first part for Sony PlayStation under the title Biohazard appear

On March 22, 1996 the first part for Sony PlayStation under the title Biohazard appeared in Japan, just a week later, on March 30, 1996, the title was also released in North America, Europe followed on 1 August. Due to legal concerns regarding an older DOS game and a band bearing the same name, Biohazard's title was changed to Resident Evil. In 1997, Sega Saturn and Windows were implemented; In September, the part was reissued as a "Director's Cut" for the PlayStation.

In January 1998 the second part was published in Japan and North America, followed by Europe in March. Windows, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 were implemented over the years 1999 and 2000.

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis was released under the title Biohazard 3: Last Escape on September 22, 1999 in Japan Cosplay Costumes
. At first only available for PlayStation, followed in the year 2000 conversions for Dreamcast and Windows.

With code: Veronica appeared in the year 2000 the first title of the core series, which made its debut not on the PlayStation, but on Segas Dreamcast. A year later the title with the addition "X" was also ported to PlayStation.

In 2002, Capcom and Nintendo entered into an agreement on three exclusive Resident Evil games for GameCube. In addition, the previous titles for the console should also be implemented. The first product of this collaboration was a remake of the first part, which appeared in 2002. The remake could offer with better graphics as well as changed puzzles and high-quality cutscenes. In the years 2003 and 2004, the remaining existing titles were ported and released on GameCube. Unlike the first part, they were only 1: 1 of the PlayStation variants implemented. The first completely new game of collaboration was Resident Evil Zero, which was released in 2002.

The fourth part, released in 2005, was to become a GameCube exclusive title, but was finally ported to PlayStation 2 at the end of the year Final Fantasy Type-0 Costumes
. Shinji Mikami apologized publicly for this implementation. 2007 followed a Wii edition, which had a control adapted to the possibilities of the console.

After a break of just under five years, Resident Evil 5, which was released on March 5, 2009 in Japan and on March 13 in North America and Europe, followed. Resident Evil 5 is the first game in the series ever released for a Microsoft console, specifically Xbox 360; There is also a PlayStation 3 variant and a Windows version.

The sixth part of the core series was released on October 2, 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and on March 22, 2013 for Windows.

The Resident Evil 7: Biohazard series is the first to be experienced as a horror survival game from the ego perspective Game Jacket Costumes
. At the game fair E3 2016 publisher Capcom first presented the continuation of the Resident Evil franchise for PS4, Xbox One and the PC (both Steam and Windows 10). Resident Evil 7: Biohazard appeared on January 24, 2017.