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Dreamcast | Action | The Typing of the Dead | Review

Boxart for The Typing of the Dead
  • GRAPHICS: 4.0
  • SOUND: 4.0
  • CONTROL: 4.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.0
  • AVG USER SCORE n/a
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.2

Review: The Typing of the Dead

Review by DANELEKTRO | 01/25/2001 | 14:54:46 PM PST

Zombies and green blood and keyboards, oh my! Sega?s weird touch-typing tutor kicks ass.

Typing tutors suck. You always feel like you?re being forced education, like antibiotics covered in stale chocolate. Maybe that?s why Typing of the Dead is so cool?it finally gives you a kick-ass method to learn to type. Assuming, of course, you want to do that on your Dreamcast in the first place.

Sega has taken The House of the Dead 2, removed the light gun support, and added a keyboard interface. Now when the zombies attack, you?ll have to type phrases really fast to make them dead again. It?s gorgeously gory?lotsa green goo spurting from reanimated corpses?and it features all the branching paths and eerie sounds of the arcade. Believe it or not, it?s scary?not to mention cheap and awesome for what it is. If you?re looking to learn to type, you won?t find a more enjoyable method than this. If you?re not, well, try Typing of the Dead for the bizarre fun of it anyway.