# Resident Evil

> Resident Evil is Capcom's 1996 survival horror game in which S.T.A.R.S. members Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are trapped in the Spencer mansion.

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- Console: PlayStation
- Released: 1996
- Developer: Capcom

Resident Evil is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation in 1996. Searching for a missing team in the Arklay Mountains, the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team takes shelter in a mansion overrun by zombies and other creatures, and the player picks Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine to find a way out.

It set the template for the series: fixed camera angles over pre-rendered backgrounds, tank controls, limited ammunition and save ribbons, and puzzles that open up the mansion. Capcom brought it to Windows in 1997 and released a Director's Cut on the PlayStation the same year.

A decompilation of the 1997 Windows release rebuilds that version natively for modern Windows and Linux.

## Resident Evil PC Ports

- [Resident Evil PC Decomp](https://emulationking.com/sony/ps1/games/residentevil/ports/residentevilpcdecomp/index.md): Resident Evil PC Decomp rebuilds the 1997 Windows release of Resident Evil as a native game for modern Windows and Linux, with an optional Director's Cut mode.