Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, known in Japan as , is a
survival horror video game developed by
Capcom and originally released for the
Dreamcast in 2000. It was the first title in the
Resident Evil series to debut on a non-Sony platform, in contrast to the first three installments which were originally released on the
PlayStation. The story follows
Claire Redfield, her brother
Chris Redfield, and
Steve Burnside in their efforts to survive a viral outbreak at both a remote prison island in the
South Pacific and a research facility in
Antarctica. The game retains the survival horror elements from previous installments in the series such as the use of puzzles and guns. Unlike the traditional pre-rendered backgrounds of previous games,
Code: Veronica incorporates
real-time 3D environments and camera movement for the first time.