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Chainsaw Maniac

Chainsaw Maniac was a browser-based game made to promote the PlayStation 2 release of Resident Evil 4. Chainsaw Manaic involved moving left and right into incoming chainsaw Ganado to defeat them in in Nintendo…

11 April 2005

Chainsaw Maniac is an arcade, released 11 April 2005 on Web browser.

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What Chainsaw Maniac is

Chainsaw Maniac was released in 2005. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Web browser only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Chainsaw Maniac was a browser-based game made to promote the PlayStation 2 release of Resident Evil 4. Chainsaw Manaic involved moving left and right into incoming chainsaw Ganado to defeat them in in Nintendo "Game & Watch" styled graphics. Two competitions were also held where players could win a copy of Resident Evil 4 for PlayStation 2, a PlayStation 2 Chainsaw Controller, or a T-shirt designed for the competition.
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How it plays

Its themes are horror.

Where it sits in the Resident Evil series

Chainsaw Maniac is the 33rd of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Bio Hazard in 2005.

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What it launched against

Chainsaw Maniac launched on 11 April 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Psychonauts and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Psychonauts, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

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When did Chainsaw Maniac come out?
Chainsaw Maniac was released on 11 April 2005 for Web browser.

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