This is an interesting thread, I just dug out my resident evil cd and have managed to install it using compatiblity mode in windows 2000 sp4.
However there is a choice of long obsolete graphics cards to choose from when installing. I just picked one (orchid righteous I think - I used to have one!)
Now the game refuses to start. I see the '3dfx' and 'virgin interactive' logos but then the program freezes in a blank screen, after a while I get a message that it failed to display video.
Any ideas?
Would love to get this working.
AartaXerXes
Edit: Forget the above, I tried Matrox Mistique in Launch.exe options and it worked. but I too have no sound!