Resident Evil Gaiden
Resident Evil Gaiden is a Resident Evil game for the Game Boy Color. It is non-canon, as its plot is contradicted by the main series in key parts and its events are ignored. The game features three playable…
Resident Evil Gaiden is an adventure developed by M4, released 21 May 2001 on Game Boy Color.
What Resident Evil Gaiden is
Resident Evil Gaiden is an adventure game developed by M4 and released in 2001. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Game Boy Color only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's believed that Umbrella, the creators of the deadly virus that wiped out Raccoon City, has developed a new Bio Organic Weapon on a cruise ship called the Starlight which is on its way to Europe. One S.T.A.R.S. member Leon S. Kennedy was sent out to destroy the weapon, but the team have been unable to contact him since he arrived at the ship.
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 Gaiden is the 18th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Biohazard ZombieBuster in 2001.
What it launched against
Resident Evil Gaiden launched on 21 May 2001, within three weeks of Bejeweled, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Red Faction and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.
Released around the same time: Bejeweled, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Red Faction, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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