Capcom's 1989 game "Sweet Home" inspired RE?

i wonder if the movie was based off the game or vice versa? its very hard to tell..

In an interview, a member of the game staff said that "I was deciding which elements from the movie I would add to the game".
So the game probably is based on the movie.

[Joey3264]

i wonder if the movie was based off the game or vice versa? its very hard to tell..

[yurieu]

well, just watched the movie. people say RE took many menus and gameplay features from this game, like carrying limited items.

but in the movie, the final view of the mansion in RE is a clear homage to the movie. you all should watch it, it looks simply, but has some strong elements.

if capcom had followed the "suito homu" style like it should be, we would go thru remake, zero until RE3.5. but now, i must say Alan Wake came and took those great elements that Capcom got rid off.

[shanemurphy]

Yea Sweet Home is not known to many, I guess you could call it the "father" of Resident Evil.

[Rombie]

No prob guys, as I said has been doing the rounds of late (seen it a NeoGAF and Biohaze) and obviously has interesting info so always worth sharing.

[AsteroidBlues]

Just played a portion of Sweet Home on NEScafe.... God it's annoying to play. xD

Indeed, and for those of you who haven't seen the movie, I suggest you check it out on youtube. It's actually a pretty good film.

This will start you off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZkXouk3r4

I've saw the movie yesterday, it's really good. The game is completely faithful to it.
But a lot of things that inspired RE came from the gameplay.

[REmaster]

Indeed, and for those of you who haven't seen the movie, I suggest you check it out on youtube. It's actually a pretty good film.

This will start you off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZkXouk3r4

[Wrathborne]

"Capcom's 1989 game "Sweet Home" inspired RE?"

Not exactly new news there, Mikami has said many times that Sweet Home was the biggest inspiration for RE, followed by alone in the dark.

Thought he interview Rombie posted makes this thread worth checking out, thanks for sharing dude!

[imacwesker]

http://www.glitterberri.com/develope...kuro-fujiwara/

Never read this interview before. Very interesting, thanks, Rob!

[News Bot]

BH1 is basically an amalgamation of those three games to the point you could call it a rip-off. What sets it apart is its scenario and Zombies.

[Rombie]

I always forget about Doctor Hauzer. Add the original Alone In The Dark to that list too.

[Aleff]

Sweet Home and Doctor Hauzer were the "inspirations" to Biohazard.

Sweet Home is about a group of journalists who willingly go to an abandoned haunted mansion to make a news report. When they enter, the ghost of the house owner's wife locks them in.

If we take the plot in consideration, only the abandoned mansion scenario was inspired from Sweet Home. Maybe some other elements, I didn't played the whole game.

[Rombie]

Yeah it will be old news to long time fans.

The lead designer for Sweet Home was Tokuro Fujiwara, he was Mikami's boss when Biohazard was made and the focus was the game started supposedly with his idea of being able to do the things he couldn't do with Sweet Home. This interview has been doing the rounds in the last months, it's an old translation of an old interview from the early 2000's which covers his career and discusses both Sweet Home and Biohazard.

http://www.glitterberri.com/developer-interviews/tokuro-fujiwara/