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Resident Evil 2

The Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 was a very faithful port, with most of the changes being related to the overall cutscene quality, due to storage constraints, and the EX-Files.

16 November 1999

Resident Evil 2 is an adventure developed by Capcom Planning Room 2, released 16 November 1999 on Nintendo 64.

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What Resident Evil 2 is

Resident Evil 2 is an adventure game developed by Capcom Planning Room 2 and released in 1999. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 was a very faithful port, with most of the changes being related to the overall cutscene quality, due to storage constraints, and the EX-Files.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Resident Evil series

Resident Evil 2 is the 11th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil Survivor in 2000.

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What it launched against

Resident Evil 2 launched on 16 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and Quake III Arena.

Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, Quake III Arena.

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When did Resident Evil 2 come out?
Resident Evil 2 was released on 16 November 1999 for Nintendo 64.

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