Resident Evil Code: Veronica

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Resident Evil Code: Veronica
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom, Eidos Interactive (EU)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • 日本語
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Español
  • 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

    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-themed action-adventure game by Capcom and Nextech. It was first released in 2000 on the Sega Dreamcast as an entry in Capcom's Resident Evil series, serving as a direct sequel to Resident Evil 2. Code: Veronica was intended to be a Dreamcast-exclusive, but Sega's departure from the hardware business resulted in the development of an expanded edition titled Resident Evil Code: Veronica X, which was released for the PlayStation 2 the following year.

    History

    Development

    Resident Evil Code: Veronica was a three-way project co-developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, Nextech, and Sega, specifically for the Dreamcast. When the project was first hinted at in May 1998 by executive producer Yoshiki Okamoto, game publications assumed that the project would be the next numbered entry in the series (Resident Evil 4), which had yet to be officially announced at the time.[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 codenamed Biohazard 3 during early planning, a title which was ultimately given to the simultaneously-developed Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on the PlayStation. The reasoning for not giving a numbered title to Code: Veronica was due to the title being developed as a Dreamcast-exclusive at a time when numbered Resident Evil titles were reserved for PlayStation consoles, although the game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 as Code: Veronica X. This policy was later abandoned when the actual Resident Evil 4 ended up being developed for the Nintendo GameCube as its main platform.

    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

    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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    Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #137: "December 2000" (2000-10-30)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #11: "No. 11" (2000-07-13)
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    Print advert in GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
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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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    Dreamcast, JP
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    Dreamcast, JP (Limited Edition)
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    Dreamcast, UK
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    Disc 2
    Dreamcast, FR
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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 DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 11.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content 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


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