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Only five members of S.T.A.R.S. officially survived the incident: Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, Brad Vickers, and Rebecca Chambers. Disc/Format Variations

for the PlayStation defined the "survival horror" genre. For players of the original North American two-disc set, Resident Evil -USA- -Disc 1-

When Capcom released Resident Evil for the Sony PlayStation in March 1996, the video game industry was dominated by fast-paced action titles and side-scrolling platformers. Horror, as a genre, was largely relegated to static point-and-click adventures or text-based interactions. However, with the arrival of Resident Evil —specifically the content found on “Disc 1” of the North American release—developers Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara did not simply create a game; they invented a genre: survival horror. Disc 1 of the US version serves as a masterclass in atmospheric tension, resource management, and narrative discovery, establishing a structural and tonal blueprint that would define horror gaming for decades. Only five members of S