Resident Evil
The Windows version, released in December 1996, featured the uncensored footage from the Japanese version, and the opening intro is in full color rather than black and white. It is the only version of Resident…
Resident Evil is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 6 December 1996 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Resident Evil is
Resident Evil is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 1996. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Your Special Tactics and Rescue Squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a biotechnical experiment gone hideously wrong. Before you can say "mass murder," you're plunged straight into a deathtrap writhing with man-eating freaks, swarming crows and rabid dogs. Arm yourself with knives and flame-throwers scavenged from dead teammates. Solve puzzles, disarm traps and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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 is the second of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. It arrived 9 months after Resident Evil. The next entry was Resident Evil in 1997.
What it launched against
Resident Evil launched on 6 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms and PaRappa the Rapper.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Parents
Quick answers
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