8 MORE Secret Video Game Endings That Took Incredible Effort To Unlock

The House Of The Dead games are genuinely brilliant experiences. From their glory days in the arcade which saw them eat all our coins in a manner similar to zombies feasting on tasty brain matter, all the way through to the excellent home console ports, players the world over have been able to engage in a frenzy of light gun action for years.

Things got even better with the Typing of The Dead variants, but that's a tale for another list.

Instead, let's focus on what might well be the shortest but most difficult ending to achieve in any of the titles which can be found in the original House Of The Dead. It's a relatively simple-sounding task of netting a high score on each level, but in practice can be ridiculously challenging, especially when you factor in the difficulty spikes that brutalize players as a means of raiding their wallets.

However if you can persevere and your aim is true you'll unlock a short scene that shows that Sophie, Thomas' fiancée, has actually survived the mansion and escapes unharmed, thanking the player as she does so. It's a much better situation than the regular ending which sees her leave in a zombified state. Ouch.