Q 01/05

What is the Resident Evil series called in Japan?

A) Biohazard

B) Sweet Home

C) Zombie Mansion

D) Umbrella

Answer · why

A) Biohazard

Biohazard is the Japanese title; the series launched under that name in March 1996, and the name Resident Evil was coined only for the Western release...

Q 02/05

Which company makes Resident Evil?

A) Sega

B) Capcom

C) Konami

D) Square Enix

Answer · why

B) Capcom

Capcom, the Osaka-based publisher of Street Fighter and Mega Man, has made every Resident Evil game since the 1996 original, its best-selling series.

Q 03/05

Who directed the first Resident Evil game in 1996?

A) Tokuro Fujiwara

B) Hideo Kojima

C) Shinji Mikami

D) Hideki Kamiya

Answer · why

C) Shinji Mikami

Shinji Mikami directed the 1996 original, then the first Dino Crisis and Resident Evil 4, and later founded Tango Gameworks, maker of The Evil Within.

Q 04/05

The original game was inspired by the limits of which earlier 1989 horror game from the same publisher?

A) Clock Tower

B) Splatterhouse

C) Alone in the Dark

D) Sweet Home

Answer · why

D) Sweet Home

Sweet Home was itself based on a Japanese horror film, and its limited supplies inspired the scarce ammo.

Q 05/05

Why could the Japanese title not be used in the United States?

A) A DOS game and a punk band already had it

B) It was judged too frightening for retail

C) A film studio owned the trademark

D) US law barred medical terms in titles

Answer · why

A) A DOS game and a punk band already had it

"A DOS game and a punk band already had it": an earlier MS-DOS title and a New York hardcore band both used the name, so the publisher's US arm coined...