Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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Resident Evil Code: Veronica
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom, Eidos Interactive (EU)
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 		DM 99,-99,-[3] 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
AU 		$89.9589.95[4]
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. The project was originally intended to be released as Resident Evil 4; this was first publicly hinted at in May 1998, when Yoshiki Okamoto announced that Capcom was producing Resident Evil 4 for the Dreamcast.[5][6] On October 6, 1998, the project was officially unveiled as Code: Veronica, with a tentative release date of April 1999, though this 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. It was also the first Japanese Dreamcast title to top 500,000 units sold[7].

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.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Resident Evil Code: Veronica Resident Evil Code: Veronica
English (US) Resident Evil Code: Veronica Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Japanese バイオハザード コード：ベロニカ Biohazard CODE:Veronica

Production credits

  • Sub Director: Yoshitaka Maki
  • Assistant Director: Ryutaro Ichikura
Planning
  • Stageplan: Daisuke Teraoka, Eiichi Kitano, Kaori Nishio, Masatoshi Yamada, Kazunori Kadoi
  • Enemy Plan: Ryo Fujii
  • Event Plan: Atsuko Hayakawa
  • System & Sound Plan: Yoshihide Ando
  • Scenario Message: Yasushi Funakoshi, Masaki Horiuchi
  • Scenario & Planning Support: Noboru Sugimura, Hirohisa Soda, Junichi Miyashita, Akira Asaka, Hideyuki Ishizeki, Yasuyuki Suzuki
Graphic
  • Art Director: Junichi Ohta
  • BG.Creator: Masamoto Katsuyama, Hiroshi Seki, Kiyotaka Tokoeda, Tetsuya Tochigi, Yosuke Hirata, Takeshi Watanuki, Ryo Saida, Naomi Sato, Tomohiro Yamakawa, Yoshie Ishimaru, Rika Yajima, Kentaro Hikita, Atsushi Watanabe, Naoya Tanaka, Atsushi Ogawa, Nobuyuki Oshima, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Hirotaka Kawakami, Akihiro Kaneko, Tomoko Koikeda, Yoshimi Soshi, Akiko Uemura
  • Character Creator: Kazunori Tazaki, Yasuyo Kondo, Yuichi Akimoto, Yoshihide Itagaki, Yasuhiro Shimada, Daisuke Takahashi, Yoshiki Isozaki, Kimitaka Yamagami
  • Face Modeling: Kashow Oda, Tatsushige Oda
  • Motion Design: Junji Hayashi, Mitsuharu Kawaguchi, Naoki Taguchi, Yoshiakira Nakano, Masaomi Honda, Hideaki Sakado, Yoshifumi Hattori, Nobuaki Yamazaki
  • Event Motion: Yoshiki Ito, Yuki Izumi, Tatsuro Matsunaga, Ryo Miyata
  • Event Camera Work: Hidé Gondoh
  • Enemy Design: Satoshi Nakai
  • 2D Design Chief: Shinichi Kawaguchi
  • Effect Design: Takashi Noguchi, Shigeru Komatsuzaki
  • Graphic Support: Hiroyuki Iwasa, Tadafumi Kato, Hiroshi Koga, Tomomi Seki, Ryo Murakawa, Toshio Yamamoto, Eiji Matsuura
  • Font Edit: Ukiko Hoshino
  • Graphic design: Kazuhiro Nagata, Susumu Higashitsuji, Hiromitsu Narumi
Software
  • Program Chief: Yukihiko Tani
  • System Support Program: Masahiko Moriya
  • Sub Screen Program: Kouichi Matsuda
  • Scenario Program: Yasuyuki Wada
  • Enemy Program: Tomoaki Fujitsuka, Yasunori Gotoh, Osamu Takasugi, Shunsuke Kawada
  • Sound Program: Manabu Takahashi
  • Effect Program: Masaki Nakazato, Tomoo Kondo
  • Face Motion System Plan: Masaru Koizumi, Etsuo Sasagawa
  • Face Motion System Program: Shigefumi Nakahara, Mamoru Hakamada, Takashi Itoi
  • Script Editor: Yasuyuki Kurushima, Koji Ishikura, Ohei Nakata, Yusuke Matsumoto, Osamu Ohkubo, Ryota Tanaka, Syunji Watanabe
Sound
  • Music Compose Chief: Takeshi Miura
  • Music Composer: Hijiri Anze, Sanae Kasahara
  • Sound Effect: Kiyohiro Sada, Minako Adachi, Takuya Yokota, Kouhei Matsuoka, Makoto Aoki, Syunta Uematsu, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Kouki Fukuda
CG Movie Crew
  • Event & Movie Director: Shimako Sato
  • Producer: Masaaki Taira, Masashi Sakamoto, Kazuya Sasahara, Kazuhisa Nishimura
  • Production manager: Yuki Nakamura
  • Technical Adviser: Tetsue Kawano
  • Codirector: Makoto Seki, Toshiyuki Aoyama
  • Technical Support: Tomoyuki Nezu
  • Visual Effects: Shinya Kono
  • Computer Graphics Design: Nobuyoshi Wakashima, Toru Takahashi, Itsune Sugiyama, Fumika Takahashi, Takuya Yamasaki, Shinichiro Maeda, Yukiko Hirokawa, Yasuo Kawase, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazuki Amenomiya, Takashi Ohira, Gakusui Iwasaki, Emi Arai, Yasuhito Kuwayama, Shinji Tutumi, Tomoyoshi Umezawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yasuhito Hattori, Ayako Tasaki, Yuko Ogata, Michito Nishino, Kensaku Takaishi, Yuko Okumura, Bak Ikeda, Akio Watari, Takahiro Oniki, Shigeaki Nunokawa, Kiyomi Aoki, Masaaki Murakami, Masakazu Majima
  • Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki
  • Ma: Hiroaki Nakata
Motion Capture Crew
  • Action Coordinator: Mitsuo Abe
  • Motion Actor: Motoko Nagino, Kyosuke Fujima, Hirofumi Fukuzawa, Yuki Kajikazawa, Reuben Langdon, Mizuho Yoshida, Toshinori Sasaki, Eiji Kobayashi, Yuji Kobayashi
Recording Crew
  • Cast
    • Claire: Alyson Court
    • Steve: Bill Houston
    • Alfred: Peter Oldring
    • Alexia: Leila Johnson
    • Narrator: Conrad Coates
    • Chris: Michael Fipowich
    • Wesker: Richard Waugh
    • Rodrigo: Martin Roach
    • Announcer: Genevieve Steels
  • Voice Director: Erik "Esx" Suzuki
  • Recording Engineer: Kyle Gudmundson, Paul Shubat, Ian Rodness
  • Translation: Takuya Shiraiwa
  • Producer: Susan Hart
Publicity
  • Publicity Planning: Daisuke Sasaki, Takako Aqtagawa, Yoshihiro Sudo
  • Manual Design: Keiichi Baba, Sho Sakai
  • Manual Edit: Miduho Toyonaga


  • Special Thanks: Masako Honma, Hiroshi Fukuda, Akihiro Kanawa, Kinga, Scott Pierce, Camilla, Taku Ishida, Norihisa Okamoto
  • Support Company: Flagship Co., Ltd., Sega Enterprises , Ltd., Nextech Corporation, XAX Entertainment Inc., Media Entertainment Inc., Trilogy Corporation, Sasaharagumi Ltd., Puresound Corp., Digitalscape Co., Ltd., Creek & River Co., Ltd., Freedesign Corporation, Media Jungle Corp., Gargoyle Mechanics, Inc, Attractive Action Club, Imagica Corp., Lonesome Pine Studio, D.A.V.E. Studio, Green Planning Ltd., Bravo Models, Satoru Japan Inc., Dreams Co., Ltd, Arquebuse, Eiko, Bytelux
  • Nextech Corporation
  • Sega Enterprises , Ltd.
  • Superviser: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
  • Producer: Shinji Mikami
  • Director: Hiroki Katoh
  • Presented by: Capcom®
Source:
In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №18, p92/93[14]
100 №21, p70-72[15]
100 Cincinnati Enquirer
97 №98, p100-103[16]
100 №224, p84-85[17]
80 №83, p68/69[18]
90 №11, p62-67[2]
93 №2000-04, p19[19]
93 №2002-18, p32[20]
97 EGM
100 Electric Playground
88 №582, p31
83 №1, p74-79[21]
90 GamePro
94 GamesMaster
95 Game Informer
100 Next Generation
100 USA Today
Sega Dreamcast
 94
Based on
18 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
99
[22]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
100
[14]
Arcade (UK) PAL
100
[15]
Bonus (YU) NTSC
94
[23]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
97
[16]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
97
[24]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[17]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC-J
90
[25]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
90
[26]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[2]
Digitiser (UK)
60
[27]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
93
[28]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
93
[29]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
93
[20]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
97
[30]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[18]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
97
[31]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
91
[32]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
88
[33]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
93
[34]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[35]
GamePlay RPG (FR) NTSC-J
83
[21]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[36]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[37]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
93
[38]
GameZine (UK)
90
[39]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
100
[40]
GameWEEK (US) NTSC-U
100
[41]
Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
100
[42]
Joypad (IT) NTSC-J
90
[43]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[44]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
91
[45]
Neo Plus (PL)
90
[46]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[47]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[48]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
100
[49]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
80
[50]
Play (PL)
90
[51]
PSX Extreme (PL)
90
[52]
Power Unlimited (NL)
92
[53]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
94
[3]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[54]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[55]
Sega Dreamcast
 92
Based on
43 reviews

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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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:SegaMagazin DE 80.pdf, page 22 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaMagazin DE 80.pdf_p22" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ File:Hyper AU 082.pdf, page 62
  5. ↑ File:GamersRepublic US 03.pdf, page 32
  6. ↑ News Archives (Friday, May 29th, 1998)
  7. ↑ File:DreamcastMonthly UK 08.pdf, page 14
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 68
  9. ↑ GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 44
  10. ↑ GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 74
  11. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-14), page 2
  12. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 33
  13. ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 2
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 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
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 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
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 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
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 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
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 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
  19. ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000211_2000-04.pdf, page 19
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 32 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf_p32" defined multiple times with different content
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 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
  22. ↑ 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
  23. ↑ Bonus, "4/2000" (YU; 2000-06-04), page 52
  24. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 84
  25. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 62
  26. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 28
  27. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (2000-06-05)
  28. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-04 (2000-02-11)" (JP; 2000-01-28), page 19
  29. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 6" (UK; 2000-02-24), page 74
  30. ↑ Dreamzone, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 94
  31. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 161
  32. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 184
  33. ↑ Famitsu, "2000-02-11" (JP; 2000-01-28), page 31
  34. ↑ Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 64
  35. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 4: April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 15
  36. ↑ GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 50
  37. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-22), page 78
  38. ↑ GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 72
  39. ↑ GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
  40. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 70
  41. ↑ GameWEEK, "January 17, 2000" (US; 2000-01-17), page 16
  42. ↑ Incite Video Gaming, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 92
  43. ↑ Joypad, "Marzo 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 30
  44. ↑ MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 74
  45. ↑ Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 46
  46. ↑ Neo Plus, "Marzec 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 36
  47. ↑ Next Generation, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-18), page 96
  48. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 12
  49. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May/June 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 78
  50. ↑ Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 112
  51. ↑ Play, "Listopad 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 26
  52. ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 38
  53. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nr. 8, Augustus 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 41
  54. ↑ Strana Igr, "Mart 2000 1/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 67
  55. ↑ 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)
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