

Depending on the player's actions, the game ends with different outcomes. Originally conceived as a remake of Capcom's earlier horror-themed game Sweet Home, development for the game was directed by Shinji Mikami, who took gameplay design cues from the 1992 game Alone in the Dark. As players explore the mysterious mansion, they uncover clues and solve puzzles, battling the various monsters along the way. At the start of the game, players select one of the two as they investigate the disappearance of their fellow team members on the outskirts of Raccoon City, and become trapped in an old mansion infested with zombies. It was later ported for the Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows platforms, and re-released for the Nintendo DS and onto the Sony PlayStation Network. The first installment in the Resident Evil series introduces series mainstays Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine as members of an elite task force known as S.T.A.R.S.

Resident Evil, originally released in Japan as Bio Hazard (Baio Hazādo), is a survival horror video game developed and released by Capcom originally for the Sony PlayStation in 1996.
