Resident Evil Gun Survivor (PS1) - PlayStation 1 Game

Resident Evil Survivor sits in an odd price bracket for the series: dismissed on release, now scarce enough in PAL that complete copies outrun better-reviewed entries. Resident Evil Survivor is the first-person shooter spin-off in the Resident Evil series, released for PlayStation 1 in 2000. Developed by Tose and published by Capcom, it was the first RE game to use a first-person perspective — predating Resident Evil 7 by seventeen years.

The big story here is the regional difference. The Japanese and European versions support the Namco G-Con 45 light gun for direct point-and-shoot gameplay. The North American version had light gun support completely removed due to post-Columbine sensitivity around gun-themed games. This makes the PAL and NTSC-J versions fundamentally different — and more desirable — than the US release.

Critics weren't kind (Metacritic scores around 40%), but as a collectible it's an interesting piece of gaming history: a time capsule of late-90s moral panic, an early first-person RE experiment, and one of the few games designed specifically for the G-Con 45. For the full intended experience, you need the gun and a CRT television to go with it.