Dead Rising/72 Hour Mode

72 Hour Mode is the default game setting for Dead Rising. As Frank West, you've got to survive three days in the Willamette Parkview Mall, rescuing other survivors of the zombie outbreak, and attempting to discover the truth behind the undead hordes.

Timeline

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Time	Cases	Scoops	Survivors	Psychos
September 19
12:00pm	Case 1-1 starts		Jeff and Natalie Meyer
2:00pm		Cut From The Same Cloth
4:00pm		Barricade Pair	Aaron Swoop and Burt Swanson
5:00pm		A Mother's Lament	Leah Stein
9:00pm		Out Of Control	Greg Simpson	Adam MacIntyre
10:00pm		Japanese Tourists	Yuu Tanaka and Shinji Kilano
11:00pm		Shadow of North Plaza	David Bailey
September 20
6:00am	Case 2-1 starts (Security Room)
7:00am		Lovers	Tonya Waters and Ross Folk
8:00am		The Hatchet Man	Josh Manning, Barbara Patterson and Rich Atkins	Cliff Hudson
9:00am		The Coward	Gordon Stalworth
11:00am	Case 3-1 starts (Security Room)	Restaurant Man	Ronald Shiner
12:00pm		Photo Challenge
1:00pm		Above The Law	Kay Nelson, Lily Deacon, Kelly Carpenter and Janet Star	Jo Slade
3:00pm	Case 4-1 starts (Security Room)
5:00pm		Mark Of The Sniper The Woman Who Didn't Make It Antique Lover	Wayne Blackwell, Jolie Wu, Rachel Decker and Floyd Sanders	The Hall Family
September 21
12:00am	Case 5-1 starts (North Plaza)	A Strange Group	Ray Mathison, Nathan Crabbe, Michelle Feltz, Beth Shrake and Cheryl Jones	Sean Keanan
1:00am		Floyd The Sommelier
3:00am	Case 6-1 starts (Security Room)
6:00am		Long Haired Punk	Mindy Baker, Debbie Willet and Paul Carson	Paul Carson
11:00am	Case 7-1 starts (Security Room)	A Sick Man	Leroy McKenna
12:00pm		Photographer's Pride	Ted Hawthorne	Kent Swanson
3:00pm		A Woman In Despair	Simone Ravendark
5:00pm	Case 8-1 starts (Security Room)	Paul's Present
7:00pm		Simone The Gunslinger
8:00pm		Cheryl's Request
10:00pm	The Facts starts (Carlito's Hideout)
September 22
12:00am	Special Forces arrive for cleanup
10:00am	Special Forces withdraw
12:00pm	Frank's escape helicopter arrives