Resident Evil

Turn out the lights. Lock the doors... Live the Nightmare.

Releases: PlayStation, Saturn, PC 1997

Main article: Resident Evil (video game)

The original game opens on the evening of 24 July 1998 after contact is lost with the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team. Alpha team is sent out to rescue Bravo team and to continue the investigation into the number of grisly murders near the vicinity of Raccoon Forest. After finding the downed Bravo chopper Alpha are attacked and find themselves running for the protection of the Spencer Mansion, believed to be abandoned.

The game gives the player control of either weapons specialist Chris Redfield or "master of unlocking" Jill Valentine as they look for another way out and try to locate the Bravo team. Unfortunately for them the Spencer Mansion is an intentionally elaborate maze of rooms, locks, puzzles and surprises. The game also features other S.T.A.R.S. members including Alpha team leader Albert Wesker, former S.W.A.T. Barry Burton and trainee biochemist Rebecca Chambers.

Unlike subsequent Resident Evil games, this game had a live-action opening and ending. The opening footage in the American version was edited for gore.