The Game That Created Resident Evil and the Survivor Horror Genre | Why We Played /w

Before Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and any Survivor Horror Game, there was Sweet Home.

Released in 1989 on the NES and based on a Japanese horror film (yes that's right, a movie tie-in), this almost-forgotten game was never released outside of Japan.

Yet, despite its obscurity, can be pointed to as one of the originators of the survivor horror genre itself.

Let's dive in and see the game that Resident Evil was initially planned as a remake for.

0:00 Intro
01:18 Sweet Home the Movie
02:35 Sweet Home the Movie Tie-In
03:22 Why Sweet Home Was So Iconic
08:38 Sweet Home's Legacy

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