I recently made a thread where people can rate Smash Concepts. A Curien Mansion stage was one of them.
December 18, 1998
Curien Mansion
Game of Origin: The House of the Dead (1996)
Description: A mansion belonging to scientist Roy Curien. The scientist has gone mad and unleashed his horrible experimental monsters (mainly zombies) onto his own employees! And now, they lurch onto the battlefield, hungry for the first living thing that enters their sights…
Layout: The fight takes place outside the doors leading into the mansion. The main platform is the bottom of the stairs that lead to the main door, with two long sets of stairs on either side. These stairs are suspended over a moat that can be swam in.
Gimmicks and Hazards: Each of the suspended stairs have at least one zombie on them (sometimes two). When a zombie grabs a fighter, it bites them (10%) and tosses them aside (OK knockback). These zombies can be attacked, but they can only be knocked out.
In addition, one of HOTD1’s first three bosses (Chariot, Hangedman and Hermit) will jump to the center platform. Only one appears per match on this stage, and being stage bosses, the one that appears can be K.O.’d.
-Chariot: Slowly walks around on the center platform and swings his axe (20%, medium knockback); his weak point is his body, which can be revealed by attacking the open armor spot near his right shoulder.
-Hangedman: Sends an army of bats after the fighters (4% per bat, small knockback); he also sometimes grabs a fighter and drowns them by chucking them into the moat, instantly K.O.-ing them if they don’t break free.. His weak point is his body.
-Hermit: Spins a web around the stage that can immobilize fighters, and attacks any fighters on the central platform with its claws (13%, OK knockback); its weak point is its head.
Music:
-Main Theme - The House of the Dead
-Chapter 1: Tragedy~AMS Agent (The House of the Dead; New Remix)
-AMS Agent (The House of the Dead; The House of the Dead 2 Ver.)
-Chapter 2 and 3: Revenge/Truth (The House of the Dead; New Remix)
-Chapter 4: The House of the Dead (The House of the Dead; original)
-Theme of Magician (The House of the Dead; New Remix)
-Boss Battle (The House of the Dead 2)
-First Chapter: A Prelude (The House of the Dead 2; original)
-Dawn~Remix of Year Seventh (The House of the Dead 4)
-Final Chapter: Original Sin (The House of the Dead 2; New Remix)
-Theme of the Emperor (The House of the Dead 2; original)
-Prelude of Impatience~Chapter 0 (House of the Dead 3; original)
-Infiltration~Vs. Death (House of the Dead 3; New Remix)
-Theme of the Last Mystery (The House of the Dead 3; original)
-Bullet of Death~Gauge (The House of the Dead 4; New Remix)
-Boss Raid (The House of the Dead 4; original)
-Give it All You Got! (The House of the Dead 4; original)
-Vs. Mother (The House of the Dead: Overkill; New Remix)
Battlefield/Ω Form: The central platform near the stairs that lead to the main door. The platforms are based on the balcony where Magician Type-0, the first game’s final boss, is fought.