Resident Evil
1996Windows, LinuxPlayable
Runs natively on PC through resident-evil-pc-decomp.
Project page on github.com.
Cover art and game details from IGDB.
- Original console
- PC
- Runs on
- Native PC
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Method
- DecompSource code rebuilt by hand from the original game, then compiled for modern systems.
- Status
- Playable
- Latest release
- residentevil-v1.3.0 ↗
- Last update
- Sep 2026
Listing updated .
About Resident Evil
The Windows version, released in December 1996, featured the uncensored footage from the Japanese version, and the opening intro is in full color rather than black and white. It is the only version of Resident Evil that has all of the uncensored full motion video (FMV) sequences, which includes the uncensored introduction, Kenneth's death scene in its entirety, and ending.
- Released
- 6 Dec 1996
- Genre
- Shooter, Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Horror, Survival
- Modes
- Single player
- Series
- Resident Evil
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
Screenshots, summary and details from IGDB ↗. They describe the original game, not the port.
Resident Evil port: quick answers
- Do I need to own Resident Evil?
- Yes. resident-evil-pc-decomp needs game files from a copy you own. PlayPorted links only to the project page and never to game files.
- Is the Resident Evil port finished?
- Yes, the project calls it playable. Its last update was Sep 2026, and the latest release is residentevil-v1.3.0.
- Which systems does it run on?
- Windows and Linux.
- Is it an emulator?
- No. resident-evil-pc-decomp rebuilds the game's source code, so it runs as a native program instead of through an emulator.
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