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I am... I am... I am the one who rules over nature. I will destroy... and hate mankind. I am the Emperor!

The Emperor to James Taylor and Gary Stewart.[src]

Type-α, codenamed "Emperor" (エンペラー, Enperā?), was a crystalline entity with shape-shifting powers. The Emperor was created by Caleb Goldman to protect nature from humanity, and serves as the final boss of The House of the Dead 2.

Emperor's metallic orb projectiles could transform into many forms, including other bosses, the weak point was its spinning red heart.

History

Creation

After Dr. Curien's death in the 1998 Curien Mansion Incident, his research was taken by his financier Caleb Goldman. Goldman produced a new line of biologically-engineered creatures to decimate humanity, whose actions he believed threatened nature. With his new plan, Emperor would be the new "ruler" of the Earth.

2000 incident

Main article: The House of the Dead 2

On February 26th, 2000, Goldman staged an outbreak in a large, unnamed city. While AMS agents neutralized the threat, he oversaw the Emperor's development in his headquarters. Agents James Taylor and Gary Stewart confronted Goldman, who awakened Emperor.

After James and Gary killed the creature, Goldman cryptically warned that a "successor" would come. He then committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of his building.

Appearance

Emperor is a levitating, horned translucent humanoid, surrounded by orbs which revolve at high speed to block attacks. The orbs are launched as projectiles, and can morph into two forms: a lance-like blade on Emperor's right arm; or clones of prior bosses (Zeal from Judgment, Hierophant, the blue serpent from the Tower, and Strength).

At low health, Emperor turns invisible, leaving behind a heart-like organ. While slowly flying about, the orbs revolve faster, damaging players if they get too near.

Gameplay

The House of the Dead 2

Overview

Emperor is an aerial boss surrounded by rapidly-spinning orbs, which perform three functions: protecting Emperor's weak point (the orb in its chest); flying at the player as projectiles; and morphing into previously defeated bosses. When using its orbs, however, Emperor is susceptible to damage as it is no longer being protected by them. A good player can successfully deflect Emperor's attacks and take advantage of chances to shoot his weak point whenever it is exposed. Most of the creature's attacks are random, making the fight unpredictable.

Phases

  1. Emperor flies to a random location before performing one of three random attacks:
    • Emperor launches several orbs at the player, one-by-one.
    • Emperor causes several orbs to materialize in random spots; once all appear, they home in on the player's position.
    • Emperor's orbs transform its arm into a sword/lance to slash players.
  2. After sustaining enough damage, Emperor flies to a random location as its orbs morph into one of four previously defeated bosses:
    • Judgment: Zeal, the small winged imp-like creature from this boss, bobs left and right as it flies directly at the player. Shooting Zeal once ends the phase.
    • Hierophant: Hierophant leaps into the air to impale the players with its trident; shooting its heart stops the attack. Unlike the actual boss, the orb Hierophant has no opening and closing ribcage, thus its heart is always exposed.
    • Tower: A serpent lunges forward for a bite attack.
    • Strength: The chainsaw-wielding juggernaut stands briefly before performing an overhead chainsaw attack. His head must be hit multiple times in order to stop the attack.
  3. At low health, Emperor's body becomes nothing more than its weak point surrounded by orbs. The creature will fly about the environment before colliding with the player. Shooting Emperor's weak point enough times will make the creature change course, delaying the attack.

Strategies

  • During the orb projectile attacks in the first phase, it is possible to score multiple hits on Emperor's weak point. However, the player risks losing a life from failing to stop the orbs in time.
  • Successfully repelled any orb attack sequences will slightly deplete Emperor's life bar. As such, it is possible to focus on shooting down the incoming projectile without having to attack Emperor directly.
  • During Judgment attack, it is also possible to attack Emperor directly and enough damage will cause it to stagger. But this will not stop the attack sequence.
  • Judgement attack sequence has three attack patterns much like in the proper boss fight: The horizontal left and right pattern, the vertical up and down pattern, and a long diagonal pattern.
  • Since there is no ribcage blocking the weakpoint, the Hierophant sequence can be stopped as soon as the construct appears if the player is quick enough. But the quick and erratic startup animation combining with the trident shaft blocking the weakpoint could make it dificult to do so.
  • Tower sequence only has one attack pattern. Aiming above the Emperor's head and slightly to the right (Emperor's upper left) as this is the position where the serpent construct starts opening its mouth.

The Typing of the Dead

Phases

  1. Like The House of The Dead 2, The Emperor has three random attacks.
    • Emperor will launch spheres one after another. Players need to enter a word or phrase to break the sphere. The other sphere will fire almost one second later.
    • Emperor will fire four spheres at the same time. The player must enter a word or phrase for each sphere to fight back.
    • Emperor attacked the player with a ball-shaped sword. The player must type a sentence to cancel his attack.
  2. Similarly, he will turn the orb into one of the four bosses the player has previously defeated after taking a certain amount of damage. Except for Hierophant, which is The normal speed, The other bosses are slower than they were in The House of The Dead 2 so The player can type. Players must type sentences to fight back.
  3. Similarly, the Emperor was invisible at the last moment, leaving only his red core and surrounded by a sphere. Long enough for the player to answer his questions, which will determine the outcome of the game, before he attacks the player, even though most of the questions and answers are humorous.

Strategies

  • The emperor's first phase is the toughest battle of the game because his spheres are usually very fast and use long phrases. So improving your typing ability is the only thing the player can do.

Other appearances

The Pinball of the Dead

Emperor makes an appearance as the final boss in The Pinball of the Dead. During battle, Emperor will use a combination of four moves, three of which are based on the moves it uses in The House of the Dead 2.

The first move that Emperor uses is that it sends two orbs at the player in order to block the player's pinball. Although it performs this move at close-range, it is easy to avoid. The next move that Emperor uses is that it will send many orbs at the player.

The amount of orbs that Emperor sends out will fill the screen, but there is a space between each of them. The third move that Emperor will use transforms its arms into swords, followed by Emperor slashing in a cross pattern. This move will knock the player's pinball back at the player. The final move that Emperor uses causes it to transform one of its arms into a giant shield, which prevents it from getting any damage.

Trivia

  • Wheel of Fate's theme from The House of the Dead III is a remix of Emperor's theme.
  • Old concept art from The House of the Dead shows Magician as a translucent, jester-like creature similar to Emperor's own appearance. It is assumed that they were originally to be one being, but the idea was scrapped.
  • In the Sega/Namco light gun game Vampire Night, the vampire Diane uses a water pillar attack which is similar to Emperor's orb attack and Auguste uses attacks of previous bosses which is similar to Emperor's orbs morphing to clones of prior bosses.
  • In The Typing of the Dead, after Emperor's heath gets in between 1/2 and 1/4, Emperor attacks you and you have to type what the game thinks is the honest answer.
  • In the EFI Genome Ward stage of The House of the Dead III, a picture of Emperor can be seen hanging on the wall.
  • Emperor, in most official artworks and its introductory scene, can be seen curling in an upside-down position, mirroring the position babies assume while inside the womb.

Gallery

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