Gun Survivor 2 Biohazard Code: Veronica

A survival/horror shooting game where you and a partner must search while fighting for your life on an isolated island -- the location of Umbrella Corporation's prison camp and military training facility. Umbrella Corporation has made flesh-eating zombies, horrific beasts and even stranger mutations. Just how far does this twisted conspiracy extend? What is Umbrella Corporation really up to? And, who is behind this bio-tech terror? These are the questions you must answer while trying to stay alive and get off the island.

The series of Biohazard games began in 1996 with the first release "Biohazard" on the Sony Playstation. Later, "Biohazard 2", "Biohazard 3" and "Biohazard Survivor" were released. "Biohazard Survivor" was the first first-person view of the series to be made. The game was a total flop and it could not compare to the rest of the series since it did not include any of the original characters or story line. "Biohazard Code: Veronica" was released later for the Sega Dreamcast and then rereleased on the Sony Playstation 2 as "Biohazard Code: Veronica Complete Edition" which included many cut scenes.

This is the first arcade version of the series to be released. Capcom is known for creating great fighting and survival/horror games, but they are not known for their shooting games ("Biohazard Survivor" was to be a shooting game, but they stuck with the normal controller and made it a first person shooter) so they sought out Namco who has a reputaion for creating great shooting games (e.g. Time Crisis 2). The name is cool because the game is based on "Biohazard Code: Veronica Complete Edition", but is in the first person view like "Biohazard Survivor" so they mixed up the names to create Gun Survivor 2 Biohazard Code: Veronica.

The name "Biohazard" is only used in the Japanese versions of the series. In the US, the series is known as "Resident Evil" so one can assume that the US release of this game might be called Gun Survivor 2 Resident Evil Code: Veronica.

Available as a twin cabinet with one gun and one monitor per player. Has a large marquee with Capcom on one side and Namco on the other with the game title "Gun Survivor 2 Biohazard -Code: Veronica-". The marquee is behind a cool fence-like thing in front of it the design goes well with the game theme and location.

The latest attempt in a succesion of joint projects between major coin-op game makers, Capcom and Namco. This jointly-developed gun shooting game is based on the consumer title "Biohazard".

The game concept is based on the Dreamcast and PS2 game "Biohazard Code: Veronica Complete Edition". It is a two-player game with cooperative play option. Release is slated for June 2001.