The granddaddy of survival horror has turned 20, as GameCentral takes a look at the past, present and future of Resident Evil.
On March 22nd, 1996 Resident Evil was released in Japan. Known in its home country as Biohazard, the game was released in America a week later and then in the UK on August 2nd. Somehow managing to be both ultra scary and ultra cheesy all at the same time it was the first mature-rated game to find mainstream success, and with the term ‘survival horror’ went on to found an entire genre.
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