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Parasite Eve was developed by Squaresoft for the PlayStation in 1998. The game is a spiritual successor to the book of the same name and even mentioned events in the book. Parasite Eve revolves around Aya Brea, a New York police officer and her struggle to defeat the mitochondria and develop her own abilities. One night on Christmas Eve, Aya goes out in a date to an opera. During the performance, the lead actress begins to sing. Once she begins, the male lead bursts into flames and soon, everyone in the opera house. Aya, for reasons unknown to her, does not burn. She runs onto stage where she has a short fight against the actress, who speaks to her about her mitochondria. When the battle is over, the actress flies away, and Aya gives chase. They make their way to the backstage where Aya encounters a strange little girl who runs away. Shortly after, Aya witnesses a rat mutate into a hideous creature and battles it. The gameplay is that of Resident Evil mixed with RPG elements such as leveling.

What makes it Survival Horror: Despite having RPG elements, Parasite Eve still retains many aspects of survival horror. The player is given a number of guns to find, all of which have a limited ammo supply. Ammo can be found or randomly dropped by defeated enemies. Health items are limited as well. Stronger health items are harder to find and weaker items are randomly dropped by enemies. The player can find a number of armors and weapons, some of which take a bit exploration to find. Just in case, the player is given police batons to attack with. Though these require the player to get much closer to enemies. Monsters are randomly encountered in certain spots and can attack at any time. Unlike many survival horror games then and even now, monsters received no introduction. The player would just suddenly encounter new enemies, providing a sense of paranoia and fear of the unknown.