Resident Evil

A survival horror game released by Capcom for the PlayStation in 1996. Players choose Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. It was directed by Shinji Mikami.

Production began in 1993 and took three years; initially planned for the Super NES, it moved to PlayStation in 1994, and the team grew to more than 80 people.

Developer

Capcom

Publisher

Capcom, Virgin Interactive Entertainment (PAL)

Fixed camera angles over pre-rendered backgrounds, limited ammunition and inventory, and saving via typewriters and ink ribbons define its resource-management play.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

22 Mar 1996[1]

North America

1 Apr 1996[1]

Europe

16 Aug 1996[1]

Director

Shinji Mikami

Producer

Tokuro Fujiwara, Masayuki Akahori

Composer

Makoto Tomozawa, Akari Kaida, Masami Ueda

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  PaRappa the Rapper

  パラッパラッパー

  Release

  JP 1996.12.06

  Dev

  NanaOn-Sha

  Genre

  Rhythm

All PlayStation versions combined sold 5.08 million units, and the game was remade for GameCube in 2002 (English Wikipedia).

Series: Resident Evil

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