Resident Evil (known in Japan as Bio Hazard バイオハザード) Japanese horror video game.
1Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation. It is the first game in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Players control Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of the elite task force S.T.A.R.S., who must escape a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters.
Resident Evil was conceived by the producer Tokuro Fujiwara as a remake of his 1989 horror game Sweet Home (1989). It was directed by Shinji Mikami. It went through several redesigns, first as Super NES game in 1993, then a fully 3D first-person PlayStation game in 1994 and finally a third-person game. Gameplay consists of action, exploration, puzzle solving and inventory management. Resident Evil established many conventions seen later in the series, and in other survival horror games, including the inventory system, save system, and use of a vitals-monitoring system instead of a health counter.
Resident Evil was praised for its graphics, gameplay, sound, and atmosphere, although it received criticism for its writing and voice acting. It was an international best-seller, and became the highest selling PlayStation game at the time. By December 1997, it had sold about 4 million copies worldwide and had grossed more than $200,000,000 (equivalent to $373,000,000 in 2022).
Resident Evil is often cited as one of the best video games. It is credited with defining the survival horror genre and with returning zombies to popular culture, leading to a renewed interest in zombie films by the 2000s. It created a franchise including video games, films, comics, novels, and other merchandise. It has been ported to Sega Saturn, Windows and Nintendo DS. In 2002, a Resident Evil remake was released for the GameCube and ported to other platforms in 2015. A sequel, Resident Evil 2, was released in 1998, and a prequel, Resident Evil Zero, in 2002.
『バイオハザード』（BIO HAZARD, 日本国外ではResident Evil）は1996年発売のカプコン製作による日本のホラーアクションアドベンチャーゲームである。アメリカ合衆国中西部における架空の地方都市ラクーンシティの郊外に位置する洋館を舞台に、猟奇的殺人事件の調査にあたる特殊作戦部隊S.T.A.R.S.を描く。のちに続く『バイオハザード』シリーズの1作目。
PlayStation専用タイトルとして製作・発売。その後、様々なプラットフォームの移植版が発売。また、リメイク作品やそのリマスターなども発売された。