The game has received dedicated ports to the Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo DS. Its success has spawned a multimedia franchise including video games, films, comics, novels, and other merchandise. It has since been hailed as one of the greatest video games of all time. Resident Evil was very well received critically and commercially, and is often credited for defining the survival horror genre. Resident Evil establishes many conventions seen later in the series, including the control scheme, inventory system, save system, and use of 3D models superimposed over pre-rendered backgrounds. Gameplay consists largely of third-person action with added emphasis on inventory management, exploration, and puzzle solving. It went through several redesigns, initially conceived as a Super NES game in 1993, then as a fully 3D first-person PlayStation game in 1994, and then finally a third-person game with pre-rendered backdrops. The player, having selected to play as Chris or Jill at the start of the game, must explore the mansion to uncover its secrets.Ĭonceived by producer Tokuro Fujiwara as a remake of his earlier horror game Sweet Home (1989), the development of Resident Evil was led by Shinji Mikami.
They soon become trapped in a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters.
The game's plot follows Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of an elite task force known as S.T.A.R.S., as they investigate the outskirts of Raccoon City following the disappearance of their team members.
It is Capcom's best-selling debut game, with sales of over 8.5 million copies worldwide. Resident Evil, known in Japan as Bio Hazard BIO HAZARD ( バイオハザード, Baio Hazādo ?), is a survival horror video game developed and released by Capcom originally for the PlayStation in 1996, and is the first game in the Resident Evil series.
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