Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Resident Evil – Code: Veronica
North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)	Capcom Nextech
Publisher(s)	Capcom Dreamcast JP / NA: Capcom PAL: Eidos Interactive PlayStation 2 Capcom GameCube JP / NA / EU: Capcom AU: Nintendo Australia
Director(s)	Hiroki Kato
Producer(s)	Shinji Mikami
Programmer(s)	Yukihiko Tani
Artist(s)	Junichi Ota
Composer(s)	Takeshi Miura
Series	Resident Evil
Platform(s)	Dreamcast PlayStation 2 (X) GameCube (X) Xbox 360 (X HD) PlayStation 3 (X HD)
Release	February 3, 2000 Dreamcast JP: February 3, 2000 NA: February 29, 2000 EU: May 26, 2000 Kanzenban JP: March 22, 2001 PlayStation 2 JP: March 22, 2001 NA: August 21, 2001 EU: September 14, 2001 GameCube JP: August 7, 2003 NA: December 3, 2003 EU: March 12, 2004 Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 NA: September 27, 2011 EU: September 27, 2011 (X360) EU: September 28, 2011 (PS3) AU: November 15, 2011 JP: March 13, 2012
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single-player

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	94%
Review scores
Publication	Score
AllGame
Edge	8/10
EGM	9.7/10
Famitsu	35/40
GamePro
Game Revolution	A-
GameSpot	9.5/10
IGN	9.2/10

Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, known in Japan as Biohazard – Code: Veronica, is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom and originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000 . It is the fourth major installment in the Resident Evil series and the first to debut on a non-Sony platform, in contrast to the first three installments which were originally released on the PlayStation. The story takes place three months after the events of Resident Evil 2 (1998) and the concurrent destruction of Raccoon City as seen in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999). It follows Claire Redfield, her brother Chris Redfield, and friend Steve Burnside in their efforts to survive a viral outbreak at both a remote prison island in the Southern Ocean and a research facility in Antarctica. The game retains the traditional survival horror controls and gameplay seen in previous series installments; however, unlike the pre-rendered backgrounds of previous games, Code: Veronica utilizes real-time 3D environments and dynamic camera movement.

Code: Veronica was developed in tandem with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Although not a numbered release, the developers describe the game as the true sequel to Resident Evil 2. Code: Veronica has received critical acclaim, and has been considered both among the best Resident Evil and Dreamcast games of all-time. An updated version of the game, titled Code: Veronica X, includes new cutscenes along with mild graphical changes. This revision was released for the Dreamcast in Japan and for the PlayStation 2 worldwide in 2001, eventually being ported to the GameCube in 2003. A high-definition remaster was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2011.