The House of the Dead 4 is a horror-themed light gun arcade game and the fourth installment of the "House of the Dead" series of video games, developed by Sega. The game takes place between the events of "The House of the Dead 2" and "The House of the Dead III", and introduced several new gameplay concepts. Players can control characters James Taylor, from "The House of the Dead 2" (on the left side), or Kate Green, a new character to the series (on the right side). The game was followed by "".