The Typing of the Dead[a] is an arcade game that was developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the NAOMI hardware.

The player takes the role of a secret agent in a zombie-infested Venice and must quickly type letters, words and phrases in order to kill fast-advancing enemies.

It retains the original's first-person rail shooter style, but instead of shooting zombies and other enemies the player must type out words or phrases to kill them.

These end with a boss battle that uses some altered form of usual gameplay, such as a long phrase or a question whose answer must be correctly typed.

[2] Most other changes are superficial, such as replacement of the weapons wielded by zombies with harmless items and equipping the AMS agents with keyboards attached to backpack Sega Dreamcasts with oversized batteries.

[11] Responsibility for the outbreaks is soon traced to "Goldman," a banking tycoon and scientist who attempts to end human control of the earth.

[12] There are three possible endings: The Typing of the Dead was originally released for arcades in Japan in 1999 with a special cabinet equipped with dual QWERTY keyboards.

This version features 'redefined' gameplay to complement the new typing mechanics, two-player co-op multiplayer, full Steam integration and include the PS3 edition of House of the Dead.

[9][31][32] The quality of the graphics was criticized to varying degrees, as they had not been updated from the original House of the Dead 2 arcade version.