Chief Director: Shinji Mikami
Main Designer: Jun Takeuchi
Biohazard is the original title of the playstation video game resident evil in Japan. Due to copyrights they couldn’t use the name biohazard outside of Japan so they had to change the title. This VHS tape came as a promo of the game. The only thing is that they share everything about the game, good to see now but it must have been full of spoilers at the time.
From: http://biohazard-complete.wikia.com/wiki/File:Birth_of_Biohazard_VHS_Marketing_Promo.-1
Birth of Biohazard
The VHS lasts 37 minutes, is in NTSC format and was edited in 1996 by Toshiba EMI. It was intended as more of a marketing tool for people thinking of buying the game.
The Concept
The tape starts with the intro of BH1. Random scenes from the game are shown until you cut to the title screen entitled "Birth of Biohazard", then Shinji Mikami presents the concept of BH1. This lasts 6 minutes.
Chief Director, Shinji Mikami
The concept of the game was to create a constant feeling of anxiety and to make the game very, very scary. Our first idea was to put a feeling of dread forward in order to create a harrowing experience that would distance itself from conventional video games. This feeling of anxiety was realized with the assistance of the new generation of consoles (the Playstation) that helped achieve the remarkable graphics. This feeling of anxiety was our principal objective.
The Characters
A voice-over presents the different characters. Each of them is first shown in the form of concept arts, then with the pertinent videos from the intro. Nevertheless, these videos are a little longer than the ones we see in the game. The presentation finishes extracts game from the gameplay.
Link to the movie mentioned by Jun takeuchi:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324607/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
