Parasite Eve (1998) (VG)

Director:

Takashi Tokita

Writers:

Hideaki Sena (novel)
Takashi Tokita (story)

Release Date:

31 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The worst foe lies within the self...

Plot:

It all began on December 24th, 1997. At Carnegie Hall, a massacre ensued, leaving only a lone New York police detective and a mysterious actress alive...

Plot Keywords:

Manhattan New York City | Nypd | Ulterior Motive | Lost Twin | Sperm Bank

Directed by
Takashi Tokita

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hideaki Sena		novel
Takashi Tokita		story

Produced by
Tetsuo Mizuno	....	executive producer
Hironobu Sakaguchi	....	producer
Tomoyuki Takechi	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Yôko Shimomura

Production Management
Nobuko Izumida	....	assistant production manager
Shin-ichiro Kajitani	....	production manager
Naoko Kanai	....	production manager
Mika Onishi	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Darren Gilford	....	storyboard artist: Square USA
Ira Gilford	....	storyboard artist: Square USA
Masashi Ikeda	....	storyboard artist: Tokyo
Cecil Hong-sik Kim	....	storyboard artist: Square USA
Ikuro Sato	....	storyboard coordinator: CGI movie, Tokyo
Nozomu Yamagishi	....	design assistant

Sound Department
Minoru Akao	....	sound programmer
Yoshitaka Fujita	....	sound
Yoshitaka Hirota	....	sound effects
Makoto Ise	....	sound effects
Dan Kollmorgen	....	sound engineer
Junya Kuroda	....	sound effects
Chiharu Minekawa	....	sound
Kazumi Mitome	....	sound effects
Eiji Nakamura	....	sound (as Eiji 'AJ' Nakamura)
Jun Nakamura	....	sound effects
Yoshikuni Nakamura	....	sound effects
Shojiro Nakaoka	....	sound effects
Tak Ogawa	....	sound supervisor
Masayoshi Okawa	....	sound effect recording engineer
Teruaki Sugawara	....	sound engineer
Motoko Watanabe	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Jeff Willette	....	special effects: 3DSite Inc.
John Willette	....	special effects: 3DSite Inc.

Visual Effects by
Jeanne Anderson	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Shawnalee Anderton	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Holly Bloom	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Virginia Bowman	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
John Burk	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Kay Cloud	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Diane Cooper	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Francisco Cortina	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Gregory Ecklund	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Petra Evers	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Lisa Foster	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Lori Gilmour	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Hiroyuki Hamada	....	3D animator
Kazuyuki Hashimoto	....	CGI movie technical director
Tatsuo Heianzan	....	3D animator
Takayuki Higurashi	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Michael Hobbs	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Sangwoo Hong	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Kseniya Hoppe	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Nicholas Hoppe	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Manabu Inokuchi	....	3D animator
Erik Jamison	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Bruce Jurgens	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Yukari Kaneko	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Junichi Kanzaki	....	CGI director: Digital Media Lab.
Deborah Kaufman	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Go Kikuchi	....	3D animator
Kyle Kirby	....	3D animator
John Lally	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Mark Lambert	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Michael Latschislaw	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Thomas Lee	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Kimberley Liptrap	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA (as Kimberly Liptrap)
Tom Lynnes	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Rick Makoul	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Richard Matsushita	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Michael Miller	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Aung Min	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Min)
Mari Miyamoto	....	3D animator
Toshiyuki Momose	....	CGI movie editor
Shuichi Murata	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Takamasa Namiki	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
David Nix	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Izumi Obata	....	CGI painter: Digital Media Lab.
Noriyuki Ohmi	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Hideki Okano	....	visual effects: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Daniel Oken	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Caleb Owens	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Sharon Packer	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Andrew Paquette	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Eric Pavey	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Jennifer Pearce	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Kristina Reed	....	line producer: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Behrooz Roozbeh	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Ken Roupenian	....	executive producer: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Nozomi Sanada	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Hitoshi Sasaki	....	CGI director: Tokyo
Richard Semple	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Chris Sjoholm	....	visual effects: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Geri Smith	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Neville Spiteri	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Dottie Starling	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Masateru Suzuki	....	3D animator
Toshinori Takata	....	CGI programmer: Digital Media Lab.
Kuniharu Takeuchi	....	3D animator
Tim Teramoto	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Kazue Tsukamoto	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Satoshi Tsukamoto	....	CGI supervisor: Tokyo
Koichi Tsumori	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Renée Tymn	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA (as Renee Chamblin)
Peter Warner	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Caleb Weissberg	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Mike Wendell	....	CGI supervisor: Santa Barbara Studios
Darnell Williams	....	CGI supervisor: USA
Makoto Yagishita	....	3D animator
Tomohiro Yamakawa	....	CGI animator: Digital Media Lab.
Robert Yang	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Jason Yanofsky	....	CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA
Theodore Bialek	....	technical director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Theodore Ballek	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Theodore Capizzi	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Duffy Knox	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Tim Prentice	....	lighting director: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Suponwich Juck Somsaman	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Juck Somsaman)
Sandra Voelker	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Randy Wei	....	lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc.

Animation Department
Hiroshi Arai	....	3-D animation director
Hiroshi Arai	....	3-D character director
Hiroshi Arai	....	modeler: main characters
Lyndon Barrois	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
J.J. Blumenkranz	....	animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Daniele Colajacomo	....	animator: 3DSite Inc.
St. John Colon	....	sub character modeling and texture
Melanie Cordan	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Tomohiro Kayano	....	3-D character director
Tomohiro Kayano	....	character supervisor: Tokyo
Tomohiro Kayano	....	modeler: main characters
Katsuya Kondô	....	3-D animation director (as Tatsuya Kando)
Darren Lurie	....	animator: Santa Barbara Studios
Joe Mancewicz	....	animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Fumi Nakashima	....	main character design assistant
Tetsuya Nomura	....	character designer: main characters
Kazuhiro Okawa	....	main character texture
Glenn Ramos	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Hans Rijpkema	....	animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
David J. Smith	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Ryotaro Takahashi	....	animator: Manhatten map
Kuniharu Takeuchi	....	sub character and creature designer
Craig Talmy	....	animation director: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Kelly Wilcox	....	animator: Santa Barbara Studios
Darnell Williams	....	animator: Manhatten map

Music Department
Kenji Nagashima	....	song recordist engineer
Tony Rambo	....	assistant engineer: theme song
Shigeo Tamaru	....	additional music arranger: "Somnia Memorias"

Other crew
Lisa Ahern	....	marketing (US version)
Jun Aida	....	management (US version)
Yoshiro Akata	....	battle designer
Yoshiro Akata	....	tutorial designer
Mica Osugi Allalouf	....	interpreter
Caroline Allen	....	technical department: Square USA
Naushad Allibhoy	....	systems administrator
Elisabeth Arko	....	systems administrator (as Beth Arko)
Paul Ashdown	....	technical department: Square USA
Ted Baer	....	legal support: Santa Barbara Studios
Sagit Barnea	....	assistant: Square USA
Brian Bell	....	localization specialist: Square Soft Inc.
Gary Boswood	....	technical department: Square USA
Jeffy Branion	....	systems administrator
Bela Brozsek	....	map illustrator
Bela Brozsek	....	map retouch artist
Fernando Bustamante	....	customer service (US version)
John Butiu	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Michelle Butler	....	production coordinator: Santa Barbara Studios
John Carey	....	director of technology: Santa Barbara Studios
Clayton Chan	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. (as Clayton S. Chan)
Sissie Chang	....	lead quality technician: Square Soft Inc.
Yeen-Shi Chen	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Buck Claborn	....	systems administrator: Santa Barbara Studios (as Buckie Claborn)
Cynthia Cobb	....	assistant: Square USA
Scott J. Compton	....	battle designer (as Scott Compton)
Scott J. Compton	....	game designer
Matt Coohill	....	event designer
Matt Coohill	....	game designer
Manabu Daishima	....	battle effect graphics
Manabu Daishima	....	staff credit graphics
Paul Fan	....	technical department: Square USA
Mark Fattibene	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios
John Ford	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios
Akira Fujii	....	creature texture supervisor
Yoshimi Fujii	....	support staff director
Randall Fujimoto	....	localization manager: Square Soft Inc.
Makoto Fukushima	....	producer: Digital Media Lab.
Steve Galle	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios
Naotaka Hiro	....	interpreter
Naotaka Hiro	....	translator
Stephen A. Holder	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Diane Holland	....	producer: Santa Barbara Studios
Hiroyuki Honda	....	modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo
Sangwoo Hong	....	map data designer
Mieko Hoshino	....	menu graphics
Caleb J. Howard	....	programmer: event compiler (as Caleb Howard)
Andy Hsu	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Jeffrey Hsu	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Ian Hulbert	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Keith Hunter	....	modeling manager: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Hiroyuki Ikeda	....	battle effect graphics
Koichi Ise	....	systems director: support staff
Jun Iwasaki	....	president (US version)
Kaori Iwasaki	....	interpreter
Kaori Iwasaki	....	translator
Steffan Jays	....	systems administrator
Byron Jelden	....	event designer
Arthur Jeppe	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios
Jay Johnson	....	3-D painting: 3DSite Inc.
Bruce Jones	....	executive producer: Santa Barbara Studios
Rob Jones	....	map data designer
Michael Kaelin	....	technical assistant: Santa Barbara Studios
Junnosuke Kanazawa	....	map retouch artist
Hiroyuki Kashima	....	producer: support staff
Masayuki Kasuya	....	systems administrator
Masahiro Kataoka	....	battle creature script
Keiko Kato	....	marketing (US version)
Jake Kauth	....	systems administrator
Hiroshi Kawai	....	main programmer
Cecil Hong-sik Kim	....	map illustrator
Cecil Hong-sik Kim	....	map retouch artist
Nancy Kimley	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Kyle Kirby	....	creature modeler
Yasunaga Kobari	....	systems administrator
Koji Kobayashi	....	modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo
Hiroki Koike	....	producer: support staff
Katsuya Kondô	....	creature modeler (as Tatsuya Kando)
Akira Kudo	....	producer: support staff
Yasuhiro Kurosawa	....	battle creature script
Hiroshi Kuwabara	....	modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo
Yasuo Kuwahara	....	programmer: menu
Han Jong Lee	....	3-D programmer
Scott Liedtka	....	3-D manager: Santa Barbara Studios
Pakin Liptawat	....	staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment
Robert Lurye	....	choreographer: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Sachiko Machida	....	systems administrator
Jason MacLeod	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios
Yoshihiko Maekawa	....	battle director
Kyoko Makino	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Bradford Mar	....	map retouch artist
Rika Maruya	....	interpreter
Rika Maruya	....	translator
Hiromi Masuda	....	quality assurance coordinator
Hideaki Matsuoka	....	quality assurance coordinator
Michael Miller	....	map data designer
Kenji Mimura	....	marketing (US version)
Hideo Minaba	....	tutorial graphics
Toshiyuki Momose	....	staff credit graphics
Takashi Morishima	....	staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment
Hideaki Morita	....	map retouch artist
Vangthonhoua Moua	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Shin Nagasawa	....	map retouch artist
Masahiro Nakajima	....	localization manager: Square Soft Inc.
Saori Nakajima	....	publicist (US version)
Jane Nakano	....	marketing (US version)
Stanford Ng	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Mari Nishikawa	....	assistant translator: Square Soft Inc.
Mari Nishikawa	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Takayuki Niwa	....	main programmer: battle
Takayuki Niwa	....	programmer: dialogue
Ichiro Nonaka	....	localization specialist
Koji Nonoyama	....	publicist (US version)
Tadamichi Obinata	....	programmer: battle creature
Yuuri Ohtake	....	producer: support staff
Shinichiro Okaniwa	....	battle effect director
Shinichiro Okaniwa	....	menu graphics
Marion Okazaki	....	interpreter
Marion Okazaki	....	translator
Maxx Okazaki	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Maki Onishi	....	publicist (US version)
Mika Onishi	....	interpreter
Mika Onishi	....	translator
Yasunori Orikasa	....	systems administrator
John Paik	....	staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment
Ivo Panayotov	....	systems administrator (as Ivo Panaytov)
Jennifer Park	....	systems administrator
Chiensen Peng	....	producer: support staff
Thomas Shih-Ta Peng	....	programmer: event system and background interaction
Thomas Shih-Ta Peng	....	staff credits programmer
Chiara Perin	....	lighting artist: 3DSite Inc.
Charles Pinady	....	data conversion
Charles Pinady	....	event designer
Charles Pinady	....	map data designer
Matt Rhodes	....	software developer: Santa Barbara Studios
Eran Rich	....	technical department: Square USA
Hironobu Sakaguchi	....	concept
Akio Sakai	....	management (US version)
Masaki Sakai	....	production manager: Digital Media Lab.
Kathleen Samee	....	systems administrator: Santa Barbara Studios
Katsuo Sano	....	producer: support staff
Robert Schajer	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Ira Shain	....	additional lighting artist: 3DSite Inc.
Bradley Sick	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Takahiro 'Tak' So	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. (as Takahiro So)
Suponwich Juck Somsaman	....	head technical director: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Juck Somsaman)
Simon Son	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Tsuyoshi Sonoda	....	programmer: battle effect
James Straus	....	anmation director: Santa Barbara Studios (as James Satoru Straus)
Takanari Tajima	....	creature modeler
Yusuke Takagi	....	producer: support staff
Tetsuya Takahashi	....	map illustrator (as Tetsuya 'T2' Takahashi)
Norihiro Takami	....	modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo
Kenji Takemoto	....	manager: Tokyo
Hiroshi Tanaka	....	communications coordinator: support staff
Motoharu Tanaka	....	event designer (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka)
Motoharu Tanaka	....	map director (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka)
Motoharu Tanaka	....	menu designer (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka)
Chu Tang	....	technical department: Square USA
Shawn Taras	....	map data designer
Shawn Taras	....	programmer: cgi movie and Chysler building
Richard Temple	....	map data designer
Chikako Terashita	....	systems administrator
Rick Thompson	....	customer service (US version)
Mutsuo Tomizawa	....	producer: support staff
Juliana Tong	....	staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd.
Mitsuru George Torii	....	marketing (US version) (as George Torii)
Ryota Toyama	....	event designer
Keisuke Toyoshima	....	producer: Digital Media Lab.
Douglas Trelfa	....	interpreter
Douglas Trelfa	....	translator
Eric Tsai	....	technical support: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Randy Tse	....	staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd.
Sachiko Usui	....	interpreter
Sachiko Usui	....	translator
Lila Vesely	....	technical director trainee: Santa Barbara Studios (as Lilla Vesely)
Chien-Hsiung Wang	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc.
Noriko Watanabe	....	publicist (US version)
Matthew P. Welker	....	technical director: Santa Barbara Studios (as Mathew P. Walker)
Jonathan Williams	....	quality assurance manager: Square Soft Inc.
Eddie Wong	....	staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd.
James P. Wong	....	quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc.
Victor Wong	....	staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd.
Malcolm Wright	....	modeler: 3DSite Inc.
Sharon Wrinkle	....	production accountant: Santa Barbara Studios
Yoshimasa Yamada	....	systems administrator
Yoshio Yamakawa	....	creature modeler
Yukiko Yamanaka	....	systems administrator
Kyoko Yamashita	....	marketing (US version)
Junichi Yanagihara	....	management (US version)
Yongki Yoon	....	creature texture assistant
Yongki Yoon	....	map retouch artist
Tatsuya Yoshinari	....	programmer: battle effects and Manhatten map
Yammie Yu	....	staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd.
Takayuki Ôdachi	....	map illustrator (as Takayuki Odachi)

Thanks
Machi Abe	....	special thanks
Kazuko Aita	....	special thanks: US version
Carol Carvins	....	special thanks: US version
Carol Duran	....	special thanks: US version
Shari Girdlestone	....	special thanks
Christy Huang	....	special thanks: US version
Toshikatsu Iijima	....	special thanks
Nemiko Inada	....	special thanks: US version
Stephanie James	....	special thanks: US version
Jeffrey Kinart	....	special thanks: US version
Hiroko Marcinkowski	....	special thanks: US version
Rei Matsuoka	....	special thanks
Margarita Meza	....	special thanks: US version
Yukiko Mori	....	special thanks: US version
Tetsuya Moriguchi	....	special thanks
Kenzo Nogimura	....	special thanks: US version
Maria Robinson	....	special thanks: US version
Terry Sasaki	....	special thanks: US version
Ayako Takeda	....	special thanks: US version
Yumi Takehoshi	....	special thanks: US version
Hiroshi Tanaka	....	special thanks
Sachiko Usui	....	special thanks
Stacy Williams	....	special thanks: US version
Debbie Yatogo	....	special thanks: US version

Production Companies

• Square Company

Distributors

• Square Company (1998) (Japan) (all media) (PlayStation version)
• Square Electronic Arts (1998) (USA) (all media) (PlayStation version)

Other Companies

• Digital Media Labs  supporting company
• Kronos Digital Entertainment Inc.  supporting company
• Legato Music  special thanks
• Rhythm and Hues  supporting company
• Savant Productions  special thanks
• T-Jam Records  special thanks

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:M

Company:

Square Company

Quotes:

Maeda:[Maeda is going to give the special bullets] Aya, leave me give you this...
Daniel:That's enough with that voodoo stuff!
Maeda:This ain't voodoo stuff!

Movie Connections:

References The Thing (1982)

Soundtrack:

Se Il Mio Amore Sta Vincino

this game is for the birds

This is no way comparable to Silent Hill, or the Resident Evil games...

With slow gameplay and battlemodes, this game becomes boring quick.

Parasite Eve 2 is somewhat better in graphics and gameplay...

A 5 out 10....