Resident Evil for iPhone

Developer Capcom has released Resident Evil: Degeneration for the iPhone and iPod touch, extending its survival horror series to smaller handhelds. The title is based on the CG movie of the same name, and has players explore Harvardville Airport as they solve puzzles, rescue other humans and gun down zombies. Environments are rendered in real-time 3D, and viewed from a mix of third- and first-person perspectives.

To control a character, players rely mostly on the combination of an on-screen direction pad and context-sensitive action buttons. Among these are ones for zoom, laser targeting and melee combat, as well as accessing objectives and inventory. Also present in the game are motion controls, which can be used to reload a weapon or shake off zombies.

Degeneration is a 9.5MB download, and costs $7. The iPhone 2.1 firmware is required.