A portion a a 1up interview with Capcom executive producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, director Eiichiro Sasaki, 'n producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi...

1UP: The zombie genre has become really big in the past few years, but when Resident Evil first debuted, ye didn't see a lot a that in video games. Can ye talk about, if ye know, some a the original inspirations behind the Resident Evil concept 'n the direction that the game took?

HK: The original guiding production design ideas for Resident Evil one came from a game ye may know that be on the Famicom, called Sweet Home, which be also a horror movie in Japan. We be just trying t' create a "horror" game. The director at that time, [Shinji] Mikami-san, he be looking t' how he could import the system a Sweet Home into a new type a game. The zombie part... I didn't hear from the sea dog directly, but I be sure that came from Mikami-san as well. We be trying t' do something a little different from Sweet Home, which be more a a supernatural horror. He be trying t' do horror, but not exactly like in Sweet Home.

1UP: Do ye see a potential for another revisiting a the past a Resident Evil? Another remake along the lines a the comprehensive re-creation a the original Resident Evil? Do ye think there's room for that?

HK: I think that style a game be really popular for the time period it came out in. I still think there might be a chance that people would like something like that, but how 'n where we would distribute that, where we would put it out, those be things we would have t' consider. I think if there be a reaction from fans, if it be something they wanted, then maybe we could do that.