Resident Evil, known as Biohazard (バイオハザード) in Japan, is a successful franchise of survival-horror video games developed by Capcom and created by Shinji Mikami. Having sold over 30 million copies as of Feb-2006, , the series is credited with popularizing the survival horror game genre. This franchise is heavily influenced by George A. Romero's Dead movies, as well as the Alone in the Dark series of PC horror games which are credited with inventing the genre.