Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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Resident Evil Code: Veronica
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-1207M
Sega Dreamcast
JP
(Limited Edition)
¥6,9806,980 T-1210M
Sega Dreamcast
US
$49.9549.95[1] T-1204N
Sega Dreamcast
DE
T-36806D-18
Sega Dreamcast
ES
T-36806D-06
Sega Dreamcast
FR
T-36806D-09
Sega Dreamcast
UK
£39.9939.99 [2] T-36806D-05
Sega Dreamcast
IT
T-36806D-13
Sega Dreamcast
BR
197036

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Resident Evil Code: Veronica, known as Biohazard CODE:Veronica (バイオハザード コード:ベロニカ) in Japan, is a survival horror game by Capcom and Nextech in Capcom's Resident Evil series of games. It was first released in 2000 on the Sega Dreamcast and became popular enough to warrant a series of spinoffs and ports, all of which were also handled by Nextech.

History

Development

Resident Evil Code: Veronica was envisioned as a three-way project between Capcom Production Studio 4, Nextech and Sega specifically for the Dreamcast. It was announced on October 6, 1998 with a tentative release date of April 1999, though was later pushed back to February 2000.

Code: Veronica was considered to be a genuine sequel to Resident Evil 2, though project supervisor Yoshiki Okamoto claimed that the lack of a designated number (unlike Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) was due to it being a Dreamcast game, with numbered sequels reserved for PlayStation games (a tactic which would be abandoned fairly quickly with the release of Resident Evil 4, initially a Nintendo GameCube exclusive).

Release

Resident Evil Code: Veronica was Capcom's only Sega Dreamcast title to surpass one million unit sales, selling 1.14 million in total, and became the second Capcom title to do so on a Sega system, after 1993's Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition which sold 1.65 million on the Sega Mega Drive.

Legacy

Resident Evil Code: Veronica was re-released in 2001 for the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and later GameCube in the form of Biohazard Code: Veronica Kanzenban (Resident Evil Code: Veronica X outside of Japan, although the Dreamcast version was a Japanese exclusive). Kanzenban fixes many of the bugs found in this version and is considered to be the definitive edition of the game.

Magazine articles

Main article: Resident Evil Code: Veronica/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #140: "May 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Playmag (FR) #49: "Juillet/Août 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №18, p92/93[3]
100 №21, p70-72[4]
100 Cincinnati Enquirer
97 №98, p100-103[5]
100 №224, p84-85[6]
80 №83, p68/69[7]
90 №11, p62-67[2]
93 №2000-04, p19[8]
93 №2002-18, p32[9]
97 EGM
100 Electric Playground
88 №582, p31
83 №1, p74-79[10]
90 GamePro
94 GamesMaster
95 Game Informer
100 Next Generation
Sega Dreamcast
94
Based on
17 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
99
[11]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[3]
Arcade (UK) PAL
100
[4]
Bonus (YU) NTSC
94
[12]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
97
[5]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
97
[13]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[6]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC-J
90
[14]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
90
[15]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[2]
Digitiser (UK)
60
[16]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
93
[17]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
93
[18]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
93
[19]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
97
[20]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
97
[21]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
91
[22]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
88
[23]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
93
[24]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[25]
GamePlay RPG (FR) NTSC-J
83
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[26]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[27]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
93
[28]
GameZine (UK)
90
[29]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
100
[30]
GameWEEK (US) NTSC-U
100
[31]
Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
100
[32]
Joypad (IT) NTSC-J
90
[33]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[34]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
91
[35]
Neo Plus (PL)
90
[36]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[37]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[38]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
100
[39]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
80
[40]
Play (PL)
90
[41]
PSX Extreme (PL)
90
[42]
Power Unlimited (NL)
92
[43]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
94
[44]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[45]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[46]
Sega Dreamcast
92
Based on
43 reviews

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Dreamcast, US
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Disc 2
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Inlay
Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc 1
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Disc 2
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Manual
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Inlay
Dreamcast, JP (Limited Edition)
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Cover
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Disc 2
Dreamcast, UK
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Disc 2
Dreamcast, FR
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Dreamcast, ES
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Dreamcast, IT
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Dreamcast, BR
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External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Press release: 2000-03-29: Capcom Releases Resident Evil Code: Veronica
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:DCUK 11.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 11.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:Arcade UK 18.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 18.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:Arcade UK 21.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 21.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 098.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 098.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 224.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 224.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Edge UK 083.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 083.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  8. File:DCM_JP_20000211_2000-04.pdf, page 19
  9. File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 32
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:GameplayRPG FR 01.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GameplayRPG FR 01.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
  12. Bonus, "4/2000" (YU; 2000-06-04), page 52
  13. Consoles +, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 84
  14. Dreamcast Monthly, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 62
  15. Dreamcast Monthly, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 28
  16. Digitiser (UK) (2000-06-05)
  17. Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-04 (2000-02-11)" (JP; 2000-01-28), page 19
  18. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 6" (UK; 2000-02-24), page 74
  19. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 32
  20. Dreamzone, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 94
  21. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 161
  22. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 184
  23. Famitsu, "2000-02-11" (JP; 2000-01-28), page 31
  24. Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 64
  25. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 4: April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 15
  26. GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 50
  27. GamesMaster, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-22), page 78
  28. GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 72
  29. GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
  30. Gamers' Republic, "April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 70
  31. GameWEEK, "January 17, 2000" (US; 2000-01-17), page 16
  32. Incite Video Gaming, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 92
  33. Joypad, "Marzo 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 30
  34. MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 74
  35. Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 46
  36. Neo Plus, "Marzec 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 36
  37. Next Generation, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-18), page 96
  38. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 12
  39. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May/June 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 78
  40. Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 112
  41. Play, "Listopad 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 26
  42. PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 38
  43. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nr. 8, Augustus 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 41
  44. Sega Magazin, "Juli 2000" (DE; 2000-06-05), page 22
  45. Strana Igr, "Mart 2000 1/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 67
  46. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 18



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)