both the gameplay and the story so far.

Which is identical to House of the Dead 2, aside from one key difference: the protagonists

James, Gary, Amy, and Harry are all equipped with keyboards hanging around their necks

and Sega Dreamcast consoles strapped to their backs.

So yeah, this is a port of the Dreamcast version with very few changes.

So few changes, in fact, that there isn’t even a way to change the resolution, graphics

API, or pretty much anything in terms of visuals.

Meaning that you’re stuck with the default 640x480 resolution and wildly varying frame

Yeah, even though I’m running this on the Lazy Green Giant PC with a 1GHz CPU

and a Voodoo 3 card, this is as good as it gets.

Which thankfully is still pretty darn good due to the game itself being an absolute blast!

-You’ve got six game modes to choose from, with the most “educational” one being

“Hi, my name is James.  I’m an AMS agent”

“Being able to touch-type or not is a matter of life or death” “This

is what happens if can’t touch-type” [zombie growling, man dying]

[chuckles] Again, talk about incentive for improving your typing skills.

Hunting and pecking is a death sentence, so pay attention and learn those home keys!

There’s also a drill mode, featuring a variety of skill tests to help typists of all experience

levels practice typing speed, accuracy, special keys, and reflexes.

And this is just well-made stuff for a typing tutor program of any kind, much less one with

such high levels of tongue in cheek humor.

While I don’t have any evidence that this was ever used in a classroom, it certainly could’ve been.

This is honestly and surprisingly a great choice for legitimately learning how to type

both quickly and efficiently, with plenty of options for specifically targeting problem

Once you’re equipped with all the tenacity of a top-notch typist

The two main modes are  original and arcade mode.

There are six chapters to choose from either way, in three difficulty levels with multiple

options for lives and continues, again mirroring House of the Dead 2.

[chuckles]  I’m not sure what’s gonna kill you first,

With an unironic, passionate, deep-fisted love.

Er deep-seated, whatever man, this is great!

And this Windows version is a goldmine of cheesy voice acting nuggets, doing nothing

to hide its collection of WAV files for each and every line in the game.

-Anyway, whether or not you’re here for the terribad voice performances, Typing of the

Dead is all about typing at zombies until they’re dead. Again.

Yeah sending the dead back to the grave is not the easiest of tasks

You’ll need at least a 60 word per minute typing speed to get very far without getting killed.

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