Gameplay consists of action, exploration, puzzle solving and inventory management. It went through several redesigns, first as Super NES game in 1993, then a fully 3D first-person PlayStation game in 1994 and finally a third-person game. Resident Evil was conceived by the producer Tokuro Fujiwara as a remake of his 1989 horror game Sweet Home (1989).
Players control Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of the elite task force S.T.A.R.S., who must escape a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters. It is the first game in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.