Port0r: House of the Dead VR (The House of the Dead)

Overview

Port0r: House of the Dead VR brings Sega's 1996 arcade light-gun shooter The House of the Dead (Sega Model 2) to Meta Quest 3 in true stereoscopic 3D at real scale. You walk through the Curien mansion with the zombies coming right up to you, not a flat screen floating in a room. The arcade code runs through MAME (0.289), and every 3D polygon is redrawn for each eye at the Quest 3's full resolution and 120 Hz, so shots land on what you aim at in the 3D scene. It's from the same developer as Port0r: Cop VR and Port0r: Rally VR. This is the first game, not The House of the Dead 2 VR.

Install type: APK + your own game files.

New in v0.1.1: the Reload button works on its own (with two guns it reloads both), the bottom of the screen around the HUD can be shot and aiming below it reloads, and player 2 gets its own blue crosshair.

[!NOTE] No game data is included. You need your own, legally owned copy of the arcade game as the MAME set hotd.zip, kept zipped. The set must match MAME 0.289. Fan project, not affiliated with SEGA or Meta.

Prerequisites

1. Meta Quest 3 (the reference headset).
2. Developer Mode enabled (free developer organisation at developer.oculus.com, then Meta Horizon app > Devices > Headset settings > Developer mode, then restart the headset).
3. Your MAME 0.289 hotd.zip.
4. SideQuest or ADB on a computer (or just the headset's browser for the game file).

Step-by-Step Installation

1. Install the APK

Download Port0r-HouseOfTheDeadVR-v0.1.1-quest3.apk via 1-click on QuestPorts, from GitHub Releases or itch.io. Install it with SideQuest (Install APK file from folder) or:

adb install -r Port0r-HouseOfTheDeadVR-v0.1.1-quest3.apk

The APK checksum is in SHA256SUMS.txt on the release page.

2. Copy your game file

Put hotd.zip in the headset's Download folder. The app searches the whole storage, so a ROMS folder from other emulators works too, and names are not case sensitive.

adb push hotd.zip /sdcard/Download/

You can also copy it with SideQuest's file browser, over USB (accept Allow access to data in the headset; on a Mac use OpenMTP), or download it from your own cloud storage with the headset's browser.

3. First launch

1. Library > filter All > Unknown sources > Port0r: House of the Dead VR.
2. Allow All files access when asked.
3. Return to the app: the game is copied in and starts by itself. Until then, a setup screen lists the missing files.

Controls

• Aim / shoot: point the controller like the cabinet's light gun and pull the trigger. Hits land on what you shoot in the 3D scene, no calibration.
• Reload: press the Reload button, or aim off or below the screen and pull the trigger, like on the cabinet.
• Two guns: player 2 has its own blue crosshair.
• Settings panel: screen size, your height, crosshair on or off, and in Settings > Game the gloved arm with a 3D gun or the cabinet's blue gun. Settings come in 10 languages.

Updating: House of the Dead VR checks its releases at launch, shows what's new and installs the update from the headset; settings and records are kept.