<P> Silent Hill is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation published by Konami and developed by Team Silent , a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo . The first installment in the Silent Hill series , the game was released in North America in January 1999 , and in Japan and Europe later that year . Silent Hill uses a third - person view , with real - time rendering of 3D environments . To mitigate limitations of the console hardware , developers liberally used fog and darkness to muddle the graphics . Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training , the player character of Silent Hill is an `` everyman '' . </P>
<P> Silent Hill is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation published by Konami and developed by Team Silent , a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo . The first installment in the Silent Hill series , the game was released in North America in January 1999 , and in Japan and Europe later that year . Silent Hill uses a third - person view , with real - time rendering of 3D environments . To mitigate limitations of the console hardware , developers liberally used fog and darkness to muddle the graphics . Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training , the player character of Silent Hill is an `` everyman '' . </P>
when did the first silent hill come out
when did the first silent hill come out
January 1999
January 1999