Resident Evil

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Resident Evil
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

Resident Evil, known as Biohazard (バイオハザード) in Japan, is the first in a long line of survival horror games developed and published by Capcom. It was ported to the Sega Saturn by Nextech in 1997, with some members of Sega's team. Nextech would later return to develop Resident Evil CODE:Veronica for Capcom, and consequently were involved in the production of each of its spinoff games and ports.

The Saturn version includes an extra "battle mode" option, not present in other ports of the game, which has the player attempt to survive through rooms of monsters with both limited ammo and limited time. The Sega Saturn Port also includes a few extra enemy encounters such as a Second T-002 Tyrant that breaks out directly after the one Wesker releases. It also features a model edit of the Hunter known as the "Tick". Battle Mode has a special "Gold Tyrant" used for the boss.

Production Credits

Cast

Chris Redfield: Charlie
Jill Valentine: Inezh
Barry Burton: Gregory
Rebecca Chambers: Linda
Albert Wesker: Eric
Joseph Frost: Jason

Original Version Staff
Planner

System Plan/Camera Works: Hideki Kamiya, Hiroki Kato, Kazunori Kadoi, Koji Oda, Satoshi Murata
Scenario: Kenichi Iwao
Event Director: Kazuhiro Aoyama, Takashi Nakaya, Masaaki Yamada
Background Story: Yasuki Saga

CG Team

Background Model: Ippei Masuda, Satoru Nishikawa, Junko Yasuda, Tetsuya Shiraishi, Yasuyuki Matsunami, Keiichi Nabetani, Motoji Fujita, Atsuko Hamada
Character Model/Motion: Jun Takeuchi, Satomi Hayashi
Character Texture: Yuji Ishihara, Ryoji Shimogama, Hideaki Katagiri

Graphic

BG/Object Texture: Chie Nishida, Hideyuki Koitabashi, Nobuaki Yamazaki, Jun Ogawa, Yasushi Hiraoka, Hidesato Sueyoshi, Manabu Takeda, Ippei Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nakamoto, Naomi Takemoto
Icon Design: Shizuyo Ukai
Lettering: Aya Nishio
Effect: Yoshiaki Teshima, Satomi Tsubota

Sound

Composition/Arrangement: Makoto Tomozawa, Akari Kaida, Masami Ueda
Sound design: Ippo Yamada, Hideaki Utumi

Software Engineer

System: Yasuhiro Anpo
Cockpit: Takayuki Inoue
Sound System/Effect: Tomohito Ishihara
Player/Enemy: Katsutoshi Karatsuma, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuji Hagiyama, Shigeki Niino
Event: Syuichiro Chiboshi, Kiyohiko Sakata, Noriyuki Ohtani, Takeshi Enomoto
Room Editor: Hidekazu Shingaki, Michinori Kataoka, Hideaki Motozuka
Movie: Hiroaki Watanabe
Authoring System: Atsushi Manobe, Takashi Hashimoto, Mitsunori Sakano
Base Program: Kazushi Sano, Takahiro Yamada

Design

Plot: Takahiro Arimitsu
Rooms: Yuko Nakadai, Mitsuru Kuwahata, Kazuki Nakayama
Characters: Isao Ohishi
Enemies: Toru Nakayama, Kazunori Shimizu, Yorinao Matsuura
Publicity: Masako Honma

Super Visor

Masahiko Kurokawa

Special Thanks

Tsuyoshi Wakuta, Takuya Shiraiwa, Shigeomi Okamura

Film Crew

Producer: Norihiro Nishitani
Production manager: Masanari Takano
Director: Mitsuhisa Hosoki
CG movie: Seiji Namba
Director of Photographer: Iwao Hara
Lighting: Takahisa Aida
Make-up: Shoko Kato
Styling: Wakana Hara
Casting: Toru Tateishi
Narrator: Ward. E. Sexton

Plan Cooperation
Production

Center Field., Ltd.

Special Effects

Gives Co., Ltd.

Post Production

Vision Universe Co., Ltd.

Music

M on M inc./Music Expedition Co., Ltd.
‒ with Cooperation From ‒ F・M・C

General Producer: Tokuro Fujiwara
Producer: Masayuki Akahori
Director: Shinji Mikami

Saturn Version Staff
3DCG Team

Character Model/Motion/Object/Texture Conversion: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Ryosuke Tei, Naomi Anzai, Misao Kobayashi, Miho Sadogawa, Masahiro Sato

2DCG Team

Chief: Yoshitaka Maki
BG Saturn Conversion: Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, Yuki Izumi, Shingo Inaba, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiko Arakawa, Genki Kaneko
Icon Design: Yoshiyuki Miyazawa

Sound Team

Sound Design: Tatsuya Kouzaki
Saturn Conversion: Naofumi Hataya, Tomonori Sawada, Seiro Okamoto

Movie Team

Movie Compile: Yuji Sawairi, Hidehiro Kumagai

Software Team

System: Yukihiko Tani
Sub System: Eiki Aizawa
Enemy/Event: Yuuiti Shiono, Masahiko Moriya
Sound/Movie: Tomoaki Fujituka

Special Thanks

Kenei Unoki, Eiji Taki, Akira Nishikawa, Manabu Morinaga, Shinobu Shindo, Ryouichi Hasegawa

Super Visor

Katsuji Aoyama, Masatoshi Totsuka

Technical Director: Hiroshi Fukuda
Director: Tomomi Endo
General Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto, Makoto Oshitani
Producer: Tatsuya Minami, Katsuhiro Hasegawa
Presented by: Capcom

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №191, p64
80 №100, p192
100
87 Vol 5, №11, p24/129
95 №111, p176
100
92 №60, p30/31
90 №54, p64
93
83
95 №5, p68/69/70/71
94 №23, p74/75
94
95 9/8/2008
Sega Saturn
93
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
97
[1]
Consoles News (FR) PAL
95
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[5]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
100
[6]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
87
[7]
Game Power (IT)
92
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[9]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
90
[10]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
92
[11]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
93
[12]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
83
[13]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
97
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[15]
Neo (PL)
80
[16]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
80
[17]
Playmag (FR) PAL
90
[18]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
80
[19]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
95
[20]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
91
[21]
Sega Power (GR)
95
[22]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
90
[23]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[24]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
87
[26]
Super Juegos (ES)
94
[27]
Super Power (FI)
95
[28]
Video Games (DE) PAL
95
[29]
Sega Saturn
90
Based on
29 reviews

Resident Evil

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Residentevil sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
ResidentEvilSaturnEUManual6L.pdf
Manual
Saturn, JP
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Cover
Saturn, BR
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Cover
ResidentEvilSaturnBrManual.pdf
Manual



Resident Evil games for Sega systems
Sega Saturn
Resident Evil (1997) | Resident Evil 2 (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
Resident Evil 2 (1999) | Resident Evil Code: Veronica (2000) | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (2000) | Biohazard Code: Veronica Kanzenban (2001)
Arcade
Gun Survivor 2: Biohazard CODE:Veronica (2001)
Sampler Discs
Sega Dreamcast
Biohazard Code: Veronica Trial Edition (1999)
Resident Evil related media
Book
Saturn Ban Biohazard Official Guide (1997) | V Jump Books Game Series: Sega Saturn Ban Bio Hazard (1997) | Biohazard: Code Veronica Koushiki Guide Book (2000) | Luchshiye igry dlya PlayStation. Ves' mir Resident Evil i Tomb Raider (2001)
  1. 576 Konzol, "Január 1998" (HU; 1998-xx-xx), page 26
  2. Consoles News, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-08-28), page 106
  3. Computer & Video Games, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-09-12), page 64
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 193
  5. Famitsu, "1997-08-01" (JP; 1997-07-18), page 1
  6. Fun Generation, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 84
  7. GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 11: November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
  8. Game Power, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 28
  9. GamePro, "December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 180
  10. Game Informer, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 66
  11. Gry Komputerowe, "8/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  12. Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1997" (ES; 1997-xx-xx), page 70
  13. MAN!AC, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 76
  14. Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 32
  15. Mega Fun, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 69
  16. Neo, "Grudzień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 21
  17. neXt Level, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-22), page 64
  18. Playmag, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 116
  19. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 18" (JP; 1997-09-12), page 82
  20. Saturn Power, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-08-22), page 68
  21. Sega Magazin, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 22
  22. Sega Power, "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (GR; 1998-xx-xx), page 28
  23. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "10/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 50
  24. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 74
  25. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-26 (1997-08-01)" (JP; 1997-07-18), page 178
  26. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
  27. Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1997" (ES; 1997-0x-xx), page 70
  28. Super Power, "10 1997" (FI; 1997-xx-xx), page 49
  29. Video Games, "9/97" (DE; 1997-08-27), page 100